Sticky Rice Balls Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 18 hours ago, bbko said: The only thing I don't like about Thai food is having to pick out/around those items I'll never eat, kaffir lime leaves, galangal, lemon grass stalks, or eating soup and having to remove shrimp shells at the table, other than that I enjoy a well cooked Thai dish. To me, many of those 30-40 baht meals often use low quality ingredients or watered down soup. Agreed--any good cook knows to use cheesecloth to "flavor" a soup and to remove it after--unlike thais...makes it so frustrating when eating thai soups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 18 hours ago, EVENKEEL said: As a matter of fact I am, spooky. dont forget the tv with lakorn thai soap operas... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalawaan Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 On 10/5/2021 at 1:12 PM, timendres said: So many people think sushi is the bee's knees. I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. And I genuinely love Thai food, and get frequent requests from the gf to cook for her. Interestingly, the Thai gf begs me to make my Fettuccini in Olive Oil on a regular basis. I genuinely like all of the food in your list of "foods far better than Thai" with the exception of "UK", which I find to be the world's most disappointing menu. Me and a ragtag mate once blagged into "Dinner at Heston's" in Knightsbridge for a long lunch. The checkbin would have bought a fleet of Chinese submarines. But it was one of the best meals of my life. The menu was more English than Joanna Lumley and twice as delicious too. Happy Days! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRS1301 Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 On 10/5/2021 at 3:48 PM, BritManToo said: I agree with you, real Thai food appears to be mainly white rice with garden weeds and insects. Can't beat pie and chips! ......... and my 10yo Thai son agrees with me! Yuk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00dle Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, bobandyson said: I think British food is bland but then that is why there's seasonings, sauces, gravies, herbs, creams, condiments etc. Take away the spices, herbs, sauces, seasonings, condiments, etc. from Thai food, what are you left with? Bland food. And if you remove heat from the equation it's raw. You understand the concept of cooking right? Edited October 7, 2021 by n00dle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamb00ler Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 I'm blessed in that all of my wife's family are well educated and most speak English well. We often get together and eat family style. At dinner we'll order 6 - 10 dishes. They have given me a great education about how to combine dishes to make a very pleasing experience. The dishes are mostly from central Thai cuisine but they do add in some favorites from other regions as well. We'll usually order a couple of whole fish dishes. In my experience Thai's are the best when it comes to fish recipes. My favorites are deep fried with curry sauce (shooshi?), with yum mango sauce, one with a lot of lime juice and lime chunks. I recommend that the OP go eat with Thais or with others that have a good understanding of Thai cuisine. Don't be content with only one side street order of whatever! Go exploring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 13 hours ago, sirineou said: No doubt there is a lot of great Thai food. and I enjoy a lot of it, but it all depends where in Thailand you are. We are in khon Kaen and they put way too much sugar and or stinky stuff in food here for my taste. Even western can foods that I was familiar with back in the US here in Thailand are produced different . I enjoy making my own Pizza, so the other day that we were at Macro I bought a couple of jars of Heinz spaghetti sauce for those days that I am lazy and don't feel making tomato sauce. After I made the pizza it tasted very sweet and I was confused. I did not remember putting any sugar in it? I thought I made a mistake and instead of salt I had put sugar in the dough. Then another day , before again making pizza, i opened another can of the spaghetti sauce,and for some reason I decided to test it before I used it. It was full of sugar!! Same when I ordered Wonton soup from a sheet vendor.. It was sweet!! I like sweet in my deserts, but certainly not in my dinner. Alot of times I ask them to leave some things out of my dishes. No stinky shrimp or fish sauce in som tom. No pun chulott (MSG) in anything. No sugar please. Many times they actually listen! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojo Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 14 minutes ago, spidermike007 said: No stinky shrimp or fish sauce in som tom. No wonder Thais think that foreigners don't know anything...............!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sead Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Well stop buying 30 bht meals and go biy real thaifood.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 1 hour ago, bojo said: No wonder Thais think that foreigners don't know anything...............!! We all have our own preferences. I love Thai food. I do not like Issan food. I can live without the 10,000 year old eggs, the insects, the loads of fish sauce, the stink, and the truly funky flavors. I love a clean som tom. Delightful green papaya, before they start loading it up with dried shrimp, tons of fish sauce, tons of MSG, sugar, salt, and other stuff. If some Thais think I do not know anything, that works for me. I care not one iota what strangers think of me. Means less than zero to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UbonEagle Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 IMO thai food second only in SE to Vietnamese. Honorable mention to singapore which is really a hybrid of chinese. With thai food its not just the flavours, but also the obsession of the natives i think that enhances the experience. Also i am clearly addicted to the chili hit as i long for something hot with rice after a few days of not having Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGoLuckyLife Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 19 hours ago, sirineou said: We are in khon Kaen and they put way too much sugar and or stinky stuff in food here for my taste. ไม่หวาน (mai wan) "no sweet" goes a long way. I use this phrase a lot when visiting the family. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Mac Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 Some of it I don't mind but most of it is rubbish, and as boring as hell. Even the majority of educated Thai's admit that Western food, or Indian, middle-eastern, etc, is better, which of course it is. Also, Thai restaurants overseas are always better than the ones here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Johnny Mac Posted October 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2021 On 10/6/2021 at 5:49 PM, spidermike007 said: my wife is a gourmet chef Well what a shock that is! Don't tell me, she is also practicing law? