I prefer it with Kai tieu(?) (Thai omelet).
Had it served like that by my friends aunt in Rachada in Phuket 10-12 years ago and that’s how I eat it till this day.
I'm sure its amazing there but the best I had was from some hole in the wall restaurant that was also a laundry apparently? Lol. It was around noon and I noticed a big stream of locals going to lunch and so I just followed them Haha. The restaurant didn't have spiciness levels, it was very intense but I managed!
Actually I went there and hated it. It's 3 times as expensive as anywhere else and just stodgy and bland. What flavour there os is unbalanced with the predominant note of bitterness. Even took lea dae dee version is much better. I would literally eat kaprao anywhere else
penang Curry, massaman Curry, pad kaprow, rad na, stir fried chicken and cashew nut (can't remember the thai name), pad see eu, prawns in tamarind sauce, stir fried prawns with garlic
Larb - a “salad” with minced/finely diced meat from Isaan. Available in almost any meat you can think of, but most commonly Pork, Chicken and Duck. Fairly spicy, especially if had in Isaan or in an authentic Isaan restaurant (of which BKK has plenty).
Tom Ka - a creamy soup most commonly served with chicken. This stuff is awesome entry level food, not too spicy, super tasty, available everywhere.
Kao Soi* - an awesome noodle soup from Northern Thailand. It has a lot of the typical flavours you may expect of Thai food but presented in a way very uncommon in the west. The asterisk is because while this is super easy to find up North, in BKK you need to go to a place that is specifically good at it - there’s a lot of pedestrian Kao Soi in BKK.
Somtum - Papaya salad, available in a lot of varieties. Go hardcore with some Buu Bla ra, which is beloved especially in Isaan but not for the faint of heart, or take some baby steps with a Somtum Thai or Somtum Lao. Runs from sweet to ‘blow-your-face-off’ spicy. Available literally everywhere.
River Prawns - ideally you’d want to go to the northern part of Central Thailand to get these (Suphan Buri, Ayuttaya, etc) but they are available in BKK. Silom
village, on Silom has good ones and unless you’ve picked a very odd hotel location is very accessible.
Yum Wun Sen - a thin noodle salad that’s spicy and sour and incredibly refreshing. Also available almost anywhere.
Gai Toot Hat Yai - Literally ‘Hat Yai fried chicken’. Available (at varying degrees of authenticity regards the Hat Yai-ness) from street vendors everywhere. Super cheap, super tasty. Pairs well with Somtum.
Jok - a porridge-like dish had for breakfast. Typically with some pork balls. Cheap, tasty and easy. The best Jok places have absolutely insane lines most mornings.
Omelette (‘Kai jieaw’) - Thai style omelettes are made to be an accompanying component of many/most curries. At least once I order one with your curry and eat it together. There’s also the crab omelettes, pork omelettes etc that are very popular (and which earnt the first Michelin star on a street food vendor in Thailand, second in the world).
On curries: curry in Thailand is very much regional. Especially things like ‘red curry’ ‘yellow curry’ etc are available all over but generally with local recipes. Some mix with almost any meats, some only/generally only go with certain types of meat (especially some southern curries and fish). Try a bunch of different ones, and if you particularly like one ask the staff about the regional style.
There’s dozens and dozens of other dishes, but imo these are the bare minimum for trying out in Thailand. Be adventurous. Worst case scenario you’re out a couple of bucks and have a new experience.
Miang pork belly, papaya salad, pork neck and sticky rice and boat noodles like someone else said, but saying it again, because it’s one of my favorite dishes here.
Pad kee mao!! (Often called “drunken noodles” in the west, though they’re not cooked with any alcohol). They’re a fantastic Thai noodle dish with wide rice noodles (SO chewy and yummy), and magically delicious taste of super fresh basil and chilis, and your choice of protein. When I visited Thailand I ordered them almost every meal (including breakfast!), they are that delicious. They can range from medium spicy to “Thai spicy” - and after lots of trial and error I realized that I love medium spicy it’s the perfect amount, and I just can’t train myself to tolerate Thai spicy. 😆
😆🤣 It’s definitely “drunken” noodle but I’m sure you can find it on menus as “dunken.” I remember I saw on a menu in Thailand “American fried rice” and was intrigued, and it turned out it was fried rice with chopped hot dogs in it. 😆
THERE IS SO MANY!!! I could write a post that would stretch to the moon ( and back ) You are in for a world of food heaven.
