Thai food everyday......?

[JAFO]

For a long time I read posters complain that they hate eating Thai food every day. What exactly do you eat the same everyday? 

 

I was thinking about this today as I was eating Gai Yan(basically rotisserie chicken) with my wife. This is quite good and honestly nothing really Thai about it. Made it in the US quite frequently.  Breakfast can be fried eggs with rice and a glass of milk or OJ. I routinely see scrambled eggs like an omelet with onions and garlic. Dinner can be BBQ'd fish, Deep fried fish, BBQ'd pork ribs.BBQ'd chicken. You can eat various soups and a host of veggies anyway you want. Regardless, the options of food here is endless and many do not strike me as "Thai" specific. Thai specific to me is more like Somtum, various curry dishes, noodle soups with pork or fish balls. 

 

  

[pgrahmm]

I have whatever Thai food my wife makes every day - no complaints.. .

 

About once a week I'll grab either a burger or a pizza.....This week I mixed it up and brought home some burritos....

 

For breakfast usually have a couple of slices of sourdough toast on the side of whatever she prepares.... She'll have a small piece also or croissant somewhere along the way with her coffee....

 

 

[Strange]

Thai food is thai food. The local market people sell all the same thing so after a while it gets boring. 

[rogeroc]

When i used to come here on holiday for 2 to 3 weeks apart from breakfast i would eat Thai noodle and Thai rice dishes all the time. Since living here longer i have changed back to eating as much Western food as Thai, i get cravings for cottage pie / lasagne / potatoes sometimes. Other thing i have noticed i used to be a great lover of tropical fruits,  yellow mango, coconut in particular but have just lost interest in them.

[Gecko123]

Examples of what I eat at home in Thailand. Never boring, reasonably healthy, and always delicious.

 

Homegrown baby salad greens with yellow bell peppers, hard boiled eggs, vinaigrette dressing

 

Fruit salad: medjool dates, california raisins, celery, honey oranges, granny smith & NZ apples, homegrown bananas, lamut, strawberry yogurt dressing. (Note: lamut (sapodilla) and date flavors and textures are very complimentary.)

 

stuffed calamari with sriracha sauce

 

hot and sour shitake mushroom soup

 

homegrown baby cabbage salad with grated carrot and ginger poached chicken breast

 

seasoning base for wontons (green onions, kii nuu and orange chili peppers, garlic, ginger, sichuan and black pepper corns)

pan fried sillago. OMG delicious.

 

salad with homegrown baby red onions which have been marinated and roasted. Roquefort cheese dressing. (looks like a lot of dressing, but photo taken before tossing.)

 

 

larb moo with lots of cilantro

 

 

sunflower, cabbage, collard green sprout salad.

[jak2002003]

All looks nice.  I eat Thai food about 90 percent.  I never like burgers, fries and pizzas from fast food places anyway... and cooking farang food from scratch just for myself works out a lot of ingredients wasted and also wasted money.

 

Thailand seems to have an unlimited amount of different foods... the other poster saying the markets only does the same things it gets boring...... I can't understand that!!!!  Maybe he is only going to one small market?  I am always finding new foods here and love to try everything to see if I like it.

 

Also I buy nearly all my food from Thai markets, street stalls, and small local restaurants.  Its much cheaper and easier than making the food myself.. and I don't have any cleaning up to do!

 

Having local Thai friends helps too... as they often cook at their homes.. or mine in there is a party.. and they will cook real local food, which is not found in the restaurants. 

 

As well as the usual Thai food I actually like a few more unusual things like raw buffalo laab, some of the fried insects with lime leaves, chicken ovaries soup, and chicken feet five spice soup.

 

 

[JAFO]

Good to see others that mix it up like I do. I struggled to understand when people would list why they were moving back to their home country and one was they were sick of Thai food. This morning will be a stop at the lady that sets up at a corner and sells the best Khao man Gai around. Nicest folk. Simple, healthy. portion size perfect. Because I have eaten this in Vietnam, Laos, US etc I never found this to be a Thai dish other then by name.

 

In all my years I have never craved anything fast food here. KFC, McDonalds, PizzaHut, Sizzlers etc. In ways sad to see that junk making its way here. I didn't eat it in the US why come here and do it. I would say the only thing I miss would be some good Tortilla Chips because I can make up a delish Salsa with all the ingredients here along with guacamole from my neighbors avocado tree. Occasionally when I am in BKK I will stop by Villa Market and buy up a few bags of Chips. If they do not have the ones I like I buy up the fresh tortillas and my wife makes us Tortilla chips. 

 

 

[recom273]

22 hours ago, JAFO said:

Good to see others that mix it up like I do. I struggled to understand when people would list why they were moving back to their home country and one was they were sick of Thai food. This morning will be a stop at the lady that sets up at a corner and sells the best Khao man Gai around. Nicest folk. Simple, healthy. portion size perfect. Because I have eaten this in Vietnam, Laos, US etc I never found this to be a Thai dish other then by name.

 

 

I think you will find its a Chinese dish .. Hokkian chicken or something.

