Traveling around Thailand on your own, you want to try many dishes of Thai cuisine and choose the most suitable and delicious for yourself. There is usually no problem with food in Thailand - it is everywhere. And everywhere, in cafes or at makashniki, the food is quite tasty. None is complete without a huge amount of varied food. Let's see what kind of food is the most popular in Thailand and what is worth trying.
Classic Thai food is very spicy. However, in tourist spots, Thais cook moderately spicy food. Tourists either adapt to this, or remember the magic phrase "know spicy" before placing an order.
1. Gai Pad Met Mamuang - Thai Chicken
Food in Thailand: Gai Pad Met MamuangStir-fried chicken pieces with crispy cashews and peppers. Has a sweet and salty taste. Usually this dish is not very peppery.
2. Spring Roll
Of course, Thai cuisine is unthinkable without spring rolls. Moreover, the menu will most likely say not “rolls”, but “roll” - Thais ignore the endings. Spring Rolls are fried crispy spring rolls - a delicious snack. Spring rolls are often considered a vegetarian meal, with shrimp being the most popular option among tourists.
3. Panaeng
Food in Thailand: meat to coconut cream Panaeng is made with chicken, pork or beef in red curry. To soften curries in Thailand, they like to add coconut milk to their food. It is usually served with boiled rice.
4. Som Tam - Thai papaya salad
Food in Tae: Spicy Papaya Salad A spicy papaya salad is made with beans, tomatoes, onions and some herbs. Very well suited as an addition to grills and other meats.
5. Moo Sa-Te - kebabs
Food in Thailand: Pork sa-te Spicy small pork skewers in Thailand can be found everywhere, they are served with yellow curry. Especially good as a beer snack.
6. Tom Yam Goong - famous Thai soup Tom Yam with shrimps
The most advertised dish for Russian tourists. For some reason, it is believed that in Thailand they should immediately fall in love with Tom Yam and eat him every day. In fact, this is a VERY spicy, unhealthy and weird food. Only shrimps are caught from the whole plate and the liquid is scooped out, everything else is not eaten. It can be so acute that it is impossible to breathe for several seconds. Therefore, it is better to start your acquaintance with Thai food not with Tom Yama, but with Pad Thai noodles.
7. Pad Thai noodles - simple and tasty food in Thailand
Food in Thailand. Fried noodles The most adequate food in thailand... Beginners should start with fried noodles. It is made from different varieties of noodles with the addition of chicken, pork, or seafood. Tofu, fried eggs, onions and chopped peanuts are also added to the dish.
Learn “phad tai kai” and you will never go hungry in Thailand :)
8. Khaw Pad Fried Rice
Fried rice in Thailand is the most common food. Prepared with chicken, pork, beef or seafood. Required ingredients: fried eggs and vegetables. Depending on the type of rice, it comes in different colors - from white to brown.
9. Khao Soi soup
Photo: North Thai noodles Khao Soi A very popular dish in the north of Thailand is Khao Soi. Two types of noodles (plain and crispy) with yellow curry and chunks of chicken or beef. The cooking style is highly dependent on the institution. It goes well with beer :)
In Thailand, food is a local form of entertainment. Thais eat everywhere, food is sold everywhere, there are no places in Thailand where food is difficult, you can find something to eat in any corner. For those who come to Thailand for the first time, it is more difficult, because with all the local abundance, Thai food, both in appearance and taste, is strikingly different from what we are used to in our homeland.
The mixture of sweet, sour, pungent, pungent, spicy flavors knocks you off your feet. Especially for those who do not know what to try in Thailand from food, 10 Thai dishes that must be tried by all means upon arrival in Thailand. They are all very appetizing, tasty and suitable for the European stomach, so bon appetit!
What to try in Thailand from food - 5 non-spicy dishes
If you come with children, you can't, or you just don't like spicy foods, then the list of Thai dishes below is for you.
These non-spicy dishes should be tried first in Thailand. When ordering any of them, you do not even need to make the specification "May pet" or "Pat nitnoy", which in the first case means - without pepper,
and secondly, a little pepper. The recipes for these 5 dishes don't include pepper at all.
