What to eat in Thailand. What to try in Thailand - food, alcohol and exotic fruits. Thai dishes you can try in Thailand

The most popular Thai dishes. Some of them are known all over the world, others are more mysterious...

But it’s worth trying them all and having an idea: “What should I order?”

Too spicy Thai food? No, spicy, please... and they will prepare it for you without chili pepper, which makes the dish deadly hot for European tastes.

Some dishes will seem “family” to you and you may be surprised to note: “My grandmother makes this kind of cabbage soup” or “I eat this kind of omelette for breakfast before university.” Well, let's compare.

Tom Yum Gung

A masterpiece of Thai culinary art - a soup with a huge amount of shrimp, mushrooms, tomatoes, lemongrass, kolgan and lime leaves (kaffir).

All this is boiled in coconut milk and served in two versions: with coconut cream - Tom Yum Kung Nam Kon soup (tom yum gung nam kohn) or without it - Tom Yum Kung Nam Sai (tom yum gung nam sai). The second version is a little more sour and lighter.

Tom Yam truly combines many flavors: salty, sour, spicy and sweet in one dish. This is a true favorite of Thai cuisine known all over the world.

Som Tam

Som Tam is perhaps the most famous salad in Thailand.

Garlic and chili pepper are first crushed in a mortar. Tamarind juice, fish sauce, peanuts, dried shrimp, tomatoes, lime juice, sugarcane paste, kidney beans and a handful of green papaya go into the mortar.

Sweet, salty and spicy flavors combined with green crispy papaya.

Som Tam has many offered options: with crabs - som tam boo, with fermented fish sauce - som tam plah lah.

Fermented fish sauce is a frequent guest in Thai cuisine. (Fermented fish is left to stand for 2-3 years with chopped lemongrass stems and lime leaves. The strained broth is fermented fish sauce).

Pad Thai

Pad Thai is probably the most famous dish outside of Thailand.

Pad Thai gained extraordinary popularity thanks to ravers who put it at the pinnacle of the glory of Thai cuisine. Their assessment was supported by numerous tourists and a stir began.

Medium rice noodles are stir-fried with shrimp and a variety of ingredients - nuts, tofu, bean sprouts, green onions, garlic, pepper, lime juice and fish sauce. Everything is poured with egg and cooked until the dish becomes thicker - this will give it a delicious taste.

Squeeze lime onto the finished Pad Thai and sprinkle with peanuts. And again, some people add a few spoons of sugar, dried chili pepper and a small spoon of vinegar to it. Therefore, this set is served as a condiment for the famous Pad Thai salad.

Gang Som Pak Ruam

Just like Thai - a fusion of sweet, sour and spicy in another ultra-vibrant soup.

It is based on stewed vegetables - carrots, cabbage and green beans (Pak Ruam). It can be served with omelette and Thai acacia leaves, then it is called Kung Som Cha Om Kai (gang som cha om kai).

Light vegetable soup with meat broth, fresh herbs and, of course, chili pepper. All ingredients of Thai cuisine are beneficial for health, beauty and youth. Chili pepper included.

Gang Keow Wan

One of the most famous and popular dishes of national cuisine is Thai green curry.

Green curry paste, coconut milk, bamboo shoots, chicken, Thai holy basil, Thai eggplant and, as is tradition, galangal, lemongrass, lime and other greens and leaves fill this dish with an unforgettable combination of delights.

It is cooked quite thick and served with a cup of rice, which will soak up every drop of the curry.

Panang Gai

Chicken fried in red curry paste then topped with coconut cream making the curry juicy, spicy and flavourful.

The dish is served with finely chopped lemongrass leaves. If the dish is prepared correctly, then the dynamic (or demonic?) pungent taste is felt from the first touch. Lemongrass really refreshes the dish.

This Thai dish also combines all Thai flavors. One of the top dishes.

Kung Massaman

Massaman is a sweet curry native to southern Thailand and is a halal dish.

Curry sauce is made from coconut milk, which is mixed with curia paste, and a little peanuts, nutmeg and cinnamon are added to the mixture for flavor.

Traditional massaman is served with potatoes as a side dish, which soak up the coconut oil like a sponge.

Massaman is one of the most popular dishes in Thai cuisine. Its potatoes and mild taste make it popular among Europeans.

Gai Pad Pongali

Chicken, onions, tomatoes and peppers in yellow Thai curry paste and the main ingredient of the dish is an egg, which is poured over and mixed with it all. Fry until done and sprinkle with a good portion of parsley.

