Thai eats

So, I figured we needed to talk about the food in Thailand and how we've been eating it considering it's still fresh in our minds....before we get too Laos on you.
I guess you always start with the general, so to sum it up it's been great, both in flavor and in the fact that that none of us have been puking our guts out....... yet (and now, the proverbial knock on wood.... I doubt that's a proverb) So yeah, tons of pad thai, tons of fried rice....we like to keep it cheap even though nothing costs over 4 dollars. In a sense, we've been playing it safe at the restaurants, not so much because we're cautious but just because there's a lesser number next to the pad thai, fried noodles and rice, and the soups which Jesse digs. No fish, no pig hoofs, no dog (haven't seen any....pass the word to Sadie, Metro, and Maren).
Jesse is by far the most adventrous of us opting for the street vendors before anything else, which i give him some credit for (I don't know why), but it's mostly because the guy needs to eat 10 Thai meals a day to satisfy his gut and the vendors are usually much cheaper. Adam and I dabble here and there though (especially here in Luang Prabang). In Thailand, Adam ate nothing but fried rice and pad thai... he needed a pad thai fix everyday and he's going through withdrawals here in Laos, getting all jumpy and hallucinating. As for me, I think Adam and Jesse think I'm anorexic simply because I've been sticking to three meals a day, but in my defense (which I have the liberty of offering seeing as how this is my post) I enjoy not overeating, which can be devastating in the heat. Also, I've vowed to supplement with fruits, but that hasn't happened at all.
As for the spices, we've all had some curries, but mostly watered down. I think I handle the spice better than the other 2 but that's definitely not saying much at all. One day in Pai before a bike ride, Jesse had this chili fried rice that he ate as fast as he could because it was so spicy. He didn't talk to us for half an hour; I think his brain was actually fried.
And as for any western food, we've pretty much avoided it except for the occasional sandwich and burger. Jesse actually ate a burger with his chili fried rice in Pai (he claims everyday that he's a "growing boy")....he ordered a BLT and they brought out a pork burger that a vampire couldn't penetrate. He ate it though, and then another lady brought out a BLT and he realized he ate someone else's pork jerky. There's plenty of other food stories that maybe we'll add in the commentary but I'll leave you with this for now.