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Tide of lao khao sloshing around in my stomach, and i need to sober up in case ernest borgnine calls. she said she'd call. i feel so used. >> andy: in the north, they love to eat pork here. look at all the damn chilies. there's a lot of chilies here. we got these fresh red ones. we've got these green ones that were sliced and stir fried in there, and we've got small green peppers. >> andy: whoa, that's hot. ooh. i breathed in and got hit with the chili. >> anthony: yeah. >> andy: down the sides of the throat. >> anthony: yeah, you know when you really hit like super hot, like when you feel lik...

♪ >> anthony: snacks? >> andy: snacks. let's go eat. >> anthony: this train has long ago come off the rails. one bar after another, it's time andy and i head to an appropriate follow up to a night like we've 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, it's something served with rice. >> anthony: how can you have drunken noodles with no noodles? this is what we need, whatever it is. >> andy: it's something devised for drunken people to eat. >> anthony: well, that's us. so...

There's a little bit of the original batch still in there. >> andy: exactly. >> anthony: she's hacking red meat all day. and there's like not a drop on the -- the frilly. >> andy: on the ruffley -- this is the sauce that goes with it. it's kinda like a sour chili sauce. and then you gotta have some of these pickled mustard greens too, pak dong. >> anthony: that's really tasty. >> andy: this place is famous as hell. like half the people here are tourists, probably chinese tourists. >> anthony: let's do it. >> andy: you want to stick your feet in some fish water? >> anthony: eh -- no. >> andy: n...

Tradition -- >> ladies and gentelmen -- >> andy: -- of the ladyboy cabaret. >> anthony: yeah, let's 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 in koh pha ngan in 1987. i met this girl and i was like stoked because it was like, "oh, she's into me." and, like, at some point she sat on my lap, and she's like, "oh, well i have to go now. i have to go do someth...

Meat. he's practically family. >> andy: mmm. >> anthony: hammered meat, here anyway, is beef or pork that's been charcoal-grilled, then pulverized into ropy threads to give it a distinctive texture, then served with a spicy chili and galangal dip. >> andy: so i guess, um, i've been accepted by the family. and i'll be living in the house here next door. and, uh, my job is going to be to smash beef with a hammer