Very similar to scrambled eggs with tomatoes and... bacon, the same chicken, sausage and whatever you want or have in the refrigerator.

A quick breakfast before classes or work has been prepared so many times, thinking it was scrambled eggs with tomatoes and chicken, but it turns out it is Gai Pad Pongali.

Gang Jued

Kung Jude is considered one of the lightest soups in Thai cuisine.

Chopped pork, tofu and glass noodles are added to a vegetable broth made from cabbage, carrots and onions. Be sure to have parsley on top.

Almost like our fresh cabbage soup, only instead of Thai noodles and tofu we have potatoes and tomatoes.

Kung Jude is a medley of garden vegetables, a soup that gets compliments from other Thai dishes and offsets their heat.

Jim Jum

A fantastic way to relax over dinner is to enjoy Jim Jan with a few friends.

A small clay pot filled with rich meat broth sits on burning coals.

The waiter brings an assortment of different herbs, cabbage, meat (usually pork or liver), beaten eggs, glass noodles and, of course, Thai holy basil.

Vegetables and meat are thrown into the cauldron, where they are slowly stewed. This makes a nutritious and satisfying soup... for dinner.

Kao Na Phet

Roast duck is recognized throughout Asia for being fattier and more flavorful than chicken.

Thai dish Khao Na Phet served on a plate with rice. Select pieces of duck are placed on the rice and duck broth with acacia leaves is poured on top.

Khao Na Phet is easy to see - street food carts have ducks hanging in a glass cabinet.

A simple and nutritious duck broth with duck meat and rice.

Kai Jiew Moo Saap

Authentic Thai food that anyone can make their own - again omelet style.

Beat the eggs with fish and soy sauce, then add minced pork. The resulting mixture is poured over hot boiled rice.

The omelette is served with chili sauce (sauce prik) and fresh herbs.

Thai-style casserole with rice and meat - very filling and quick to prepare - comfort food.

Kao Niew Moo Yang

Pork shish kebab, with rice, noodles or french fries as a side dish if you like. What to add to this? In terms of information - nothing, in terms of gourmet - everything from fresh vegetables and fruits to Coca-Cola and red wine.

All grilled meats in Thailand, like all Thai food - street food and in restaurants, are prepared very tasty and are not expensive. You can buy Khao Nii Mu Yang anywhere, at any time of the day.

Moo Dad Diew

Pork marinated in weak vinegar and fried with soy sauce.

Juicy and flavorful pieces of pork served with hot chili sauce (jim jao) and green onions. The side dish, of course, is rice or noodles.

Fresh greens, herbs and traditional vegetables - cucumbers and tomatoes will give this dish a familiar summer taste and, perhaps, will remind you of trips out of town for barbecues with friends.

Yam Khor Moo Yang

A very tasty meat salad of Thai cuisine is prepared from pork, grilled and cut into pieces. They are sprinkled with lemon juice and mixed with herbs - parsley, sweet onions and a lot of fiery chili peppers.

This Thai salad is the same holiday attribute for Isaan as for us Olivier. It is eaten with rice, which is dipped in the sauce served.

If you want a lighter version, then it is appropriate to order it without chili pepper. “No spice, please” is understood everywhere in Thailand and Thais know that Europeans are not ready for such “hot” dishes.

Gai Yang

Gai Yang is grilled chicken, like grilled pork - moo yang, a very popular dish in Thai cuisine, so it is sold everywhere from street food carts to restaurants.

Grilled chicken is accompanied by rice and delicious spicy Som Tam (green papaya salad).

A whole grilled chicken costs 120-130 baht, half a chicken or breast costs 50 baht.

On street food carts, from different vendors, it is prepared according to different recipes, but always delicious.

It is worth trying several and choosing the one that suits your taste.

Kao Ka Moo

The pork is simmered for an hour in soy sauce with anise and cinnamon, which gives the dish its characteristic flavor.

A piece of fatty pork on the bone literally slides into a plate of rice.

Khao Ka Mu can be salty or sweet and served with rice and sauce.

On the street stalls you can easily recognize Khao Ka Mu - in large cauldrons there are large pieces of pork legs with a characteristic golden color, which gives the dish soy sauce.

Kao Mok Gai

Another Muslim dish in Thai cuisine, which is very similar to biryani (biryani is rice, usually basmati, cooked with spices and herbs), served as a side dish for meat, fish, pickles, eggs.

Khao Mok Gai is rice cooked in chicken broth with saffron, turmeric, cardamom and bay leaf. Chicken and rice have a recognizable yellow color. The dish is sprinkled with cilantro and fried onions.

