If you have the urge to have the urge to go out for Thai food, but need a little help summoning up a truly monumental craving, our friend Thaifood Mary's vacation blog may come in handy. As she seeks the perfect sai krok issan and learns to make "a KILLER khao soi" she manages to convince me that I actually want to share her experience of a transcendent "25 cent bowl of pork blood noodles."

The only disappointment is that she fails to fully transcribe her conversation with a cooking instructor, in which she attempts to explain the cultural significance of the song title on his t-shirt.