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400 baht for a spicy salad? Thai man shocked by street food price

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400 baht for a spicy salad? Thai man shocked by street food price

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

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BANGKOK: -- A Thai man was horrified to be charged THB400 for a single serving of mango spicy salad from a food stall at Huay Khwang Night Market.

 

Facebook user Korathep Kudeengam posted a photo of a bag of mango spicy salad, locally known as “yum mamuang.” The astonished description said “Holy cow! Are you trying to kill someone with that price? THB400 for a spicy salad. That’s too much!”

 

Another Facebook user commented that he also learned the hard way not to dine at that stall. He visited the market with a friend and ordered a mango yum from the same vendor.

 

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2017/01/26/400-baht-spicy-salad-thai-man-shocked-street-food-price

 
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-- © Copyright Coconuts Bangkok 2017-01-26

I think the vendor will soon be looking for a different venture, netizens are not going to let this one go.

What's the problem!? She is just charging the Thai customers farang price....

 

Probably mistook him for a farang and for once, he got a taste of some of the

medicine many of us are subjected to every day....

The vendor is probably a foreigner (tang dao) and practicing dual pricing that was learnt from Thais.

10 minutes ago, ezzra said:

 

Probably mistook him for a farang and for once, he got a taste of some of the

medicine many of us are subjected to every day....

Really, how likely is that? I am pretty sure one BKK person can tell another one.

Just now, hanno said:

Really, how likely is that? I am pretty sure one BKK person can tell another one.

 

Are you suggesting that every person from BKK shares physical traits that differ from everyone else in Thailand? 

 

I could not tell a person from Sydney if they were standing next to a person from Melbourne. 

That's the reason I eat hamburgers....they're cheaper than salads. :passifier:

Capitalism: Whatever the market will bear.

Reality: With social media, it won't bear long.


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Hope he didn't pay up, just give the food back and walk away 

1 hour ago, Sphere said:

That's the reason I eat hamburgers....they're cheaper than salads. :passifier:

Empty that plastic bag and you may find the pack of item that costs Bt360, while the salad costs only Bt40...

 

Catch my drift?

I see some live crabs in the shot. This is also an area popular with Chinese. Put those two together and whenever you get food with live ingredients aimed at the Chinese market, then the price is always high.

The poster said it has fresh seafood such as horscrab, prawns, oyster. So its not too far off, its not a regular yum dish. For a street stall, I would say 250-300 baht is more reasonable price for including fresh seafood.

8 minutes ago, mike324 said:

The poster said it has fresh seafood such as horscrab, prawns, oyster. So its not too far off, its not a regular yum dish. For a street stall, I would say 250-300 baht is more reasonable price for including fresh seafood.

You missed out Abalone...

 

I would have thought the order would then be called "Yum Talay".

And the stupid customer paid 400 thb ? Only Thai can do this...

 

 

7 hours ago, Kasset Tak said:

What's the problem!? She is just charging the Thai customers farang price....

555556 yes see how they like it good

I guess she had to charge more to pay for the expensive surgery she had to transplant that cat's head onto her body

9 hours ago, zaphod reborn said:

The food at that market is notorious for being overpriced.

 

2 hours ago, mrfill said:

I guess she had to charge more to pay for the expensive surgery she had to transplant that cat's head onto her body

You are 2 faced Ha Ha Zaphofd, & what is the meaning of life?

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