Kao Moo Dang

A very tasty and satisfying dish of Thai cuisine, which is on restaurant menus and on street stalls.

Khao Moo Dang is a bowl of rice and a big mound of thinly sliced ​​pork and Thai sausage, topped with a boiled egg (or drenched in egg) and a thick layer of barbecue sauce.

When the dish is ready, sprinkle cilantro and green onions on top. The result is a not spicy, but sweet taste of the dish, which is enjoyed with pleasure at night while walking.

Kao Man Gai

Chicken rice from Thailand is perhaps more popular than Singaporean.

In Russia we call it chicken broth with rice (meaning chicken in it, as usual).

Thai chicken Khao Man Gai is prepared in the same way - pieces of chicken are placed in a plate with rice and filled with chicken broth. That's it - the Thai dish Khao Man Gai is ready.

In Thailand, they offer it as a seasoning, of course, with chili and garlic; without them, the dish is a dietary dish, not Thai...

The broth can be served with fried chicken if you wish...

Nam Tok Moo

Nam Tok literally means waterfall in Thai.

Lightly grilled pork is tossed with a good dose of lemon juice, green onions, chili peppers, a sprig of mint, fish sauce and toasted rice. The meat's blood and sauce inspired someone to call this dish a "waterfall of meat to eat," and rightfully so.

The pork in this dish is very tender and soft.

Lab Moo

The famous Isaan dish is made from minced pork and liver, seasoned with lime juice and fish sauce. Mint, onion, and pepper leaves are slightly overcooked with rice.

All the ingredients in another Thai meat salad are extremely important - their juice becomes a sauce for the rice. In addition, the method of preparing all Thai dishes, including Lab Mu, preserves all the beneficial properties of the products.

Pad Gai Pow, Moo, Kai, Dow

If a Thai doesn't know what to order, his choice will probably come down to Pad Gai Poo.

Fried chicken, meat or mince dishes you can trust. They always turn out tasty and satisfying at any time and in almost every eatery.

Chicken (gai), pork (mu) or minced meat (kai) is fried in oil with garlic, chili and small vegetables - green beans and bright basil, which give the dish a unique taste.

Typically it is served with rice and a fried egg.

Gai Pad Met Ma Muang

Another Gai Pad is chicken fried in a greased wok (a traditional Chinese wok) with onions, dried chillies and crunchy cashews.

Oyster sauce, fish sauce, sugar and various spices make the dish delicious.

Gai Pad is served with rice, of course. A very tasty and popular Thai dish. Chili pepper gives the dish a spicy kick.

Since, as a rule, Thai food is prepared in front of you, you can skip the pepper and replace it with chili paste, a less hot ingredient.

Plah Kah Pung Neung Manow

Whole perch in a pool of steam with hot sauce.

Lime juice is poured into a metal mold in which the dish is served. A candle burns at the bottom of the mold to keep the fish steamed all the time. Cloves of garlic and green chilies poke through the cilantro and lime zest for a hint of spice, while the sweet steamed fish melts in your mouth.

If you order the dish at home and leave it until the morning, the cold version of the fish remains just as tasty.

Gang Som Plah Chon

Well-fried, bright fish with the head of a snake is drowning in a stunning spicy sweet and sour sauce.

Typically, the fish is served in a metal form with a large pile of greens and vegetables on top.

A wonderful combination of tastes and aromas of Thai dishes. Without a doubt, you will become the envy of all restaurant visitors when the fragrant fish appears from the kitchen.

Plah Plow

A popular dish to eat with Som Tam and sticky rice is the regular salt fried fish. But.

Firstly, the fish is stuffed with lemongrass, lime leaves and other aromatic ingredients, and secondly, it is thickly sprinkled with salt.

That's why, never overcooked, it's grilled to succulent perfection.

The result is soft, sweetish, white fish meat that literally melts in your mouth.

Pla Plu in Thailand is prepared from all types of fish.

Yam Plah Duk Foo

A treasured favorite among Thais is Yam Pla Duk Phu.

First of all, the deep-fried catfish pieces seem fluffy and airy.

However, when sour mango, sweet sugar, tart lime, tangy red onion, earthy cilantro, shrimp, squid, peanut sauce and vinegar become the sauce, the fluff transforms into crunchy pieces of fish that incorporate all the Thai flavors and textures at the same time.

Kanom Jeen

Delicate, delicate taste of very soft fermented rice noodles. It is placed in a small ladle and passed through boiling water.

