On a bright sunny morning, my fiancée and I packed up our backpacks and set out for a day of eating and exploration. We started with breakfast at a local patongo shop.
Patongo are like Chinese doughnuts. They are fried dough sticks that go great with rice porridge, coffee, or - most traditionally - fresh, warm soy milk.
https://www.theworldofstreetfood.com/2020/08/pa-tong-go-or-chinese-thai-fried-donuts.html
They certainly aren't the healthiest way to start the morning, and it's always a treat for me when I get to enjoy them!
It was hot, so we ordered an iced soy milk and a bowl of soy milk with sesame rice dumplings to round out the meal.
I've been practicing my photography lately, and I've really been enjoying photographing cultural holidays and festivals.
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| local breakfast spot |
Patongo are like Chinese doughnuts. They are fried dough sticks that go great with rice porridge, coffee, or - most traditionally - fresh, warm soy milk.
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| hungry adventurers |
https://www.theworldofstreetfood.com/2020/08/pa-tong-go-or-chinese-thai-fried-donuts.html
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| pa tong go |
They certainly aren't the healthiest way to start the morning, and it's always a treat for me when I get to enjoy them!
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| iced soy milk |
It was hot, so we ordered an iced soy milk and a bowl of soy milk with sesame rice dumplings to round out the meal.
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| Thai-style breakfast |
I've been practicing my photography lately, and I've really been enjoying photographing cultural holidays and festivals.
I was down in Chinatown a bit after Chinese New Year a few months ago, and took this collection of pictures. I really like them. I think that this mini photo gallery really captures the vibrancy, color, excitement, and chaos of a Chinese festival. I wasn't sure exactly how to work the photos into a post, so I would instead like to share them here with you.
Please enjoy this mini photo gallery of Spring Festival Day at Wat Mangkorn Temple, the center of Chinese Buddhism in Thailand!
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| Wat Mangkorn (Wat Leng Noei Yi) |
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| colorful offerings at the temple |
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| people had brought offerings of flower garlands, oranges, and scented oil to place before statues of the Buddha |
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| Thai-Chinese worshipers praying outside the temple |
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| I was amazed by the color and vibrancy of the festival |
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| lighting votive candles outside of the temple's main hall |
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| doors leading to a small shrine off the temple's courtyard |
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| votive candles being lit by devotees |
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| a busy festival morning at Bangkok's main Chinese temple |
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| a different view of the temple courtyard |
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| a smaller local shrine |
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| shrine hall interior |
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| enshrined deities |
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