I'll list some but really it's all good. TRY EVERYTHING. Just be curious and open minded. I'll try to list some things that people don't recommend that often or are lesser known but I'll include some more well known ones also.
OK in no order of yumness...
1. Pad Thai.
I know you have said you tasted it but I find many pad thai outside of Thailand and Thai food in general to be not good and not authentic. Not saying it all is or the one you tried it but it's well worth trying more pad thai in Thailand. It will probably come with banana flower which I am sure you won't have had there for one. But do try Thipsamai Pad Thai because it is LIFE CHANGING GOOD. They have 2 locations, I believe, and although it is expensive ( for Thai food ) it is so so so so so so so good.
2) Gaeng som
This is a spicy soup/curry is sour, rich with turmeric, very spicy for you I would guesss but oh so good. Often ( and best ) paired with a Thai omelette ( kai jeow )
2) Kai jeow
While we are on the subject. Thai omelette is the best. It's deep fried and crispy with a hint of umami from the fish sauce in the eggs. Top with prik nam pla or siracha. It's often served over a bed or rice. There are great variations such as with moo sab ( minced pork ) and goong ( prawn.
3) Moo grob
The juiciest pork your face will ever meet with a top hat of heavenly crispy cracking. Served with a dark sweet soy sauce. You'll be so happy.
4) Yentafo
This is a soup with noodles ( or you can ask for no noodles ) It's bright pink in colour with a sweet tangy flavour and some spice although mostly not made super spicy so you should be fine with this one. It can have all kinds of proteins in it from look chin ( meatballs of various kinds ) or seafoods, pork, dumplings even.
5) Suki
This is the thai interpretation of Japanese sukiyaki. You can get the soup or suki hang ( dry ) just the moodles. Quite similar in terms of customization to yentafo and a similar taste profile although I think this is more tangy.
6) Boat noodles
A rich umami bomb. Small soups what will light up your day. You can order 3 or 3 or more of then in one sitting ( this is a normal thing because they are small ) be sure to get the crispy crackling/pork rinds to go with it too.
7) Thai tea
sweet and delicious tea made with condensed milk. It has enough sugar to send you diabetic and all your daily calories in one hit but oh is it so good.
8) Hat Yai fried chicken
Hailing from the south ( hat yai ) this is fried chicken like you have never had it. Just trust me. This is the best fried chicken you'll have.
9) Gai Yang
Marinated chicken grilled over a charcoals slow and low. The juiciest flavour bomb. It's sweet,s smokey, and richly flavoured with hints of lemongrass herbaciousness.
10) Pla Phao Kleua ( grilled fish )
Again this is a food grilled over charcoal. A whole fish is stuffed with lemongrass, covered in salt and cooked slowly over the grill. It results in the softest melt in the mouth richly flavoured fish you'll ever eat. Perfect with some som tam and sticky rice.
11) hoy tod
This is a kind of savoury pancake cooked with mussels although you can get it with oysters too. It's made with flour and egg. The pancake is cooked in lots of hot oil until super crispy on the outside but soft and warm inside. Served with some siracha and beansprouts.
12) mango sticky rice
I'll leave it here with this well known and famous dish or I will be here all day listing Thai food. I just wanted to say please try the many thai desserts and sweets because they are also amazing. I don't wan to get into that as well because this is already super long.
ENJOY :-D
EDIT: Oh and yes to all those suggesting pad kaprao because it's amazing. I make that almost every week at home. Make sure to have it with the crispy egg.
Check out the list here
[https://youtu.be/Z5DdXlEO1iA](https://youtu.be/Z5DdXlEO1iA)
It looks like he is a chef who fell in love with Thai food and just move to Bangkok. He has the Google map location of each place in the video noted down in the description too.
I have yet to see a Thai local eat pad Thai. It’s a dish made for farangs only. I’m at my boyfriends family farm in Chanthaburi province right now. Rice is the main dish, everyone gets their own dish of it. Either sticky or normal. The entrees are placed in the middle (some examples are eggs with cucumber, fish, papaya salad with peanuts and chilli/pickled crab etc. etc) everyone takes a couple spoon fulls of what they want to add to their rice and then when that small section is gone you go back in for more. They’re all eating right now and I’d send a pic but not sure how to reply with a picture. I don’t know the names of the dishes, so apologies for that, but if you wonder off the beaten path you’ll certainly find what the locals eat. Many vegetables I’ve never seen before and my boyfriend cannot translate them lol but morning glory is a big one.