Next, curry of your choice: Kanom jeen nam ya - fish balls with red curry, Kanom Jeen Nam Ya Prik - with sweet chili paste (kanom jeen nam prik), Kanom Jeen Gang Keo Wan Gai - chicken with green curry (kanom jeen gang keow wan gai).

And as a fresh side dish, cabbage and cucumbers are on top.

Gai Pad King

Ginger is king in this great recipe.

A huge amount of grated ginger, chicken fillet, various mushrooms, chili peppers and onions are fried in oyster sauce. Guy Pad King is probably on every menu of any restaurant in Thailand.

About 400 types of ginger are grown in the country. It is one of the main ingredients of Thai cuisine.

It is quite clear that the expression “there are no comrades according to taste” is perfectly suitable for emphasizing the fact that everyone has different tastes and needs when it comes to food. For some, lobsters stuffed with black caviar and truffles are no longer a joy, and their cost seems cheap, but for others, even a handful of rice will seem like a blessing for which you need to give all your capital.

Well, again, some people need kilograms of food a day, while for others 500 grams is more than enough. We will tell you how much money we need for food and try to do this using the example of food prices in Thailand.

In the photo: a menu in one of the restaurants of the most touristy and expensive place in Phuket - Karon Beach.

First, a few words about our tastes and needs:

• We don’t make a cult out of food, but we love to eat, and we know when to stop;
• we eat not a lot, but not a little either - normal for an ordinary person;
• We love Asian cuisine very much and adore spicy dishes;
• we prefer to eat where the local population does it - it’s tastier, much cheaper and, surprisingly, safer for the stomach;
• We are not afraid and love to try something new and unusual.

The proverb “Eat breakfast yourself, share lunch with a friend, and give dinner to your enemy” does not quite apply to us. We will definitely use the morning portion ourselves, and we will definitely not give the evening portion to anyone. But sometimes we can “sacrifice” lunch. This usually happens when we find ourselves on some secluded bounty beach, which we don’t want to part with.

Well, now directly to specific numbers and diet. As we have already said, let’s take as an example a recent trip to Thailand (Phuket and Koh Lanta), which took place in the winter of this year, i.e. the very best – “high season”. For those interested, this trip for 27 days, for two, with round trip flights, cost us $2050, you can find out more about the budget. So, how much does it cost to eat in Thailand? To eat, in the sense, just to eat, and not to arrange a mega-festival of the belly with the subsequent consumption of festal and noshpa.

In the photo: believe it or not, everything on the table costs 60 baht and not anywhere in a remote northern Thai village, but in Phuket.

Breakfast and its price

Following the proverb, we eat it ourselves, but we prefer a light option that does not burden us to the point of full drowsiness, because we have a busy day of rest ahead, and starting it in the morning with a nap after breakfast is not for us.

The morning menu looks like this:

• coffee – costs can be ignored, because We usually buy a large pack and in terms of serving it’s mere pennies. However, if you are interested, for example, a 3 in 1 bag can be bought for 1-2 baht
• milk for coffee – 200g approximately 15 baht
• fruit – 1 large mango per person. The price of 1 kg (about 4 pieces) of good mango is from 30 to 100 baht. On average they bought at 60. We get 60:4=15
• yogurt for fruit smoothie – 15 baht
• Thai breakfast buns – 1 serving 5 baht. By this we mean all kinds of products made from rice, coconut, bananas and other things, sold in the mornings on Thai stalls. For two of us, 4 servings are enough. In total 4x5=20 baht.

Total cost of breakfast for two: 20+30+15+20=85

But, to be honest, I personally don’t eat fruit for breakfast, I prefer the extra “bun”, and we usually whip up smoothies in the evening, so at least 15 can be subtracted, i.e. =70 baht.

In the photo: Thai rice and coconut sweets + Thai green tea = 35 baht, believe me, more than enough for one person.

Lunch and its price

Everything is simple here. Most often we have lunch at some Thai restaurant we like. Svetlana prefers vegetarian cuisine or seafood, I prefer chicken or seafood and love noodle soup. The normal cost of traditional Thai vegetarian dishes is 40-50 baht, with seafood or chicken 50-60 baht. The portions in such local restaurants are quite impressive, one dish is enough for us, well, sometimes we take a salad (40-60 baht), one for two.

Tea, coffee, juice, etc. We don’t drink at lunch, preferring plain water, because... it quenches your thirst better after spicy Asian cuisine. In local cafes it is almost always served free of charge and with ice. Thus, for us, lunch for two costs a maximum of 180 baht. But usually it takes 100-120, because... We almost always get full without salad.

