Some Of The Best Things In Life Are Free

After a beautiful sunny Southern California day yesterday, it was grey most of the day today.  But by 4:45pm as the sun was setting, it made a colorful appearance.   It went from cheery glow to















dazzling in about 15 minutes.  The fact that Night Market Sahm doesn't open until 5pm, meant we were out on the street to watch the show.

We ate here at the beginning of this year when we were working on my mom's house and it hadn't been open long.  The laab was so hot I had to take breaks.  But J, whose tongue is more sensitive than mine, also kept eating it because it was so good.  This time, while it was still spicy, it wasn't nearly as hot and I don't think it was as addictively tasty either. But we did finish it.  We ordered way too much, plus they gave us a complimentary salad.  So we have snacks for the next few days.

[Laab is a northeastern Thai dish.  When I was a Peace Corps volunteer in the late 60's, you could get laab, barbecued chicken, and somtam (very spicy green papaya salad) along with sticky rice (all northeastern dishes) in Bangkok if you went to a Thai boxing match.  'Sahm' means three in Thai.  There's also a Night Market and Night Market Song in the LA area.]