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| - Following in the footsteps of my friends Debbie N., Regina P., and Elizabeth B., I knew I had to come here for my *Sunday brunch* this month! Thanks to Debra W. for posting the schedule, since I did not see an event for this on yelp, I just went on my own. Luckily, I ran into Regina P. and Earl while I was there!
I got to the food fair around 9:20 AM, taking the tip to come early. The fair runs until 12:30 PM (not 2 like some reports) - this may be a recent change. After greeting the check-in table with Sawadee-Ka, I paid for $15 in tokens initially. The first booth I saw was for La Phet Toke, Burmese pickled tea leaf salad - I was SO excited!! Teri C. would understand! I only had this once in Buffalo, NY last summer when Eric R. found a Burmese restaurant on yelp there. I actually have been interested in re-creating this at home but one cannot find pickled tea leaves in Vegas. The lady at this booth said this was her first time selling it at the fair because her friends encouraged her - she pickles her own tea leaves at home and happened to have an abundance at this time. She was happy to see me so excited and she gave me a generous portion of Thai bird chillies for it - with rice it was $4.
Next, I came across a farmers market table with kaffir lime leaves, kumquats, lemongrass, and Thai eggplants. A bag of lime leaves is $1!!!!! I keep them in my freezer and they last forever. That is a steal! Then I got fish cake for $3, which came with a dipping sauce (fish, curry paste and long bean made into cakes) - very spicy and delicious. With my remaining $7, I got Thai iced tea for $2 and chicken pad Thai for $5. I stopped to eat at a covered table - trying the pad Thai (enough for 3 people I think!) and devouring the fish cake. I decided to save the tea leaf salad and remaining pad Thai for later, and went to get $6 more in tokens to buy mango-sticky rice. In the end, I spent $21 and now have pad Thai for lunch tomorrow, Burmese tea leaf salad and rice for lunch, and mango sticky rice for dessert today and tomorrow?
This is such a great event - it was very windy today but fun to tour around and it was shaded. It was right next to the monastery which was beautiful - I did see one monk too. Everything was AROY (delicious in Thai) and I cannot wait for next month, and I will be bringing people with me! This took me back to my honeymoon in Thailand, my first country in Asia that I visited, and nothing is better than reliving those memories (through food and temples)!!! Kop Kun Ka!
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