Southern Thai Food

Food Photo: Khanom Jeen Nam Ya Pa

1 March 2013 by Mark Wiens
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Khanom Jeen Nam Ya Pa (ขนมจีนน้ำยาป่า) One of the greatest areas of Thai cuisine is the soft fresh rice noodles known as khanom jeen. While there are a variety of curries that accompany any plate of the noodles, nam ya pa, or jungle curry, is one of my favorites. The curry sauce is a spicy [...]

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Bkkfatty Diary Day 4: The Local, Bangkok’s Food Museum and Sri Nuan’s Thaidashian Sisters

17 May 2012 by Dwight Turner

Well, well. Look who made it to day 4, huh? I gotta admit, I didn’t think you were going to be able to keep up. I bet you expect some prize for hanging out with me this long, right? Well, you got it. Two new restaurants, and they’re opposite styles similar to yesterday’s time traveling [...]

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Photo Favorite: Southern Thai Gaeng Som Soup

11 May 2012 by Mark Wiens
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Now I do have a lot of favorite Thai dishes, but nothing pleases me more than a southern Thai food feast. One of the dishes that I just can’t get enough of and keep eating as much as possible is southern Thai style “gaeng som” soup. It’s not that tomatoey sweet and sour gaeng som, [...]

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There’s No Such Thing As Thai Breakfast Food

26 January 2012 by Dwight Turner

What’s Thai breakfast food? Hard boiled egg? Kanom jeen? Chicken biryani? The truth is there’s no such thing. As Mark alludes in this week’s 13 Most Popular Thai Dishes for Breakfast, Thais hardly make any time based distinction between food groups like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The thai word used for breakfast (ahaan chow อาหารเช้า) [...]

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Irresistible Southern Thai Curry at Sam Long Market Restaurant

22 January 2012 by Mark Wiens

Seeing the all familiar line up of southern Thai food leaves me no choice but to make a pit stop. As much as I love Thai food from around the country, absolutely nothing satisfies me more than a feast of southern Thai food! Marked by a few pods of Sataw (stink beans popular to eat [...]

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Food Photo: Flavor Packed Thai Dry Curry (Kua Kling)

23 December 2011 by Mark Wiens
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Not all curries in Thailand are wet. Kua Kling (คั่วกลิ้งหมู), normally made from beef or pork, is a dry curry that’s packed full of delicious flavor. Image the entire amount of flavor from a saucy curry caked up on each piece of pork! Basically, if you eat southern Thai food, you can’t miss a tasty [...]

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Food Photo: Thai Soft Rice Noodles and Salty Fish Curry

2 December 2011 by Mark Wiens
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Many of the most pungent foods in Thailand are what I strive and love to eat! Southern Thai food has many robust curries and strong foods that I just can’t seem to get enough of. Along with Gaeng Som, Gaeng Tai Pla (แกงไตปลา or salty fish kidney curry) is one of my favorites. It’s salty [...]

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Locally Famous Krabi Cuisine: Nong Joke Restaurant

13 November 2011 by Mark Wiens

Along with the gorgeous limestone pillars of stone that rise from the turquoise Andaman Sea, Krabi is also a special place for those who seek to elevate their culinary interests. Nong Joke Restaurant ร้านน้องโจ๊ก on the edges of town is a famous restaurant that is popular with both locals and Thai tourists alike. ไม่เพียงแต่ทัศนียภาพที่สวยงาม จากท้องทะเลอันดามันสีเขียวครามเท่านั้น ที่ทำให้กระบี่เป็นที่นิยมของนักท่องเที่ยวจากทุกๆที่ [...]

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Sweltering Soups and Kickin Curries at a Krabi Top Restaurant, Nong Jane

8 November 2011 by Mark Wiens

Among my favorite restaurants in Thailand (and in the world for that matter) is a little neighborhood restaurant in Krabi town known as Lan Nong Jane ร้านน้องเจน. The family run dinner establishment serves a few dishes that are entirely worth the try. I’ve eaten here numerous times, and it was one of my standard restaurants when [...]

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Bustling Morning Maharaj Market in Krabi Town, Thailand

30 October 2011 by Mark Wiens

Today I just wanted to share a few photos from Krabi’s bustling Maharaj Market. The market starts up way early in the morning, I think about 3 am, and doesn’t wind down until around 10 am. A good time to visit is the 7 – 8 am range. The newly renovated Maharaj Market in Krabi [...]

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