Khao Pad Gai - Chicken Fried Rice
What to try in Thailand? - Khao Pad
Classics of the genre. Local farangs have been feeding on fried rice with chicken and vegetables for years. Tasty, satisfying, inexpensive.
It is being prepared right in front of your eyes. Pieces of boiled chicken are thrown into a preheated wok, fried, then rice with vegetables is fried, mixed and soy sauce is added. Ready!
Served with various, mostly spicy, sauces.
Fried rice with chicken in Thailand costs an average of 45-70 baht. In restaurants, of course, it is more expensive.
Khao Man Gai - Boiled chicken with rice and broth
Khao Man Gai in Thailand is a must if you are traveling with children. Whole chicken carcasses, boiled to a glazed shine, hang in every other top.
Children of Khao Man Gai are very fond of, even those with so-so appetites.
The chicken is cut into slices and placed on boiled rice. It comes with a cup of chicken broth and herbs.
You can dip all this delicious food in hot sauce or in peanut sauce, as you like.
The price of boiled chicken with rice in Thailand is from 40 baht. You should not be afraid to eat at food courts or makashniki, then nothing hurts and does not get upset.
Pad Thai - fried noodles with shrimps in peanut sauce
Pad Thai is one of the favorite dishes of expats. Despite its seeming simplicity, delicious Pad Thai is not easy to prepare.
Glass noodles are scalded with boiling water, then fried in a mixture of sauces, before that shrimps are fried over high heat. Served with soy sprouts, ground peanuts and additional sauces.
The price for Pad Thai in Thailand is from 50 baht. Be sure to try!
Pad Si Yu - Fried noodles with shrimps in fish sauce
I discovered Pad Si Yu not so long ago, and was amazed by the range of taste. The most beloved Pad Si Yu is made in the cafe "Tea", which is 5 soybeans of Pratumnak, I recommend.
Wide flat noodles fried in a mixture of fish, soy, tamarind sauces, a lot of fatty shrimps, bamboo sprouts. Try it in Thailand by all means!
Mango Sticky Rice - Mango Glutinous Rice
To be honest, I am not a fan of mango sticky rice and for a long time disdained even to try this miracle.
But in vain. Trying the main Thai dessert - glutinous rice with mango, is needed here, no options.
Just to understand how you feel about Asian sweets.
Mango sticky rice is glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk and served with sweet mango to boot.
Children, even small ones, respect him very much. Hearty, inexpensive, healthy.
The cost of mango sticky rice (Khao Nyao Mamuang), on the streets of Pattaya, from 70 baht.
5 main spicy dishes in Thailand
Thai cuisine is varied, juicy and very appetizing. Of course, spicy Thai dishes cannot be included in any top 5.
They can be made safely top 10, 20, 30, it will be typed easily. But about the rest of the delicacies another time.
Memorize the phrase if you are still a beginner and just getting used to the local cuisine. Know spicy - this is, of course, clear to everyone, but it is still better to "My pet" or "Pat nitnoy" when ordering.
"Nitnoy", that is, a little bit, should generally be included in the first 10 words learned in Thai, because it will come in handy everywhere. "Sugar nitnoy" or "Sweet nitnoy", will save you from a sugar blow
and diabetic coma when ordering coffee or a shake. Sugar is put here from the heart, sticks together in all places.
Tom Yam Kung - Spicy Thai Shrimp Soup
Well, I could not not include him in the list, sorry. Tom Yam Kung or Tom Yam Talay (with seafood), each housewife does it differently. There is no one, single recipe, and among tom yam lovers there are several camps, each of which has its own priorities. Serve at least 8-10 large shrimps for one, for the second it is important that there is a lot of coconut milk.
The third - no need for coconut milk at all, and the fourth simply serve tom yam, without shrimp, so that a fire just burns in their mouths. The sharpest volume of yam in my opinion, without any shrimp, just hardcore, is served in Sizzler.
In the cafe, Tea, a delicious tom yam, will bring moderately spicy milk, too, in moderation.
