Articles Written By Pitchaya Sudbanthad
TMN Contributing Writer Pitchaya Sudbanthad lives and writes in New York City. Aside from being an all-purpose rabble-rouser and raconteur, he is the founding editor of the Konundrum Engine Literary Review. Visit him at his website.
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Under the Thai Umbrella
Panang Curry Lasagna
A Chinese family ran the place. They put some Hainan-style dishes on the menu, but the restaurant was famed for its Western cuisine. The place had been around since the 193...
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Under the Thai Umbrella
Of North and South
Northern food is not native to my grandmother’s housekeeper, an Isan woman from the northeastern plateaus. It is historically the poorest part of the country, an unlucky territory...
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Under the Thai Umbrella
Ja Mongkut
My favorite of all the sweets in Phetchaburi was ja mongkut. It’s barely the size of a bottle cap, golden yellow in color and shaped like a small...
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Under the Thai Umbrella
Pad Thai
Yet it’s not entirely fair to complain about the authenticity of Pad Thai. It’s the noodle that’s the most Thai, and at the same...
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Under the Thai Umbrella
Kluay Buat Chee
Kluay buat chee is a simple Thai dessert made by cooking barely ripened Nam Wah bananas in sweetened coconut milk. In the genealogy of Thai dishes, it’s related...
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Letters From Hotel Lambosa
Postmark Tomorrow
Every flea market has a bin of found postcards for sale. Some notes, however, wait to be mailed.
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New York, New York
Bus Bus Riddim
Bus lines across New York are being rerouted this summer, if not cancelled—and where buses go, so goes the city.
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Profiles
Pieces of the World
For people who lived near the World Trade Center, 9/11 can still be traced to debris that lingers around the neighborhood. A map of what the tourists don’t see.
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Profiles
Bangkok Anew
Bangkok’s image as a city for sex, knife fights, and cobras is burnished to a shine. A trip home finds some of that, but mostly it’s ghosts—real ones—and they’re not quiet.
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Op-Ed
Consuming Obama
Barack Obama is riding a wave of enthusiasm, and though we sense his sincerity, there’s little else we know about him. Considering the man everyone seems to think should be our next president.
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A Walk in the Park
New York, Part I
Hundreds of miles of pavement and incredible real-estate prices may suggest that humans have placed an indelible stamp on New York City. But the wilderness is just biding its time.
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Gallery
Let No Man Scare You
An interview with D.C.-based street artist Mark Jenkins about his playful plastics—lollipops, infants, and dogs—plus a gallery of his work.