Friday, May 22, 2009

Escargots

I found them when visiting the hilltop Summer Palace of the 4th King of Thailand in Petchaburi.

summer palace on a hill
hilltop


stairs to the summer palace of king 4th
Stairs up the hilltop


summer palace
Summer Palace


lady boys
Lady boys


Ah~ What a refreshing sight,


pagoda


The view from here. See? Pagoda in the distance.


While I was browsing around the palace (forbidden to take photos inside, sacred ma, disrespectful to the royalty),

I spotted these little decalicies climbing around the corner underneath the pot.

snails group


There's not one, but a whole groupies of them!

a lot of snails


This was like a hang out joint for them. They were under every single pot.

Who eats this stuff?
oh wait. I did.

See if I can find a picture somewhere here.

escargot

Ugh. seriously. I must be crazy.


I mean, does one can actually look at these and say: "ermm... escargots." *rubs tummy*
One has to be either really blind, or really love escargots.

No, make that blind and anosmia (loss of smell).
God they smell. -.-


big snail small snail


wtf The big escargot just poo-poo on the small escargot.

15 kissed Nicole:

naqiubex said...

Bravo.. French cuisine
les escargots..
salty and chewy.. wu..

Cindy Khor said...

eh, the whole snail thingy is really disgusting... i don't think i wanna try them in my entrie life...

Cath J said...

*shaking head*..

weiwen said...

Hi, just a friendly tip. Escargot is a type of snail. Not all snails are escargot. Only certain species of snails are cooked and consumed. What you have here are not escargots.

thunderbird25 said...

eeek! butterflies in my tummy. Childhood days I heard that the filling of Yong Tow Foo was fr the siput babi.

Nigel Foong said...

Haven't eat escargot before but kill them before with salt! *Devilish*

First time in my life I know escargot is a type of snail which can be eaten~ Eww~

JennyTay said...

They ate my bills and letters in my mailbox...dammitt! And even poo-ed in there. Gross.

Anonymous said...

tat is a stupa not pagoda.

MODERN ROBINSON CRUSOE said...

Oh my, there can be "bullying" in the snail/escargot realm as well...LOL poo POO.....

LeeChien said...

omg.. i dislike escargots!!!

Anonymous said...

hey,

Why always about travel?

Talk about ur relationship ma
or sex life.

caseyliew said...

ewww to the big snail

jam said...

Nicole, I can't imagine you ate those things!

Rosse said...

According to Wiki - Escargot is a dish of cooked land snails, usually served as an appetizer. The word is also sometimes applied to the living snails of those species which are commonly eaten.

What you have here is a type of snail that can't be eatin.

Tips for those ashmatics, scargot is actually good for you. Thats a natural medicine in Phils....lol

J.H said...

Few weeks ago I just watch some telly program on French obssesion on escargot. Not only they eat them, the french even let it climb over their face to make the skin youthful o.O