mkr5000 wrote:

> I'm not talking about getting responses from native orientals so much
> because I can guarantee you stinky tofu and the like are not on my
> agenda.....

Then you wouldn't like anything I would mention. Stick to lap chueng

> but more interested in responses from those with more
> "Americanized" taste buds. (Although I'm a courageous eater -- not a
> wimp).

Sounds like you're a wimp to me!

Get some mam nem, salted or preserved duck eggs, dried squid, or fermented
fish packed in oil then come back back and say that.

> Anything I'm missing out on?

Pretty much everything.

-sw