What are your favourite Thai foods in order? WHY?

[fang37]

Thai food, to me, is amazing.

It combines heat, spice, balance of rice & vegetables. Many courses when serving a meal.

My Thai family will eat nothing else except Mr Donut.

[Gonsalviz]

Almost anything except most fish dishes. Their version of fish is not even in the category of fish for me. Pla Chon is ok though. And the grilled Pla Dook.

[jacko45k]

Curried fried duck, yummy.

Penang and mamasan (massuman) curries.

[fred Kubasa]

pizza

Quarter pounders

Spaghetti

Ravoli

Lasagna

Peanut butter - Wait, oh, Thai food :

Monkey Balls &

Cock roaches &

Lizard dicks !

[fang37]

# 4

The Thai foods sound very inviting (for a gay person).

[cornishcarlos]

Great thread, keep them coming !!

[fang37]

On a realistic note, I have tried grasshoppers, bugs etc. Crunchy & tasteless.

[AlQaholic]

1. Grilled chicken by the road side with somTham Thai (without the crabs) and kao nieo.

2. Tod man Pla (without the ground bones).

3. Ha mook (without the ground bones).

4. KnomChin namya.

4. Nam prik with grilled fish.

[quandow]

None.

Why?

Because I like solid bowel movements.

[Minnehaha]

after learning to speak Thai enough to understand what people were talking about around me and with me, I was initially surprised it was 80% of the time about food in some way shape or form. I was interesting for a while... and then I sat in the car on a return drive to Chiang Mai from Bangkok with a normal Thai middle class family. The conversation that lasted the longest was a dispute about how many kinds of bananas there are in Thailand. I think the father decided it was 7.

The obsession with food and taste has annoyed me to some degree over the years at certain times. But I have come to deeply appreciate their sense of taste. They have taught me to notice subtle tastes and enjoy the complex mix going on in a certain dish. I have gotten better. And like them, now I can fairly quickly determine if something is 'rot chat' or well rounded and also whether something is good or not good. I admire this.

Fav food?

Like the best things in life it is impossible to pick one. best film? best book? best painter?

furthermore, when you are discussing things of deep interest to someone it is ridiculous. try asking a lifetime musician who has made it big and has a guitar collection of 250 who his favorite guitarists are? forget about naming one. This is an extreme example but it extends to this kind of question. I dont begrudge the OP. Perhaps, I might suggest "what are some of your favorite dishes that might surprise folks you knew back home".

the answer for me is 'rot duan' . I like the small yellow worms dried, sold in remote places. I have only ever eaten them in Northern thailand.

cant eat them all the time, but once in a while they are fantastic.

[fang37]

Dried food of any kind also popular - seafood, fruit, veges.

[mikebell]

Som Tam - then I make she-who-has-eaten-it sleep in the spare bedroom for 4 days. God's gift to the Celibate.

Incidentally a couple of 'Thai' foods mentioned above are Malay.

[swissbie]

Tom yam ruammit (seafood) and coconut curries

[Cam Khao]

For me, the food is one of the main benefits of living here, I simply love it. I've made an effort to learn how to cook many of the dishes I like for myself over the years as well.

Some of my favorites are (if I can spell them sensibly)

Laap moo (and the uncooked version, goi)

Pla chon lue sawan

Pla nin nung manao

Pla kapong tawt gratiem

Khaing pa

Khaing som chom khai

Yam nem

Sai Ua

OK I'll stop there, I could go on and on, I just love the food here!

[asdecas]

Phanaeng neua (แพนงเนื้อ) in a restaurant with quality beef. Add phak krachaed or phak boung fai daeng (ผักกระเฉดหรึอผักบุ้งไฟแดง) and khao suay hom malee (ข้าวสวยหอมมะลิ)

Washed down with a bottle or two of Beer Lao.

Close to heaven.

Edited September 24, 2015 by asdecas

[alien365]

My favourite has to be Khao Soi Gai. i love the texture from the two different noodles and the chicken. It's also the right level of spiciness for me and I enjoy eating using chopsticks and the soup spoon. Other favourites include nam ya (not washing up liquid), Gaeng Hunglay, Kuar Kling. Or for a non spicy day Rad Na fills the spot perfectly.

[PoorSucker]

Second on Khao Soi Gai.

[smotherb]

It's difficult to put my favorite Thai foods in order.

One of my favorites is seafood--crab, prawn, clams, squid or fish--done with lime juice, garlic, and chili--poo, kung, hoi ta lap, pla merck, or pla--nung ma nao.

I also like pork--steamed pork shoulder (ca mu), fried pork shoulder (ca mu tad), fried pork (mu tad), shredded pork and chillis (laarb mu),

I enjoy juk mu sai cai, the thick rice porridge with ground pork, ginger and raw egg--not the watery kind called cao tom. I also like some other soups like tom yam or tom ca.

Several varieties of pad Thai, the noodles with shrimp or pork and bean sprouts. The best of which is with soft-shelled crab--pad Thai poo niem.

