A picturesque waterside village in Chanthaburi province is an Instagram sensation with visitors drawn by the strange names of weird street snacks, including the rightly famous “Monkey Dick.”
English public schoolboys have been forced to eat the spotted variety of English dick for time immemorial. Many remain addicted to senility, with the dessert a fixture of House of Commons’ menus. But it’s a lot more substantial than the Thai version – a mung bean rice crepe on a stick in a phallic shape.
Located 10 kilometres south of Chanthaburi, the village of Ban Nong Bua has been home to Hainanese descendants for over 200 years. Their forefathers, seafarers, sailed from Hainan Island in Southern China to settle down along the mouth of the Chanthaburi River.
The Hainanese built wooden shophouses, Chinese shrines, eateries, a slaughterhouse and a small noodle…
