18October2025: Bangkok: Beware of a Killer Salad!
Last night in Bangkok prior to flying off to Cambodia. We were to meet three other couples for a shuttle across the river to eat at a Thai-Italian fusion restaurant called Mazzaro. D and his wife arrived at our meeting point at the Peninsula Bangkok pier all flustered and out of breath having gone shopping and badly stuck in Bangkok traffic as bad as Bangkok traffic is as a matter of regularity. They bowed out so wishing us happy eating. A five-minute ride on the shuttle and a five- minute walk to the restaurant. So many tailors, massage parlors and a cannabis lounge.
I saw little evidence of any Italian influence as the menu was Thai more than anything else. I had a simple non risky meal of spring rolls, grilled pork chops and rice with two draft beers. Spouse had a shrimp dish which was mediocre. My pork chops were excellent and three of them! A large bottle of San Pellegrino all coming to $80CDN with service and tax.
I looked with alarm at what K had ordered. A gigantic lettuce and tomato-based salad. Was she on a suicide mission? We had seen a travel physician before we departed on the tour for advice and jabs. If you can’t peel it or it hasn’t been boiled you are asking for trouble in Thailand. K paid a severe price overnight, on the flight to Cambodia and the first day in Cambodia. Liquified innards!
I once had Montezumas in Mexico laying me flat for 48 hours and queasy for two more days…bloody jungle tomatoes thinking that was my 4th trip to Mexico and I was invincible!
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