What is the food like in Thailand? What to try in Thailand? Photos of Thai dishes

In order to fall in love with Thai cuisine, you don’t have to be in Thailand for a very long time; just try a few dishes, and it will immediately become clear that the taste and smell of lemon grass, galangal, cardamom, coconut milk and chili pepper will remain deep in your memory. for a long time, and the taste buds on the tongue from time to time will persistently demand to please them at least once more :)

all spring, and got hooked on Thai food quite thoroughly. Even where we had a kitchen in our rented accommodation and could cook anything, we preferred to have lunch and dinner in cafes in order to enjoy the incredibly delicious soups, curries and salads to the maximum.

Of course, we have friends who cook their own famous Thai dishes, and we are sure that they are no less tasty than the original ones. Perhaps someday we will take a few lessons and learn how to cook them ourselves, but for now we present 10 of our favorite Thai dishes.

Almost each of these dishes (except salads) can be either vegetarian or with chicken, pork, fish or seafood.

Top 10 Thai dishes

1. Tom Kha
Sweetish soup made with coconut milk. Of all the Thai cuisines, we liked it the most - not too hot, spicy and very tasty.

2. Tom Yum
This is perhaps the most famous dish in Thai cuisine, and even if you have not been to Thailand yet, you have probably at least heard of this hot and sour soup with lemon grass, galangal and lime leaves. Due to the abundance of spices, the soup has a very specific and memorable taste. True, soup in the Thai sense is significantly different from what is familiar to Russian people - in Tom Yam you can eat almost only the broth (well, and meat/fish if you have any), everything else is added to create flavor and is not edible.
Since Tom Yam is a very spicy soup, rice is offered as an addition to it, more often than to other dishes.


3. Green Curry.Red and yellow curry are also popular.
The basis of this dish is a special paste that consists of chili peppers, lemongrass, lime leaves, basil, shrimp paste and coconut milk.


Green, red and yellow curry are three dishes that are similar in structure and consistency, but differ in the composition of spices and spiciness. Green is the hottest, red and yellow are slightly less spicy. But it’s worth keeping in mind that “less” in this case is a very relative concept, which is why curry is most often eaten with rice (although Thais generally eat everything with rice).


3. Massaman Curry
One of our favorite curries is made with coconut milk, roasted peanuts (or cashews), cardamom, tamarind and fish sauce. Has a spicy and distinct taste and aroma


4. Phanaeng Curry
A bit like massaman, but it has less peanuts and additional shrimp paste.


6. Green Papaya/mango Salad, Som Tum
Green papaya (or green mango) salad with crushed peanuts, green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, dried shrimp, fish sauce and, of course, chili peppers. We were unable to distinguish green papaya from green mango in the salad by taste. Both salads are tasty, but very spicy - it’s almost impossible to eat them without tears :)


7. Pad Thai
Fried noodles with egg, soybean sprouts, fish (or oyster) sauce, peanuts and assorted toppings. Quite a simple, but tasty and very popular dish in Thailand - it can be found both in street eateries and in decent restaurants. Padtai varies in type and composition of noodles, so there can be a huge number of variations.


8. Fried Rice (Khau Phat)
Fried rice with egg and vegetables is one of the most favorite dishes among backpackers, as it is sold on every corner and is cheap. We're not big rice fans, so we only liked one variation of this dish called Khau Phat Sapparot - pineapple fried rice.


9. Sen Khao Soi
This dish is popular in northern Thailand and consists of a soup with deep-fried egg noodles. The soup is also served with lime, onion, chili pepper and cabbage pickle.


10. Roti - pancakes with various fillings (egg, chicken, as well as chocolate, banana and other fruits)
Pancakes are baked not from liquid dough, as in Russia, but from kneading and kneading to a thin, almost transparent state. We are not sure that this is a native Thai dish, but it is prepared in many places and pancakes are very popular among both tourists and locals.


Of course, Thai cuisine is not limited to a set of 10 dishes; in order to list all the dishes, you would have to write a whole book. For example, in addition to the most popular Tom Yam and Tom Kha soups, there are many other soups - very tasty and for everyone


In the south of Thailand, especially in the maritime regions, fresh fish and seafood dishes are very popular


Salads often use not only papaya and mango, but also other vegetables and fruits, such as grapefruit, pomelo, corn and tofu


In addition, there are often situations when in a Thai cafe without an English menu, you have to order dishes whose composition is only approximately understood (but this does not make them any less tasty)


And, of course, you can’t ignore the evening markets, where you can try something unusual - for example, grilled shrimp, kebabs on skewers, as well as all kinds of caterpillars, grasshoppers and other insects, which are, however, mainly eaten by tourists =) We will write about evening markets separately, but for now you can read about.

