Thailand Archives - Page 2 of 11 - Thai Street Food, Restaurants, and Recipes

These Giant River Prawns in Ayutthaya, Will Make Your Jaw Drop!

Few things in the world are as beautiful as prawns the size of your forearm. Ayutthaya, the ancient capital city of Thailand, is one of the most famous places in the country for devouring jumbo sized freshwater river prawns… and…

deep fried vegetarian thai corn fritters

Revisiting Baan Suan Pai and The Spring Epicurean Market During the Thai Vegetarian Festival

The street I live on has donned the yellow flags and restaurants have put out special menus for this week’s Thai Vegetarian Festival which lasts from September 23rd until October 3rd. One of my favorite restaurants has signs on the…

Fai Klom Thana (ร้านไฟกลมธนา) – Good eats behind PTT headquarters

A few days ago, I was in the Chatuchak area of northern Bangkok, and I came across Fai Klom Thana on Foursquare; It looked like my kind of place, and since we were in the area, we went to try…

Huen Phen (ร้านเฮือนเพ็ญ) for Northern Thai Food in Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai is a great city to eat through. You’ll find all sorts of genres of Thai food available, from international restaurants, to Isan food, to ahan dtam song (stir fry food), and something I love to seek out, northern…

Khao Soi Islam (ร้านข้าวซอยอิสลาม) in Chiang Mai – Don’t Miss Their Biryani

When I was in Chiang Mai my main mission was to eat (that goes for any destination I visit). One of the many famous places to eat a dish known as khao soi (ข้าวซอย) in Chiang Mai, is a restaurant, located…

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…

Khao Soi Khun Yai (ข้าวซอยคุณยาย) – Best Khao Soi In Chiang Mai?

When you’re looking for khao soi (ข้าวซอย) in Chiang Mai, you have many places to choose from. During my latest stay in Chiang Mai, in between northern Thai feasts, I ate quite a few bowls of khao soi and visited many…

Suki Koka (สุกี้โคคา) – Fantastic Thai Suki in Chiang Mai

Thai suki is a dish I really enjoy eating, especially when I want something that’s healthy and not too oily. It’s not the most filling dish when you’re really starving, but for a snack, or part of a dinner, and…

Tong Tem Toh (ต๋อง เต็ม โต๊ะ) – Excellent Northern Thai Food in Chiang Mai

In Chiang Mai there are a number of well known restaurants that specialize in northern Thai food (Lanna cuisine). Tong Tem Toh (ต๋อง เต็ม โต๊ะ) is sort of a trendy type of Thai restaurant. They’ve upgraded from normal Thai street food…

19 Tasty Photos of Big Bite Bangkok (24 Nov 2013)

Thank you for coming out to our last Big Bite Bangkok fundraiser and food festival, which took place on Nov 24th, 2013. Here are 19 photos that capture some of the highlights of the day. Photos are all courtesy of…

Your Neighborhood Thai Restaurant, and This Lady Can Cook!

A few weeks ago I posted a video about pad see ew (ผัดซีอิ๊ว). Since the video was taken at just a tiny neighborhood restaurant, I didn’t publish the location. However, after the video, I received a number of requests about how…

Bird’s Nest Soup – Would You Eat This Cure-All Swiftlet Saliva?

The glitz, glamour, and shiny metal things, makes you feel more like you’re in a casino than a Bangkok restaurant. And with all the casing passing through the business, it might not be so different from a casino anyway. Let…

Much More Than Your Average Thai Curry Stall in Bangkok’s Chinatown

It’s 4 pm. Down a side soi in Yaowarat, just off Charoen Krung, there are already a few hungry men waiting. They may have even brought their own chairs (I can’t verify this, but it looked like it). Khao Gaeng Jake…

Good Eats in Hua Hin at Ruamsaeb Yokkhok (รวมแซบ ส้มตำยกครก)

Just the lunch before tackling that 1 kilo lobster at the Hua Hin night market, we had eaten a pretty decent lunch at Ruamsaeb Yokkhok (รวมแซบ ส้มตำยกครก). During my most recent visit to Hua Hin, I actually went to this…

Hai Som Tam Convent Restaurant (ไฮส้มตำคอนแวนต์) – Thai Food in Silom

Lately I’ve been running around central Bangkok, so I’ve had a chance to eat at some of the more well-known Thai restaurants in Bangkok. Hai Som Tam Convent (ไฮส้มตำคอนแวนต์) is a long standing Isaan restaurant located on the famous Thanon…

A Monster Lobster at Hua Hin’s Lung Ja Seafood Restaurant

Have you ever been walking around with absolutely no intention to eat whatever you walked past, and the next thing you knew, you found yourself about to dig into something you weren’t planning on eating? For myself, when it comes…