Afterwards, one can enjoy a locally made cigarette, made of tobacco with additional herbs, held together by a special banana-leaf.

By the light of each year's last full moon, Thais launch banana-leaf krathong floats-and their hopes for good fortune-in waters all over Thailand.

We pad our breakfast with a spicy chicken, vegetable, and mung bean vermicelli gaeng purchased from a nearby vendor, and grilled, banana leaf-wrapped fish sourced from another.