Rice Grains

Wow, I don't know how I'm ever going to lose the weight I've gained here. Yes, I've gained more weight than I like to admit. Tonight my friend Tawan took me to an outdoor barbecue sort of place. If you know of Mongolian Barbecue restaurants in the US, it's a little bit like that, only the "restaurant" is outdoors with maybe a canopy overhead, and each table has its own little charcoal grill to use. Live music was playing in the background; well, OK, live music dominated the atmosphere. We had a hard time hearing each other talk! But it was a lot of fun--a perfect evening to be outside relaxing, eating, talking, laughing. I have a few pictures of our evening posted below.

First, we collected our various raw meats and vegetables at this serving line.

Then we put the meat on the burner and the vegetables in the water around the edges of the burner.

So we cooked our food, ate, and talked. Then Tawan told me there is also a dessert bar with the meal! Ughh! I am already full! But she brought back some tasty Thai sweets. I really don't know what they were. I think the one was clear green tapioca served with sweetened coconut milk. The other was something equally chewy and sweet, but was not tapioca. It was a good way to fill in the cracks.:)

By the time we finished it was 10:30, so it was one of our later outings. It was a really nice time.