 

[recom273]

I think the people who complain about Thai food every day are the kind that eat "Jan diaow" one plate meals .. This is what we know as Thai food as its served in restaurants back home.

 

i know a guy who won't wait more than 2 mins for food and can't order unless he can point at it.

Edited September 19, 2016 by recom273

[1FinickyOne]

Yes, there is plenty of food readily available that is not particularly Thai in origin... and I certainly do mix it up - - love variety. 

[Don Mega]

I eat thai food every day. this morning for breakfast was scrambled eggs, a small tub of yoghurt and a glass of OJ. Lunch is a tuna and cheese roll and dinner will be steak and mashed potato.

[dotpoom]

I agree with your sentiments.

    When my Ex came to see me with 3 of her nieces I brought them into Big C food court (more to let then see what it was all about as we don't have similar in our country) I ordered omelette on rice and chicken and rice and for afters Mango with sticky rice.

   Well....you want to see them "picking" at it,  like it was live snails or fish heads or something like that. I could see they had already formed the opinion that " one could never know what their eating in a Thai dish."  I pointed out that there is nothing in front of them that they haven't eaten a thousand time at home.....it didn't make the slightest bit of difference.

[unclueng]

I love hot and sour soup!!!

 

[Davehappen]

Been eating Thai food for about 4 years now, even in the uk proffered Thai, and can make quite a few dishes myself, European food seems quite stodgy now.

[Paul Laycock]

Well I have learned something today - I didn't know fish had balls.

[twix38]

here is what's wrong with Thai food. Much/most of it is fried and if you look the fat in the pan can't be seperated from the meal and so it is servered up in the liquid/sauce of many meals. It's like pouring out a small cup full of cooking oil and drinking it for many types of Thai meals! Many/most other meals are cooked via frying so these particular choices are not a healthy regular option in addition to which many Thai's do not change their cooking oil often enough -  for those meals where the (old) oil is not already servered up in the meal to eat!  

Edited September 19, 2016 by twix38

[maximillian]

Thai food is fine for me as long as it isn't too spicy, as long as it doesn't contain MSG, as long as is not fried in Fish or Oyster Sauce.

Can eat anything, not too fussy but can't stand the smell of some cookings as they often only use cheap oils and terrible sauces.

[thairay]

20 minutes ago, Paul Laycock said:

Well I have learned something today - I didn't know fish had balls.

In the uk you can buy their fingers..

[likeke]

On 9/18/2016 at 7:05 AM, Gecko123 said:

Examples of what I eat at home in Thailand. Never boring, reasonably healthy, and always delicious.

 

Homegrown baby salad greens with yellow bell peppers, hard boiled eggs, vinaigrette dressing

 

Fruit salad: medjool dates, california raisins, celery, honey oranges, granny smith & NZ apples, homegrown bananas, lamut, strawberry yogurt dressing. (Note: lamut (sapodilla) and date flavors and textures are very complimentary.)

 

stuffed calamari with sriracha sauce

 

hot and sour shitake mushroom soup

 

homegrown baby cabbage salad with grated carrot and ginger poached chicken breast

 

seasoning base for wontons (green onions, kii nuu and orange chili peppers, garlic, ginger, sichuan and black pepper corns)

pan fried sillago. OMG delicious.

 

 

salad with homegrown baby red onions which have been marinated and roasted. Roquefort cheese dressing. (looks like a lot of dressing, but photo taken before tossing.)

 

 

larb moo with lots of cilantro

 

 

sunflower, cabbage, collard green sprout salad.

 

 

The fruit salad really looks great!  I will save the recipe for making it myself.

 

 

[likeke]

The fruit salad looks great! I will save the recipe and make it myself. Thanks!

[Don Mega]

On 9/18/2016 at 7:05 AM, Gecko123 said:

Examples of what I eat at home in Thailand. Never boring, reasonably healthy, and always delicious.

 

Homegrown baby salad greens with yellow bell peppers, hard boiled eggs, vinaigrette dressing

 

Fruit salad: medjool dates, california raisins, celery, honey oranges, granny smith & NZ apples, homegrown bananas, lamut, strawberry yogurt dressing. (Note: lamut (sapodilla) and date flavors and textures are very complimentary.)

 

stuffed calamari with sriracha sauce

 

hot and sour shitake mushroom soup

 

homegrown baby cabbage salad with grated carrot and ginger poached chicken breast

 

seasoning base for wontons (green onions, kii nuu and orange chili peppers, garlic, ginger, sichuan and black pepper corns)

pan fried sillago. OMG delicious.

 

salad with homegrown baby red onions which have been marinated and roasted. Roquefort cheese dressing. (looks like a lot of dressing, but photo taken before tossing.)

 

larb moo with lots of cilantro

 

sunflower, cabbage, collard green sprout salad.

The poached chicken looks lush, dunno bout the cabbage and carrot though.

[mjef]

After living for more than 2 and a half years in Thailand and having Thai food on a daily basis, now Persian food tastes too bland for me. Last time I visited Iran I lost a couple of kilos in two weeks. Even now that I'm in Singapore I still crave Thai food all the time. Luckily I learned to cook a few Thai dishes to survive. Thai food in Singapore sucks!

