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We ate at a trendy beer garden where everybody else was 20-something. The waitress had to teach me how to eat oysters Thai style. Mix a few shucked oysters with chopped red onion, sliced raw garlic and chillis. Slather on a hot sauce (choice of hot&sweet or hot&sour) and some deep fried shallots. Nibble on some bitter herb to clean the palate between oysters. They are not afraid of strong flavours here. A dozen oysters were $4.50. We had a whole seabass afterwards dressed with skin on diced lime and skin off red onion, lemongrass, deep fried kaffir lime leaf, raw chilli, peanuts, dried shrimp and fish sauce.

That fish looks awesome!

A hamburger patty and Air Fryer Cabbage -- I don't actually own an air fryer so I used the oven, which was ok but I will go back to cutting my cabbage into wedges in the future. It makes for more even portions and easier eating, plus I think the cabbage cooks more evenly that way. With this "cabbage steak" cut, the outer slices came out great but the center slice was a bit tough to cut and chew, and didn't get much browning obviously. The flavor wasn't super impressive either, I've made much better cabbage. It wasn't terrible, just nothing to write home about as far as I'm concerned.

Aforementioned center slice shown below -- these were the leftovers on the second day, I added a side of mashed red potatoes including potato skin & chives). That's tahini sauce in the bowl which I had forgotten to include in my leftover haddock and cauliflower salad portion, so I ended up eating it with the cabbage instead.

Here's a dish that started out with a recipe for Roast Fish with Cannellini Beans and Green Olives. (Made here with cod and Marcella beans.) This is a staple at my house but I leave out the green olives and Fresno chilies, and I add some mixed greens instead. I was apprehensive the first time I made this because I didn't expect fish to go well with beans, but I love it.

@takinitalloff
I’ve been pairing pan fried fish with beans ever since being first served it in a restaurant. Optional good additions are warming up tinned beans or cooking dried beans in shellfish bisque or dashi. Adding something fresh tangy and green like gremolata, salsa verde or herb oil is also great.

I was seriously craving veg at dinner having only eaten pork noodle soup all day. It’s the easy thing to order in a restaurant or food stall with no English translation or photos on the menu. Every place does a different version and it is dependably tasty and cheap. At dinner I ordered stir fried cabbage and green bean salad garnished with roast pork belly without the qualifier “only a little bit spicy”. I had to eat around the chilli in the salad. Hubby ordered the omelette with minced pork which is never spicy.

Today was a travel day with two flights, changing airports in Bangkok (over an hour and a half in a taxi). Tomorrow, weather permitting, we still need to take a ferry for over 2 hours to our final island destination. I tried ordering an Isaan staple of chicken larb in a Koh Samui restaurant and found it bland. Hubby’s red curry was too sweet for me. Must rethink how to eat in the south of Thailand.
I’ve also included airplane food of our Bangkok/Koh Samui leg on Bangkok Airways in economy, and this morning’s hotel breakfast of rice with Thai omelette.

Travelled to Koh Tao and threw up 4 times in the ferry because water was very choppy today. Dinner at a tourist trap selling very fresh BBQ fish on the beach.

Safari GAl ~ Totally agree with takinitalloff. Beautiful food and beautifully served.

acpgee ~ That's a big fish.

Lunch was at an exceptionally good hole in the wall. I had pork noodle soup. Hubby’s chicken stir fried with garlic and black pepper doesn’t look exciting but was delicious and very tender. Freshly pureed mango and watermelon crushed ice smoothies not pictured. An excellent lunch for two was 6 quid.

Lunch at Koh Samui airport was £25 and the most expensive meal in Thailand up to that point. Airports will always be rip offs. They did have the local veggie of Langia leaf which we had again stir fried with egg. Also had a green curry and deep fried pork belly garnished with slivers of deep fried lemongrass which were edible.