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21 Amazing Bangalore Breakfast Dishes 
Why Chinese People Eat Sea Horse 
Classic Chinese Torture Methods (and their cute names) 
Amazing Old Bollywood Poster Shops 
The 38th Reich: Korean Nazi Cosplay 
Beijing’s incredible (and completely fake) Disneyland 
Castration Classes at the Beijing Eunuch Culture Exhibition Hall 
China’s all-time favorite (and all-time darkest?) comic book: Sanmao 
Why Chinese People Eat Ants 
Prosthetic Noses, Red Wigs, and Whiteface… American Characters in Chinese Films 
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Beijing’s Single Most Horrific Meal 
This Hindu God has 1,000 Vaginas! 
Nazi Fashion in China 
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India’s Incredibly Cool Hand-Drawn Movie Posters 
Small Children Feeding Live Animals to Tigers in a Chinese Zoo 
The Sick Collector and His 1000 Pairs of Shoes 
What the Fortune Teller Told Me (Hong Kong) 
Why Chinese People Eat Deer Penis 
Outrageously Cute Korean Cosplay: The 21 Favorites 
Chisney & Koreansney: Local Disney Knockoffs 
Whoring in Chiang Mai 
18 Terrible Moments from a Taoist Hell 
One Ghostly Cambodian Ruin 
Another Abandoned Beijing Amusement Park 
Dr Shankar’s Wonderful Collection of Brains and Other Medical Obscura 
A Huge Pile of Gorgeous Old Thai Movie Posters 
The Poem I Can’t Find… 
Heavy Petting in Seoul 
Beijing’s Dongyue Temple and Their 19 Incredible Taoist Gods 
Our Six Best China Stories! 
American Imperialist Bastards in a North Korean Comic Book 
Porn, Rats, and Antique Projectors at Sri Lanka’s Classic Cinemas 
Sweet gruesome statue asking for donations 
Best Pix from Bangalore’s First Ever ComicCon - The Disastrous Fall of Sanmao
Why Chinese People Eat Snake as Medicine 
North Korea frightening customs declarations form 
Relive the Cultural Revolution (aka The Weirdest Dinner Theater in Beijing) 
North Korean traffic lights… um… robot ladies. 
13 Amazing Indian Circus Posters 
Return to Fake Disneyland? Sweeeeeet! 
China’s first sci-fi movie: Death Ray on Coral Island (1980) 
The Incredible Furniture of North Korea 
A Postcard from Erenhot 
Metropolis finally finds the right marketing campaign… - 15 More Pictures from weirdoid Tiger Balm Park
The Great Chinese Chip Taste-Off
Tag Archives: Bangkok
Sweet Movies and Wild Books
A Huge Pile of Gorgeous Old Thai Movie Posters
It was the Singapore Agent who told me about the poster guy on Rambuttri. "Rambuttri like Rambutan," he said. "But with a tree at the end. Look for the restaurant with the good pad thai, next to the massage place. That's where you'll find the poster guy." The pad thai restaurant next to a massage parlor? ...
Holy Curiosities, Somewhat Perverted
The Cockiest Shrine in Bangkok
At Bangkok's Goddess Tuptim Shrine, there's something prickly going down. At this veritable penis park, there are whoppers, dongers, cocks and dicks, carved-off woodies and sleek shiny johnsons in stacks. Every last one is circumcised. Even the cocks of cocks. Known locally as the Chao Mae Tuptim, this overgrown shrine is tucked--ever so discretely--behind ...
Cute & Kawaii
Bangkok’s Sweetest Secret Dance Party
Bangkok is awesome. Pad thai, ping pong balls, reclining buddhas. But nowhere is sweeter than this hidden corridor of Central World Mall, where crowds of high school kids practice their sweet dance moves every weekend. Each gang brings their own routines and own MP3 players. Any reflective surface--shop windows, aluminum panelling, ...
Other Obscura
One Politician You Can Count On
We haven't set foot in Bangkok in far too long. Months. But fortunately, AsiaObscura eyes are growing more populous, and reader Matt Smith wrote in with this great pair of electoral campaign posters. What a smile! What a dog! (Pity about that shit kid he had to deal with.) You can surely find ...
Copyright Carelessness
More GameSpot Logo-Theivery
I found a flyer on the subway, for Beijing's "岭郡ONE: Tuscany Romantic life" apartment complex, units from 430 sq-ft. Clever... looked like an ipad. WAITASECOND!!! Is that Ethan O'Brien or James Cheung's GameSpot logo, promoting "No limit loans" (不限贷)??? Oh yeah, it is. Nice work, Chinese bootleggers! Reminds me of that sweet Wii-knockoff "Wü Music Kit" ...
Holy Curiosities, Somewhat Perverted
Strange Moments in a Bangkok Temple
Wat Suwannaram, a 12th-century temple, is hidden on the far side of the river in Bangkok. It's remote -- no tourists, only two praying women in short skirts (they'd left their high heels outside.) The real draw here is the mouth-dropping murals, which tell the most bizarre and glorious tales. While we tiptoed ...
Extraordinary Eats
Eating a Whole Roast Suckling Pig
It wasn't as mouth-shockingly good as we'd hoped... but then again, this little guy looks pretty evil, too. Found at Tang Jai Yoo in Bangkok's Chinatown.
Offbeat Museums, Somewhat Perverted, Strange Medicine
Forensic Science Museum, Bangkok
Deep in the bowels of the King's Hospital, if you look hard enough, you'll eventually find the stomach-churning absolutely wonderful Forensic Science Museum. I've a weak stomach, but the permanent exhibit here is unmissable. (Photos aren't allowed, so I apologize for this scarce and clumsy record. You'll clearly have to go, yourself.) ...
Cute & Kawaii, Somewhat Perverted
Bangkok Loves Blythe
Siam Paragon Shopping Mall's elaborate (and incredible) Blythe exhibit offered up some leading costume designs for the creepy oh-so-slightly-pedophilic 1972 Kenner doll, which has captured the hearts and sewing skills of, well, at least a few dozen fans. From Wikipedia, "There is a network of hobbyists who customize the doll for resale and create ...