webfact Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Poll: Khao Kapao tops Thai menus! Most Thais spending less than 300 baht/day on food, washing hands more Picture: Sanook A Suan Dusit poll reported on "Thai Eating Habits 2020". The poll at the end of the year of the pandemic with all its economic hardship revealed the favorite dishes of Thais, changes in their behavior and spending. Some 1,144 people were asked questions from December 1st to 3rd. Favorite dish was Khao Kapao (meat fried with basil over rice, usually with a fried egg). In a list of preferences 57% chose this as their "hit menu" item while 51% went for noodles, 42% papaya salad or som tam, 39% Nam phrik/phak (spicy condiment with vegetables) and 38% Khao niaw moo ping (sticky rice with BBQ pork). As regards behavioral changes when it comes to food people said they were broadening their choices, were more concerned about cleanliness and were increasingly washing their hands before eating. Spending showed that 77% put a 300 baht ceiling on their daily food bill, 21% said they spent 300-500 baht and less than 1% said they spent between 500 and 1000 baht a day. More than half of all Thais wanted to learn more about healthier eating and out of those using resources to widen their horizons when it comes to food YouTube was proving the most popular. Also around 60% were thinking more about cooking themselves rather than buying in. Source: Sanook -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-12-07 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jack Mountain Posted December 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2020 300 Baht a day per person is a feast in Thailand. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thechook Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 don't get the percentage. It's out of 100% right, so how can you 57%, 51%, 42%, 39% & 38%? That totals 177% of the people surveyed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Oldie Posted December 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2020 17 minutes ago, Thechook said: 1 don't get the percentage. It's out of 100% right, so how can you 57%, 51%, 42%, 39% & 38%? That totals 177% of the people surveyed. You think too much... ???? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrySeaman Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Thechook said: 1 don't get the percentage. It's out of 100% right, so how can you 57%, 51%, 42%, 39% & 38%? That totals 177% of the people surveyed. TIT so of course it makes perfect sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post johng Posted December 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2020 3 hours ago, webfact said: Spending showed that 77% put a 300 baht ceiling on their daily food bill, Well it just so happens that the minimum wage is around 300 baht per day so it doesn't surprise me that the large majority are spending less than 300 baht per day simply because they do not have any more to spend on food let alone the mortgage,car/bike repayments,electricity,mobile phone,clothing etc etc..... 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Thechook said: 1 don't get the percentage. It's out of 100% right, so how can you 57%, 51%, 42%, 39% & 38%? That totals 177% of the people surveyed. Picky, picky! ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterwhisper Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Thechook said: 1 don't get the percentage. It's out of 100% right, so how can you 57%, 51%, 42%, 39% & 38%? That totals 177% of the people surveyed. Well, it appears there were quite a few gluttons participating in that survey, who order the full spread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratchsima Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 10 hours ago, Thechook said: 1 don't get the percentage. It's out of 100% right, so how can you 57%, 51%, 42%, 39% & 38%? That totals 177% of the people surveyed. 1,144 people in the survey can choose every choice they like. 57% of 1,144 people like Kaprao while 51% of 1,144 people like noodles. It is 10-year-old student math. Why cant someone figure out?? Steryotype of farang with math is always true huh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk_bwana Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 This was a truly remarkable survey. It revealed the fact that people spend according tho their means. Amazing. I've never heard of that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andux Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 2 hours ago, bkk_bwana said: This was a truly remarkable survey. It revealed the fact that people spend according tho their means. Amazing. I've never heard of that before. Exactly. Salary is 10,000 a month and they need a survey to realize people spend less than 300 b/day on food... Maybe soon they'll come up with another survey to show that most people spend less than 1,000,000 baht a month on housing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadilo Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 If it’s a choice of soap or Somtam, the hands ain’t getting washed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Two of us live on less than that, not including beer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sscc Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 11 hours ago, andux said: Exactly. Salary is 10,000 a month and they need a survey to realize people spend less than 300 b/day on food... Maybe soon they'll come up with another survey to show that most people spend less than 1,000,000 baht a month on housing. Thailand average is higher than 10,000 B per month. Official figures in 2018 or 2019 is around 14,000-15,000 B per month. Generally real salary is slightly higher than the official one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natai Beach Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/7/2020 at 12:37 PM, Thechook said: 1 don't get the percentage. It's out of 100% right, so how can you 57%, 51%, 42%, 39% & 38%? That totals 177% of the people surveyed. poorly worded translation. obviously they don’t eat the same food every meal. 57% of people like eating Pad Kapao 51% of people eat noodles etc. On 12/7/2020 at 2:23 PM, johng said: Well it just so happens that the minimum wage is around 300 baht per day so it doesn't surprise me that the large majority are spending less than 300 baht per day The large majority of Thais are not on a 300 baht minimum wage. The vast majority are on higher than the minimum. The average wage is over 500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) 300 baht per person per day is a lot of money to spend just on food. No wonder I could see many fat Thai people around nowadays. 3 meals of Thai food is only around 120 baht per day. Edited December 8, 2020 by EricTh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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