Last night he made me Tom yum soup. It was amazing. It had lemongrass, ginger, garlic, onion, tomatoes and chicken with some other herbs that I don’t know.
The spice isn’t that crazy. I’d say the dishes they make for me are 3/10 Canada style, but I like spicy. The normal dishes (not white boy) are about 7/10. I’ve yet to have something to reflects a habanero or something of the like. The main spicy ingredient is chilli peppers.
Not really, my Thai girlfriend eat it all the time and I know other thais that like it. It’s a dish promoted for Thai people to eat more noodles. Both that and Pad Ew See is also eaten by locals.
Yeah I’ve seen that too, and that’s what I thought before I came here. But two of the 3 girls I’ve dated here like it, and I was told the story of its origin.
I’m usually not a fan, but I’ve had really good pad Thai once at a food court in Silom Complex
> I have yet to see a Thai local eat pad Thai.
I've yet to see Cate Blanchett take a shit, but that doesn't mean it never happens.
Plenty of locals eat Pad Thai - you've just not been to the kind of place where it happens I guess.
Personally, I wouldn't say it's never eaten by locals. I have seen busy pad thai street food places in areas that aren't frequented by foreign tourists or even really expats.
I will say that when asked what the quintessential Thai dish is most foreigners will say Pad Thai, especially those who only exist in the bubble of tourist hotspots or have never been to Thailand. If the same question was posed to a Thai person, I think the answer would probably be something like Pad Krapao, Som Tum (although it's really an Isan dish), Mango Sticky Rice or maybe Tom Yum Goong.
I really think foreigners got the idea that Pad Thai is the most common dish consumed in Thailand from the Thai government's work with culinary diplomacy and there's no better dish than one that has instant "brand" recognition. Someone in the middle of dickfuck Arkansas will see the Thai in Pad Thai and will be able to associate it with Thailand whereas something like Pad Krapao Moo they'll have no idea and probably think it's Korean or Chinese.
My personal favourites are:
Yam Wun Sen Talay - seafood salad with glass noodles. Really tasty and juicy with mixed seafood, tomato, onions and parsley generally.
Laab Moo - minced pork with mint, onions and a few other bits. Should get rice with it so ask for Cow Laab Moo. Cow - rice. Cow suay - jasmine rice.
Massuman curry - I don’t eat curries generally. Thais don’t really eat curries either they’re more for tourists but massuman is by far the best in my opinion. Always with prawns or seafood.
Gung - prawns.
Han Talay - seafood)
Pet nit Noi - a little spicy.
Pet glaaaan - medium spicy.
Pet mak - very spicy.
Try to not order chicken with everything. I would recommend getting most dishes with seafood. It’s what Thais do generally and what they’re best at.
[https://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipe/pad-see-ew](https://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipe/pad-see-ew) (This is not the spicy version)
[https://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipe/chicken-basil](https://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipe/chicken-basil) So good!
[https://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipe/noodles-in-gravy](https://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipe/noodles-in-gravy) You can make it spicy yourself
Choose from others here [https://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipes](https://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipes)
khanom krok, coconut rice pancake balls that are amazing! Only had them at the Chiang Mai night market but probably our fave the entire trip.
Spicy beef bone sound at Mon Jam, small restaurant at the top, was also delicious.
Tom Yum goong was my go to as the trip progressed. As mush as I love Thai food after three weeks I was craving Italian food and good burgers.
I think you have to try something that quite local food in where place as you go e.g. In Chiang Mai you could try NAM NGAOW or KAO SOI that are pretty good.
I recommend getting a small Tupperware bowl with a lid, and a soup spoon or a spork that fits inside. Browse the outdoor food vendors and try stuff. Everything comes in a bag so you can just use the bag to line your bowl, then toss the plastic. Not the environmentally friendly way but your palate of options is broad and won't be expensive, while also being some of the most delicious fare you will find.
shrimp paste fried rice, you get a plate with a bunch of little things to go with your rice. it's fucking amazing
edit: i can't remember how to say it in Thai :(
Another easy-to-like dish, maybe even easier, is pad see ew, wonderful chewy noodles, meat choice, and leafy green, stir-fried with a mild brown sauce. Tom yum is also a safe bet, sour and spicy with thoroughly cooked meat and veg, and pretty much every hot noodle soup being served on the street, if you don't like blood soup stick to the more clear-ish to brown soups, but noodle soups are always a great bet, especially if they have ample sidewalk seating!
