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isn t it delicious? this rice is grown here in the village. you just kind of make a little spoon-shaped ball with it. now, what s the famous greeting? is it have you eaten yet or have you had rice? it s both. literally it means have you eaten rice yet. but what it really means is how s it going? it is assumed that if you haven t eaten yet, things are not going well. if you ve eaten, rice is such a fundamental component. eating is synonymous with eating rice. to eat a meal without rice would be unthinkable. what makes their whiskey special? because of the flavoring that they add to it. conveniently, our hosts in addition to having provided us with a fine meal, just so happen to run a distillery out back. they use a spice mixture they add to the yeast balls, let it ferment for five days, then she smashes it with a wood mallet. thai rice whiskey, lao khao, bucket of hootch, whatever you
plan. all right. i m going to get healthy too. the whiskey, i have to say, is taking hold in some clinically fascinating ways. funny. [ laughter ] i lost the plot. oh, that s okay. it all comes back to me as the world shifts and tilts. although i had been looking out a whole lot of hotel windows these days struggling to figure out where i am okay. being here, throwing back shots of rice whiskey with these guys, i know i m back in thailand. not just thailand, but northern thailand.
haven t eaten yet, things are not going well. if you ve eaten, rice is such a fundamental component. eating is synonymous with eating rice. to eat a meal without rice would be unthinkable. what makes their whiskey special? because of the flavoring that they add to it. conveniently, our hosts in addition to having provided us with a fine meal, just so happen to run a distillery out back. they use a spice mixture they add to the yeast balls, let it ferment for five days, then she smashes it with a wood mallet. thai rice whiskey, lao khao, bucket of hootch, whatever you want to call it, this is a delightful beverage and tastes better and smoother, apparently, the more you drink. here we go. sneaky, sneaky. well and then fried fish. i believe it s called nile
[ laughter ] i lost the plot. oh, that s okay. it all comes back to me as the world shifts and tilts. although i had been looking out a whole lot of hotel windows these days struggling to figure out where i am okay. being here, throwing back shots of rice whiskey with these guys, i know i m back in thailand. not just thailand, but northern thailand. once known as kingdom of a million rice fields, it s a fertile, green and gorgeous area, home of the ancient lanna people. welcome to chiang mai province, tucked up near the borders of burma, china, laos, india not too far away. all of them have left their mark on the food.