Food prices in Thailand - Thai cafes, street food at the macaroons. Traditional Thai food is a must try

The taste of Thai food depends on the place where it is prepared. If you tried one dish and didn't like it, it doesn't mean that you won't like it in another place. You can try everything and everywhere, choose and remember your favorite places…

30 baht approximately = 1 US dollar

• May pomcharot - without glutamate.
• May pet - do not put hot peppers.
• Mak mak arooi (very tasty).

Top Favorite Thai Foods:

• Noodles in macaroni "4 soups".
• Tom ka (coconut soup with chicken or seafood).
• Tom yum of course (soup), which is prepared in Tesco on Lamai (in the glutton yard).
• Pancake - pancakes (with banana and chocolate, etc.) - are made on the streets on special carts.
• Satay in macaroni (meat on skewers).
• Massaman (something like soup).
• Som tam (papaya salad) - so that it is not monstrously spicy, it is better to say “mai pet” (without pepper), so as not to put glutamate, you can say “mai pomcharot” (without glutamate). There are varieties of som tama (with eggs, seafood, etc.) and whole catfish tam (establishments where they only make som tama).
• Khanom krok - small rounds of coconut puddings, sold in macaroons on the street, cooked in cast-iron molds reminiscent of our waffle irons.
• Muu Ded Dieu - pieces of pork meat dried in the sun and fried in oil.
• Rat naa - noodles with pork.
• Pad Thai - fried noodles, a very popular dish, probably right after Khao Pad (fried rice).
• Sen Yai - wide rice noodles - if you order Pad Thai and say Sen Yai, then it will be made from wide rice noodles (my favorite variety). If you order soup and say Sen Yai, then the soup will be with wide rice noodles - this dish is more common in Pattaya and Bangkok.
• Jokhk is a type of porridge, a thick soup with pork.
• Muu pad krapau - fried pork with basil.
• Khao muu daeng - red pork with rice.

Where to eat in Thailand inexpensively and tasty

You can eat cheap and tasty in Thai cafes. Just go and try the food in all the many cafes that are near where you live. And you will definitely find the very best. Preference will most likely be given to cafes where a lot of Thais eat, and not to those where it is empty and a couple of farangs sit.

The most convenient way to search for cafes and restaurants (including Thai food) is through Tpipadvisor by rating, which is constantly relevant, because it is updated with new reviews. To do this, open the Tpipadvisor application, click on the "Places nearby" section and find all the restaurants or places to eat, look at the rating and choose what you want.

About Thai food in photos:

In Thailand, food is a local form of entertainment. Thais eat everywhere, food is sold everywhere, there are no places in Thailand where there would be food difficulties, in any corner you can find something to eat. For those who come to Thailand for the first time, it is more difficult, because with all the local abundance, Thai food, both in appearance and in taste, is strikingly different from what we are used to in our homeland.
The mixture of sweet, sour, burning, spicy, spicy tastes knocks you off your feet. Especially for those who do not know what to try in Thailand from food, 10 Thai dishes that you must definitely try upon arrival in Thailand. All of them are very appetizing, tasty and suitable for the European stomach, so bon appetit!

What to try in Thailand from food - 5 non-spicy dishes

If you come with children, you can’t, or you just don’t like spicy, then the list of Thai dishes below is for you.
These are not spicy dishes you need to try in Thailand in the first place. When ordering any of them, you don’t even need to make the clarification “May pet” or “Pet thread”, which in the first case means - without pepper,
and secondly, a little bit of pepper. The recipes for these 5 dishes do not involve pepper at all.

Khao Pad Gai - Chicken Fried Rice

What to try in Thailand? — Khao Pad

Classics of the genre. Local farangs live on fried rice with chicken and vegetables for years. Tasty, satisfying, inexpensive.

Prepared right in front of your eyes. Pieces of boiled chicken are thrown into a heated wok, fried, then rice with vegetables is fried, mixed and soy sauce is added. Ready!
Served with various, mostly spicy, sauces.

Fried rice with chicken in Thailand costs an average of 45-70 baht. Of course, restaurants are more expensive.

Khao Man Gai - Boiled chicken with rice and broth

Khao Man Gai in Thailand is a must try if you are traveling with children. Boiled to a glazed shine, whole chicken carcasses hang in every second crown.
Children of Khao Man Gai are very fond of, even those who have a so-so appetite.
The chicken is cut into slices and placed on boiled rice. It comes with a cup of chicken broth and herbs.
You can dip all this deliciousness in hot sauce or peanut sauce, as you like.

The price of boiled chicken with rice in Thailand is from 40 baht. You should not be afraid to eat at food courts or macaques, nothing hurts or gets upset later.

