The silence was deafening

We might have set a record for the longest amount of time between posts, but we're back. An update is in order. Jessica finished her master's degree at Berkeley and is now working in Washington, D.C. I left Abu Dhabi and am now living and working in Yangon, Myanmar, a beautiful but still-developing country in Southeast Asia bordered by Thailand, China, India, Laos and Bangladesh.
There is more pork in majority-Buddhist Myanmar than there was in the United Arab Emirates, but, alas, roughly the same lack of barbecue joints.
What they call barbecue does not involve slow cooking, dry rubs, sauces or hush puppies. The following video shows a typical BBQ joint in Myanmar, which involves a selection of meat, a charcoal-fired grill, and veggies. My friends in the video are discussing whether the meat brought to the table is beef or pork, and whether they got the order right.
I'll continue my search for American-style barbecue in Myanmar, but I don't hold out much hope. Maybe Jessica will have a better post about her barbecue discoveries in the nation's capital.