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenon Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 On 10/5/2021 at 6:46 PM, Boarn said: Southern BBQ is a favourite of mine from the US. How about turkey? Isn't that an American dish? Excellent these days. Sought after in Thailand by certain farangs. Has properties that cause you to be sleepy. Avoiding doing the dishes is extra enjoyment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenon Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 On 10/5/2021 at 7:34 PM, RocketDog said: Definitely the music! Especially when played at ear-splitting volume, as it nearly always is. ???? Oh, and the government for sure... who wouldn't? Yes, the government has done an exemplary job handling Covid. Many countries are studying their methods so they can copy them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 11 hours ago, Johnny Mac said: Well what a shock that is! Don't tell me, she is also practicing law? With those pics she's also apparently Mark Weins' photograper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michaelaway Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 "Also, Thai restaurants overseas are always better than the ones here." Crazy talk; there is no country in the world whose food is better outside their country than in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Michaelaway said: "Also, Thai restaurants overseas are always better than the ones here." Crazy talk; there is no country in the world whose food is better outside their country than in. My Thai sis-in-law has a Thai restaurant in Maryland, USA. My wife says her sis alters the food to what she thinks Americans would like. Or maybe it's just too sweet or something. Maybe it's because they don't serve Som Tam and chicken feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actonion Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 On 10/6/2021 at 9:50 AM, bbko said: You must mean Thai street food, cause the Thai food my wife cooks at home it nothing like the way you describe it. Obviously yes, street foods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 15 hours ago, Johnny Mac said: Well what a shock that is! Don't tell me, she is also practicing law? Thankfully no. Law is so utterly boring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 15 hours ago, Johnny Mac said: Some of it I don't mind but most of it is rubbish, and as boring as hell. Even the majority of educated Thai's admit that Western food, or Indian, middle-eastern, etc, is better, which of course it is. Also, Thai restaurants overseas are always better than the ones here. I could not possibly disagree more adamantly. I think you need to step up your game. Eating in the food stalls does not offer much. When I am back in the US with my Thai wife, we avoid the Thai restaurants, and they are nearly always disappointing. Last time we went to the highest rated Thai restaurant in LA, and we got surly service, from the Thai waiter, and marginal food, at best. And it was $80 for lunch. The food is so much better here. If you eat in good restaurants. I might suggest you have been in Thailand too long? Time for some international travel? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Mac Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, spidermike007 said: I could not possibly disagree more adamantly. I think you need to step up your game. Eating in the food stalls does not offer much. Food stalls?? You won't see me at those places. I wouldn't give that muck to my dog (if I had one) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 4 hours ago, Michaelaway said: "Also, Thai restaurants overseas are always better than the ones here." Crazy talk; there is no country in the world whose food is better outside their country than in. I certainly prefer Chinese food in the UK to Chinese food in China. Chinese food in Thailand is also bad. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotandsticky Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 14 minutes ago, BritManToo said: I certainly prefer Chinese food in the UK to Chinese food in China. Chinese food in Thailand is also bad. Not if it comes from the likes of Siamsburys and has Union Jack packaging.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamb00ler Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 27 minutes ago, BritManToo said: I certainly prefer Chinese food in the UK to Chinese food in China. Chinese food in Thailand is also bad. You need to hang out with more knowledgeable locals. Excellent Chinese food available in Bangkok, at least where and when I lived there. My wife's family know where+what to order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted October 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 1 minute ago, gamb00ler said: You need to hang out with more knowledgeable locals. Excellent Chinese food available in Bangkok, at least where and when I lived there. My wife's family know where+what to order. Every Chinese take away I ever had in the UK was good. Never needed any specialist local knowledge. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamb00ler Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 1 minute ago, BritManToo said: Every Chinese take away I ever had in the UK was good. Never needed any specialist local knowledge. Well, in Thailand the signal to noise ratio is quite low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 44 minutes ago, BritManToo said: I certainly prefer Chinese food in the UK to Chinese food in China. Chinese food in Thailand is also bad. And very uncommon, as well as being ridiculously expensive too. Why? What is up with that? When you consider that a significant percent of Thais are ethnic Chinese, one would think there would be some affinity for the food. Guess not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharksy Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 On 10/6/2021 at 11:49 AM, spidermike007 said: Step it up a notch. Stop eating in food courts. Spend a bit more, and the food you will find will blow your mind. For me, and many others, it is one of the highlights of living here. Most of the restaurants I eat at make beautiful food. Fresh, and delicious. The ones who do not, I don't go back. It is a simple system. Thais not only know how to make amazing food, they are blessed with the culinary gene, unlike most others. Thai people are the polar opposite of Cuban or Philippine people, with regard to their cooking skills, and their great instincts with regard to the preparation of food. And alot of the food is healthy. I typically order all of my food without pan chulott (MSG). And my wife is a gourmet chef, and cooks with only the healthiest oils. You might want to step it up a notch. Perhaps you have set your sights too low, with regard to the caliber of restaurants you are choosing. There is some spectacular food here that I am incredibly thankful for! I totally agree, pay the money and you get the best food. Same for those who criticise British food. The OP mentions cost - so I assume he is pretty broke and can't afford the nice food - or just too tight to pay for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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