Pad Thai - fried noodles with shrimp in peanut sauce

Pad thai is one of the most favorite dishes among expats. Despite its apparent simplicity, delicious pad thai is not so easy to prepare.
Glass noodles are scalded with boiling water, then fried in a mixture of sauces, before which shrimp are fried over high heat. Served with soy sprouts, ground peanuts and additional sauces.
The price for Pad Thai in Thailand is from 50 baht. Try it for sure!

Pad Si Yu - Fried noodles with shrimp in fish sauce

I discovered Pad Si Yu not so long ago, and was amazed by the range of taste. The most favorite Pad Si Yu is made in the Tea Cafe, which is Pratamnak for 5 soy, I recommend it.
Wide flat noodles fried in a mixture of fish, soy, tamarind sauces, a lot of fatty shrimp, bamboo shoots. A must try in Thailand!

Mango Sticky Rice - Sticky Rice with Mango

To be honest, I am not a fan of mango sticky rice and for a long time I disdained even to try this miracle.
But in vain. To try the Thai main dessert - glutinous rice with mango, being here is a must, without options.

Just to understand how you feel about Asian sweets.
Mango sticky rice is glutinous rice boiled in coconut milk and served with sweet mango to boot.
Children, even small ones, respect him very much. Nice, cheap, useful.
The cost of mango sticky rice (Khao Nyao Mamuang), on the streets of Pattaya, from 70 baht.

Top 5 Spicy Dishes in Thailand

Thai cuisine is varied, juicy, very appetizing. Of course, spicy Thai dishes cannot be included in any top 5.
They can be safely made top 10, 20, 30, it will be easy to type. But about other delicacies another time.

Remember the phrase if you are still a beginner and just getting used to the local cuisine. Know spicy - this is of course understandable to everyone, but it’s still better to “My pet” or “Pet thread” when ordering.
“Nitnoy”, that is, a little bit, should generally be included in the first 10 words learned in Thai, because it will come in handy everywhere. "Sugar thread" or "Sweet thread" will save you from a sugar shock
and diabetic coma when ordering coffee or a shake. Sugar is put here from the heart, sticks together in all places.

Tom Yum Kung - Spicy Thai Shrimp Soup

Well, I could not not include it in the list, sorry. Tom Yam Kung or Tom Yam Talay (with seafood), each housewife does it differently. There is no single, single recipe, and there are several camps among tom pit lovers, each with its own priorities. For one, serve at least 8-10 large shrimp, for the second, it is important that there is a lot of coconut milk.
The third ones don’t need coconut milk at all, and the fourth ones just serve tom yam, without shrimp, so that just a fire burns in their mouths. The spiciest tom yam in my opinion, no shrimp, just hardcore, served in a Sizzler.
In the cafe, tea, delicious tom yam, will be brought to the best of spicy, milk is also in moderation.
There is a good tom yam on the military beaches. There is one secret cafe on Wat Bun, where really Tom Yam Kung is 5 points, and there are heaps of shrimp. There are many places, everyone will find their own.
The normal price for a serving of Tom Yum Kung in Thailand is 85 - 100 baht.

Green Thai curry

Nothing to do with Indian curry. And they cook it differently everywhere. At one place they will give you a green curry like a bowl of soup, where many pieces of chicken or shrimp will float,
and in another, green curry will be more like a paste-like mass, and in a rather modest portion.

In any case, being in Thailand, you need to try the local green and red curry, even out of interest.
Jam this fire of course rice. In some tops, rice cold noodles are served with curry.

Green curry prices from 60 baht

Gai Sate skewers on a stick

This is my very favorite. But, a certain configuration. I only bought gai sate skewers 3 times in all the time
the size and flavor I like. Gai Sate are chicken skewers marinated in a special sauce on a stick. They are sold from mobile carts on bikes that drive up to crowded places, gas stations, to the sea and others.

One skewer costs either 5 baht (ha baht) or 10 baht (sip baht).
If it’s 5, you need to take 7-10 pieces for one to eat. Those with 10 are twice the size.
The skewers that I like are very thin, almost transparent pieces of meat, and those sold at the Jomtien or Tepprazit night market are not at all like that.
Inside they are soft and rather closer to the usual kebabs that we fry in nature.

The ordering procedure is simple. You go to the cart, choose the raw skewers you need, give them to the seller, who
they are immediately fried, simultaneously smearing with sauce and something else. Sprinkle with pepper, so if you are not a fan of very spicy, check it out. Oh yes! the most important. Between the meat there must be a piece of pineapple and green hot pepper.
I am writing now and I am fighting the urge to drop everything and rush in search of real Thai skewers on skewers.
Correct gai sate is fantastic and unforgettable.

