Displaced Hoser

Location:

Colorado Springs, CO

Best meal I ever ate:

You're kidding, right? Just one?

My current drink of choice:

Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale. I don't particularly like beer, but I like this.

I really wish I could:

travel around Northern Thailand doing nothing but eating.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Mussaman curry.

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Anywhere? Still a tall order... Five places that have really left a lasting impression: the Indian Harvest at the Leela Kempinski Hotel in Bombay; the little warren of places by the docks on the Chao Phraya in Bangkok; the Vietnamese restaurant with amazing do-it-yourself spring rolls in Nong Khai, Thailand; the Salt Lick barbecue in Austin, Texas; and maybe that Garfunkel's chain in Britain for that dessert they have with maple syrup and ice cream and real Belgian waffles.

My most tattered cookbooks:

"Real Thai" by Nancie McDermott, aka the Bible.