Traditional Thai Street Food: Jim Jum
There is a small street side restaurant near the local mall that my Thai friend likes to go to which serves mainly traditional North Eastern Issan Thai food. One of their specialties is something called "Jim Jum". "Jim Jum" is a traditional Thai hotpot which consists of a boiling clay urn of broth into which you cook various vegetables and usually pork parts (some offal) and an egg. It also is traditionally served with thin glass noodles. It is a very hearty dish which may be off putting to some due to the pork offal but if you want to experience real Thai street food, it is a must to try when you are here. We also ordered some Duck "laarb", a minced meat salad and Som-Tam, spicy papaya salad which basically gets eaten with just about everything in Thailand. Here are a few pics: I did not get pics of the restaurant, which is basically a bunch of tables set up with an awning to protect from the weather. During the day everything is folded up an