Som Tam - spicy papaya salad

Som Tam salad is cooked everywhere in Thailand. If you see that an aunt with a mortar is sitting right on the floor and pounding something, then yes, she is preparing Som Tam.
They are also sold in cafes and macaroons, in stalls and restaurants, everywhere. There are many recipes for Som Tama, I’ll tell you about the classic one, which you should start with when you are going to try this Thai salad.

Order the most common Som Tam with peanuts. If you need not spicy, then no pepper at all, if a little bit, then 1 red pepper or half. I have already overclocked and take two.
The owner of the shop cuts the green papaya fruit into shavings with a special grater. He puts papaya, peppers, tomatoes, peanuts, dried shrimp, soy and fish sauce in a mortar, pounding it all up well to make the juice come out. Lime is also squeezed on top. Ready! Deliciousness. Very unusual.
Som Tam in Thailand costs from 40 baht

Lab Moo - spicy pork salad

A well-known and popular dish in Thailand, which came from the province of Isan. Pieces of shredded pork are overcooked with liver, mint leaves, herbs, onions, rice, spices and fish sauce are added,
and here is Lab Mu for you. There are many variations on the theme. Lab in any of its manifestations is a must try!
Price Lab Mu from 80 baht.

If you liked everything, do not forget to smile at the chef and say - "Aroy mak mak, kha!" Which means - "very tasty, thank you!" 🙂

Enjoy your meal! Share in the comments what you ate delicious in Thailand and what you didn’t like?

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Going to a new country, it is always worth finding out about the local cuisine in advance. And then on the spot you can get confused in completely unfamiliar names and be disappointed in absolutely unexpected dishes. Therefore, today I will share with you that it is necessary to eat in Thailand and how not to get poisoned by Thai food. Don't be afraid, I won't tell you about fried grasshoppers;)

I am sure that 90 out of 100 tourists before traveling to the land of smiles ask themselves: what is delicious to eat in Thailand? To be honest, I am a fan of more classic dishes, so even in an exotic Asian country I tried to choose something at least somehow close to familiar food. Nevertheless, I will also be able to introduce you to the exotic in this post, because. during our winters in the Thai province of Krabi, I attended culinary courses, where I personally fried, steamed and stewed unfamiliar ingredients, putting them into a single fragrant composition.

When you see what is added to a particular dish, you somehow feel more confidence in it, and therefore you eat it with a special appetite. Otherwise, I, most likely, would not even dare to order many of the dishes listed below in a Thai restaurant, and so, I can recommend not only as an “eater”, but also as a cook;)

What to eat in Thailand - 10 most popular Thai dishes

Tom Yum

Tom Yum is the famous spicy shrimp soup. It is boiled in chicken broth, only then shrimp are added to it and spicy sweet and sour sauce, so popular in Southeast Asia (not to your liking, but you quickly get used to it). Honestly, there are few indifferent people who have tried this soup at least once. It is rightfully considered one of the most delicious soups in Thailand and the most popular dish among tourists from all over the world.

Pad Thai

Pad Thai looks like a perfectly ordinary instant noodle. It is cooked over high heat, stirring quickly and at the same time throwing eggs, chicken (or shrimp), various vegetables, herbs, and a special ingredient - bean sprouts into it. They do not look very much like roots, but they give an absolutely specific taste. It's great to buy Pad Thai in macarons - traditional "food carts", where it is immediately cooked on fire. And it costs quite inexpensively there - 20 baht (vegetarian) and 40 baht (with meat / chicken / shrimp). This is definitely something that is definitely worth eating in Thailand.

thai fried rice

One of the simplest and most delicious Thai dishes. Honestly, I have not yet seen the best variation of rice, except that some pilaf can compete with Thai fried rice. But they are completely incomparable, if only because, apart from rice, there is nothing in common between them. Thai fried rice, like Pad Thai, is cooked over high heat, mixed with eggs, tomatoes, carrots, corn, Chinese cabbage and other products. As a result, such a yummy :)

Since I love this rice very much, I learned how to cook it at the Thai culinary school with great pleasure. I've posted on the site before. Even my two-year-old Mishutka was happy to crush him on both cheeks :) So you can safely order this rice even for small children.

Tom Kha Kai

Cashew Chicken

This is a dish without any special culinary frills, just half-stewed-half-cooked chicken breast with vegetables, also cooked only a little, i.e. they are semi-fresh and crispy, topped with cashew nuts. Quite tasty and edible dish, hearty, but light. I love these :) I also wrote earlier. It consists of simple and affordable products in our stores, so you can try to cook such a chicken at home.