There is a good volume of holes on military beaches. On Wat Bun there is one secret cafe, where really tom yam kung 5 points, and shrimp heaps. There are many places, everyone will find their own.
The normal price for a serving of Tom Yam Kung in Thailand is 85 - 100 baht.
Thai green curry
Nothing to do with Indian curry. And they cook it in different ways everywhere. In one place you will be given a green curry as a bowl of soup, where many pieces of chicken or shrimp will float,
and in another, the green curry will look more like a pasty mass, and a rather modest portion.
In any case, while in Thailand, you need to try the local green and red curries, even out of interest.
Seize this fire of course with rice. Some makashi serve cold rice noodles with curries.
Green curry prices from 60 baht
Kebabs Guy Sate on a stick
This is my favorite. But, of a certain configuration. I only bought shish kebabs Gai Sate 3 times in all the time
the size and taste I like. Gai Sate is chicken skewers on a stick, pre-marinated in a special sauce. They are sold from mobile carts on bikes that drive up to crowded places, to gas stations, to the sea and others.
One skewer costs either 5 baht (ha baht) or 10 baht (sip baht).
If there are 5, for one you need to take 7-10 pieces to fill up. Those that are 10 are twice as large.
The kebabs that I like are very thin, almost transparent pieces of meat, and those that are sold at the night market in Jomtien or Tepprazit are not at all like that.
Inside, they are soft and rather closer to the usual kebabs that we fry in nature.
The ordering procedure is simple. You go to the cart, choose raw skewers as many as you need, give them to the seller, who
they are immediately fried, simultaneously greasing with sauce and something else. Sprinkles with pepper, so if you are not a fan of very spicy, specify. Oh yes! the most important. There must be a piece of pineapple and green hot pepper between the meat.
I am writing now and am struggling with the desire to give up everything and rush in search of real Thai skewers.
Correct gai sate is fantastic and unforgettable.
Catfish Tam - Spicy Papaya Salad
Catfish Salad There is cooked everywhere in Thailand. If you see an aunt with a mortar sitting right on the floor and pounding something, then yes, she is cooking Som Tam.
They are also sold in cafes and makashnitsa, in stalls and restaurants, everywhere. There are many Som Tama recipes, I'll tell you about the classic one, which is worth starting with when you are thinking of trying this Thai salad.
Order the most common Catfish Tam with peanuts. If you need not spicy, then no pepper at all, if a little, then 1 red pepper or half. I have already overclocked and take two.
The shopkeeper cuts the green papaya into shavings with a special grater. Piles papaya, peppers, tomatoes, peanuts, dried shrimp, soy and fish sauce in a mortar, pounds it all well to make juice. Lime is squeezed out from above. Ready! Taste. Very unusual.
Catfish Tam in Thailand costs from 40 baht
Lab Mu - Spicy Pork Salad
A famous and popular dish in Thailand that comes from the Isan province. Pieces of shredded pork are fried with liver, mint leaves, herbs, onions, rice, spices and fish sauce are added,
and here is Lab Mu. There are a lot of variations on the theme. It is a must to try the Lab in any of its manifestations!
Lab Mu price from 80 baht.
If you liked everything, do not forget to smile at the chef and say - "Aroy mak-mak, kha!" Which means - "very tasty, thank you!" 🙂
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Hello everyone. This article will be about one of our all-time favorite topics - food. Food in Thailand is a unique phenomenon. Here you can discover many new bright unusual sensations, try something both unrealistically tasty and unrealistically disgusting. And in this article, we will list the main dishes that you should definitely try while in Thailand so that you have the right idea of Asian cuisine.
Thai food is characterized by a mixture of tastes. So they can eat sweet fruits with hot peppers, fish soup can be very sour, etc. But still, coming to Thailand, it is better to eat local food than to constantly eat the familiar hamburgers and fries, which are also not uncommon here.
Travel becomes really interesting when you make some discoveries, including culinary ones.
List of must-try Thai foods
Tom Yam- the famous Thai spicy soup that delights almost all foreigners. By the way, the portions are very large here. One soup is enough for two. Many even try to cook it at home on their own upon returning from Thailand.
