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This time, its all about consuming medically inadvisable amounts of food and drink. if thailand is one of the best countries to eat in, then chiang mai is a particularly good city to find yourself hungry. oh, thats the frog. >> andy: thats the frog. its basically taking that frog, grill him first, hack it up, fry the living bollocks out of it with garlic. >> anthony: mm. you know, theres almost an inverse relationship, like the more hideous-looking the dish, the more delicious it is. as you prob...

They cooked it. >> anthony: right. >> andy: right -- the whole idea -- >> anthony: im not gonna question a classic. mm. oh, thats good. >> andy: chewy. chewy, still chewy. still chewing. thats delicious. >> anthony: and because andy is a v.i.p. and potential future son-in-law, dad, sporting his 40 amulets for protection, brings out the chefs special -- a bitter soup with buffalo tendon, spiked with bile. that doesnt sound good. man, this is addictive right away. >> andy: deep and dark and herbac...

>> anthony: chiang mai at night, and we are well on our way. to where, to what, i dont know, i dont much care. [ woman speaking thai ] >> anthony: but i do know its time to eat. in thailand its almost always a time to eat, oh yes, and drink. we shall be doing that too. >> andy: the inevitable ice in beer. the way to drink beer in southeast asia. >> anthony: beer you say? oh all right, in the interest of research, of course. >> andy: you got beer, you got booze, you got ice. you got some grilled ...

I met this girl and i was like stoked because it was like, "oh, shes into me." and, like, at some point she sat on my lap, and shes like, "oh, well i have to go now. i have to go do something." and she gave me a kiss, and i was like, "im in." and the show started. ♪ you can forgive a guy for making a mistake. >> anthony: totally. many ladyboys, frankly, are pretty spectacular looking, especially the ones who have breasteses. you know, the women are harshin the buzz. this should be a guy thing....

One is the addition of ki ong, which means young shit. so its basically the partially digested juice thats made from when a cow eats grass. shit juice. its not -- its not on the menu for me. >> anthony: aw geez. oh no. >> andy: exactly, yeah. i did not order that. were not having that. >> anthony: okay. were not having that. >> andy: were not having that. >> anthony: okay. im thinking well stick to the plain blood soup. thank you very much. >> andy: and the way that they make it is they take the...

Ago come off the rails. one bar after another, its time andy and i head to an appropriate follow up to a night like weve had. more food, quickly. this has become an emergency situation. [ horn honks ] there it is. drunken noodles, dude. >> andy: pad ki mao is actually not a noodle dish, its something served with rice. >> anthony: how can you have drunken noodles with no noodles? this is what we need, whatever it is. >> andy: its something devised for drunken people to eat. >> anthony: well, that...

>> anthony: okay, last mealtime, last lap. stagger across the finish line. [ cat meows ] >> andy: meow. >> anthony: andys favorite spot in chiang mai -- a family-run restaurant named auntie daengs hammered meat. and the jokes pretty much write themselves, folks. >> andy: no, every year. every year. >> anthony: andys been coming here forever, since it was only auntie daengs lightly slapped meat. hes practically family.

All of them have left their mark on the food. >> andy: heres the local hooch. lao khao. >> anthony: and if youre eating here, chances are youre also drinking. >> andy: ugh. compared to the, uh, the stuff we had this morning, this is substantially more harsh, i would say, and less fragrant. >> anthony: the village of mae on, and this place is called him tang. how did you nd this place, man? were in the middle of nowhere. >> andy: its a very popular place. >> anthony: a restaurant showcasing one o...

>> anthony: you ordered french fries? >> andy: yes, i did. >> anthony: apparently its an indigenous specialty. >> andy: in thailand, "fen fy" is probably one of the most popular "men-u" items. they always have food to eat when you drink. >> anthony: what is this whiskey were drinking by the way? i havent really paid attention. >> andy: this whiskey were drinking here is actually rum. ♪ [ joe singing in thai ] >> anthony: this guys good. >> andy: thats one of the great things about a place like...

Conduct. but do we call it a night, quit while were ahead? no. >> andy: were gonna head over to see the time-honored adition -- >> ladies and gentelmen -- >> andy: -- of the ladyboy cabaret. >> anthony: yeah, lets do that. [ cheers ] all right, here it is. ♪ ladyboys, as they are known in thailand, have led to many an embarrassing moment to the amorous cowboy too buzzed to notice or care much about the details. >> andy: my first experience with this kind of an atmosphere in thailand happened i...