I like all kinds of Thai salads--yum nua (beef salad), yum wen soon, mu or talay (glass noodles with ground pork and seafood), yum het (mushroom salad), som tom (with carrot, green mango or green apple). Yum pla foo (green mango, crispy fish and chilis). I especially enjoy yum naem--the pickled sausage with garlic and chilli--absolutely great for snacking with a cold beer.

And, my favorite delicacy is, pu ying Thai--the fresher the better.

[spidermike007]

Deep dish pizza

Grilled fish tacos

Sushi

Oh wait a minute. Forgot. Tom yum pla muk. Pad see yew talay. Chuu chee pla.

[SGX]

dont eat the the crap.

[farangmick]

Masanam (if the beef has had several hours in the slow cooker first).

Green curry

Penang

Phad King

Stuffed omelette, Pork not seafood.

Can't eat the fish or seafood here (no haddock).

Round here, food either very bland, or raw with chillies and lime juice. No thanks.

At home we have good meat. Go out for a meal, and a nice sauce often spoilt by the meat, mainly skin, bones and gristle.

On the plus side, my Indian cooking has got a lot better.

[brewsterbudgen]

Pad kapprow moo khrob

[TheKnave]

For me, the food is one of the main benefits of living here, I simply love it. I've made an effort to learn how to cook many of the dishes I like for myself over the years as well.

Some of my favorites are (if I can spell them sensibly)

Laap moo (and the uncooked version, goi)

Pla chon lue sawan

Pla nin nung manao

Pla kapong tawt gratiem

Khaing pa

Khaing som chom khai

Yam nem

Sai Ua

OK I'll stop there, I could go on and on, I just love the food here!

There is no uncooked version of 'laap moo', as it is pork. 'Goi' is uncooked beef, and I agree, very tasty if prepared well.

In general, Isaan food is my favorite, with versions of laap (or larb, as it is more commonly transliterated) at the top.

Really miss the jok at Chaiyaporn market, and especially the khai gataa with khnom pang yod sai in Nong Khai...

[stoneyboy]

Moo Nam Tok

[mutha289]

As long as my wife is the cook:

Khao Pot (Fried Rice)

Gwaytio (Noodle Soup, can be beef, chicken or shrimp)

Egg Rolls

Pad Thai

Yam Neua (Beef Salad)

Sweet sticky rice with Mango

[kokesaat]

Vietnamese version of beef noodle soup.......gui dieo.....with loads of herbs to taste. Cha manao to wash it down

[Cam Khao]

For me, the food is one of the main benefits of living here, I simply love it. I've made an effort to learn how to cook many of the dishes I like for myself over the years as well.

Some of my favorites are (if I can spell them sensibly)

Laap moo (and the uncooked version, goi)

Pla chon lue sawan

Pla nin nung manao

Pla kapong tawt gratiem

Khaing pa

Khaing som chom khai

Yam nem

Sai Ua

OK I'll stop there, I could go on and on, I just love the food here!

There is no uncooked version of 'laap moo', as it is pork. 'Goi' is uncooked beef, and I agree, very tasty if prepared well.

In general, Isaan food is my favorite, with versions of laap (or larb, as it is more commonly transliterated) at the top.

Really miss the jok at Chaiyaporn market, and especially the khai gataa with khnom pang yod sai in Nong Khai...

It's definitely made with raw pork where I live.

I agree with khai kata, probably the perfect breakfast for me, not too big, just enough.

[fang37]

I much prefer my meals poorly cooked. BTW, my wife excels at this.

[stoneyboy]

For me, the food is one of the main benefits of living here, I simply love it. I've made an effort to learn how to cook many of the dishes I like for myself over the years as well.

Some of my favorites are (if I can spell them sensibly)

Laap moo (and the uncooked version, goi)

Pla chon lue sawan

Pla nin nung manao

Pla kapong tawt gratiem

Khaing pa

Khaing som chom khai

Yam nem

Sai Ua

OK I'll stop there, I could go on and on, I just love the food here!

There is no uncooked version of 'laap moo', as it is pork. 'Goi' is uncooked beef, and I agree, very tasty if prepared well.

In general, Isaan food is my favorite, with versions of laap (or larb, as it is more commonly transliterated) at the top.

Really miss the jok at Chaiyaporn market, and especially the khai gataa with khnom pang yod sai in Nong Khai...

It's definitely made with raw pork where I live.

I agree with khai kata, probably the perfect breakfast for me, not too big, just enough.

Yes the father in law eats it that way to with belly pork,raw liver and blood.

[rgs2001uk]

In no particular order.

Tom kha gai.

Kua Kling.

Pat Sa Tor.

Yam wun sen.

Larb gai.

Mattsaman goat.

Red duck curry.

Curried crab.

Chicken satay with peanut sauce.

BBQ wild boar.

Sticky rice with mango/black beans.

Luk Chin.