[alofthailand]

On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 7:05 AM, Gecko123 said:

Examples of what I eat at home in Thailand. Never boring, reasonably healthy, and always delicious.

 

Homegrown baby salad greens with yellow bell peppers, hard boiled eggs, vinaigrette dressing

 

Fruit salad: medjool dates, california raisins, celery, honey oranges, granny smith & NZ apples, homegrown bananas, lamut, strawberry yogurt dressing. (Note: lamut (sapodilla) and date flavors and textures are very complimentary.)

 

stuffed calamari with sriracha sauce

 

hot and sour shitake mushroom soup

 

homegrown baby cabbage salad with grated carrot and ginger poached chicken breast

 

seasoning base for wontons (green onions, kii nuu and orange chili peppers, garlic, ginger, sichuan and black pepper corns)

pan fried sillago. OMG delicious.

 

salad with homegrown baby red onions which have been marinated and roasted. Roquefort cheese dressing. (looks like a lot of dressing, but photo taken before tossing.)

 

 

larb moo with lots of cilantro

 

 

sunflower, cabbage, collard green sprout salad.

Excellent pics.

[Grubster]

I will surely eat better when my kitchen is completed, I don't trust a lot of market cooked food and my Thai doctor tells me to avoid it. Cant wait for chop,chop, mix,mix, cook, cook in my own kitchen leaving the mess behind of course.

[jak2002003]

I eat mostly from the Thai markets and Thai Food stalls.  Never in 10 years had a single problem from them.  I don't know why you doctor would warn you not to eat from them.  If any one of them started serving food that was making people sick they would go out of business as no one would buy from them.

 

The poster who says most Thai food is fried... that is not true.  That is the Thai fast food you are talking about.  There are so many dishes that are steamed, grilled, BBQ, soups, salads, som tams, eaten raw, and even a few baked foods.  I like the steamed meat rapped up in Pasanda leaves, and also the steamed fish.  Pork satay is grilled and delicious, fresh spring rolls, are very healthy, and there are many more examples.

 

[dick dasterdly]

3 hours ago, twix38 said:

here is what's wrong with Thai food. Much/most of it is fried and if you look the fat in the pan can't be seperated from the meal and so it is servered up in the liquid/sauce of many meals. It's like pouring out a small cup full of cooking oil and drinking it for many types of Thai meals! Many/most other meals are cooked via frying so these particular choices are not a healthy regular option in addition to which many Thai's do not change their cooking oil often enough -  for those meals where the (old) oil is not already servered up in the meal to eat!  

You forgot to mention that its also more than likely to contain MSG, and the vegetables are unlikely to have been washed thoroughly enough to remove all the pesticides etc....

 

Plus, any meat is going to be battery farmed - i.e. not only morally repugnant, but full of hormones etc.

Edited September 19, 2016 by dick dasterdly

[gandalf12]

On 09/17/2016 at 6:28 PM, Strange said:

Thai food is thai food. The local market people sell all the same thing so after a while it gets boring. 

Only if you continue to buy the same thing. There is a wide range of Thai food so buying the same doesn't really enter into it. From the vendors in the street yes a lot of it is the same.

[Ireland32]

On September 17, 2016 at 8:18 PM, pgrahmm said:

I have whatever Thai food my wife makes every day - no complaints.. .

 

About once a week I'll grab either a burger or a pizza.....This week I mixed it up and brought home some burritos....

 

For breakfast usually have a couple of slices of sourdough toast on the side of whatever she prepares.... She'll have a small piece also or croissant somewhere along the way with her coffee....

 

 

Where you get Burritos? , I want  a Super Carne Asada burrito, super means quac and sour cream

[Ace of Pop]

Examples of what I eat at home in Thailand. Never boring, reasonably healthy, and always delicious.

 



Homegrown baby salad greens with yellow bell peppers, hard boiled eggs, vinaigrette dressing

 



Fruit salad: medjool dates, california raisins, celery, honey oranges, granny smith & NZ apples, homegrown bananas, lamut, strawberry yogurt dressing. (Note: lamut (sapodilla) and date flavors and textures are very complimentary.)

 



stuffed calamari with sriracha sauce

 



hot and sour shitake mushroom soup

 



homegrown baby cabbage salad with grated carrot and ginger poached chicken breast

 



seasoning base for wontons (green onions, kii nuu and orange chili peppers, garlic, ginger, sichuan and black pepper corns)



pan fried sillago. OMG delicious.

 



salad with homegrown baby red onions which have been marinated and roasted. Roquefort cheese dressing. (looks like a lot of dressing, but photo taken before tossing.)

 

 

larb moo with lots of cilantro

 

 

sunflower, cabbage, collard green sprout salad.

That makes even aBig Mac a look a treat


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[pgrahmm]

38 minutes ago, Ireland32 said:

Where you get Burritos? , I want  a Super Carne Asada burrito, super means quac and sour cream

There's a place within 10 minutes of us here on the outskirts of CM....

Seems to be the new "it" place for TexMex around CM....They can fix you up....

 

There's also a burrito truck some love that's open 11-3 - basic pork & chicken - but not bad....Again, about 10 minutes out....