Guides Archives - Thai Street Food, Restaurants, and Recipes

Top 10 Thai Meals of 2014 (& What You Can Expect in 2015)

Greetings all Thai food lovers, and wishing you a Happy New “Thai Food” Year 2015! 2014 has been a wonderful and extremely rewarding year for us at EatingThaiFood.com. This year, we’ve covered restaurants in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, as well as Bangkok.…

10 of the Best Bangkok Restaurants of 2013

It’s been another wonderful year of eating Thai food! Narrowing down the archives of delicious food is always a challenge… but finally, it had to be done. Here are the 10 best restaurants in Bangkok we ate at in 2013. By…

How to Eat a Giant Water Bug (Maeng Da) แมงดา

Nothing like some giant bugs for snack! These giant water bugs, known in Thai as maeng da (แมงดา), are quite commonly eaten throughout Southeast Asia. In Thailand their essence is mostly extracted and added to chili based nam prik sauces.…

Top 10 Bangkok Thai Restaurants of 2012

Thank you for being a part of EatingThaiFood.com! 2012 was yet another year of productive Thai food eating. In addition to getting to dine at some fabulous Bangkok restaurants this year, I was also able to do quite a bit…

Thai Nam Prik – The Local Guide to Thailand’s Fiery Chili Sauces!

Variations of nam prik are among the most common everyday foods in Thai cuisine. Yet among non-Thais, nam prik isn’t nearly as famous as curries or fried noodles. So here is an ultimate guide in an attempt to make sense of…

Thailand Thai Food vs. American Thai Food

9 Major Differences between Thailand Thai Food and American Thai Food

I was in Thailand for nearly 3 years before ever coming back to the United States. I eat loads of Thai food in Thailand. And I LOVE it. Upon returning the US for a quick few weeks visit, I noticed…

51 Explicit Thai Food Pictures that Will Make Your Mouth Water

WARNING: This post contains extremely graphic Thai food pictures that are guaranteed to make your mouth water. You may want to grab a snack before you proceed… COMMON SIDE EFFECTS: stomach growling, mouth watering, drooling, food sweats, food anxiousness, massive…

A Meat Lover’s Guide to the Thai Street Meat Cart

Warning: This post contains explicit meat photos. Thais have an obsession with the pig and chicken. Pieces of pork or chicken are used as a flavoring ingredient in infinite Thai dishes from soups to curries to stir fries. But the…

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5 Ways to Use Foursquare to Create Daily Food Tours in Bangkok

Everyone hates a know-it-all. Don’t worry, we don’t want to tell you where you HAVE to eat as much as we want to help you discover and appreciate Thailand’s diverse cuisine. This is the main goal of The Ultimate Thai…

Thai Breakfast: 19 of the Most Popular Dishes

There are thousands of different Thai dishes, and only perhaps a few of them are considered Thai breakfast only dishes, meaning exclusively available in the morning for breakfast. Instead, in Thailand you can pretty much eat the same foods for…

Healthy Thai Food: 21 Delicious Dishes that are Actually Good For You!

Is Thai food in Thailand healthy? That’s quite a complicated question, mainly because there are so many different Thai dishes available in Thailand, ranging from processed, greasy, and sweet, all the way to fresh, spice filled, and vegetables galore. As a…