Last night, I (Dani) took the older girls (Hope, Naomi, Sarah, Faith, Cheri, Grace, Ruth, Esther, Abby, Debbie, and Rachel) out for some fun! Jesse had money left over from the USA team's visit, and he wanted to have some of it spent on fun times with the girls. Due to my gender, I was lucky enough to tag along!
First we hit up Central Festival - one of the busy, crowded malls here in Chiang Mai. Each of the girls got 80 baht (almost $3 US) to spend as they wanted. After an hour, we met up back at the Song Taew (vehicle) and House Mother and House Father drove us to a Thai BBQ restaurant. Thai BBQ is a unique eating experience! There's a huge buffet of raw meats and veggies. You dish up what you want, and take the raw foods back to your table, where you have a dome-shaped contraption over hot coals where you can put your food on the dome and cook it. There's a lip around the bottom of the dome into which you pour water, and you can also boil your veggies if you'd like.
Since it's all-you-can-eat, we ate... and ate... and ate! For dessert, fresh fruits (watermelon, pineapple, and cantaloup) is available, along with an assortment of tasty Thai-style coconut-milk based jellies, and an assemble-your-own ice/jellies/coconut milk concoction. And, of course, ice cream for the unimaginative!
After eating until we were rather miserably full, off we went to the Saturday night walking street in one of the local towns outside of Chiang Mai. Walking street/open markets are a common event here, and they're a GREAT place to find cheap things for sale - food, clothing, backpacks, toys, soaps, etc.
I didn't pull my camera out at the mall or at the walking street, but I did snap a couple shots from the BBQ.
BONUS:
We've developed some delicious drink recipes here, and as a bonus to you for getting through these blog posts, we thought we'd share one of our favorite recipes with you.
(Note: We make this in our magic bullet, so measurements are approximate because we just make it based on how it "looks" in our magic bullet container.)
Blend together:
2 Tbs cocoa powder
2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup of milk (we use coconut milk - it's quite creamy, so a good substitute for you dairy drinkers would be whole milk or even half-and-half!)
Add about 2 cups of ice cubes (we fill up the container) and splash in a bit more milk (approximately 1/4 cup - enough to almost cover the ice cubes), and then blend thoroughly. If desired, artistically "splash" the inside of a cup with chocolate syrup, pour in the chocolate milkshake/smoothie, and enjoy!
Variations:
We've tried this with a drop of doTerra peppermint essential oil (AH-mazing... like a cold Christmas drink!), and we've also tried it with strongly steeped chia tea (rather than the splash of milk at the end), which is also quite delicious and a bit exotic :) If you find any other tasty variations, please let us know what they are! I'm thinking I might try it with lavender oil next :)
First we hit up Central Festival - one of the busy, crowded malls here in Chiang Mai. Each of the girls got 80 baht (almost $3 US) to spend as they wanted. After an hour, we met up back at the Song Taew (vehicle) and House Mother and House Father drove us to a Thai BBQ restaurant. Thai BBQ is a unique eating experience! There's a huge buffet of raw meats and veggies. You dish up what you want, and take the raw foods back to your table, where you have a dome-shaped contraption over hot coals where you can put your food on the dome and cook it. There's a lip around the bottom of the dome into which you pour water, and you can also boil your veggies if you'd like.
Since it's all-you-can-eat, we ate... and ate... and ate! For dessert, fresh fruits (watermelon, pineapple, and cantaloup) is available, along with an assortment of tasty Thai-style coconut-milk based jellies, and an assemble-your-own ice/jellies/coconut milk concoction. And, of course, ice cream for the unimaginative!
After eating until we were rather miserably full, off we went to the Saturday night walking street in one of the local towns outside of Chiang Mai. Walking street/open markets are a common event here, and they're a GREAT place to find cheap things for sale - food, clothing, backpacks, toys, soaps, etc.
I didn't pull my camera out at the mall or at the walking street, but I did snap a couple shots from the BBQ.
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| Song Taew Ride to the Mall |
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| Debbie, Ruth, Esther, and Grace enjoying their BBQ |
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| Abby dishing up at the meat station |
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| Faith, Cheri, Faith, and Hope - working on their meal |
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| Abby's and my plate pile after our meal |
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| House Mother and House Father |
We've developed some delicious drink recipes here, and as a bonus to you for getting through these blog posts, we thought we'd share one of our favorite recipes with you.
(Note: We make this in our magic bullet, so measurements are approximate because we just make it based on how it "looks" in our magic bullet container.)
Blend together:
2 Tbs cocoa powder
2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup of milk (we use coconut milk - it's quite creamy, so a good substitute for you dairy drinkers would be whole milk or even half-and-half!)
Add about 2 cups of ice cubes (we fill up the container) and splash in a bit more milk (approximately 1/4 cup - enough to almost cover the ice cubes), and then blend thoroughly. If desired, artistically "splash" the inside of a cup with chocolate syrup, pour in the chocolate milkshake/smoothie, and enjoy!
Variations:
We've tried this with a drop of doTerra peppermint essential oil (AH-mazing... like a cold Christmas drink!), and we've also tried it with strongly steeped chia tea (rather than the splash of milk at the end), which is also quite delicious and a bit exotic :) If you find any other tasty variations, please let us know what they are! I'm thinking I might try it with lavender oil next :)
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