Thiland is a melting spot of multiple cultures and one of the leading tourism destination in Asia . It is also called Land of smile for loving people , gentle smile , free mindset and lots of food . You can taste Chines , Japanes , Indian , arabic , continential and of course thai food . Not only you got those but in the authentic style . In thiland you experience some weired culture of eating crocordile , worms , cocroches and Frog . Pho , steamed rice , chicken , pork and fishes are the daily items and they uses much chilli in the cooking . If you are in the budget then you can order pre cooked meal from seven eleven . some of the best food to eat in thailand are pho , haines chicken , moo ping , potonggo , kanom krok , banana roti and many more .
Something you should astonished that how they packed the food in a plastic bag . They packed curry , chicken , pork or sweets all in a air tight plastic pouches which makes it edible for long time . They also packed the palm and coconut sweets in the Banana Leave . They used the stabler to pinned in a shape .
best dishes to eat in thailand :
Hainanese Chicken and steamed Rice :
This is a chines dish where steamed rice is served with Steamed Boneless Chicken , some salad and a sauce . This dish is very easy to digest , good in Nutrition and available in all Thailand .
If you buy it from the Seven eleven then it is 39 THB and in local shop mostly little higher but sometimes lower also .
Crocordile BBQ:
This is a unique types of food I have seen in the Thiland . I see it in the Khaosan road of Bangkok where a whole Crorordile was hang in a long iron stick
If you want they will serve one small stick of BBQ Crocordile meat . In one stick there was four meat .
One BBQ Crocordile meat stick is 100 THB here .
Fried Worms , Scorpions :
It looks very weired but in most of the Night Markets in Thailand you can see different types of worms are being sold . This are fried first and used as snacks in Thai Food .
In Khaosan rd of Bangkok , I have see some Vendors selling some fried Scorpions . This are looks very interesting , though I have not tasted it . You may taste all this weired food in Khaosan Rd of Bangkok or any Night Market in Thiland .
Khao neow sang kaya (Sticky rice with custard ):
Khao neow sang kaya is one of the best sweet food to eat in thailand . There is two version of Khao neow sang kaya , one for the black sticky rice cooked in coconut milk and another one is white sticky rice cooked in coconut milk and add some jiggery or sugar .
Next part is the thai custered topping above the sticky rice . Sometimes they add some coconut milk with it for taste . Mainly it is served in the morning by the local women in a coconut leave and stapled in the top . This is a good morning breakfast .
Khai Jiao (Thai omlet with rice) :
This is one of the Thai foods you will get in Restaurant and specially in 7 Eleven stores in Thiland . Here the steam rice is topped with a omlet .
This omlet might have two – three eggs , onions and chillies and topped with corriender leaves or basil leaves . This is the cheapest lunch or dinner in Thiland . It is very dry so ask some prik nam pla . It will enhance the taste and it will not stuck in your throat .
The price might be 20 – 25 THB in 7 Eleven . I mostly tried in that store . They just heat it up
Pho :
Pho is the rice Noodles . It is a unavoidable food in all the countries of south east asia .
Pho can be served as soup or fried with vegetables . This is one of the popular morning breakfast .
Price of a bowl of Pho is between 30 – 40 THB .
Moo Ping (Grilled pork) :
Grilled pork is one of the evening or morning food in Thiland . In every corner or night market you will find the grilled pork in a stick and the aroma floats around the streets .
It is mostly popular among the young people as the price is in the budget .
One stick is mostly between 5-10 THB .
Khao ka Moo (Pork with Rice):
This is one of the favorite lunch items . Here steamed rice is served with the braised pork leg with egg . Sometimes it is served with pickle and salad .
Price of one plate Khao ka moo is between 40 – 50 THB .
Potonggo :
This is thai style of chines doughnuts which are mostly consumed in the morning or evening with the condensed milk , coffee or tea . This is crispy and delicious .
Prices ranges from 1-2 THB per piece for a potonggo .
Kanom krok (coconut rice Pan cake) :
It is my favorite Thai dessert . Mostly you get it in the morning but in other time less available . This batter is made of rice , flour and coconut milk . They put corn and different items as the topping . This are made in this multiple bowl type of Pan . This Pan cakes are best when served hot . When served this two parts are joined together .
In 10 THB they will serve you 7 Kanom Krok .
Banana Roti :
Banana Roti is one of the popular snacks in Thiland . Inside this roti they will put chopped banana . Then they fried this roti . After that they put the condensed milk above it . Then it was cut into pieces and served .
Banana Roti is priced per piece 20 – 40 THB .
Toddy palm cake :
This is one of the best breakfast food to eat in thailand as well as in Cambodia and my favourite breakfast . When in the morning I go for a long cycling then I buy from local vendor this items quiet a bit . This are cheap , almost fills my stomatch and last until evening .
The are the palm steam cake topped with shreaded coconut . It taste little sweet . The main ingridents are flour , coconut milk , palm paste , east and sugar .
It is very popular in sukhothai , where the palm is sparsh . You see in the archeological park there is lots of palm trees and in the bottom there were lots of ripped palm fallen from the tree . It looks like palm is free in that region .
Iced Beverages :
In Thailand , specially south of Bangkok , is situated very near to the equator . You can experience humid and very hot weather . So keep yourself cool it needs some cold drinks .
Almost in everywhere with food , Thai people take a iced big drinks and enjoyed it for quiet some time . It may be flavored cola , fruits , sugarcane and coffee and many more . Mostly , I used this drink from the seven eleven store .
Price for a drink ranges from 14 – 25 THB .
Summary :
Thiland is one of the major tourist destination in South East Asia . As the tourist come from all over the world , so you can taste the different food from the continental to indian to arabic to chines and off course the thai food . In thiland there is some weird food like crocodile meat to silk worms and many more worms . Pork , duck and chicken are the major meat you can consume in Thiland . Rice noodles , sticky rice and noodles are daily menu of thai people . Iced beverages are very common with the food .
