That tour of Thai Town

[rachelmanija]

The mangosteen is my holy grail of untasted tropical fruit. They don't grow in the US. When I've traveled, I've missed the season. I have been looking for mangosteens for something like 20 years, with no luck.

Today, in honor of Anthony Bourdain, I had the morning glory stems and ground pork with olives at Ruen Pair, then walked across the way to my favorite Thai sweet shop, Bhan Kanom Thai. It was their 20th anniversary, and I got a free tote bag. And there, for the first time in my life, I found mangosteens.

Thanks, Tony.

Comments

Re: spork of vicarious fooding

[genarti]

I was going to ask too -- I've heard that they're delicious, but never had the opportunity to try one for myself. That sounds great!

Also, Anthony Bourdain was only somewhat on my radar, which I had been vaguely meaning to fix for ages and am now rather less vaguely intending to fix as soon as reasonably possible. But I really love the idea of honoring him by treating oneself to food discoveries.