For starters, I want you to know that this isn’t my usual weekend breakfast. But sometimes I just want a taste of home and so I whip up a batch of buttermilk biscuits (yes, from scratch) and some sausage gravy. As they say, “Them’s good eatin’.”
We’ve had a steady stream of visitors in town and I just found out that two more will arrive the second week of June. I wish we had a large house with guest quarters so I could extend my hospitality to all these guests. In fact, shortly after moving here I drew up plans for the house I’d like to build some day. It has a large semi-detached guest suite and a climate-controlled piano room so my parents can come for extended visits and my mother can play.
Don’t expect to read any entries about this dream house anytime soon, though.
Big Michael has been visiting from Hong Kong this week, returning Saturday morning. A former colleague of mine while I worked in Hong Kong, he’s now a yoga instructor and decided he needed a few days away from the twist and stretch of work.
We had a nice time visiting and had several meals together, introducing different friends and making some new connections. I really enjoy when I can introduce different people and help weave a tighter web among people.
In my mind, I’m kind of like the Lily Tomlin character of Ernestine the telephone operator (right), smacking my gum and helping people connect.
“Hello? Have a reached the party to whom I’m speaking?”
We had dinner Wednesday night at Basillico restaurant on Sukhuvmit Soi 33, below. Always good, it seems that it has become even better as of late with exceptional quality and attentive service. In this day and age that is a good sign, especially considering that at Ta Ling Pling for another dinner Friday night, we were met with spotty, inattentive service, portions that are smaller than before, and more spotty, inattentive service. How many times must a man get up to fill his own water glass?
Above from left: Chris, Tawn, Big Michael, Marc, and Wit. Would you believe that Michael specifically wanted to eat pizza here because he can’t find any good pizza in Hong Kong?
This weekend we have several errands to run. For starters, we need to get a jump-start for the car because somebody left the interior light on after we returned home Wednesday night and the battery is dead. No names, no accusations… we’re in this together, right?
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I just found out today that my car needs a new battery which will be aboout $80.00..grrrrr..that will have to come out of my next pay check
Let me know when you build your dream home. I want to be a guest.
I like what you had for breakfast… looks yummy! Also, I second Zsa_MD. hehe
Heheh, “One ringy dingy… two ringy dingy.” I always liked that character.
The sausage gravy and biscuits looks delicious. I hope they tasted as good as they look.
I’ve always wondered: What IS a typical breakfast for someone where you’re currently living? I forget you probably miss simple things like biscuits and gravy. What about scrambled eggs and Rice Krispies (or whatever fun American cereal you once loved)?
@UFFda_oyVEY – Great question. For me, it is oatmeal, but that’s pretty unusual. For most Thais, it is something rice based. Their breakfasts don’t differ a whole lot from lunch. Either a rice porridge with small dishes of some meat, egg, pickled vegetables, etc. or steamed rice with stir-fries or curries, pretty much like lunchtime. Increasingly, though, you see people stopping for a latte and a muffin at Starbucks!
“Their breakfasts don’t differ a whole lot from lunch.”Boy, ain’t it the truth?! Dinner isn’t too far removed either!
@marc11864 – Which, depending on how you look at it, can mean more of a good thing!
That gravy sure looks yummy! Hey, how about making a B&B…that way, we can all stay at your place and dine at Chris’ Kitchen too!Huh? Thai Pizza in BKK?
@curry69curry – Actually, Curry, that is an idea that Tawn and I have floated. Have a small B&B that provides very customized services as far as tour-guiding, etc. Kind of Lonely Planet meets Four Seasons.