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It's basically taking that frog, grill him first, hack it up, fry the living bollocks out of it with garlic. >> anthony: mm. you know, there's almost an inverse relationship, like the more hideous-looking the dish, the more delicious it is. as you probably noticed by now, the food here is not pad thai or green curry chicken. there are complex layers of flavor, sophisticated balances, spicy, sour, a little bitter, salty, herby. color and texture are important. crispy, soft, cold, hot. it's exactly this interplay between elements that makes northern thai food so thrilling and so addictive. >> an...

You really hit like super hot, like when you feel like you're having a brain hemorrhage? it's like an ice cream headache, but it's like a pepper headache. >> andy: yeah, and your vision starts to tunnel out. >> anthony: you're halfway through and you're aware that your hair has just burst into flames. that perfect balance of pain and pleasure and more pain. brain flooding with endorphins and all is well with the world. until tomorrow morning. whoo. [ belching ] so, do -- i've had a couple cocktails. i think we should like totally get, like, tattooed tomorrow, man. >> andy: magic tattoos. [ lau...

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. >> andy: absolutely. they should have a sports bar. >> anthony: actually, that's a -- brilliant idea. >> andy: we should bring that to new york. >> anthony: okay. if we had a ladyboy show in a sports bar, you're gonna watch football, drink a lot of beer, at around beer number eight bring out the ladyboys. just my luck. at a show like this, what happens. what she sa...

Maybe a lot of drinks, because what you need -- maybe you didn't know you needed it, but you do -- is nam prik. thai chili dip. >> andy: yeah. nam prik is what the vast majority of thai people who live in america who come to thailand to visit who go back ended up getting busted at the airport for trying to bring in. >> anthony: we get two kinds. nam prik ta dang. >> andy: it's a combination of chilies, garlic, shrimp paste, dried fish. >> anthony: and this -- >> andy: colloquially known as midnight nam prik num. >> anthony: made from roasted green chilies. accompanied by god's preferred delive...

Laap kao cham cha. laap is the dish that they're known for, which is the minced meat salad. >> anthony: now what's that furry material there? >> andy: that's one of the many stomachs of the cow. it might be the third stomach. mm. it's bitter. it means it has just a little bit of the bile. the gentleman over there, uncle, he's the laap master. they win laap competitions. >> anthony: oh yeah? >> andy: they're killing it. they're supporting the whole damn family. the woman who just took our order, her family and her husband, who's the guy who's the cashier, the uncles, the aunties, when it gets r...