Hey guys it’s Trevor James
And today I’m hanging out with Mark Wiens from Migrationology
We are going for a full on Lobster Quest
Lobster Journey
When you travel to Thailand
Tasting the seafood is a must
So I joined up with local food expert Mark Wiens in Bangkok
And went on a lobster journey to Hua Hin
Make sure to watch until the end
Because you won’t believe the insanity of the lobster
And just how crazy the lobster scene is in Thailand
First up, we stopped for lunch on the way to Hua Hin
And found a packed seafood market
And some delicious Thai street food road side rice and curry
So we just made it to Mahacai
We are here to explore a seafood market
Walk around a seafood market
A big wholesale distribution seafood market
This little seaside town had a huge selection of fresh and dried seafood
And to see it all being bought and sold really makes you hungry
You can literally explore for hours
With tons of freshwater prawns, crabs, squid, cuttlefish
And a huge selection of dried seafood
You’re going to be impressed walking through here
First, Mark and I tasted some super potent shrimp paste
And made our way for a delicious lunch
So this is all the dried seafood
You can really smell the dried fish and dried squid
What about over here
Is this shrimp paste
Shrimp paste, yep
We can taste this shrimp paste
Yeah he said we could taste it, so let’s try
Ok lets try it out
It’s really good
Dip the mango in here?
Yeah
That’s really nice, quite salty, and it has a strong
It’s all used for flavoring curries, for flavoring dishes
That is surprisingly really nice
Really salty
It’s basically preserved shrimp or kill and with lots of salt
And now for one of the pure joys of Thailand
You’ll bask in the joy of eating it while you’re here
And you’ll crave and long for it while you’re gone
It’s the roadside rice and curry
There is really nothing better
We’ve just arrived at a curry and rice stall
And just looking at this incredible selection
My mouth is watering man
You can just point and choose whatever dishes look at good
This is masaman curry
There is whole onions
Carrots, potatoes
I asked him to give you an onion
Good
And some curry please
Look at these
It is bamboo shoots with chicken
Bamboo shoots with chicken
Oh, and some blood
Blood cubes
This looks incredible
I think we have to start with the masaman
Curry and rice stall
That gets the mouth watering
And you can see there is peanuts on top
You can see lots of black pepper as well
You can smell the peanuts
Oh and the sauce is just soaked into the rice
Oh yeah
That is good
That is really good
That peanut fragrance
That is better than I expected actually
That is actually delicious
Masaman can sometimes be overly sweet
This one is not that sweet though
I don’t think it’s that sweet
Not too sweet
It’s actually so good that I want to go ask for some more sauce
We might have to go get some more sauce
That sauce is just loaded with peanut fragrance
That’s loaded
Oh yeah
That is so good right?
That is delicious
After feasting on rice and curry
We made our way south to Hua Hin for beautiful lobster
So we have been driving for a couple hours now
And we are coming up
We put the lobster directly on the phone
We are 51 km from juicy lobster
Lobster is in the GPS
You getting hungry
Yes
It’s going to be good
Hua Hin is a peaceful seaside tourist town with a huge seafood night market
Where you can find Gigantic lobsters
This is lobster heaven
Lung Ja
They’re huge!
Lung ja
You want to try here?
Yes, we are coming for these
We came here to eat
Wow look at these gorgeous
Look at that stack of seafood
They are huge
Look at these
Look at these prawns!
I don’t think I have ever seen a prawn this big before
Those are gigantic
The prawns are almost the size of the lobster actually
Look at these
They are
Look at how colorful they are too
We should do a Micah comparison
Yes, we should
Same size
Look at the size of this tiger prawn
So shall we get two lobster or one?
Should we get two?
I think we should get two
Yeah
Let’s get two
Let’s get two lobster
These are going to be gorgeous
Look at the color there!
Look at that!
They are gigantic
Those are insane
Look at all that head goodness, that tamale
Oh that is insane
Wow this journey is so so worth it already
Look at the size and beauty of those
Those are gigantic
They are out of the steamer now
Those are huge
Speechless
He is brushing it with butter now
I think that is a lemongrass stick
That is impressively beautiful
He’s flipping it here
The juices!
Look at the juices come out!
They are flowing like a waterfall
I can just bathe in that lobster steam man
That’s like a lobster steam bath
It’s a steam bath yeah!
That is like a lobster steam bath
That’s therapeutic
That is a steam bath for you to relax in
It’s therapeutic lobster steam
So next up is the morning glory
He is going to cook the morning glory
We have the lobsters and the giant prawns
But we are going to watch him cook up a special morning glory dish here
That’ll hit your eyebrows
Yeah, I have a teardrop
It’s just like an amusement to watch them cook this entire feast
What an experience to watch
And just look at all this
It’s the entire table is just covered in lobster, and prawn, and shrimp
So much juicy meat
We just gotta get in
I’m like speechless
And we have it all cooked in the original flavor
We haven’t added any sauces
We have some dips here right?
They said that they normally put sauce on and then cook it
And actually when I was here last time they put the sauce
But I really wanted to taste the pure taste of a lobster
So we asked them to cook it with no sauce on it
And then we got all the sauces on the side
We got all the dips
Then we can decide if we want the sauce or not
Ok let’s dig in
Let’s just
Oh it’s like a strip man
Oh look at that!
Oh the head butter in there
I want to get a little bit more there
I just want to get a big bite for the first bite
You gotta make your first bite count, that’s for sure
Look at that
Yeah, you’re right, it’s totally stringy
Look at that, look at all that lobster meat
Let’s go in for the kill
We gotta toast
Cheers
Cheers man
Dude!
Wow
That is insane
WOW
The head butter
That’s like a bite you don’t want to swallow
You don’t want it to end
You just want to keep it in your mouth and hold it
It’s so soft
And so silky
And packed with juice
And sweet
A little
You’re right about the juice too
Just look at that head butter
And it’s just absolutely pure
Look at how much meat there is here
Look at that chunk
You can just
Here is the lobster tail
Dude, that’s just solid meat
Boneless goodness
Look at that you can just bite from it
It just falls right out
That is absolutely insane
This is an experience of a lifetime
Look at that chunk man
Shall we dip it
I think Micah was getting a little grumpy because he wanted some lobster
Now he is in
OK, so we got the lobster tails
Should we dip these dude?
Yeah I think I’m going to dip it into this spicy lime
This is the Thai seafood sauce
There is chilies in here
It should be full of lime juice
That muscular texture
Micah
It is so muscular
Yeah, very muscular
That is absolutely delicious
This could definitely be considered one of the wonders of the world
This is a pilgrimage
A lobster pilgrimage
The food wonders of the world right here
Yes
One of the best things I’ve ever eaten
And totally worth the trip
This is worth the flight ticket to Thailand, without a doubt
You could totally just fly to Thailand
Eat this, and be happy
This is it right here
It’s hilarious
People walking by
They will just walk by and be like
What are they eating? What are they doing?
What a pleasure hanging out with you today Mark
Insane food on that lobster quest
That was just a great time
Such a joy
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Thank you man
That was a great time today
What a fun time with these lobsters
That was awesome
Just absolutely a stunning experience
Yeah
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Bye bye!