Thailand Archives - Page 5 of 11 - Thai Street Food, Restaurants, and Recipes

A Menu of Culinary Passion at Bangkok’s Yong Lee Restaurant (Sukhumvit 39)

One of the ways to search for a worthy restaurant in Bangkok is to analyze the menu, that is when they have one. A menu that looks like Yong Lee’s (ย่งหลี), meaning it’s been handled by more than a few…

Crave International Lunch Buffet at Bangkok’s Aloft Hotel

It’s not often we derail form the Bangkok street food scene, but every now and then ambience and the opportunity to enjoy an elegant feast with a lovely view of central Bangkok is a welcome change. A couple days ago…

Unique Discoveries at Bangkok’s Kasetsart University Fair

Yesterday afternoon I made the journey out to Kasetsart University to explore the Kaset Fair, a gigantic sprawling outdoor bazaar. It was so ridiculously large that it may have actually been too large – we were there from 2 pm…

VIDEO: Sampling Traditional Thai Cuisine

(if you can’t see the video, click here to watch it on Youtube) Thank you for watching! A few days ago, Dwight and I, were able to eat at a restaurant in Bangkok serving traditional Thai cuisine. We published an…

Food Photo: Thai Kuay Jab Noodle Soup (ก๋วยจั๊บน้ำข้น)

Kuay Jab (ก๋วยจั๊บน้ำข้น) is one of the speciality noodle soup dishes in Thailand. From Yaowarat to Victory Monument (where you can get Bangkok’s fastest street food), a select few vendors serve this porky favorite. The noodles are rolled into hand…

Traditional (and Exceptionally Delicious) Thai Food at The Local Restaurant

What is traditional Thai food? Restaurant owner and Chef Cann explains that for himself, traditional Thai dishes are the flavors and combinations he remembers from his childhood, the dishes his mom prepared and served at home. Using the comforts of home…

Food Photo: Thai Roasted Bananas in Caramel Syrup

Here’s a quick close-up shot of Thai roasted bananas being submerged into the sweet caramel like syrup. This snack is known as “gluay tap (กล้วยทับ)” or “gluay ping (กล้วยปิ้ง).” These bananas are cut and skewered, but they can also be…

Som Tam Khun Gan – A Snakehead Fish You’ll Love!

Located on a quiet little neighborhood street in Bangkok’s Wachiratham Sathit district (Sukhumvit 101/1) is the little relaxing culinary paradise of Som Tam Khun Gan ส้มตำคุณกัญจณ์. It was an impulse dining experience; I had never seen the restaurant or heard about…

Bkkfatty Diary Day 5: Bangkok Cooking Confessions and Mango Ginger’s Supper Club Guestaurant

Fork, spoon, fingers… These are the things that come to mind when I think of cooking and kitchen equipment. So when our lovely readers first started sending us requests for recipes Mark and I initially kind of stared dumbfounded at…

Bkkfatty Diary Day 3: Old Fashioned Yong Lee and Crave’s Futuristic Wine Buffet

Get in here for this wine-tastic Day 3 post! Stop 1: BKKFatty Diary Review Ok, every good teacher makes you review what you’ve learned. So dear aspiring fatties who may have missed how the first two days of this adventure…

Bkkfatty Diary Day 1: Eating Bangkok Food Tour, Vegetarian Lunch and Soi Yotse

This is an exciting week for Eating Thai Food. For starters, we’re going to be bringing you updates EVERYDAY this week. Follow me, Dwight, around and see what I’m binging on this week around Bangkok. I’ll take you to restaurants…

A Bowl of Noodles Approved by Thai Chef McDang (หมึกแดง สะท้านบู๊ลิ้ม)

I know you’ve seen street carts in Bangkok. But have you ever seen a Thai street food cart with this much stainless steel? Ok, it’s not a real street cart, it’s a permanent restaurant, but the sheer amount of stainless…

Takumi Japanese Buffet: Possibly Bangkok’s Best Japanese Food!

NOTE: Unfortunately the quality of this restaurant has really gone down hill, and I don’t recommend it anymore. For mid-range priced Japanese food I like to go to Yuutaro at Central Embassy for their lunch specials. I don’t think there’s any…

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…

Essential St. Paddy’s Day Thai Vocabulary: Beer Woon

Happy St. Paddy’s Day Eating Thai Food Fans. As a gift we wanted to share some essential Thai vocabulary with you. There’s tons of words we could teach you and they often get confusing when you’re learning Thai, but this…