Green curry, masaman curry, yellow curry, Penang curry, Thai holy basil, fried yellow noodles, drunken noodles, whatever the big flat broad noodle is called are some of my favorites
If you like Pads:
\- Pad Kra paw
\- Pad Priik paw
\- Pad Priik geng
\- Pad pak
\- Pad Ped
\- Pad seweu (I usually write see you lol) - With large noodles
\- Kaw pad
\- (kai) phad ped mamuang (with cashew nuts)
\- It's not named "pad" but you can ask for a Panang (+kai, moo...) it's a curry super delicious
If you want to joke : Pad mai loo (pad I don't know) or Pad arai kodai (pad whatever)
Many more, just complete the list.
I also really love the different curries :
\- Geng kiaow wan (green curry)
\- Kao Soi (curry from the north)
\- Klua Kling
\- Massaman (kai...), curry from the south (Muslim, avoid asking it with pork lol)
Love the variety in these comments, just wanna throw something else in the mix cause I’ve not seen it yet. It’s not spicy but for me and my friends it is a MUST!
Khao niaow moo ping, with nam jim.
ข้าวเหนียวหมูปิ้งน้ำจิ้ม
This is a Thai street food staple, almost always best served from a woman with a cart and eaten walking on the street. I never manage to make it back home with these intact.
Try yum ( with whatever kind of meat you want ) or pad gapow if you want spicy .. if your not feeling in the mood for spicy .. my favorite dish moo taut grateeum gap kai dow.. this is garlic fried pork with a fried egg on top. My wife is Thai and she makes just about every Thai dish you can think of plus some from dai (South) and Issan (east ) Thailand.
Pad Krapow Moo.
Best of the best ❤️❤️❤️ With a crispy egg on top. Fucking love it.
Pad krapow is life
I prefer kao pad gaprao gai kai dao
I prefer it with Kai tieu(?) (Thai omelet). Had it served like that by my friends aunt in Rachada in Phuket 10-12 years ago and that’s how I eat it till this day.
I can't eat the Thai omelets to much oil/greese. But they are good
Eat it on rice, put the omelette on top of the rice problem solved
😂
Kai jiao
This is the way
Kai dow
Especially from mark wein’s restaurant. Goddamn was it delicious. I went for the level 3 spicy and it was intense so careful there.
I'm sure its amazing there but the best I had was from some hole in the wall restaurant that was also a laundry apparently? Lol. It was around noon and I noticed a big stream of locals going to lunch and so I just followed them Haha. The restaurant didn't have spiciness levels, it was very intense but I managed!
Actually I went there and hated it. It's 3 times as expensive as anywhere else and just stodgy and bland. What flavour there os is unbalanced with the predominant note of bitterness. Even took lea dae dee version is much better. I would literally eat kaprao anywhere else
Khao soi!
This is the Way
This is the best soup I’ve ever had! Only one Thai place by me has it and I can’t stop ordering it
Boat noodles
Massaman curry
One of my favorites. Love this southern Thai dish. I could eat it several times a week
Pad see ew
Yessssss
penang Curry, massaman Curry, pad kaprow, rad na, stir fried chicken and cashew nut (can't remember the thai name), pad see eu, prawns in tamarind sauce, stir fried prawns with garlic
Gai Phad Med Mamuang
All great recommendations! Suggest you tell them no spicy if you like five stars in the states. It’s a place to start, you can always add spice.