Chicken curry

A very spicy dish with curry paste, which is prepared separately from red hot chili peppers, garlic and other spices. After that, the chicken is stewed in this cooked pasta and becomes very spicy and spicy.

Salad with papaya

Som Tom Thai - green papaya salad. This is one of my friends favorite Thai dishes. The salad is mainly vegetables - carrots, tomatoes, green beans, there are also nuts, and the basis of the base is green unripe papaya, which is grated with long "spaghetti". Sometimes shrimp are also added, so if you are a vegetarian, check this nuance with the waiter in advance, you can safely order Som Tom Thai without shrimp. You can try to make it at home in my opinion.

Seafood salad

Yam Thale is a light Thai seafood salad that includes shrimp, squid, crab meat and other seafood, as well as funchose (rice "glass" noodles) and various vegetables. Chili peppers are also added to it, so the salad is spicy, but if the cook does not overdo it, then the spiciness will be refined and only a little bold :) You can inform the restaurant “no spicy” in advance, although this spell still practically does not work in Asia :)

spring rolls pancakes

Spring rolls are authentic Thai street food. They are cooked, like Pad Thai or fried rice, over a fire in macaroons. If you want to really taste them, I advise you to order not in restaurants, but in numerous carts that roll out onto the streets of cities at sunset. The price for two pancakes is 20-30 baht.

Spring Rolls are a slightly crunchy pastry filled with vegetables, chicken, rice noodles and bean sprouts. Due to them, the taste of Thai pancakes resembles the same Pad Thai, but in my opinion they only taste better :) And again, I described in detail how I cooked them at the Krabi culinary school and already posted them on my website.

Dessert with coconut milk and mango

One of the simplest and most delicious desserts in Thailand is Kao-Neuw-Ma-Muang, i.е. sweet sticky rice with mango. I had two discoveries after getting to know this dish: firstly, that it turns out that mangoes are delicious (I didn’t have much love for them before), and secondly, that you can probably become a vegetarian if you find out more similar recipes :) me too already laid out, and in short, the rice is cooked in coconut milk with the addition of sugar. It turns out something similar to our milk rice porridge, only with a touch of coconut and sweeter. Then it is laid out on a plate, and on top it is decorated with slices of juicy mango and sprinkled with nuts (nuts are optional). The combination of ingredients is just perfect, everything complements each other and the result is really amazing. Highly recommend! This is a must eat in Thailand!

The most popular Thai food. Some of them are known all over the world, others are more mysterious...

But you should try them all and have an idea: "What, after all, to order?"

Too spicy Thai food? Know, spicy, pliz... and they will cook for you without chili pepper, which makes the dish deadly hot for European taste.

Some dishes will seem “native” to you and you may be surprised to notice: “My grandmother cooks such cabbage soup” or “I eat such an omelette for breakfast before university”. Well, let's compare.

Tom Yum Gung

A masterpiece of Thai culinary art - a soup with a huge amount of shrimp, mushrooms, tomatoes, lemongrass, kolgan and lime leaves (kaffir).

All this is cooked in coconut milk and served in two versions: with coconut cream - soup Tom Yum Kung Nam Kon (tom yum gung nam kohn) or without it - Tom Yum Kung Nam Sai (tom yum gung nam sai). The second version is slightly more sour and light.

Tom Yum really combines many tastes: salty, sour, spicy and sweet in one dish. This is a true favorite of Thai cuisine known throughout the world.

Som Tam

Som Tam is perhaps the most famous salad in Thailand.

Garlic and chili are first crushed in a mortar. Tamarind juice, fish sauce, peanuts, dried shrimp, tomatoes, lime juice, sugarcane paste, beans, and a handful of green papaya go into the mortar.

Sweet, salty and spicy flavors paired with green crunchy papaya.

Som Tam has many options on offer: with crabs - som tam boo, with fermented fish sauce - som tam plah lah.

Fermented fish sauce is a frequent guest in Thai cuisine. (The fermented fish is defended for 2-3 years with chopped stalks of lemongrass and lime leaves. The strained broth is a fermented fish sauce).

Pad Thai

Pad Thai is probably the most famous dish outside of Thailand.

Pad Thai gained extraordinary popularity thanks to the ravers, who put it at the top of the glory of Thai cuisine. Their assessment was supported by numerous tourists and the excitement began.

Medium-sized rice noodles fried with shrimp and a variety of ingredients - nuts, tofu, bean sprouts, green onions, garlic, pepper, lime juice and fish sauce. Everything is poured over with an egg and cooked until the dish becomes thicker - this will give it a delicious taste.