In the photo: Tom Yam = 50 baht, Tom Kha = 50 baht, salad with green mango, cashews and seafood = 60 baht.

Dinner and its price

Here, perhaps, we do not have a clear menu and preferences. We can go to a Thai eatery again (see prices above). We can stop by the evening market to buy delicious Thai salads (a good portion 30-40 baht), king prawn kebabs (1 serving of 3 pieces = 10 baht), grilled squid (40 baht), rolls (from 10 baht) with green milk tai tea (if we are not mistaken from 14 baht at 7Eleven), fruit, etc.

Or we can just have dinner at the Thai buffet, where two people can eat well for 60 baht. But, be that as it may, 200 baht is enough for dinner, more often 150-160 baht is enough.

In the photo: fried rice with chicken, salad with young bamboo, salad with vegetables and cashews, chicken with vegetables in some spicy Thai sauce - each dish is 40 baht.

Total food costs per day

Taking into account all of the above, we get the following cost of food in Thailand for two per day: 85 (breakfast) + 180 (lunch) + 200 (dinner) = 465 baht. If I can put it this way, this is an average-maximum figure. The following is more common for us personally: 70 (breakfast) + 120 (lunch) + 160 (dinner) = 350 baht.

Of course, this should definitely include the cost of drinking water. As a rule, we buy it in large bottles, which ends up costing about 30-40 baht per day.

At the end of the story, we note that everything said is a very average version. Sometimes, for a number of reasons, we can spend less, and sometimes much more. We do not have a clear planning of food costs per day; we limit ourselves to only an approximate figure for the total costs per day, beyond which we try not to go beyond.

updated: January 23, 2019 by: Sergei

Getting hooked on Thai cuisine may require as little as one or two tastes of dishes flavored with galangal, cardamom, lemongrass, coconut milk and chili pepper. Their taste and smell have such a strong effect on the brain's pleasure center that the desire to please the receptors of the tongue and nose once again with something similar will periodically arise against one's will. Thai dishes will appeal to both inveterate meat-eaters and vegetarians, because almost each of them has a double. According to one of the recipes, the list of ingredients may include pork, chicken, seafood, in another - only components of plant origin. Many Thai dishes can be enjoyed at attractive prices from mobile carts called .

The most famous and popular Thai dish Tom Yam, to which the epithet “sour” is usually added, although it is both sweet and salty, and, traditionally, very spicy. It is very thick, almost everything in the house is put in it. In coastal areas, for example, shrimp, and in villages in the north - mushrooms. Mandatory ingredients are tomatoes, lime leaves, galangal. The basis of Tom Yum soup is coconut milk; in the “basic” version, “Nam Sai” is added to its name. But if the recipe also includes coconut cream (something similar to our sour cream), then “Nam Kon”. This soup has more calories, and the sourness in it is less pronounced.

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Second most popular dish Thai cuisine Kung Som. At its core, it is a light vegetable soup prepared in meat broth. The taste is traditional for Thailand - it combines sour, sweet and spicy. Main ingredients: stewed cabbage, carrots, green beans. There is a recipe where omelette and acacia leaves are added to this soup. Then “Cha Om Kai” is added to the name. This soup is served with fresh herbs and the obligatory chili pepper.

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Rice for Thais, like all residents of Southeast Asia, is the basis of the diet. Therefore, recipes Thai rice dishes I can’t count it – one of my favorites. Rice noodles, quite large in size, which are fried with shrimp, along the way adding everything that is edible at home. For example: tofu, bean sprouts, green onions... The dish is seasoned with lemon juice, fish sauce, and pepper is traditionally added to it. The finished noodles are poured with egg. The result is a kind of casserole. Depending on the degree of readiness of the egg, it can be thick, semi-liquid or chunky. It is topped with lime juice, vinegar, and some gourmets add granulated sugar.

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Panang Gai - favorite Thai chicken dish, cooked in red curry sauce and topped with whipped coconut milk cream, which enhances the flavor sensation. To stimulate appetite and suppress the feeling of fullness, serve with finely chopped lemongrass leaves.

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A Thai scrambled egg called Gai Pad Pongali, which contains chicken, onions and tomatoes. It differs from the European one, consisting of bacon and tomatoes, with a killer portion of spices. Yellow curry paste and finely chopped parsley are used, which is generously sprinkled on Thai scrambled eggs. In general, many people eat this dish in the morning, but have absolutely no idea that it is Thai.

