I Don't Like Thai Food

[tutsiwarrior]

boon...anyone that voluntarily drinks singha beer gets what they deserve...

durian ice cream is quite nice, I must admit...

[Boon Mee]

This was back a few years when Thailand had only Amarit, Singha & Kloster. The stand I was at had only Singha and as I remember, it was kinda warm too.

[chonabot]

Now Durian theres a fruit , the missus made Durian ice cream once , which was nice , in theory...

[tutsiwarrior]

to be fair I have to advise that the durian ice cream that I had that was so wonderful was served in a splendid restaurant on the road to the Puncak Pass outside of Jakarta...it was a daily special. During durian season people would offer the fruit outside in the parking lot and you could take it inside for the staff to prepare and serve it...nice arrangement.

[TizMe]

After eating a snack of cockroaches,beetles or crickets I always find their little legs very good for cleaning your teeth afterwards.

I haven't had a Thai meal yet that I didn't thoroughly enjoy. Aroy Muk..

The insect legs get stuck between my teeth so I try to avoid them.

The only time I get a queezzy gut is after eating fruit. Thats because of the water that they are washed in..

[chonabot]

The fermented pork/fish takes a while getting used to , after 3 or 4 stomach pumps it's passable.

[Guest IT Manager]

I think the stall type restaurants are the best on a daily basis, but for special occasions we go to other more upmarket places just as a treat.

Your talking about my driveway aren't you mate?

What feed I have there each night, and it generally goes on into the wee small hours of the morning. aroi!

I was not. I included that in the up-market eatery category.

[Boon Mee]

There's a kind of fermented egg - think it's a duck egg that takes getting used to. But not as bad as the Phillipine version - BALOOOT

Man, I'd be passing gas for days after a couple of them...

[chonabot]

Balooot? Pray tell how is that conjured up Boon Mee?

[Boon Mee]

Beats me, it's what the Philipino's call a duck egg that's fermented (usually in the ground) to the point little feathers start to protrude. Little bones too.

It's a "Macho" thing with Philipino men to eat a few of them while drinking San Miguel (a great beer by the way).

[chonabot]

Is the San Miguel in PI better/different to the Spanish nectar btw?

[Boon Mee]

It is. I think it's got a better flavor. I took a tour of the San Miguel Plant out on Corregedor years back and it was state-of-the-art.

[mrmnp]

Tutsi: Thai food was/is all the rage in the U.S. when I left there two years ago, and I didn't like it then, nor do I like it now.

The pork ribs are edible and I do eat them in the various food courts. Chicken breast without skin and chicken flavored rice is a safe staple in the food courts as well, but does that qualify as Thai food? The Korean style pork and rice is a staple as well, like the canned tuna in water is a staple but hardly worth talking about.

Probably for sanitary reasons, all of the meat is way overcooked, so the chicken is stringy and the pork chewy. I agree that Thais don't know how to cook western food in most hotels and restaurants.

It is no better for the Japanese, as Japanese food cooked by Thais just isn't there.

If someone will give me directions to Mango Tree. I will start there trying to find a good farang restaurant in Chiang Mai where I live.

Just got back from Pattaya and was delighted with Amor restaurant as the most consistent, good tasting western food so far.

I have heard many complaints from Thais that all the good quality vegatables are bought up by the hotels and I must agree as most of the local markets I have gone to have grade B vegatables. Cucumbers are the exception.

Sure I can order non-spicy stir fry vegatables in most Thai restaurants and get by but the portions are small and the vegatables over-cooked, if I am lucky and they understand non-spicy means no chilis.

I think those who live or visit here and enjoy the food should consider themselves blessed beyond measure and say a prayer of thanks daily as they partake of the unedible.

[chonabot]

The chap is a ray of light is he not?

[Boon Mee]

Thai Food Rules...!

[chonabot]

Is that like Aussie ( Pie ) Rules football?

[rcalsop]

Before critising other countries cooking practices and habits I think we should examine our own diets, habits and practices. I ask you to consider the following ..

Pigs blood why do they eat it ???......... we don`t ,we only have black pudding !!!!!

Intestines why do they eat them ...........we don`t, we only use tripe , pigs cheeks , brawn , sheeps stomach and entrails, Haggis , pigs colon for proper sauages , all the other bits are minced and make fabulous pork or steak pies .

Smelly food why do they eat it .........we don`t , we only eat bacterially infested blue cheese that smells like the stuff from between my toes .

Or raw oysters, steak tartar ( raw minced steak topped with a raw egg )

As for hot and strange flavoured spices how about capers, picallily , and who has never cried from a horseradish attach or a colmans english mustard attack on the base of the brain and the back of the nose .

We have chosen to sanitise our thinking and consider our way is right ...as for eating badly smelling food my Thai wife refuses to cook lamb and will not enjoy entering the house if lamb has been cooked .this I believe is not uncommon Comments please!!!!

[chonabot]

I thought the thread was in the ironic mould , shows what I know....

