Saturday, July 17, 2010 Last Saturday was jam packed with culinary delights as we spent the day and night in various parts of BKK. After some much needed sleep Josie, Emily, our Thai friend Aung (nicknamed Panda) and I made our way to JJ weekend market. This giant of a market never fails to overwhelm me with its jam-packed aisles and its seemingly never-ending supply of goods and food. We wandered around and shopped a little bit until 1pm
when we went to meet up with Corky and Diane Ochs. These are two of my Aunt Lynn’s friends from home who were spending some time in Bangkok before heading South with their nephew. We met up with them at the clock tower in the middle of the market and went to find some Thai curry for lunch. We ended up eating at a small side ‘restaurant’ where we had a Thai version of spaghetti (spaghetti rice noodles, red or green curry, fish or chicken, etc.) and then made our way to an ice cream stand for some much needed relief from the heat (thanks Corky and Diane!) We all got different combinations of toppings including mango, cranberries, kiwi, apricots, strawberries, etc. It was so nice to meet the Ochs, who are some of the nicest people, and share with them a little bit of what my life is like over here. Talk about a great afternoon. That evening we all got ready to head out to AMFAH (All My Friends Are Hungry) a party hosted by some friends at a restaurant called Spanish on 4 in the Silom district of BKK. It was a night of culinary feasting followed by some quality DJ’ing from Panda and another 
friend named Sean. The title of the blog comes from the feeling of nostalgia I got from the food and atmosphere of the restaurant. I felt like I was transported back to my semester in Sevilla and wandering through Loly’s (my senora) kitchen. I’ve been having so much fun getting to know Thai food that I’d forgotten how much I love and miss Spanish comida. Plate after plate of amazing tapas were brought out including croquetas (croquettes), Spanish chorizo on fresh bread, ensalada rusa (Russian salad), fried calamari with aioli sauce, shrimp skewers and tortilla Espanola. The last one was probably the one that sent me back the most as I can’t count the amount of times 
Loly would whip up this amazingly thick egg/potato omelet and throw it on a loaf of bread for my lunch at school. The feast was brought to fruition when out came steaming hot pans of seafood paella! It was muy muy delcioso and I may have helped myself to seconds and thirds. I can’t say that I thought I would have found good Spanish food in the middle of Thailand, but I guess all you have to do is look a little! The rest of the evening was spent dancing and socializing before heading home with overly full bellies.
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