Lime is squeezed onto the finished Pad Thai and sprinkled with peanuts. And again, some add a few tablespoons of sugar, dried chili peppers and a small spoonful of vinegar to it. Therefore, this set is served as a seasoning for the famous Pad Thai salad.

Gang Som Pak Ruam

Just like Thai - a fusion of sweet, sour and spicy in another ultra bright soup.

Stewed vegetables - carrots, cabbage and green beans (Pak Ruam) became its basis. It can be served with scrambled eggs and Thai acacia leaves, then it is called Kung Som Cha Om Kai (gang som cha om kai).

Light vegetable soup in meat broth, with fresh herbs and, of course, with chili peppers. All ingredients of Thai cuisine are beneficial for health, beauty and youth. Chili peppers included.

Gang Keow Wan

One of the most famous and popular national dishes is Thai green curry.

Green curry paste, coconut milk, bamboo shoots, chicken, sacred Thai basil, Thai eggplant and, as a tradition, galangal, lemongrass, lime and other greens and leaves fill this dish with an unforgettable combination of delights.

It is cooked quite thick and served with a bowl of rice that will soak up every drop of curry.

Panang Gai

Chicken fried in red curry paste, then drizzled with coconut cream to make the curry juicy, spicy and flavorful.

The dish is served with finely chopped lemongrass leaves. If the dish is cooked correctly, then the dynamic (or demonic?) spicy taste is felt from the first touch. Lemongrass is a very refreshing dish.

In this Thai dish, all Thai tastes are also combined. One of the top dishes.

Kung Massaman (Gang Massaman)

Massaman is a sweet curry from southern Thailand and is a halal dish.

Curry sauce is made from coconut milk, which is mixed with hazel paste, a little peanut, nutmeg and cinnamon are added to the mixture for flavor.

The traditional massaman is served with potatoes as a side dish, which soaks up the coconut oil like a sponge.

Massaman is one of the most popular Thai dishes. The potato and mild flavor make it popular with Europeans.

Gai Pad Pongali

Chicken, onions, tomatoes and peppers in a yellow Thai curry paste and the main ingredient of the dish is an egg, with which it is poured and mixed. It is fried until cooked and sprinkled with a good portion of parsley.

Very similar to scrambled eggs with tomatoes and ... bacon, the same chicken, sausage and everything you want or have in the fridge.

Breakfast in an ambulance before classes or work was prepared so many times, considering it to be scrambled eggs with tomatoes and chicken, but it turns out that it is Guy Pad Pongali.

Gang Jued

One of the lightest Thai soups is Kung Jude.

Minced pork, tofu and glass noodles are added to a vegetable broth made from cabbage, carrots and onions. Be sure to parsley on top.

Almost like our fresh cabbage soup, only instead of thai noodles and tofu we have potatoes and tomatoes.

Kung Jude is a vegetable medley, a soup that gets compliments from other Thai dishes and offsets their spiciness.

Jim Jum

A fantastic way to unwind over dinner to enjoy Jim Jahn with a few friends.

A small earthenware pot filled with fatty meat broth stands on burning coals.

The waiter brings an assortment of different herbs, cabbage, meat (usually pork or liver), beaten eggs, glass noodles and, of course, sacred Thai basil.

Vegetables and meat are thrown into the cauldron, where they are slowly stewed. This makes a nutritious and hearty soup... for dinner.

Khao Na Phet

Roast duck is recognized throughout Asia for being fatter and more flavorful than chicken.

Thai dish Khao Na Phet is served on a plate with rice. Selected pieces of duck are placed on rice and duck broth with acacia leaves is poured on top.

Khao Na Phet is easy to see - street food carts hang ducks in a glass cabinet.

Simple and nutritious duck broth with duck meat and rice.

Kai Ji Moo Sap (Kai Jiew Moo Saap)

Authentic Thai food that everyone can cook for themselves - omelet style again.

Eggs are beaten with fish and soy sauce, then minced pork is added. The resulting mixture is poured over hot boiled rice.

Served with chili sauce (sauce prik) and fresh herbs.

Thai-style rice and meat casserole - very satisfying and quick to cook - comfort food.

Kao Niew Moo Yang

Pork skewers, for garnish, if you like - rice, noodles or french fries. What to add to this? In terms of information - nothing, in terms of gourmet - everything from fresh vegetables and fruits to coca-cola and red wine.

All grilled meat in Thailand, like all Thai food - street and in restaurants, are very tasty and not expensive. You can buy Khao Nii Mu Yang everywhere, at any time of the day.