Thai soup with coconut milk... Also very tasty rich soup with seafood, mushrooms, onions and other unknown ingredients. These soups are best eaten in ordinary, unremarkable Thai cafes, because such establishments have large portions, low prices and only traditional recipes are used for preparation. In these cafes, you can appreciate the true Thai cuisine.
Snails, mussels and all kinds of shells also deserve your attention. In most cases, they are mega delicious, especially when cooked with a delicate creamy sauce.
Fish and meat balls... This dish can be eaten at the so-called makashnits (a motorcycle with a trolley where Thais cook and sell food) that can be found throughout the city. You choose balls that are skewered. There are usually 5 balls on one skewer, which will be fried and served with hot sauce and herbs. The price for a skewer is 10 baht. You can also take a bag of rice with these balls as a side dish.
Squid with garlic... If you like garlic and seafood, then be sure to try garlic squid rings in Thailand. The dish tastes very thermonuclear, but tasty.
Fish, pork or chicken kebabs... They are inexpensive, only 20 baht for a shish kebab. Very often, in addition to meat, various vegetables are planted on a skewer.
Rolls... Here they are slightly different from the rolls that are made in Russia, but they are also tasty and the choice is large. At 5 and 10 baht apiece.
Rice with egg, crab, shrimp or chicken... Rice with eggs is very popular among tourists, to which the Thais add chicken, shrimp, crab meat, etc. Simple and delicious.
Fried rice with fish... The rice itself is very tasty and aromatic, and the large juicy pieces of fish make it even tastier.
Grilled seafood... Shrimp, squid, octopus and other exotic delicacies ...
Thai pancakes... An excellent and inexpensive dessert (40 baht) with various fillings: with nuts, raisins, condensed milk, banana, chocolate, etc.
Seafood in sauce. An excellent choice, especially when paired with rice.
Rice noodle salad with seafood... Seafood, herbs and vegetables are boiled in a matter of minutes, mixed with herbs and sauces, it turns out very tasty and unusual. By the way, you can choose the ingredients for this dish yourself.
Fish in salt... At first glance, this dish does not cause much delight. Well, fish and fish, but as soon as you try it, you will understand why Thais and tourists love it so much. It is prepared in a special way, in which the meat is very tender, juicy and moderately salty. The fish is served with noodles, sauce and salad. Unrealistically delicious.
If you really decide to try everything, then do not pass by fried crickets, grasshoppers and larvae. But this, as they say, is not for everybody.
If you have been to Thailand, then write in the comments which dishes you liked. What do you recommend and what you do not recommend trying here.
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It is quite understandable that the expression “there are no comrades for taste and color” is the best fit to emphasize that everyone has different tastes and needs in food. Someone lobsters stuffed with black caviar and truffles are no longer a joy, and their cost seems to be a penny, but for someone a handful of rice will seem like a blessing, for which you need to give all your capital.
Well, again, someone needs kilograms of food per day, while someone needs 500 grams more than enough. We will tell you about how much money we need for food and will try to do this using the example of food prices in Thailand.
In the photo: the menu in one of the restaurants of the most expensive tourist and expensive place in Phuket - Karon Beach.
First, a few words about our tastes and needs:
- we do not make a cult out of food, but we love to eat, while we know when to stop;
- we do not eat a lot, but also not a little - it is normal for an ordinary person;
- love Asian cuisine and adore spicy dishes;
- we prefer to eat where the local population does it - tastier, much cheaper and, surprisingly, safer for the stomach;
- we are not afraid and love to try something new and unusual.
The proverb "Eat breakfast yourself, share lunch with a friend, and give dinner to the enemy" is not quite suitable for us. We will definitely use the morning portion ourselves, we will definitely not give the evening portion to anyone. But we can sometimes “donate” lunch. This usually happens when we find ourselves on some secluded bounty beach, which we don't want to part with.
Well, now directly to the specific numbers and diet. As already mentioned, let's take a recent trip to Thailand (Phuket and Ko Lanta), which took place this winter, as an example. the most, that neither is - "high season". Who cares, this trip for 27 days, for two, with a round-trip flight, cost us $ 2050, you can read more about the budget. So how much does it cost to eat in Thailand? To eat, in the sense, is just to eat, and not to arrange for yourself a mega-feast of the belly, followed by the use of festal and noshpa.