[rcalsop]

Sorry I forgot we eat testicles Rams , Bulls , and Boars ,

Plus tongue ....plus the bits that cover the other end oxtail and do not forget the bits the animals stand on Sheeps and pigs trotters .

[Kringle]

To get by spicy food when ordering in Thai style, just say Mai Pet or however they write it. just say MY PET and they will understand. I say pet nitnoi and that works for me but I say mai pockchee and mai holopa on everything I order even if the dish doesn't come with it because it ruins the taste of everything else. When they sprinkle Pockchee on Tom yom and it sits for a few minutes, all you taste is that cat piss smelling pockchee!

[chonabot]

To get by spicy food when ordering in Thai style, just say Mai Pet or however they write it. just say MY PET and they will understand. I say pet nitnoi and that works for me but I say mai pockchee and mai holopa on everything I order even if the dish doesn't come with it because it ruins the taste of everything else. When they sprinkle Pockchee on Tom yom and it sits for a few minutes, all you taste is that cat piss smelling pockchee!

I said "My Pet" , and they grabbed hold of my fantailed gibbon ( a nice pet btw) and deep fried the bugger.......

Also it was ###### hot too......

[tutsiwarrior]

boon...(with respect) fukc you... a falang with perception and heart rules...thank you mrmnp...

[Sandy]

Seems like this topic is getting out of hand...oh my bad its just Tutsi hehehe

Food is food. As long as it keeps you from starving...then good. I've never been picky, so I enjoy all kinds and types of food. Man, now im getting hungry...

Talking about som tham...made some last night

[tutsiwarrior]

(I hate this...) Sandy...if food is just food, ie. nouragement...then please explain the difference between macaroni and cheese and som tam...I just made a potato and caulifolwer curry that no one in the house would eat...I was defeated by the local prefersnce for pig lungs and rice...

(an aged black man once said 'I hate bein' beat...don't you?...)

[Sandy]

Tutsi..calm down buddy. Mac & cheese is Mac & cheese. Som tam is som tam. Ofcourse there are differences. DUH And the reason why your household didnt eat what u made, is cause there are other choices out there that they could pick from. They choose to eat what they wanted. But if u had taken that food u made to a homeless or starving kid, wouldn't u think they'll eat it, yes they would. Why? Cause it would keep them from starving. And they would eat off those carts any time or day if they could.

I dont know about u, but i make whatever in then house for dinner. And if you're not please to eat it, then don't. Just make it yourself. I refuse to slave off for someone who is so picky about food. Food that will keep u full. And it would keep u from being hungry.

I know that this post was about the expensive resturants and the vendor carts on the streets. I understand that people would get sick from those foods on the streets. But people would like whatever they want. I myself, dont care.

[Zendesigner]

I think that the first 7 years of your live are critical in determening your taste of food. You eat what your parents eat. if they eat stinking bamboo, you'll love stinky bamboo. If they eat mac and cheese you will always be longing for mac.

If given the choice they will eat what they like the most. For tutsi that's meat and potatoes , for his wife that's rics with somthing spicy !!

It is just like that...

I was brought up on European heavy cuisine containing butter, cream , mayo potatoes ect. I've been fat sinds childhood. i don't drink, smoke ect but i just like to eat. Because i was used to it since kindegarten. (i actually could chose from two menu's everyday since i was 5).

When the wife and i were in Belgium She ate belgian food and once or twice a week thai. Now she's here she also wants to eat thai every day. When we go back the first thing i'll probably do is get a big Belgian frites (wrongly named french fries) with belgian beef stew... I really miss it here even if i can make it myself it still is not the same.

I also can agree with tutsi that if you make something nice it more enjoyable if you eat it together. Sometimes when somebody cooks for you and you run to get a take away it can be quite unrespectfull.

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[Sandy]

Oh yes its very disrespectful. Whenever my bf does that, u know there will be a great big argument right away. I work for 9 hours and come home to clean and cook, and yet u dont eat what i made. That gets me very upset. But im not gonna make something else cause u dont want to eat it or dont feel like eating it. So then, just go grab whatever u want.

[mango head]

Wonderfully funny responses here. I have to admit I can't or won't eat all Thai food. And, about once a month I'll have to go to KFC just to satisfy my craving for farang food.

[mango head]

Half of it dunno what I am eating all I know its good.

TG always seem to order Yam Seafood Salad - squid,shrimp, scallops, and those yummy red chillis. Always get too hot for Ferang-but always eat!

I've noticed that in the U.S., Thai restaurants make their food hotter than in Thailand. Is this my imagination?

[Boon Mee]

Half of it dunno what I am eating all I know its good.

TG always seem to order Yam Seafood Salad - squid,shrimp, scallops, and those yummy red chillis. Always get too hot for Ferang-but always eat! 

I've noticed that in the U.S., Thai restaurants make their food hotter than in Thailand. Is this my imagination?

Depends on where you go in the states. The ones in Thai Town/Hollywood are not as hot as up-country Thailand. Same for Houston. But in New Orleans, the dishes are just as hot as in LOS.