Moo Dad Diew

Pork marinated in weak vinegar is fried with soy sauce.

Juicy and flavorful pieces of pork are served with hot chili sauce (jim jao) and green onions. For garnish, of course, rice or noodles.

Fresh greens, herbs and traditional vegetables - cucumbers and tomatoes will give this dish a familiar summer flavor and perhaps remind you of trips out of town "to kebabs" with friends.

Yam Khor Moo Yang

Delicious meat salad of Thai cuisine is prepared from pork, grilled and cut into pieces. They are poured with lemon juice and mixed with greens - parsley, sweet onions and a lot of fiery chili pepper.

This Thai salad is the same attribute of the holiday at Isaan, as we have Olivier. It is eaten with rice, which is dipped in a served sauce.

If you want a lighter version, then it is appropriate to order it without chili pepper. "Know spicy, please" is understood everywhere in Thailand and Thais know that Europeans are not ready for such "hot" dishes.

Gai Yang

Gai Yang - grilled chicken, as well as grilled pork - moo yang (moo yang), a very popular dish of Thai cuisine, therefore it is sold everywhere from street food carts to restaurants.

Grilled chicken's companion is rice and delicious spicy Som Tam (green papaya salad).

A whole grilled chicken costs 120-130 baht, half chicken or breast - 50 baht.

On street food carts, at different vendors, it is prepared according to different recipes, but always delicious.

It is worth trying a few and choosing the one that suits your taste.

Kao Ka Moo

Pork is cooked for an hour in soy sauce with anise and cinnamon, which give the dish its characteristic flavor.

A piece of fatty pork on the bone literally slips into a bowl of rice.

Khao Ka Mu can be salty or sweet and served with rice with sauce.

On the street counters, you can easily recognize Khao Ka Mu - in large cauldrons, large pieces of pork legs of a characteristic golden color, which gives the dish soy sauce.

Khao Mok Gai

Another Muslim dish in Thai cuisine, which is very similar to biryani (biryani is rice, usually basmati, cooked with spices and herbs), is served as a side dish for meat, fish, pickles, eggs.

Khao Mok Gai is rice boiled in chicken broth with saffron, turmeric, cardamom and bay leaf. Chicken and rice have a recognizable yellow color. The dish is sprinkled with cilantro and fried onions.

Khao Moo Dang

A very tasty and hearty Thai dish, which is on the menu of restaurants and on street stalls.

Khao Mu Dang is a bowl of rice and a large pile of thinly sliced ​​pork and Thai sausage, with a boiled egg (or drenched in egg) and a thick layer of BBQ sauce.

When the dish is ready, it is sprinkled with cilantro and green onions on top. As a result, not spicy, but sweet taste of the dish, which is enjoyed with pleasure at night while walking.

Khao Man Gai

Chicken and rice from Thailand is perhaps more popular than Singaporean.

In Russia, we call it chicken broth with rice (meaning chicken in it, as usual).

Thai chicken Khao Man Gai is prepared in the same way - chicken pieces are placed in a bowl of rice and poured with chicken broth. Everything - the Thai dish Khao Man Gai is ready.

In Thailand, they offer, of course, chili with garlic as a condiment, without them the dish is dietary, not Thai ...

The broth can be served with fried chicken if you wish...

Nam Tok Moo

Nam Tok literally means waterfall in Thai.

Lightly grilled pork is tossed with a good helping of lemon juice, scallions, chili, sprig of mint, fish sauce and fried rice. The blood from the meat and the sauce inspired someone to call this dish "meat waterfall for eating", and rightly so.

The pork in this dish is very tender and soft.

Lab Moo (Larb Moo)

The famous Isaan dish of minced pork and liver, seasoned with lime juice and fish sauce. Leaves of mint, onion, pepper are slightly overcooked with rice.

All the ingredients of another Thai meat salad are extremely important - their juice becomes the rice sauce. In addition, the method of preparation of all Thai dishes, including Lab Moo, preserves all the beneficial properties of the products.

Pad Gai Pow (Pad Gai Pow, Moo, Kai, Dow)

If a Thai does not know what to order, his choice will probably come down to Pad Gai Poo.

Grilled chicken, meat or ground meat dishes you can trust. They always turn out tasty and satisfying at any time and, in almost every eatery.

Chicken (gai), pork (mu) or minced meat (kai) fried in oil with garlic, chili and small vegetables - green beans and bright basil, which give the dish a unique taste.

It is usually served with rice and a fried egg.

Gai Pad Met Ma Muang

Another Guy Pad - chicken is fried in an oiled wok (a wok is a traditional Chinese wok) with onions, dried chili and crunchy cashew nuts.

