SLIDE SHOW: Where Chinese and Thai Food Meet

Jarrett Wrisley explores the versatile and flavorful cuisine of Thailand's Trang Province, where China and Thailand meet.

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If the century-old chairs in the Yu Chiang coffee shop could talk, they would have so many stories to tell.

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Jarrett Wrisley explores the versatile and flavorful cuisine of Thailand's Trang Province,

Where China and Thailand Meet .

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The Yu Chiang coffee shop from outside.

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Jarrett Wrisley explores the versatile and flavorful cuisine of Thailand's Trang Province,

Where China and Thailand Meet .

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Coffee so thick and rich it looks like topsoil in a glass.

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Jarrett Wrisley explores the versatile and flavorful cuisine of Thailand's Trang Province,

Where China and Thailand Meet .

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Some wore slicked, parted hair and three-piece suits, while others sported the wispy beards and Mandarin collars of Ming Dynasty thinkers.

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Jarrett Wrisley explores the versatile and flavorful cuisine of Thailand's Trang Province,

Where China and Thailand Meet .

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According to the owner, Thanu, the food (along with the chairs and the tables) has remained the same.

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Jarrett Wrisley explores the versatile and flavorful cuisine of Thailand's Trang Province,

Where China and Thailand Meet .

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Photo by Jarrett Wrisley

The spices take hold inside the pig, and then it is roasted, and chopped in front of the shop.

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Jarrett Wrisley explores the versatile and flavorful cuisine of Thailand's Trang Province,

Where China and Thailand Meet .

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Photo by Jarrett Wrisley

This moo yan g is the cornerstone of a Chinese-style breakfast in Trang, where it's usually eaten on toothpicks, with a few coffees.

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Jarrett Wrisley explores the versatile and flavorful cuisine of Thailand's Trang Province,

Where China and Thailand Meet .

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The dim sum that's served in dozens of Trang coffee shops is strictly Cantonese.

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Jarrett Wrisley explores the versatile and flavorful cuisine of Thailand's Trang Province,

Where China and Thailand Meet .

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Pete Panichgul, 65, was born in Trang but spent the better part of three decades in America opening Thai restaurants.

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Jarrett Wrisley explores the versatile and flavorful cuisine of Thailand's Trang Province,

Where China and Thailand Meet .

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A vendor in Trang's colorful morning market.

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Jarrett Wrisley explores the versatile and flavorful cuisine of Thailand's Trang Province,

Where China and Thailand Meet .

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Mrs. Fong proudly serves her steaming bowls of rice porridge with a colorful array of condiments: salted duck eggs, crunchy fried anchovies, sweetly pickled ginger and braised tofu.

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Jarrett Wrisley explores the versatile and flavorful cuisine of Thailand's Trang Province,

Where China and Thailand Meet .

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A bowl of Khaotom, with my condiments.

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Jarrett Wrisley explores the versatile and flavorful cuisine of Thailand's Trang Province,

Where China and Thailand Meet .

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Photo by Jarrett Wrisley

Whole pigs are rubbed in a mixture of five spice, garlic, and sugar and then left to dry for a day in the sun. Read more here .

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Jarrett Wrisley explores the versatile and flavorful cuisine of Thailand's Trang Province,

Where China and Thailand Meet .