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Very delicious Thai dish It is popular mainly among tourists, since meat is not very common in the Thai diet, and also because each chef can cook it in his own way. For example, use meat in pieces or minced meat. The types of spices used also vary. The main ingredients are meat, garlic, basil and chili pepper. There are recipes that allow deviations from the canons and the use of chicken or fish fillet. It is prepared using the “stir-fry” technology – quick frying in hot oil.

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The main ingredients of green, yellow and red curry are: green chilies, lime leaves, lemongrass, basil, shrimp paste, coconut milk. Changes color depending on the recipe. The hottest and hottest is green curry, a little milder is red, and yellow curry is tolerated almost calmly by Europeans. Basic seasoning for rice.

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Kung Massaman is a Thai sauce that falls out of a fiery sweet and sour symphony of flavors. It is sweet and moderately spicy. The base includes yellow curry with coconut milk, cumin, cinnamon, nutmeg. Originates from the southern provinces of Thailand, bordering Malaysia, and is considered a halal dish. Served with boiled potatoes and meat (beef), poultry, tofu mushrooms.

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Keo Wan - one of the national dishes of Thailand is prepared based on green curry paste. Additional ingredients are: bamboo shoots, eggplant, basil, galangal, lemongrass leaves. Serve thick with rice and boiled chicken.

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The most famous and equally unusual salad in Thailand. Firstly, the ingredients for it are not cut, but pounded in a mortar. Secondly, it is often added to fermented fish sauce, known in Vietnam as Nuoc Nam - spicy and fragrant, a real test for European stomachs. For cooking, use: chili pepper, garlic, tamarind juice, tomatoes, lime juice, cane paste (sugar), beans, green papaya, crab meat or shrimp.

As you can see, Thai dishes They are very appetizing and attractive, but if you decide to taste all the delights of Southeast Asian cuisine, then first assess the health of your stomach and start with small portions. Bon appetit!

Upon arrival in Thailand, you begin to wonder what to eat here, where and most importantly, how much, since prices here for the same product vary greatly.

Thai cuisine can be a worthy competitor to Italian cuisine. Thai dishes are prepared very quickly and using only fresh ingredients. All dishes taste spicy. Most dishes are prepared using a wok - a large frying pan with a deep bottom. On average, cooking does not take more than 15 minutes

The basis of any dish is rice, rice noodles, vegetables and, of course, various pastas and sauces, without which not a single dish is complete. They give it an incomparable and rich taste.

Rice dish

Pad Thai is one of the famous dishes in Thailand. It consists of rice noodles with egg, fried in a wok, and several sauces to choose from: fish sauce, oyster and tamarind. Chicken, seafood or pork are used as filling. The dish is very tasty and you can’t get bored due to the variety of toppings and types of noodles. It can be wide, thin, rice or egg. And besides, every housewife has her own tricks and secrets in preparing this or that dish, giving it an individual taste. Therefore, the same dish prepared by different housewives will not be similar to each other.

The cost in markets and cafes for local residents is 40 baht. The cost of the same dish in restaurants ranges from 70 to 100 baht.

Tom yum kung spicy soup with shrimp. In the soup, only the broth with shrimp is edible, and you don’t need to pay attention to everything else. All this grass is inedible and is added only to add flavor. Among them you will find lemongrass, galangal and lime leaves. All this seasoning must be present in the soup, and you should not ask for soup without it, it’s just like asking for dumplings without meat.

Soup "Tom Yum"

The cost of a meal in the food court at the Tesco Lotus supermarket is 50 baht. In restaurants - from 70 baht.

Curry - there are two types of curry: green and yellow. It is more suitable for lovers of spicy dishes. Green curry goes great with chicken. It is served in a deep bowl and is more like a soup. Chicken meat and vegetables are floating in a large amount of sauce. Rice does not go well with curry, so it is better to order it separately and preferably 2 servings, because the gravy is very spicy and it is simply impossible to eat it without rice, but it is very tasty.

The cost of a dish in the market is 30 baht, and in restaurants - from 70 to 150 baht. Rice costs 10 baht.

Stir-fried is a Chinese technique for cooking in a wok. Vegetables, chicken, pork and seafood are fried in a special sweet sauce with constant stirring. This technique is reminiscent of the stewing process, but only the Thais do it much faster, which is why the vegetables undergo a slight heat treatment, thanks to which they retain their beneficial properties.

Chicken meat in wok

The cost of a meal in a cafe or at the market is 40 baht. In a restaurant - from 70 to 150 baht.

