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Wesley Verhoeve's avatar

The leap so many dream of. Excited to follow along.

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Matt Rodbard's avatar

Congrats Andy!! looking forward to this chapter.

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Geoffrey's avatar

Congrats! Looking forward to this and to getting back to Thailand myself soon. โชคดีครับ!

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Chad's avatar

Kudos, Chef.

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Vilay Saikeo's avatar

I am so excited to follow all your new endeavors and journey! I admire your love for Thailand, food and your zest to live and eat life up!!!

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Lisa Dahl's avatar

That first picture is so great! Always a cat whisperer! I’m very much looking forward to reading your unique thoughts and interesting efforts!

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Lachy Cashman's avatar

Look forward to this eo much! Miss going to Chiang Mai, so will have to live it vicariously through this..

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Beefy B. in LA's avatar

Congratulations Chef Ricker! So far, I’ve enjoyed your restaurants, books, appearances and postings on IG. Looking forward to reading your musings from Thailand now, here on Substack too. Bring tha noise!

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Pam Yung's avatar

Yes! Will (gladly) follow along. You’re missed in America.

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scott murphy's avatar

Great pic and great idea Andy! I hope to share a meal with you in Chiang Mai one day. And, you're an inspiration to start a Substack blog from Hong Kong!

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Philipp's avatar

What a great idea! I was thinking about reaching out via IG in order to find out how the (current) pandemic situation impacts the situation in Thailand and the prospect of traveling there..thanks!

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Mike Torok's avatar

This is awesome, Andy!! I'll be finally going back to Phuket in April. I've spent some time in the north too. Excited to follow along with this!

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Ivan Orkin's avatar

Great stuff Andy! Looking forward to reading more!

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Chet Adkins's avatar

Great stuff! Glad to have you here full time! Ready to throw down for Xmas Eve!! Gonna be a fun night:)

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Nick Rourke's avatar

Awesome Andy and look forward to reading more and getting further insight to the wonderful kingdom of Thailand. ( Ps. This is also getting me through unplanned stay in AQ ) - stay safe

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Dan's avatar

Excellent. Having moved back to London now over 2 years ago I miss Thailand and the ease of getting lovely food. London is great for food, at a cost. I came back with plethora of Thai cooking implements and ideas. I have many of your books and you were kind enough to offer a few tips over Twitter whilst I was in Bangkok. Great idea for this feed, the wider sociology that you imply too. Thanks.

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Nick Rourke's avatar

Hey Dan ! Fellow English Thai food lover here !

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