Phuket Food – Sausages (Conned!)

by Pink Elle on June 27, 2007

in Food and Restaurant Reviews,Phuket,Street Food,Thai

One thing I like about Thailand is their abundance of pork, pork and more pork everywhere! They do the most delicious pork bratwurst sausages at their little roadside stalls for a song, a mere THB15 (RM1.50, €0.3)! How to find sausages with those kind of prices anywhere else in the world?!

So when I arrived in Phuket, I very excitedly headed for the first sausage stall I saw. The woman was even happily grilling them fresh so I was sure they’ll be nice and hot and yummy!

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I happily bought my sausage and eager beaver me was longing to sink my teeth into it. I took a bite and WOAHHHHH…*cues screeching sound and fluffy happy music stops*

IT WAS NOT PORK!!

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It was instead some translucent vermicelli strands bound together with some tiny pieces of pork and bits of unidentifiable stuff in a thin transparent casing. The casing was probably made out of intestine, like a true sausage, and felt a little like plastic with quite a bit of resistance when you bite it. It’s quite strong-tasting and a the taste of fat in it was greasy and a bit cloying after a while. Then again, that’s probably what authentic sausages are supposed to be like!

So if you see these nice fat little links sizzling in Thailand, take a closer look or you might just be conned into eating a vermicelli sausage, like me!

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LB June 27, 2007 at 7:34 pm

Haha, sorry to hear about that. In my humble opinion, the good old English Banger is the best pork (or otherwise) sausage in the whole wide world, bar none!! I can’t wait to pig out at Sri Hartamas’ Jarrod & Rawlins’ again, very soon!

PE says: Agreed! Although the Italian sossies are pretty good too!

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william June 27, 2007 at 8:43 pm

Mmmmmmmmmmm look tasty to me.

PE says: They weren’t!

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rinnah June 27, 2007 at 9:24 pm

Eeee… the casing tasted like plastic? Yuck! Phtui!

PE says: Yalor :( Not only tasted of plastic but it had a greasy lardy smell to it too! *pukes*

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may June 30, 2007 at 8:39 am

dang, I really thought those were porkie sausages! I wouldn’t mind trying vermicelli ones, though. a healthier option, minus the plastic taste?

PE says: Hmm…dunno, do give it a try if you’re in Thailand. I didn’t quite like that porky lardy flavour and plasticky texture!

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