Fish & Seafood - choose any type of seafood and indicate its preparation method.

Cost in restaurants: whole grilled fish for two people is 250 baht, for one oyster - from 40 to 60 pieces, for a plate of mussels - 100 baht, and fried squid with vegetables will cost you 80 baht.

Where is the best place to eat?

When going on vacation to Thailand, remember one simple rule. The most delicious and cheapest food is in the cafe where locals dine. It is easy and simple to recognize them among the huge number. These are small eateries with plastic, less common stone tables, chairs or benches installed under a canopy. Open air kitchen. The kitchen has a gas stove and a table with all the necessary ingredients. Everything happens before your eyes. There is no menu here at all, or they give you a printout of 10 items on an A4 sheet. Local residents and those who are not embarrassed by the appearance of such eateries come to eat here. After them, you will no longer want to eat food that you prepared yourself.

Markets and street trading

At the market you can buy all the most necessary products and spices. There are two types of markets: day and evening. I think everything is clear with daytime markets, but evening markets open at sunset and this is a real festival of the belly. Here you can try chicken and pork kebabs for only 10 baht per skewer, stuffed grilled squid for 20 baht per piece

Fried fish for 40 baht each

Tempura shrimp with sweet and sour sauce for 50 baht for 6 pieces

Fried spring rolls - 10 baht per piece

Rice, coconut, pea and fried onion sweets for 10 baht each.

Grilled seafood

Despite the fact that fruits have nothing to do with cuisine, the picture is not complete without them. You cannot live without fruit for a single day.

Mango is considered the king of all fruits. During the season, its cost is 30 baht per kilogram. In the off-season - generally reaches up to 80 baht per kilogram

Papaya costs 35 baht per kilogram

Bananas at the market are sold not by the kilogram, but by the bunch. There are 4 types.

A bunch of 15 baby bananas costs 20 baht

Dragon fruit, guava and watermelon cost 50 baht per kilo.

Coconuts, from which the most important drink on this island is made, cost 20 baht. In restaurants their cost reaches up to 50 baht.

Tangerines, durians, lychees, mangosteens and rambutans can be tasted in Southeast Asia or South America.

Thai fruits

The choice of products is simply huge, and there are even more dishes that can be prepared from them. And everyone will be able to find a taste to their liking among such abundance. Having tried this or that dish in a cafe or restaurant, you want to cook it yourself. To learn this, you don’t have to go to expensive culinary schools, just go to the market and watch how local residents prepare the same dishes in 5 minutes with deft movements of their hands. Well, if something doesn’t work out, then don’t be upset - the first pancake is always lumpy.

Pay attention to the prices. They are approximate and often differ up or down.

When traveling to a new country, it is always worth finding out about the local cuisine in advance. Otherwise, on the spot, you can get confused in completely unfamiliar names and be disappointed in completely unexpected dishes. That’s why today I will share with you what you should definitely eat in Thailand and how to avoid getting poisoned by Thai food. Don't be afraid, I won't tell you about fried grasshoppers;)

I am sure that 90 out of 100 tourists, before traveling to the land of smiles, ask the question: what is delicious to eat in Thailand? To be honest, I am a fan of more classic dishes, so even in an exotic Asian country I tried to choose something at least somewhat close to familiar food. Nevertheless, I will also be able to introduce you to exoticism in this post, because... During our winters in the Thai province of Krabi, I attended cooking courses, where I personally fried, steamed and stewed unfamiliar ingredients, combining them into a single aromatic composition.

When you see what is added to a particular dish, you somehow become more confident in it, and therefore eat it with a special appetite. Otherwise, I most likely would not even risk ordering many of the dishes listed below in a Thai restaurant, but I can recommend them not only as a “eater”, but also as a cook;)

What to eat in Thailand - 10 most popular Thai dishes

Tom Yum

Tom Yum is a famous spicy shrimp soup. It is cooked in chicken broth, and then shrimp and the hot, sweet and sour sauce, so popular in Southeast Asia, are added (not an acquired taste, but you quickly get used to it). Honestly, there are few indifferent people who have tried this soup at least once. It is rightfully considered one of the most delicious soups in Thailand and the most popular dish among tourists from all over the world.

Pad Thai

Pad Thai looks like a completely ordinary instant noodle. Cook it over high heat, stirring quickly and at the same time throwing in eggs, chicken (or shrimp), various vegetables, herbs, and a special ingredient - bean sprouts. They don't look much like roots, but they give an absolutely specific taste. Pad Thai is great to buy at makashnitsa - traditional “food carts”, where it is immediately cooked over the fire. And it costs very little there - 20 baht (vegetarian) and 40 baht (with meat/chicken/shrimp). This is definitely something you should definitely eat in Thailand.

