often with a just-picked herby dimension.ng, giver of life, sticky rice. andy here is constantly back and forth from america to thailand, for nearly 25 years now, looking for recipes, techniques, digging deeper and deeper into an amazingly complex and widely misunderstood cuisine. and getting his ass chastised by a few aunties as he goes. >> okay. >> on this trip andy's working on a new cookbook, investigating the eating and drinking culture of the region. which might be why he thought of me and why we're drinking shine for breakfast. where there's food, there's also going to be booze. >> oh. >> and likely a lot of it. >> oh, that's good. >> this is nimpik rong. you make a chili paste with chilies, garlic, shallot, shrimp paste and tomatoes. then you mix it with pork. >> that for you. okay. >> oh, yeah. the namprik is awesome. >> isn't it delicious? this rice is grown here in the village. you just kind of make a little spoon-shaped ball with it. >> now, what's the famous greeting? is it have you eaten yet or have you had rice

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there are complex layers of flavor, sophisticated balances, spicy, sour, a little bitter, salty, herbytexture are important. crispy, soft, cold, hot. it's exactly this interplay between elements that makes northern thai food so thrilling and so addictive. >> this place is called la gouchung cha. larb is the dish they're known for which is the minced meat salad. >> what's that furry material? >> that's one of the many stomachs of the cow. might be the third stomach. mm. mine's bitter. means it has a little bit of the bile. the gentleman over there, uncle, he's the larb master. they win larb competitions. >> really? >> yeah. they're killing it. they're supporting the whole damn family. the woman that just took the order, her family, her husband who's the guy who's the cashier, the uncle, when it gets really busy, the rest of the family comes and helps. >> you famously said you hate the word authentic. what does that word mean? >> depends on the context. if you're in the united states and you say traditional authentic thai restaurant, to me that has come to mean a standard thai restaurant

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