Oyster sauce, fish sauce, sugar and various spices make the dish gourmet.

Guy Pad is served, of course, with rice. Very tasty Thai dish and popular. The chili pepper adds spiciness to the dish.

Since, as a rule, Thai food is prepared in front of you, you can ditch the pepper and replace it with chili paste, a less pungent ingredient.

Plah Kah Pung Neung Manow

Whole perch in a steam pool with hot sauce.

Lime juice is poured into a metal mold in which the dish is served. A candle burns at the bottom of the mold to keep the fish steamed all the time. Garlic cloves and green chili poke through cilantro and lime zest for a spicy taste, while steamed sweet fish melts in your mouth.

When ordering a dish at home and leaving it until the morning, the cold version of the fish remains just as tasty.

Gang Som Plah Chon

Well-done, brightly colored snake-headed fish is drenched in a deliciously spicy sweet and sour sauce.

Usually, the fish is served in a metal dish with a large pile of greens and vegetables on top.

A wonderful combination of flavors and aromas of Thai dishes. No doubt, you will be the envy of all restaurant goers when the fragrant fish emerges from the kitchen.

Pla Plow (Plah Plow)

A popular dish to eat with Som Tam and glutinous rice is the common fried fish with salt. But.

Firstly, the fish is stuffed with lemongrass, lime leaves and other aromatic ingredients, and secondly, it is thickly sprinkled with salt.

That is why, never overcooked, it is grilled to juicy perfection.

The result is soft, sweetish, white fish meat that literally melts in your mouth.

Pla plu in Thailand is made from all kinds of fish.

Yam Plah Duk Foo

A treasured favorite among the Thais is Yam Pla Duk Phu.

First, deep-fried catfish pieces feel fluffy and airy.

However, when sour mango, sweet sugar, tart lime, spicy red onion, earthy cilantro, shrimp, squid, walnut sauce and vinegar become their sauce, the fluff turns into crispy fish pieces that include all Thai flavors and textures at the same time.

Kanom Jeen

Delicate, delicate taste of very soft fermented rice noodles. It is placed in a small ladle and passed through boiling water.

Next, curry of your choice: Kanom Jim Nam Ya (kanom jeen nam ya) - fish balls with red curry, Kanom Jin Nam Ya Prik - with sweet chili paste (kanom jeen nam prik), Kanom Jin Gang Keo Wang Gai - chicken with green curry (kanom jeen gang keow wan gai).

And as a fresh side dish, cabbage and cucumbers are on top.

Guy Pad King

Ginger is the king of this great recipe.

A huge amount of grated ginger, chicken fillet, various mushrooms, chili peppers and onions are fried in oyster sauce. Guy Pad King is probably on every menu of any restaurant in Thailand.

About 400 types of ginger are grown in the country. It is one of the main ingredients of Thai cuisine.

The national cuisine of Thailand is one of the main advantages of the local culture.

Thai cuisine is rapidly gaining popularity around the world. Unusual dishes, exquisite appearance, delicate balance of tastes - that's what distinguishes the dishes of this amazing country.

Surrounded by countries with a rich cuisine, Thailand has adopted many of their ways of cooking. Borrowing recipes and improving them to suit your own tastes, soon became a country whose dishes all gourmets aspire to try.

A lot of the types of Thai dishes were influenced by Chinese, Japanese and, believe it or not, European cuisine. In the distant 17th century, Portuguese missionaries brought chili peppers to this country. Since then, chili has become one of the most commonly used spices in Thai cooking.

Main Products

1. Fig. The main Asian agricultural crop, is the basis for most dishes.

Recipes include the use of only two types of this cereal: white crumbly and glutinous rice. As a side dish, the first type is eaten with a spoon into which rice is placed with a fork. And from the second, small balls are rolled, which are completely thrust into the mouth.

Sweet and sour rice, stir-fry with rice and spices, thin rice soup - this is only a small part of what is prepared from this product.

2. Noodles and pasta. It is not hard to guess that the popularity of noodles came to Thailand from China. But in this country, noodles have turned from a side dish into a completely independent dish.

3. Meat. Many Thai recipes include meat. But because of its high cost, it is not so often that the inhabitants of this country eat such dishes. The most popular are duck and chicken meat.

4. Seafood. Thailand is a landlocked country. It is not surprising that this influenced the cuisine of this country. Seafood is the staple after rice in the Thai diet.

5. Sauces. Sweet, sour, spicy - they are able to give a new taste to any dish. The chefs of this country know the recipes for more than one hundred original sauces. The most original salad here is seasoned with fermented fish sauce, vegetables and rice - kao yam.

