Revenge of the Carnivores

Seven weeks of Nepali/Indian food, even the occasional non-veg and Pizza Hut, had gotten to us, so last night we splurged at a "Brazilian grill" up the street, Zico's. The food was great, it was a somewhat different dining experience for us, the decor was convincing, the music and entertainment appropriately upbeat. Preceded by an extravagant salad bar, the main attraction was the all-you-can-eat mixed grill. Every night they grill 15 different meat, fish/shellfish, and fowl varieties and slice them onto your plate from skewers (see illustration), accompanied by a variety of sauces. Great lamb, chicken, barracuda, prawn, pork, veal, chorizo, salmon, duck, beef, etc. I cannot say we totally pigged out--we are both very pleased with the weight we lost as result of Dr. Sherouse's Miracle Khumbu Diet (burn 6,000 calories a day; ingest 1,500; get sick; lose your appetite). But we do think we scored one for the carnivores last night. Confession: I tried the grilled shark , but I did not eat the fin. I think it had been removed in China. See Zico's at http://www.zicossamui.com/index.asp for yourself.

Later. Our inactivity continues, aided by the occasional thunderstorms and clouds. Major achievements include: getting my beard trimmed, Vicki's getting a pedicure, getting our clothes "professionally" washed (35 bhat/kilo, folded), editing pix down to a manageable 13 gigs and backing them up, making Bangkok and Siem Reap arrangements, Vicki's reading of Ken Follett's PILLARS OF THE EARTH, not getting sun-burned. Today we did a two-hour walk, covering much of Chaweng Beach. The highlight for me was a great Tom Yum soup with prawns for dinner.