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The chef at a local restaurant uses chicken feet in her recipe for papaya salad

Chicken Feet in Laos-Style Papaya Salad (ตำตีนไก่) at Som Tam Pann

Papaya Salad ส้มตำ (“som tam”) is easily the most well-known food in all of North-Eastern Thailand. You’ll find incredible variety and often very unique local flavors by trying all the versions you can find of this one, freshly made food!…

Incredible grilled chicken and som tam, for a classic lunchtime feast of North East Thailand (Esaan) best food.

Gai Yang Preecha (Grilled Chicken) – Khon Kaen University’s Best Food

One of the most ultimate lunchtime feasts in Thailand is the combination of Thai grilled chicken, papaya salad, and white sticky rice. In this article I want to show you Khon Kaen University’s best restaurant, serving some of the best…

Real-Deal Isaan Food in Bangkok at Som Tam Jay So (ร้านส้มตำเจ๊โส)

In Bangkok you’ll find a lot of restaurants that serve Isaan food (northeastern Thailand). And while there are many great Isaan restaurants in the city, there are many that lack the same crazy bursts of flavor that you find in…

Excellent Isaan Food at Wang Lang Market

UPDATE 5 March 2017: Unfortunately this restaurant has closed indefinitely, I am very sad about it too. I have chosen to keep this blog post online to remember such a legendary Thai restaurant in Bangkok. One of my favorite markets…

Utterly Good Som Tam and Grilled Chicken in Ubon Ratchathani

As I’m sure you’ve heard me say more than a few times on this blog, there are few greater combinations than som tam (green papaya salad) and gai yang (grilled chicken). It’s a combo that never gets boring. Something about…

Grilled Chicken Perfection in Khon Kaen (ไก่ย่างระเบียบเขาสวนกวาง)

Isaan (Isan), the northeastern region of Thailand, is home to some of the most well known Thai grilled chicken, and som tam (green papaya) recipes in the country. I spent some time in Khon Kaen (ขอนแก่น), one of the 4 major…

Isan Food at Gai Yang Klang Bueng (ไก่ย่างกลางบึง) in Bangkok

The other day we headed over to Gai Yang Klang Bueng (ไก่ย่างกลางบึง), a lovely restaurant adjacent to Bangkok’s Seacon Square shopping mall, and right next to the weekend Rot Fai Market (so you could have dinner here before going to the…

SP Chicken (SP ไก่ย่าง) – Small Birds, But Flavors You’ll Love

Greeting you as you enter is the unique SP Chicken (SP ไก่ย่าง) grill, a modified stand up charcoal rotisserie that has been engineered to roast a chicken to perfection. As the birds go round and round, they get heat from the…

Thai Green Papaya Salad Recipe (ส้มตำ) – Thai Street Food Style!

Thai green papaya salad, which in Thailand is known as as ‘som tam’ (ส้มตำ), is one of the most commonly available and most popularly consumed dishes in all of Thailand. Originating in the northeastern part of Thailand (Isaan), bordering the…

Graveyard Dining in Silom (with Delicious Isan Food)

Hospitals, yes. Schools, yes. Parks, yes. But a cemetery? You’d never search in Bangkok for a food street next to a graveyard, would you? Years ago, the first time I ever went to this popular Silom Isan street restaurant, it…

Rod Ded Restaurant – You Won’t Be Disappointed With This Isan Food!

For the past few years I’ve been dining at Rod Ded Isan restaurant (ร้านอีสานรสเด็ด), but it seems that every time I’ve gone, I somehow haven’t had my camera. Finally, I went back a few days ago to Rangnam Road, camera in hand.…

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…

Authentic (and Fiery Hot) Isaan Food: Lan Larb Ubon Restaurant

One rule of Bangkok street food is that where there is a large school, there will be a high concentration of delicious street food. Ramkhamhaeng University may be the largest university in Bangkok, and they pack a near unfathomable amount…

Tasty Isaan Food behind Century Movie Plaza, Victory Monument, Bangkok

I first started eating Isaan food at Lan Isaan Lom Yen (ร้านอีสานร่มเย็น) due to its convenient location, just a short distance from the Victory Monument BTS station. The food is also fantastic and there’s always a crowd of happy eaters…

Bangin’ Som Tam at Central Bang Na’s Relaxing Isaan Food Retreat

You can tell it’s one of those delightfully pleasant restaurants as soon as you arrive. Lan Gai Baan Yang Kao Suan Kwang ร้านไก่บ้านย่างเขาสวนกวาง is fully equipped with that lovely garden style, surrounded by tropical greenery, yet just moments from a…

Day 18 Vegetarian Thai Food: Suki Haeng, Broccoli and Cauliflower

If you’re joining us for the first time, we’re attempting to eat vegetarian Thai food for the entire month of July 2011 in order to raise money for charity. Follow us for everyday blog updates and read more about the…

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