In the photo: believe it or not, but everything on the table costs 60 baht and not anywhere in a remote northern Thai village, but in Phuket.
Breakfast and its price
Following the proverb, we eat it ourselves, but we prefer an easy option that does not load to a state of full drowsiness, because there is a busy day of rest ahead, and starting it in the morning with a nap after breakfast is not for us.
The morning menu looks like this:
- coffee - costs can be ignored, because we usually buy a large pack and, in terms of a portion, these are mere pennies. However, if you are interested, for example - a 3 in 1 bag can be bought for 1-2 baht
- milk for coffee - 200g approx. 15 baht
- fruit - 1 large mango per person. The price of 1 kg (about 4 pieces) of a good mango is from 30 to 100 baht. On average, they bought at 60. We get 60: 4 = 15
- yogurt for fruit smoothies - 15bat
- Thai "buns" for breakfast - 1 portion 5 baht. By this we mean all kinds of products from rice, coconut, bananas and other things that are sold in the morning on Thai stalls. For two of us, 4 servings is enough. In total 4x5 = 20 baht.
Total, the cost of breakfast for two: 20 + 30 + 15 + 20 = 85
But, to be honest, I personally do not eat fruit for breakfast, I prefer an extra "bun", and we usually beat smoothies in the evening, so at least 15 can be subtracted, i.e. = 70bat.
In the photo: Thai rice and coconut sweets + Thai green tea = 35 baht, believe me, more than enough for one person.
Lunch and its price
Everything is simple here. Most often we dine at some Thai restaurant we like. Svetlana prefers vegetarian cuisine or with "seafoods", I am "chikkens" or seafood and I love noodle soup. The normal cost of traditional Thai dishes in a vegetarian version is 40-50 baht, with seafood or chicken 50-60 baht. The portions in such local restaurants are quite impressive, one dish is enough for us, well, sometimes we take a salad (40-60 baht), one for two.
Tea, coffee, juice, etc. do not drink at lunch, preferring plain water, because it quenches thirst better after spicy Asian food. In local cafes, it is almost always served free of charge and with ice. Thus, we have lunch for two at a maximum cost of 180 baht. But usually it takes 100-120, tk. we almost always gorge ourselves without salad.
In the photo: Tom Yam = 50 baht, Tom Kha = 50 baht, salad with green mango, cashew and seafood = 60 baht.
Dinner and its price
Here, perhaps, we do not have a clear menu and preferences. We can go back to the Thai eatery (see prices above). We can go to the evening market to buy delicious Thai salads (good portion 30-40 baht), king prawn kebabs (1 portion of 3 pieces = 10 baht), grilled squid (40 baht), rolls (from 10 baht) with green milk tai-tea (if we are not mistaken from 14 baht at 7Eleven), fruits, etc.
Or we can just dine in the tie-buffet, where together for 60 baht you can gobble up well. But, be that as it may, 200 baht is enough for us for dinner, more often 150-160 baht is enough.
In the photo: fried rice with chicken, salad with young bamboo, salad with vegetables and cashews, chicken with vegetables in some kind of spicy Thai sauce - each dish is 40 baht.
Total food costs per day
Taking into account all of the above, we get the following cost of food in Thailand for two per day: 85 (breakfast) +180 (lunch) +200 (dinner) = 465 baht. If I may say so, this is the average-maximum figure. The following is more common for us personally: 70 (breakfast) +120 (lunch) +160 (dinner) = 350 baht.
Of course, this should definitely add on the costs of drinking water. As a rule, we buy it in large bottles, as a result, about 30-40 baht per day comes out.
At the end of the story, we note that everything that has been said is a very average version. Sometimes, for a number of reasons, we can spend less, and sometimes much more. We do not have a clear planning of the cost of food per day, we limit ourselves to only an approximate figure of the total cost of the day, which we try not to go beyond.
updated: January 23, 2019 by the author: Sergei
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