Author Topic: Favourite drink in Isaan (Read 12071 times)

Lourens · « **on:** August 29, 2008, 02:24:36 PM »

It's not always possible to get all the right ingredients for a farang cocktail so I decided to make use of the local produce. I love a good bloody mary but vodka is expensive and tabasco rare. Here is my recipe for the Isaan version:

1 tot (or two) of Lao Kao
1 crushed red chillie (or two)
A splash of nam pla
Some pepper if you liike
Tomato juice (available locally)
Stir (or shake) well.
Pour over crushed ice in a plastic bag and garnish with a lemongrass stalk and corriander.

It will blow your top off

What's yours?

Lourens · « **Reply #1 on:** September 15, 2008, 06:11:39 PM »

Name this drink. First prize is one on the house. Second prize is two on the house and so on...until someone falls over.

TBWG · « **Reply #2 on:** September 15, 2008, 09:25:12 PM »

Isaan Isotope..it'll blow your mind

TBWG

Lourens · « **Reply #3 on:** September 17, 2008, 07:14:50 PM »

CONGRATULATIONS!!

You may already have won a free drink.
Pending other entries, your location in the world, the state of your liver and permissions from your wife and family

Lourens · « **Reply #4 on:** October 04, 2008, 11:44:45 AM »

Now comes in a handy can!

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TBWG · « **Reply #5 on:** October 04, 2008, 09:47:33 PM »

Quote from: Lourens on October 04, 2008, 11:44:45 AM

Now comes in a handy can!

Hi Chris

See you are really on top of paintshop!

TBWG

Lourens · « **Reply #6 on:** October 04, 2008, 10:46:07 PM »

I wish... It's from a website http://www.says-it.com/. It's loads of fun.

TBWG · « **Reply #7 on:** October 04, 2008, 11:18:05 PM »

Cracking site!

TBWG

dave the dude · « **Reply #8 on:** October 11, 2008, 03:49:32 PM »

Although not Buriram but its still not that far.........

Norbies in Surin has re-instated the DRAFT German Bitburger beer. I love that stuff

Dave

Lourens · « **Reply #9 on:** February 21, 2009, 09:46:00 AM »

[qoute]Thailand launches national cocktail to lure tourists

Ian MacKinnon in Bangkok
The Guardian, Friday 20 February 2009

When tourism has taken a self-inflicted battering, the temptation might be to have a drink to drown your sorrows.

Thailand is going a step further: it has invented a new national cocktail, which it hopes will help visitors forget the hangover from the disastrous airport shutdowns late last year.

Intended as an answer to Singapore's slings, Cuba's mojitos and the many manhattans downed in New York, the Siam sunray is intended to give tourists an instant taste of Thailand's charms.

At the very least the drink's ingredients are far from bland: a shot of vodka, coconut liqueur, a dash of chilli pepper and sugar, lime juice, a few slivers of lemongrass and ginger, with the whole mixture shaken then strained into a glass with ice and soda water.

Thailand's tourism authority formally rolled out the drink yesterday, grandly styling the concoction "Thailand in a glass: the new punch in Thai tourism."

Perhaps it is a long shot. But with the country's export-led economy taking a beating in the global slowdown and the vital tourism sector that once drew 14 million visitors to jungles and pristine beaches still suffering, anything is worth a try.

The hope is that the heady brew will ease the pain caused by 300,000 stranded foreign travellers at the start of the peak season when Bangkok's main international airport was closed by anti-government protesters for eight days. Thailand's tourist resorts and hotels - major contributors to the economy - are still feeling the effects.

But perhaps the Siam sunray - coined to evoke Thailand's ancient name - may leave a better taste and instil a collective amnesia among the travelling public.

"Thailand's new signature drink is based on very Thai ingredients," said the tourism authority. "Successful signature drinks are one way to fast-track holiday destinations on to the world tourism map."[/quote]

What about the Isaan Isotope then??

Fish · « **Reply #10 on:** February 21, 2009, 05:23:47 PM »

There! And I thought the Thais already had a national drink, Samsong and soda!!

Lourens · « **Reply #11 on:** February 21, 2009, 11:52:31 PM »

Yes. And if the Siam Sunray is Thailand in a glass then I guess we could call the Isaan Isotope: Isaan in a Plastic Bag

Admin · « **Reply #12 on:** February 22, 2009, 10:04:25 AM »

Quote from: Lourens on February 21, 2009, 11:52:31 PM

Yes. And if the Siam Sunray is Thailand in a glass then I guess we could call the Isaan Isotope: Isaan in a Plastic Bag

So true..

And for the newbies I'll explain,unlike in foreign countries where you buy your drink in a plastic/paper glass,here,EVERYTHING is being poured into plastic bags; coffee,fruit-shake,rice,cakes,som-tam(papaya salad).
I think they have to register copyrights on this.

Any drink can be poured into a small plastic bag with ice and a straw if you want it to go. This looks very strange at first but actually works quite well!

Anyway,you find yourself hanging on the street with a plastic bag and rubber as a holder (see picture below).
Up and down like YoYO..

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swimming pizza · « **Reply #13 on:** February 24, 2009, 03:48:59 PM »

MY favourite drink in Isan is...... CLEAN WATER !

3100034 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 08, 2009, 07:03:57 AM »

TRY 85% COKE + 15% M150 = Dr. Pepper secret formular.... can any of you find another one!

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