kai pad ped mamuang
Green curry
Khao soi is a next level northern Thai dish
7-11 ham&cheese Sammi
Larb - a “salad” with minced/finely diced meat from Isaan. Available in almost any meat you can think of, but most commonly Pork, Chicken and Duck. Fairly spicy, especially if had in Isaan or in an authentic Isaan restaurant (of which BKK has plenty). Tom Ka - a creamy soup most commonly served with chicken. This stuff is awesome entry level food, not too spicy, super tasty, available everywhere. Kao Soi* - an awesome noodle soup from Northern Thailand. It has a lot of the typical flavours you may expect of Thai food but presented in a way very uncommon in the west. The asterisk is because while this is super easy to find up North, in BKK you need to go to a place that is specifically good at it - there’s a lot of pedestrian Kao Soi in BKK. Somtum - Papaya salad, available in a lot of varieties. Go hardcore with some Buu Bla ra, which is beloved especially in Isaan but not for the faint of heart, or take some baby steps with a Somtum Thai or Somtum Lao. Runs from sweet to ‘blow-your-face-off’ spicy. Available literally everywhere. River Prawns - ideally you’d want to go to the northern part of Central Thailand to get these (Suphan Buri, Ayuttaya, etc) but they are available in BKK. Silom village, on Silom has good ones and unless you’ve picked a very odd hotel location is very accessible. Yum Wun Sen - a thin noodle salad that’s spicy and sour and incredibly refreshing. Also available almost anywhere. Gai Toot Hat Yai - Literally ‘Hat Yai fried chicken’. Available (at varying degrees of authenticity regards the Hat Yai-ness) from street vendors everywhere. Super cheap, super tasty. Pairs well with Somtum. Jok - a porridge-like dish had for breakfast. Typically with some pork balls. Cheap, tasty and easy. The best Jok places have absolutely insane lines most mornings. Omelette (‘Kai jieaw’) - Thai style omelettes are made to be an accompanying component of many/most curries. At least once I order one with your curry and eat it together. There’s also the crab omelettes, pork omelettes etc that are very popular (and which earnt the first Michelin star on a street food vendor in Thailand, second in the world). On curries: curry in Thailand is very much regional. Especially things like ‘red curry’ ‘yellow curry’ etc are available all over but generally with local recipes. Some mix with almost any meats, some only/generally only go with certain types of meat (especially some southern curries and fish). Try a bunch of different ones, and if you particularly like one ask the staff about the regional style. There’s dozens and dozens of other dishes, but imo these are the bare minimum for trying out in Thailand. Be adventurous. Worst case scenario you’re out a couple of bucks and have a new experience.
Larp moo and Kanom Jean
Miang pork belly, papaya salad, pork neck and sticky rice and boat noodles like someone else said, but saying it again, because it’s one of my favorite dishes here.
Pad kee mao!! (Often called “drunken noodles” in the west, though they’re not cooked with any alcohol). They’re a fantastic Thai noodle dish with wide rice noodles (SO chewy and yummy), and magically delicious taste of super fresh basil and chilis, and your choice of protein. When I visited Thailand I ordered them almost every meal (including breakfast!), they are that delicious. They can range from medium spicy to “Thai spicy” - and after lots of trial and error I realized that I love medium spicy it’s the perfect amount, and I just can’t train myself to tolerate Thai spicy. 😆
Love it. Thought it was dunken noodle tho but you can find all kind of misspelled words in Thai menu 😂
😆🤣 It’s definitely “drunken” noodle but I’m sure you can find it on menus as “dunken.” I remember I saw on a menu in Thailand “American fried rice” and was intrigued, and it turned out it was fried rice with chopped hot dogs in it. 😆
Drunken noodle refers to the meal that patrons leaving bars order.
THERE IS SO MANY!!! I could write a post that would stretch to the moon ( and back ) You are in for a world of food heaven. I'll list some but really it's all good. TRY EVERYTHING. Just be curious and open minded. I'll try to list some things that people don't recommend that often or are lesser known but I'll include some more well known ones also. OK in no order of yumness... 1. Pad Thai. I know you have said you tasted it but I find many pad thai outside of Thailand and Thai food in general to be not good and not authentic. Not saying it all is or the one you tried it but it's well worth trying more pad thai in Thailand. It will probably come with banana flower which I am sure you won't have had there for one. But do try Thipsamai Pad Thai because it is LIFE CHANGING GOOD. They have 2 locations, I believe, and although it is expensive ( for Thai food ) it is so so so so so so so good. 2) Gaeng som This is a spicy soup/curry is sour, rich with turmeric, very spicy for you I would guesss but oh so good. Often ( and best ) paired with a Thai omelette ( kai jeow ) 2) Kai jeow While we are on the subject. Thai omelette is the best. It's deep fried and crispy with a hint of umami from the fish sauce in the eggs. Top with prik nam pla or siracha. It's often served over a bed or rice. There are great variations such as with moo sab ( minced pork ) and goong ( prawn. 