Dining at Suvarnabhumi
Coming from a no-pork-diet for more than a week (not by choice!), it was such a delight to see pork dishes in the menu list at the China Town in Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand. The mere thought of eating pork already brought the feeling of being at home!
We, me together with some colleagues, had been to Tel Aviv, Israel on October 18-26, 2013 to attend a conference. Apart from Christians, Israel is demographically composed of Jews and Moslems. Actually, 75% of its population are Jews and 20% are Moslems. With these huge percentages of dwellers, it is no surprise that pork is hardly served at dining places in Israel. This is due to the religious restriction of pork consumption of both Jew and Moslem faithfuls. Thus, for more than a week of staying there, we only had beef, chicken and lamb as meat products.
On our way back to Manila, we had to stay overnight in Bangkok for our connecting flight. And that was when we came across China Town, a restaurant inside Suvarnabhumi International Airport offering Asian cuisines. So, in order to satisfy our cravings for pork, I had roasted pork with rice while my boss, Ms. Angel, had another pork dish (which I forgot what it is called) when we dined. It felt great savouring the pork's crispy skin and a bit of its fats! The sauce also went well with the pork meat.
And since we were in Bangkok, we also tried one of the famous Thai dishes - tom yum! Tom yum is popular Thai soup which tastes sour and spicy. What we had was a variant called tom yum goong because of its main ingredient is shrimp. The blend of sour and spicy tastes was good. It was authentically and uniquely Thailand!
Indeed, it was another gastronomic adventure!
We, me together with some colleagues, had been to Tel Aviv, Israel on October 18-26, 2013 to attend a conference. Apart from Christians, Israel is demographically composed of Jews and Moslems. Actually, 75% of its population are Jews and 20% are Moslems. With these huge percentages of dwellers, it is no surprise that pork is hardly served at dining places in Israel. This is due to the religious restriction of pork consumption of both Jew and Moslem faithfuls. Thus, for more than a week of staying there, we only had beef, chicken and lamb as meat products.
On our way back to Manila, we had to stay overnight in Bangkok for our connecting flight. And that was when we came across China Town, a restaurant inside Suvarnabhumi International Airport offering Asian cuisines. So, in order to satisfy our cravings for pork, I had roasted pork with rice while my boss, Ms. Angel, had another pork dish (which I forgot what it is called) when we dined. It felt great savouring the pork's crispy skin and a bit of its fats! The sauce also went well with the pork meat.
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| my roasted pork with rice |
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| Ms. Angel's pork dish |
And since we were in Bangkok, we also tried one of the famous Thai dishes - tom yum! Tom yum is popular Thai soup which tastes sour and spicy. What we had was a variant called tom yum goong because of its main ingredient is shrimp. The blend of sour and spicy tastes was good. It was authentically and uniquely Thailand!
Indeed, it was another gastronomic adventure!
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