Pizza and squid eggs
One of the fun (at least some of the time) parts of moving into a new culture is balancing and combining aspects of our "old" and "new" lives. Last night, for instance, we ordered a pizza (Thailand has several American-style pizza companies and although they make culturally appropriate adaptations to their menus - like the Tom Yum Kung with prawn, mushroom, squid & chili paste - they also make pizzas that taste very familiar to us). While we were waiting on the pizza I went out looking for pineapple but ended up coming back with an appetizer of fried squid eggs and some kind of fried Japanese shrimp/potato (we think) cakes. On a small scale that meal represented much of what I enjoy about living here. It's fun to explore this culture and it's comforting to find ways of balancing that adventure with what is familiar to us.
-Tom