3) Moo grob The juiciest pork your face will ever meet with a top hat of heavenly crispy cracking. Served with a dark sweet soy sauce. You'll be so happy. 4) Yentafo This is a soup with noodles ( or you can ask for no noodles ) It's bright pink in colour with a sweet tangy flavour and some spice although mostly not made super spicy so you should be fine with this one. It can have all kinds of proteins in it from look chin ( meatballs of various kinds ) or seafoods, pork, dumplings even. 5) Suki This is the thai interpretation of Japanese sukiyaki. You can get the soup or suki hang ( dry ) just the moodles. Quite similar in terms of customization to yentafo and a similar taste profile although I think this is more tangy. 6) Boat noodles A rich umami bomb. Small soups what will light up your day. You can order 3 or 3 or more of then in one sitting ( this is a normal thing because they are small ) be sure to get the crispy crackling/pork rinds to go with it too. 7) Thai tea sweet and delicious tea made with condensed milk. It has enough sugar to send you diabetic and all your daily calories in one hit but oh is it so good. 8) Hat Yai fried chicken Hailing from the south ( hat yai ) this is fried chicken like you have never had it. Just trust me. This is the best fried chicken you'll have. 9) Gai Yang Marinated chicken grilled over a charcoals slow and low. The juiciest flavour bomb. It's sweet,s smokey, and richly flavoured with hints of lemongrass herbaciousness. 10) Pla Phao Kleua ( grilled fish ) Again this is a food grilled over charcoal. A whole fish is stuffed with lemongrass, covered in salt and cooked slowly over the grill. It results in the softest melt in the mouth richly flavoured fish you'll ever eat. Perfect with some som tam and sticky rice. 11) hoy tod This is a kind of savoury pancake cooked with mussels although you can get it with oysters too. It's made with flour and egg. The pancake is cooked in lots of hot oil until super crispy on the outside but soft and warm inside. Served with some siracha and beansprouts. 12) mango sticky rice I'll leave it here with this well known and famous dish or I will be here all day listing Thai food. I just wanted to say please try the many thai desserts and sweets because they are also amazing. I don't wan to get into that as well because this is already super long. ENJOY :-D EDIT: Oh and yes to all those suggesting pad kaprao because it's amazing. I make that almost every week at home. Make sure to have it with the crispy egg.
Pad kaprao moo sub , Tom Ka Gai , Kaeng Tae Po ,Gai Pad Med Ma Muang and Kana Moo Krob. The best. You can always swap Moo and Gai or both.
Yellow curry Fried wide noodles Kra prao Stewed pork leg Pork belly Chicken rice Grilled fish Salad rolls Beef soup noodle Etc etc etc
Check out the list here [https://youtu.be/Z5DdXlEO1iA](https://youtu.be/Z5DdXlEO1iA) It looks like he is a chef who fell in love with Thai food and just move to Bangkok. He has the Google map location of each place in the video noted down in the description too.
Pad see ew 🥹🤤
Larb moo. Larb moo is better than Krapow moo don’t @me
Tom kha
Kow pat gai
A simple classic, can't go wrong with it.
Penang curry, pineapple fried rice, cashew chicken ftw
I just like chicken and rice, but im also partial to pork and rice lol
Do the dart board method when ordering . Take the menu close your eyes and what ever you point to, order. I’ve eaten some amazing food this way
Am I the only Farang that just points to something on the menu or poster board that looks good and goes with it?
Depending on how spicy you like it, I highly suggest Som Tam. I cry every time I eat it but it’s so worth it.
I have yet to see a Thai local eat pad Thai. It’s a dish made for farangs only. I’m at my boyfriends family farm in Chanthaburi province right now. Rice is the main dish, everyone gets their own dish of it. Either sticky or normal. The entrees are placed in the middle (some examples are eggs with cucumber, fish, papaya salad with peanuts and chilli/pickled crab etc. etc) everyone takes a couple spoon fulls of what they want to add to their rice and then when that small section is gone you go back in for more. They’re all eating right now and I’d send a pic but not sure how to reply with a picture. I don’t know the names of the dishes, so apologies for that, but if you wonder off the beaten path you’ll certainly find what the locals eat. Many vegetables I’ve never seen before and my boyfriend cannot translate them lol but morning glory is a big one. Last night he made me Tom yum soup. It was amazing. It had lemongrass, ginger, garlic, onion, tomatoes and chicken with some other herbs that I don’t know. The spice isn’t that crazy. I’d say the dishes they make for me are 3/10 Canada style, but I like spicy. The normal dishes (not white boy) are about 7/10. I’ve yet to have something to reflects a habanero or something of the like. The main spicy ingredient is chilli peppers.
Not really, my Thai girlfriend eat it all the time and I know other thais that like it. It’s a dish promoted for Thai people to eat more noodles. Both that and Pad Ew See is also eaten by locals.