Thai Fried Rice

One of the simplest and most delicious dishes of Thai cuisine. To be honest, I have never seen a better variation of rice, unless some kind of pilaf can compete with Thai fried rice. But they are completely incomparable, if only because apart from rice they have nothing in common. Thai fried rice, like Pad Thai, is cooked over high heat, mixed with eggs, tomatoes, carrots, corn, Chinese cabbage and other products. As a result, this is so delicious :)

Since I love this rice very much, I learned to cook it at a Thai culinary school with great pleasure. I have already posted a recipe for Thai fried rice on the site earlier. Even my two-year-old Mishutka happily chewed it on both cheeks :) So you can safely order this rice even for small children.

Tom Kha Kai

One of the most controversial dishes. Tom Kha Kai - chicken soup with coconut milk. It would seem like an absolutely crazy combination. At least, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t put the flavors of “bounty” and homemade chicken broth into my head. Bbrrrrr)) And then there are the tomatoes floating, and the lime juice being squeezed out... In general, the soup is really so far from Russian cuisine that it is quite difficult to imagine its taste in advance, and personally it scared me away, so I didn’t even try to order it in Thai restaurants.

Chicken with cashews

This is a dish without any special culinary delights, just half-stewed, half-cooked chicken breast with vegetables, also only slightly cooked, i.e. They are semi-fresh and crispy, with cashew nuts sprinkled on top. Quite a tasty and edible dish, satisfying but light. I love these :) I also wrote a recipe for Thai chicken with cashews earlier. It contains simple products that are available in our stores, so you can try cooking this chicken at home.

Chicken curry

A very spicy dish with curry paste, which is prepared separately from red hot chili peppers, garlic and other spices. After which the chicken is stewed in this paste prepared here and becomes very spicy and spicy.

Papaya salad

Som Tom Thai - green papaya salad. This is one of my friends' favorite Thai dishes. The salad contains mainly vegetables - carrots, tomatoes, green beans, there are also nuts, and the base is green unripe papaya, which is grated into long “spaghetti”. Sometimes shrimp are also added, so if you are a vegetarian, check this nuance with the waiter in advance; you can safely order Som Tom Thai without shrimp. You can try making it at home using my Som Tom Thai salad recipe.

Seafood salad

Yam Thale is a light Thai seafood salad that includes shrimp, squid, crab meat and other seafood, as well as funchose (rice “glass” noodles) and various vegetables. Chili peppers are also added to it, so the salad is spicy, but if the cook does not overdo it, the spice will be subtle and only a little bold :) You can inform the restaurant in advance “no spicy”, although this spell still practically does not work in Asia :)

Spring rolls pancakes

Spring rolls are considered authentic Thai street food. They are cooked, like Pad Thai or fried rice, over a fire in a pot. If you really want to try them, I advise you to order not in restaurants, but in the numerous carts that roll out onto the city streets at sunset. Price for two pancakes is 20-30 baht.

Spring Rolls have a slightly crispy dough and are filled with vegetables, chicken, rice noodles and bean sprouts. Due to them, the taste of Thai pancakes resembles the same Pad Thai, but in my opinion, this only makes them tastier :) And again, I described in detail how I prepared them at the Krabi culinary school and already posted the recipe for Thai spring rolls pancakes on my website.

Dessert with coconut milk and mango

One of the simplest and most delicious desserts in Thailand is Kao-Neuw-Ma-Muang, i.e. sweet sticky rice with mango. I had two discoveries after getting acquainted with this dish: firstly, that mangoes turn out to be delicious (before I didn’t have much love for them), secondly, that perhaps you can become a vegetarian if you learn more such recipes :) Dessert recipe I have already posted with mango, but in short, rice is cooked in coconut milk with added sugar. It turns out something similar to our milk rice porridge, only with a coconut flavor and sweeter. Then it is laid out on a plate, and the top is decorated with pieces of juicy mango and sprinkled with nuts (nuts are optional). The combination of ingredients is simply perfect, everything complements each other and the result is truly amazing. Highly recommend! This is a must eat in Thailand!

So, I told you what delicious things to eat in Thailand. Now the choice is yours;) Those who have traveled to the land of smiles many times already have definitely tried most of these dishes, so the article may not be as relevant for them as for those who are planning to visit sunny Thailand for the first time. Have a nice trip! :)