Tabouli تبولة

[nakriian]

Tabouli is a chopped parsley salad that I make and I am curious if anyone has seen Tabouli written in Thai script. Maybe you saw it on a menu at a lebanese restaurant in กรุงเทพฯ

Because it is a lebanese dish, I have not had any luck locating it in a thai dictionary.

[Naam]

Tabouli is

actually Tabouleh or Taboulah (as you have shown by copying the correct arabic تبولة spelling)

[Richard W]

Tabouli is

actually Tabouleh or Taboulah (as you have shown by copying the correct arabic تبولة spelling)

But sabotaged by the site's stylesheet giving the font preference list as 'Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Trebuchet MS, Sans-Serif, Georgia, Courier, Times New Roman, Serif'. For those of us with Tahoma installed, striking out Verdana would give the improved rendering تبولة .

[nakriian]

Actually Tabouli or Tabouleh or Taboulah are all wrong as it is arabic and should be written in arabic.

تبولة <= this is the true correct spelling

I should have made my question more clear, I am not asking for a spelling in roman letters. I am asking if anyone has seen the word spelled in Thai script. Maybe you have seen it in print on a menu in a lebanese restaurant in Thailand?

I realize that even if I do find the spelling in ภาษาไทย it will not be in arabic. I understand this, however, I am hoping someone has seen it and can share the word in Thai script. I am just curious, that is all.

[stateman]

I think your best bet is to find it among muslim restaurants/communities. Depends on where you live, but in BKK there are several pockets of muslim communities. You may find someone there who can point you to the right place.

For most Thais, one dish adopted from Muslims and well liked is Kao-mok-gai ข้าวหมกไก่. That is chicken cooked in curried rice. It is one of my favorite as well.

Oh, of course, there are many such communities in the deep south. But you might find it a rather 'hot' area for the time being. You may want to wait until it cools down a bit before heading there to check it out!

Cheers.

[DavidHouston]

I think your best bet is to find it among muslim restaurants/communities. Depends on where you live, but in BKK there are several pockets of muslim communities. You may find someone there who can point you to the right place.

For most Thais, one dish adopted from Muslims and well liked is Kao-mok-gai ข้าวหมกไก่. That is chicken cooked in curried rice. It is one of my favorite as well.

Oh, of course, there are many such communities in the deep south. But you might find it a rather 'hot' area for the time being. You may want to wait until it cools down a bit before heading there to check it out!

Cheers.

I am reluctant to provide a carnivorous posting where the OP is about vegetarian food, however, Stateman set the example. I love ข้าวหมกไก with a passion. At the same Muslim restaurants where one can order ข้าวหมกไก, one can also order a wonderful dish called โรตีมะตะบะ [roh-dtee má-dtà-bà], basically a chicken- and vegetable-filled roti shell. This is Malay food, not the food of Southern Muslims who are not Malay. Since there has been so much out migration from the deep South, these foods can be found in most places, even if they are not common. Don't forget the แกงไก่ for the mataba as a dipping sauce; oh, and the อาจาด [aa-jàat], a sauce made from vinegar, sugar, and peppers, called by the Domnern-Sathienpong dictionary as "tart relish" .

For how to make this irresistible dish, see http://www.roti-mataba.com/, a site in Thai language. For the vegetarians roti can be made with corn nibblets, as shown, and be sure to tell the master roti-maker to exclude the egg if it is not on your diet. A liberal dosage of coarse white sugar and sweetened condensed milk, for the non-chicken variety, makes for a delectable dish, as well as economic support for your local dentist.

Edited December 25, 2007 by DavidHouston

[nakriian]

ขอบคุณครับ คุณสเตทเม็นท์และคุณเดวิด

[stateman]

ขอบคุณครับ คุณสเตทเม็นท์

ความจริง ชื่อ สเตทแมน ครับ

ด้วยความยินดีครับ

David talked about roti. Roti used to be my favorite for breakfast - the kind sold by Indians where they put lots of condensed milk and sugar, then roll the paper wrapper. This went on until I realized the load of carb it contains. Now I eat it in moderation.

I don't recall seeing this kind of roti sold in the Middle East when I visited there. Wonder this was brought by Indians to the Middle East?

Edited December 25, 2007 by stateman

[nakriian]

ขอบคุณครับ คุณสเตทแมน

[meadish_sweetball]

There are a few references to ตาบูเล่ on Google (5). Not enough obviously, I guess this dish is still fairly unknown in Thailand, but given its breakthrough in the west in the past 10 years my guess is we will see it more frequently.

You may want to check Israeli restaurants too. I believe I had tabouleh in one of the restaurants in the KSR area when I lived in Bangkok 7 years ago or so.

[nakriian]

ตาบูเล่

Good answer คุณmeadish_sweetball

[Murf]

I see you didnt attempt to write Meadish Sweatball's name in Thai script

Mee-dit Sa-weet-born

[aanon]

Tabouli is a chopped parsley salad that I make and I am curious if anyone has seen Tabouli written in Thai script. Maybe you saw it on a menu at a lebanese restaurant in กรุงเทพฯ

Because it is a lebanese dish, I have not had any luck locating it in a thai dictionary.

as someone else who doesn't know the answer, my suggestion is that you go to one of the food courts in bangkok that have a kebab shop and try to find out from the staff there. i believe the food court at มาบุญครอง/maboonkrawng (or MBK) has a kebab shop.

all the best.

[nakriian]

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[aanon]

ขอบคุณครับ คุณaanon

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all the best