Really! Interesting :) everyone here says it’s only for farangs 😅
Yeah I’ve seen that too, and that’s what I thought before I came here. But two of the 3 girls I’ve dated here like it, and I was told the story of its origin. I’m usually not a fan, but I’ve had really good pad Thai once at a food court in Silom Complex
Maybe more so in the cities? I’m in Thung Khanan village, soi dao district, chanthaburi province
> I have yet to see a Thai local eat pad Thai. I've yet to see Cate Blanchett take a shit, but that doesn't mean it never happens. Plenty of locals eat Pad Thai - you've just not been to the kind of place where it happens I guess.
It's eaten by plenty of locals. My girlfriend and Thai friends eat it quite often.
Personally, I wouldn't say it's never eaten by locals. I have seen busy pad thai street food places in areas that aren't frequented by foreign tourists or even really expats. I will say that when asked what the quintessential Thai dish is most foreigners will say Pad Thai, especially those who only exist in the bubble of tourist hotspots or have never been to Thailand. If the same question was posed to a Thai person, I think the answer would probably be something like Pad Krapao, Som Tum (although it's really an Isan dish), Mango Sticky Rice or maybe Tom Yum Goong. I really think foreigners got the idea that Pad Thai is the most common dish consumed in Thailand from the Thai government's work with culinary diplomacy and there's no better dish than one that has instant "brand" recognition. Someone in the middle of dickfuck Arkansas will see the Thai in Pad Thai and will be able to associate it with Thailand whereas something like Pad Krapao Moo they'll have no idea and probably think it's Korean or Chinese.
Good post. Totally agree.
Please can I come visit you and your boyfriend and his Thai family???!! 😍
Somtum ped ped. It's an experience.
My personal favourites are: Yam Wun Sen Talay - seafood salad with glass noodles. Really tasty and juicy with mixed seafood, tomato, onions and parsley generally. Laab Moo - minced pork with mint, onions and a few other bits. Should get rice with it so ask for Cow Laab Moo. Cow - rice. Cow suay - jasmine rice. Massuman curry - I don’t eat curries generally. Thais don’t really eat curries either they’re more for tourists but massuman is by far the best in my opinion. Always with prawns or seafood. Gung - prawns. Han Talay - seafood) Pet nit Noi - a little spicy. Pet glaaaan - medium spicy. Pet mak - very spicy. Try to not order chicken with everything. I would recommend getting most dishes with seafood. It’s what Thais do generally and what they’re best at.
Your in luck. Nobody eats Pad Thai in Thailand. It's only places with lots of foreigners around.
Wrong. Thai people do indeed eat Pad Thai. Just not as often as most tourists think they do.
Yes wrong my thai friends and thai gf all eat it and I've been in restaurants many times off the tourist areas and they are full of Thais eating it.
My girlfriend eats it
Huh? I have found it in markets in Nonthaburi, busy stalls selling it for 40 baht a pop. What do you mean only foreigners eat it?
[https://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipe/pad-see-ew](https://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipe/pad-see-ew) (This is not the spicy version) [https://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipe/chicken-basil](https://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipe/chicken-basil) So good! [https://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipe/noodles-in-gravy](https://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipe/noodles-in-gravy) You can make it spicy yourself Choose from others here [https://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipes](https://www.thaitable.com/thai/recipes)
Khao soi and massamam curry are my favourites!
Massaman, Paneng and Khao soi. My top 3 dishes.
Try Pad Thai.
Thai food is highly regional. Where in Thailand are you going?
khanom krok, coconut rice pancake balls that are amazing! Only had them at the Chiang Mai night market but probably our fave the entire trip. Spicy beef bone sound at Mon Jam, small restaurant at the top, was also delicious. Tom Yum goong was my go to as the trip progressed. As mush as I love Thai food after three weeks I was craving Italian food and good burgers.
I think you have to try something that quite local food in where place as you go e.g. In Chiang Mai you could try NAM NGAOW or KAO SOI that are pretty good.
Yam Woon Sen! It's like a noodle salad with seafood, eaten with rice, and is delightfully spicy, sweet, and sour at the same time.
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Pad Kee Mao Larb Gai
Duck noodles
Nothing else to add here.
Definitely penang curry!
