First few weeks - Sukhothai

Wow, what a whirlwind the first few weeks have been. Working the last three weeks in the NICU taking care of newborns was both an exciting but challenging world for me. It was babies, babies, babies everywhere at first, each with their distinctive reasons why they couldn't enjoy the company of their mothers. Some were labeled as "feeders & growers", a colloquial medical term for small but stable babies who were just there to get big. Others were complex, with their mixture of major gastrointestinal (gut), cardiac (heart), and pulmonary (lung) problems. The toughest and most emotional patients are the bad outcomes. Thankfully, modern medicine has grown to a point where we are able to resuscitate and take care of extremely small babies and give them a, mostly, normal and healthy life. However, as we stretch our medical capabilities to the limit, we begin to see patients with a litany of extreme and strange problems, some of them not compatible with life. Many times I saw our medical team take a "timeout" after a bad outcome and regroup. Seeing the despair and anguish in the parents took its toll on me. Thankfully, the cohesiveness of our team and support we have for one another made the difficult cases bearable and tolerable.

On the other hand, I began to explore the wonder that is Osborne village. Taking a quick break after an academic half-day, me and a fellow co-resident went to the village for a meal. Wanting to try Bangkok Thai, we found it was closed that particular day, darn! Well, we settled on Sukhothai,

Opening the unassuming menu found the basics and some novel items. The decor was nice and well lit.

We started with something new: stuffed chicken wings. Deep fried delicious wings stuffed with vermicelli, pork and vegetables. Went well with the sweet chili sauce.

A Thai pancake was not the obvious thing to order off the menu but boy was it delicious! Thin crepe filled with pork and vegetables served with lettuce wraps. Different but excellent!

It is difficult for me to go to a Thai restaurant and not order the pad Thai. We got the pad Thai shrimp. Tasty, but a small portion and only a few small pieces of shrimp. Somewhat underwhelming compared to some of my favorite Thai places.

The damage was as expected for a thai meal. Definitely worth a try if you are around. Next time, its off to Bangkok Thai I go!