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Some
Thai words first |
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Kay - chicken (pronounce as 'guy')
Khay - egg (pronounce as 'khy') (yes, you will
always mix up kay and khay)
Moo - pork
Neua - beef
Plaa - fish
Pooh - crab
Ahaan thalay, seafood - seafood
Kung - shrimp
(MAY) PHET - (NOT) SPICY |
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Jok
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A porridge based on rice
boiled so long it has
gone soft and slimy. Served with fresh ginger, spring onions, various
types of meat, pepper and on request a raw egg. It is usually eaten as
breakfast, although it can be available during the day. A delicious
meal.
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Khao Tom
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In this rice soup you
can still recognise the
rice. Served with fresh herbs, garlic, onions and meat, fish or
seafood. Like jok it is usually eaten as breakfast and it tastes well.
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Khaw Moo Daeng |
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My favourite Thai food of all times.
Thin sliced pork on
rice, covered with a sweet red sauce. Add lime juice,
brown soy sauce and eat it with some fresh spring onion. If lucky,
you will be served a small bowl of soup as well. |
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Tom Yam Kung |
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Most popular Thai soup,
filled with shrimp
(kung), lemon grass and mushroom. Also available in a fish or chicken
variety. Usually quite spicy. Eat with plain rice. |
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Som Tam Thai |
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Traditional food from the Isaan
(North-East). Made of sliced
unripe papaya with tomatoes, green beans, peanuts and shrimp (paste).
Besides this they put in a chilli or 2, so it can be hotter than hot.
Variants are served with black fresh-water crab (Som Tam Pooh) or
fermented fish (Som Tam Plara), but I don't like the smell and taste of
either of these. Eat with sticky rice. |
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Sate |
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Pork or chicken on a stick, served
with peanut sauce and a
spicy mix of cucumber, onion and chilli in vinegar. |
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Moo Ping etc. |
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Pork meat on a stick grilled on the
barbecue. Served with a
spicy sauce and if you like, sticky rice. Other types of meat often
available at the same shop are chicken liver (delicious), sour sausage
(also delicious but very fat) and chicken ass (too
chewy for my taste). |
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Noodle soup (Kuay
Tiaw)
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Thai noodle soup,
most
popular street food ever. Available in many variations, depending
on size and type of noodle (small (sen lek), big (sen yay), made
with egg (bami)), type of meat and with or without soup (naam or
haeng). Make it to your own taste by adding (dried) chilli, sugar, fish
sauce and/or vinegar. |
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Khao Pad |
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Fried rice with vegetable, egg and
meat or seafood. A good
fill up anytime. |
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Khao Niaw Ma
Muang |
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Sliced sweet mango,
served with sticky rice,
sweetened with coconut milk. Usually eaten as dessert, but I eat it as
a complete meal sometimes. Heavy stuff but very good.
A similar dish is served with durian instead of mango and is even
more heavy but delicious too.
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Phad Thai |
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The most common vegetarian dish, also
popular with non
vegetarians. Noodle, bean sprouts, egg and (dried) shrimp are fried in
high speed, so that it remains crispy. Eaten with crushed peanuts,
spring union and lime juice a real treat. |
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*Crepe Jiipun |
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A big
round hot plate
usually means
pancakes. Not thick and soft as served in other parts of the
world, but thin and crispy. Many fillings possible, but my personal
favourite is banana. Folded double in the shape of a pizza slice
it is a tasteful snack. |
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Salapao
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Steamed dumplings are
popular food and can be
found everywhere. Many fillings are possible, but the most common ones
are
minced pork (moo sab), my favourite, and pork with a red sauce (moo
daeng).
The decoration on top indicates the type of filling. Not sure if this
is
universal or different by shop. Available in different sizes too.
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