6. Seasonings. The leading condiment in Thai cuisine is yellow curry. Incredibly spicy, it has gained incredible popularity in this country and is the basis for many sauces. The abundance of spices and spices is a characteristic feature of the dishes of this country.

7. Vegetables and fruits. The tropical climate has rewarded Thailand with a huge variety of incredible fruits. There are more than 20 types of bananas here.

In addition to all the famous pineapples, eggplants, papaya, exotic fruits such as lychee, guava, durian, tangerini, sapodilla, mangosteen, rambutan and others grow here.

Europeans will be able to try most of these species only upon arrival in this hospitable country. The peculiarity of the Thais is that they prefer to eat fruits as part of any dishes than as a separate product.

Principles of Thai cuisine

An interesting feature of Thai cuisine is that recipes are not always clear cut. Even professional chefs often cook by eye. Thais believe that the main secret of a delicious dish is the perfect balance between five tastes: sour, bitter, salty, spicy and sweet.

Many seasonings and sauces are used to give a certain flavor to the dish. For example, chili or curry will make the dish incredibly spicy, bitter cucumber will make the food bitter, and sugar cane or ripe pineapple will add sweetness.

Lemon and lime are used to add sourness to the taste.

Thais prefer small portions but eat often. Therefore, do not be surprised if it seems to you that the waiter on the plate brought too little food. The use of knives is not common in Thailand. Thais prefer dishes where all the food is cut into small pieces.

Fruit comes at the end of the meal. There are many different types of drinks in Thailand, but the most common is naam yen, plain cold water without any flavors.

Cooking features

Cooking speed is a characteristic feature of Thai cuisine.

The Thai wok has gained great fame - special dishes for frying over an open fire. Thick walls, a special shape speed up the cooking process at times compared to a frying pan. No more than 5 minutes is necessary for the cook to fry the vegetables until cooked.

Often, vegetables are fried for salad, which surprises many Europeans.

Serving the dish

Thai cuisine is distinguished by the exquisite look of the food served. No respectable chef will bring a dish that is not beautifully served. An interesting presentation, vegetable sculptures, greenery decoration allow you to enjoy not only the taste sensations, but also the aesthetics of the dish.

A salad will always surprise you with the accuracy of the layout of vegetables, and a meat dish with additional serving elements.

Thai main dishes

Thai recipes number in the hundreds. And in order to try these delicious dishes, you should definitely visit this wonderful country. Yes, many restaurants of this cuisine are opening in the world, which give their customers a chance to get acquainted with the cuisine of Thailand.

But they can only offer to try a couple dozen dishes. True gourmets should go to this country and enjoy exotic dishes.

Salad is an integral part of the Thai diet. Their recipes surprise with their simplicity and ease of execution. Som Tam salad is the most popular in the country. More than 10 ingredients are included in its composition. This is peanuts, and fish sauce, and sugar cane paste, and much more.

Unforgettable taste, the balance of sour salty, sweet and spicy at the same time, brought this salad to the pinnacle of Thai culinary excellence.

Salad with the curious name "Morning Glory" or Pad Pak Bung Fai Daeng - intrigues many. In oyster sauce, with a clove of garlic and a small amount of chili, a mixture of vegetables, basil, herbs and impomoea is fried.

Salad "Morning Glory" is served hot.

Tom Yum Kung soup is no less famous. Its peculiarity is that all ingredients are cooked in coconut milk. Shrimps, tomatoes, mushrooms, kolgan, a little bit of lemongrass and a couple of lime leaves - that's all that is needed for him. The dish is served either in coconut milk or without it. Therefore, there are two types of this dish: Nam Kom and Nam Sai.

Thai cuisine recipes include hundreds of meat dishes. But the main one is Panang Gai. Chicken fried in Thai-favorite curry and served in coconut cream is a favorite among many Thai food lovers. The sharpness of the dish is refreshed by lemongrass leaves.

The unusual balance of sour and spicy makes Panang Gai stand out from other dishes.

It is also worth noting:

• Po Pia Sod - buns with sausage, scrambled eggs and vegetable salad.
• Mi Krop or "Crispy Noodles" - well-done pasta with sweet and sour sauce.
• Yum Nua - grilled meat, cucumber, onion with pepper and lime juice.
• Larb Gai - chicken with minced onion, lime juice and pepper.
• Pad Thai - rice noodles in a special sauce, eggs, shrimp, bean sprouts and green onions.

For dessert, Thais prefer to eat jelly or fruit pudding. A favorite delicacy of many are pancakes with a banana. Of course, this is only a small list of dishes that you can try in Thailand.