Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In 1800, the crown prince of the new Siamese kingdom wrote a poem for his princess, describing his love for her through references to her favorite foods from across the empire. This was a list that would influence the tastes and flavors of Thailand, but it's a list that- at least in English- has largely been lost to history. We set out to change that.

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0:00 - Shing-a-Ring-a-Ring
3:00 - The Story of the Verse of Food and Dessert
7:20 - First Stop: Chinese-Thai Food
10:38 - Retracing the Footsteps
13:51 - Bangkok in 1800
16:49 - Deeper into Southern Thailand
19:08 - Failure, and Indian Rice
21:28 - The Struggle is Real
23:25 - Finding the Last Four at the Ancient Border
28:24 - Assessing the Success and the Damage

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List of Venues Shown in the Video:

Shing-a-Ring-a-Ring
Som Tam Suphamit Alley
Ruam Tai
More Southern Restaurants on Wang Lang Road
Khao Gaeng Pa'tawee
Amritsr
Kaengorm

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Video credits:

Performance of Poem
กาพย์เห่ชมเครื่องคาวหวาน
youtube.com/watch?v=z_XxYGUJ0xI&ab_channel=MaeThanaporn

Breathing with Spaciousness Guided Meditation
youtu.be/P2h9hVzc5Sk