Thank you for all the feedback and thoughtful comments on my last entry about Tawn’s father’s birthday.  I have realistic expectations and, while optimistic, know that things will progress however far they progress and I haven’t much control over that.

In sort of a poetic irony, though, Khun Sudha will be out of town this weekend and Tawn’s mother, Khun Nui, called me up and said she’s coming over Saturday so I can make her breakfast.  On the occasional mornings when she stops by I always make a cafe au lait for her and serve some baked good.  Maybe I can make some blueberry muffins.

Stay tuned.

I forgot to include pictures from the brunch with Ian last weekend at Kuppa.  The restaurant, which would be completely at home in San Francisco or Melbourne, roasts its own coffee and is located in a former warehouse.  The American style breakfasts were okay, but it was the other food that I thought was more impressive.  Here are a few examples:

Below: Chai and Ken share a huge bowl of salad – and this is meant to be a side salad!  Piyawat’s elbow sticking in on the upper right hand corner, in case you’re wondering.

Below: Tawn ordered a side of oven-roasted vegetables, only to receive this huge plate with a whole onion, a quarter of a butternut squash, a whole potato and nearly a whole bell pepper.  Holy side dish, Batman!  He barely touched the plate, having a main course on order, so I took it home, chopped it up, and had it with an egg and some tandoori chicken as dinner the following evening.

Below: French Onion Soup, a very nice beef broth (not a pork or beef broth like some restaurants make in Thailand) with sweet onions and plenty of gruyere cheese on top.  Very tasty.

Below: Chai went with traditional Thai – gai yang khao niaw – grilled chicken with sticky rice, the most street food of street foods.  They served it fancy, with the sticky rice in a chic black basket and a large bunch of fresh herbs.