Eating my way in Bangkok and Pattaya for a week.

Spicy fried chicken at McDonald's. This was quite spicy - American McDonald's would never be able to serve this. Absolutely addicting. Side note: you can order chicken tenders as sides to go with your fried chicken. Chicken on chicken.

Pineapple pie at McDonald's. Sweet and gooey and Yummy. Sorry for the overgrown thumbnail.

Pad Ka Prao Pet Yaang - Roasted Duck stir-fried with chilies and holy basil over rice.

At MBK mall in Bangkok.

Guay Jap - Chinese medicinal soup with rolled rice noodles, crispy pork and offal.

Thai iced tea at MBK mall.

Khanom Krok - Thai coconut custard pancakes with various fillings - mango, corn and taro.

My grandmother's kitchen in a Bangkok suburb.

Shoutout to grandma for making breakfast. Pork porridge, boiled eggs and pork buns.

My grandmother's salapao - Chinese steamed pork buns. She and a few other Chinese ladies made these and sold them in the neighborhood when they just moved to Thailand from China. She retired from selling them a few years ago.

Steamed pork bun closeup.

Dinner by grandma. Clockwise from top: fried fish, chili-lime fish sauce, lotus root soup, shrimp stir-fried with broccoli, kimchi (?), and fried fish cakes with sweet chili dipping sauce.

Breakfast by grandma - Pad Kee Mao. Stir-fried drunken rice noodles with beef, shrimp and squid.

Nam Phrik Num - A Northern-style roasted green chili dip with blanched vegetables, fried pork and pork rinds.

Tom Yum Goong - Hot and sour prawn soup with galangal, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaf.

Northern style lunch at a busy place on the way to Pattaya. Clockwise from top: papaya salad, sticky rice, seafood salad, pork laab, fried chicken wings. Spicy sour pork bone soup in the middle.

Thai-iced tea at a Thai temple in Pattaya. 25 Baht - ($0.75 USD)

Thai-iced coffee at a Thai temple in Pattaya. Sweet, strong and creamy. 25 Baht - ($0.75 USD)

Fried taro, shrimp, jujubees and cashew nuts at a Thai-Chinese restaurant. Delicious!

Deep-fried tofu stuffed with shrimp paste.

Tod Mun Pla - Fried fish cakes flavored with curry.

More breakfast by grandma. Kai Jeow - Thai omelet with ground pork. Fried fish. Grilled pork skewers.

Spicy chicken salad with various herbs - this was quite hot!

Bua Loy Nam Khing - Sesame glutinous dumplings with black sesame filling in a hot ginger soup.

Iced matcha latte - refreshing when its 95 degrees outside.

Dried Tom Yum Noodles with various fish balls and fishcakes.

Mataba - Savory stuffed roti pancake with ground chicken.

Pad Ka Prao Muu Krob - Stir-fried crispy pork with chilies and holy basil.

Khao Niew Sangkaya - Coconut custard with sweet sticky rice.

Fried chicken patty with lime mayonnaise - one of the stranger things I ate on this trip.

Grilled dried squid in Pattaya.

Deep-fried fish with a mango slaw (in the bowl).

Hooy Joh - Tofu skin dumpling with crab.

Steamed crabs in Pattaya.

Roti - Thai-Indian style pancakes with condensed milk. Roti with mango in the back.

Kuaytiew Pla Haeng - Dried noodles with fishballs and crispy fish skin.

Seafood fried rice. Simple but good.

Yum Woon Sen - Seafood glass noodle soup in a tart lime dressing.

Pla Muk Kratiem Tod - Squid with fried garlic.

Coconut and mung bean sticky rice dumplings.

Khanom Khrok - Thai coconut custard tarts.

Thai pork rice porridge.

Tom Leaut Muu - Pork offal, blood and Chinese celery in a broth. Typical Thai breakfast.