Is there a standard description/wording for the following, in Thai (relating to the cooking of steak):

1. Rare

2. Medium rare

3. Medium

4. Well-done

So far, I have found the following:

1. RARE: KHON KHANG DIP (ค่อนข้างดิบ), MAI SUK MAK (ไม่สุกมาก)

2. MEDIUM RARE: SUK LEK NOI (สุกเล็กน้อย)

3. MEDIUM: SUK PAN KLANG (สุกปานกลาง), SUK SUK DIP DIP (สุกๆดิบๆ)

4. WELL-DONE: SUK MAK (สุกมาก), SUK MAK NOI (สุกมากหน่อย)

Are Thai descriptions more commonly used, or are the English descriptions (as Thai loan words) more common?

Thank you for your help.

Edited May 17, 201610 yr by Kanga Japan

Normally:

แรร์ (Rare)

มีเดียม แรร์ (Medium Rare)

มีเดียม (Medium)

มีเดียม เวล (Medium Well)

เวล ดัน (Well Done)

โอเวอร์คุก (Over cooked)

See, for example https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8A%E0%B8%81

Honestly, I think the Thai expressions you've found are too general and far from precise, unlike the English system.

Dear Oxx,

Thank you very much for that. Much appreciated.

As I don't live in Thailand, I was not sure whether those English expressions were used (or could be understood). Many sites just gave a long explanation of how the meat was cooked.

I use สุก or สุกๆ for well done. Also I've heard มีเดียม for medium well eating out with Thai friends.

Dear Painai2,

Thank you very much for that information. I think I might just add สุกๆ, because สุก can mean so many things. I will also keep มีเดียม.

Much appreciated.