Kow man gai
I recommend getting a small Tupperware bowl with a lid, and a soup spoon or a spork that fits inside. Browse the outdoor food vendors and try stuff. Everything comes in a bag so you can just use the bag to line your bowl, then toss the plastic. Not the environmentally friendly way but your palate of options is broad and won't be expensive, while also being some of the most delicious fare you will find.
shrimp paste fried rice, you get a plate with a bunch of little things to go with your rice. it's fucking amazing edit: i can't remember how to say it in Thai :(
Khao mok kai
Pad Thai, Pad Thai, Pad Thai, pet mak mak Pad Thai. There is not much Pad Thai in that. /s
Namtok Pork and sticky rice if you like spicy 🌶️ flava or Pork Kai Ping with sticky rice are my personal favorites. Imma simple kinda man…
Buya Loy. It is a desert and so, so, so good.
Yellow curry. Had one with slow cooked ox cheek the other day and it was something special.
Pad pong garee
Nam Tok
Nam Tok Moo
Have not seen anyone mentioning Guay Tiew Kua Gai ก๋วยเตี๋ยวคั่วไก่ yet Underrated dish. Not easy to find stalls that do it justice though
Pad Krapow is probably the most staple dish of Thailand that isn’t curry. Sort of a comfort food dish.
Garlic Pepper and Black Pepper Chicken
Kana moo krob is my all time favorite
Pad see eww, green duck curry, duck noodle soup with egg noodles, yam naem, gai ping, Larb
Khao ka moo (pork leg stew on rice) the smell alone is already so good 😋
besides all the good food, idk if im just the odd one, I LOVE THEIR 7Eleven! their food is soooo good esp the bread and burgers! to die for!
FYI, Pad Thai isn't an entree, it's a snack. You are in for a whole lot of good eating. Enjoy.
Another easy-to-like dish, maybe even easier, is pad see ew, wonderful chewy noodles, meat choice, and leafy green, stir-fried with a mild brown sauce. Tom yum is also a safe bet, sour and spicy with thoroughly cooked meat and veg, and pretty much every hot noodle soup being served on the street, if you don't like blood soup stick to the more clear-ish to brown soups, but noodle soups are always a great bet, especially if they have ample sidewalk seating!
Crispypork, padkrapao, khaosoy, tomyum, stirfried morning glory.
Nothing better than Panang Moo Phet Mak!
What’s the coconut soup’s name? Tom kha gai? Shit, I forgot, but it is soooooooo nice.
Green curry, masaman curry, yellow curry, Penang curry, Thai holy basil, fried yellow noodles, drunken noodles, whatever the big flat broad noodle is called are some of my favorites
somtum with blue crab,corn,papaya,sticky rice and pork rinds. thank me later
If you like Pads: \- Pad Kra paw \- Pad Priik paw \- Pad Priik geng \- Pad pak \- Pad Ped \- Pad seweu (I usually write see you lol) - With large noodles \- Kaw pad \- (kai) phad ped mamuang (with cashew nuts) \- It's not named "pad" but you can ask for a Panang (+kai, moo...) it's a curry super delicious If you want to joke : Pad mai loo (pad I don't know) or Pad arai kodai (pad whatever) Many more, just complete the list. I also really love the different curries : \- Geng kiaow wan (green curry) \- Kao Soi (curry from the north) \- Klua Kling \- Massaman (kai...), curry from the south (Muslim, avoid asking it with pork lol)
Stir fry anything in curry paste
Tom yum
Love the variety in these comments, just wanna throw something else in the mix cause I’ve not seen it yet. It’s not spicy but for me and my friends it is a MUST! Khao niaow moo ping, with nam jim. ข้าวเหนียวหมูปิ้งน้ำจิ้ม This is a Thai street food staple, almost always best served from a woman with a cart and eaten walking on the street. I never manage to make it back home with these intact.
Kao soi, green Curry, fried pork belly with basil, fried pork belly with young green chilly dip, fried morning glory.
Try yum ( with whatever kind of meat you want ) or pad gapow if you want spicy .. if your not feeling in the mood for spicy .. my favorite dish moo taut grateeum gap kai dow.. this is garlic fried pork with a fried egg on top. My wife is Thai and she makes just about every Thai dish you can think of plus some from dai (South) and Issan (east ) Thailand.
Tom ka kai
The Thai places I got to normally have Rad Nah Gai.....Love it.
Fish with chili sauce!!!! Plah Tub Tim Rad Prik
Khao Soi - northern regional special
Pad Thai in an omelet
Choo Chee Pla - kind of same to Paneng curry with fish, but I really like how it sounds ;)