Food, Dining, and Beverage
One of the Thailand highlights for most is the abundance and rich variety of delicious food everywhere; Not only available in mass are famous Thai culinary delights such as minced meat and fruit salads, curries, salads, soups, and stir fried, but also all the popular international menus from US, Mexico, Italy, Japan, Korea, India and the Arab world
As most anywhere of the developed world, if capital is sufficient, ones appetite can certainly be sated in Siam. Whether its Sushi, Sherma (Kabob), Tacos, Pizza, Steak, Pasta, or Shark Fin Soup you’re after you’ll find it somewhere or another–in an authentic classy restaurant to the grass roots local joints tapping into the international hungers, to any one of the American influenced Fast food franchises such as KFC, MacDonalds, and Burger King.
Buying Street Food the Thai Way:
if you find your-self hungry and want to pay less than 100 baht for a delightful filling meal, have no worries about finding food. In the city of Bangkok, it’s hard to walk 5 minutes in a single direction without coming across some form of street food, often served in what mostly resembles the kiosks of the west. Often it’s pretty easy to see the kinds of foods which are being offered just by sight. Most of the time you can get by with pointing and indicating the desired quantity by the number of raised fingers.
If confusion remains, it’s good to know some Thai. Here’s a crash course.
Pork = Moo, Chicken = Guy, Beef = Newah, Fish = Plow, Rice = Cow, Shrimp = Koong
Spicy = Pit, Hot = Yawn, Cold = Yin, Very = Mak, Little = Nit, Fried = Pak, Grilled = Yung, Basil = Pow
Want = Yaow, Don’t want = Mai Yaow
(exp. Yaow, Cow-pow moo, mai pit)
If there is a line, prepare to wait, the basic rule that most seem to follow is first come first serve. They make the food in the order which they receive it, insuring its freshness. Patients may be required at times. The average price of food is 30b to 50b per serving.
