Thai breakfast
This morning I was at home with the girls and we had just finished eating breakfast when our landlord, Khun Seri, showed up and invited us to eat breakfast with him. I explained that we had already eaten, but he persuaded us to accompany him and eat "just a little." The girls were still in their nightgowns. He didn't think that it would be a problem to take them as they were, but I've been married long enough now to know what Candice would have said about that! So I quickly changed them, put on their sun hats (which also covered up their messy hair) and out we went. We ate at a small restaurant down the street and had rice, boiled chicken, and bowls of chicken broth. Claire looked at it skeptically and declared that "this doesn't look like breakfast. It looks more like something for supper." But she and Eliza both dug in and ate a suprising amount. Claire said that she would like to go back again for breakfast - but the next time do it for the "real, first breakfast."
There are some foods that Thai people eat only for breakfast but there don't appear to be many dishes that are off limits. Many restaurants and food stalls offer the same food all day - and people seem to eat it interchangeably for breakfast, lunch, and supper. Occasionally on my way to class in the morning I'll get a serving of rice with some kind of spicy meat topping. Eating that in the morning tends to make me feel full for the rest of the day. (But there are some mornings when my stomach is just not ready for basil, garlic, and chili peppers!)
-Tom