We are really enjoying our time off in Chiang Mai. We’ve found some excellent local cycling, some of the most amazing food in the whole world (omg khao soi, drool!), friendly kitties and puppies, comfortable neighborhoods, beautiful mountain views, night markets selling everything you don’t really need, beautiful temples, ancient ruins, a great Thai school, good WiFi for me to brush up on learning some technologies to keep my skills sharp, and we’ve made a few friends.
I can definitely see why so many expats end up staying here a while. It’s a very comfortable and welcoming place.
But one of the things I’ve really missed from home was something I used to make for breakfast every morning: a pretzel bun fried egg, ham, and cheese sandwich. Obviously, I can never truly be happy calling somewhere my home without this simple necessity.
We have a kitchenette in our current place, so we went shopping to make as close of an approximation as we could whip up with Asian groceries.
To our delight, the nearby market has all the Western ingredients you could dream of, including freshly baked pretzel buns, Wisconsin cheddar cheese, Polish smoked ham, and New Zealand butter. And of course the Thai eggs are some of the nicest eggs I’ve ever cooked with, rich yolks and hard shells. And so here is the result.
With that taken care of, we may just stay here a while… Friends and family, come visit!
I’m going to try your sandwich, probably for dinner 👍
That looks so yummy. I may try to put that together. So glad you are both relaxing a while now. You’ve really been on the go. The people are wonderful eh? I remember in China and how nice everyone was. Thanks for the posts. They have been wonderful.