Chili sauce recipe

Well, as a bonus, a little homemade Thai cuisine, namely, a recipe for chili sauce that we learned to cook in Kanchanaburi under the guidance of our Thai friend Adisak.

Adisak’s family has Chinese roots, so for the first dinner he treated us to Chinese-Thai dishes, and having learned about ours, he offered to cook the next dinner together, in Thai style.

We exchanged recipes and told Adisak about our culinary experiments in Bali, and he taught us how to make chili sauce, without which, in his opinion, Thai cuisine would not be Thai (the clever iPad persistently suggests replacing the word “Thai” with “heavenly” - what can we say about people, if even the technology understands Thai cuisine :)

So, the recipe is quite simple, for preparation we will need the following ingredients:

• Green chili pepper – 7 pcs.
• Cherry tomatoes – 7 pcs.
• Garlic – 7 cloves
• Lime – 1 pc.
• Shrimp paste 1/2 tsp.
• Fish sauce 1 tbsp.
• Cane sugar 1 tsp.

By the way, we thought that only in street cafes in Thailand (and in Asia in general) cooks do not wash vegetables, but it turned out that this is not accepted in their culture at all - even in such a decent house, no one even thought of washing vegetables before cooking. This is why in Asia it is better to avoid uncooked food.

To prepare the sauce you will need a mortar; it is most convenient to make such sauces. In Asia, as we noticed, any housewife will definitely have a mortar in her kitchen - even those who have both a food processor and a blender still use a mortar when it comes to sauces, apparently it’s also in their blood :)

Adisak assured that the order in which ingredients are added is very important:

• First, put the chili pepper in a mortar, after cutting off the ends, knead it.
• Next, add sugar and garlic, previously crushed with a knife (to release the juice) and cut into small pieces, knead.
• Then squeeze out the lime juice and add the tomatoes cut into quarters and mash.
• The last step is to add shrimp paste and fish sauce, mix everything thoroughly.

The sauce is ready, it is advisable to cool it before serving :)
Attention: the sauce is very spicy!


Bon appetit!

For the last month we have been incredibly happy with Indian and Tibetan dishes, and also recently discovered Korean cuisine, although we miss Thai :) What world cuisines do you prefer?

17 most delicious dishes Thai cuisine:

Tom Kha

Soup made with coconut milk with mushrooms, tomatoes, galangal or ginger, lemongrass, cilantro (coreander), is not spicy because... coconut milk neutralizes the pepper. There are several types: with chicken (tom kha gai), with shrimp (tom kha goong) and with pork (tom kha muu). This soup is perfect for those who can't or don't want to eat spicy food. I recommend.

Khao Pad

Fried rice mixed with egg (or without egg), served with pieces of chicken/beef/pork/shrimp/crab, or if you don’t want meat, order “khao pad pag” - they will bring you the same dish, only with fried vegetables. You can also ask to put a fried egg on top (as in the photo), to do this, just say “khai dao”. This dish is not spicy. Served with naam pla fish sauce. I recommend.

Yam Wun Sen

Thai salad with seafood and glass noodles. In general, “Yam” (in English transcription Yum or Yam) is a whole “class” of hot and sour salads with glass noodles. The taste and aroma of “Yam” salads is determined by the sauce of the same name, made from sweet onions, fish sauce, lime, sugar, chili, celery or cilantro (hence Tom-Yam: “boiled Yam”). And the fillings can be very different - from minced pork and grilled beef to seafood and shrimp. My favorite version of this salad is Yam Wun Sen Gung i.e. with shrimps. Very fresh, “light” and satisfies hunger well. I recommend.

By default, the salad is served spicy. If you don't want it spicy, say "may phad" - not spicy.

Pad See Yu

This is a very simple and satisfying dish consisting of pork, vegetables and noodles, quickly fried in soy sauce. The key ingredient in this dish is wide rice noodles. The dish is not served spicy. I recommend.

Kha Tom

Thai rice soup, usually with pork, chicken or shrimp. Sometimes, when serving, chopped ginger is added to it. My husband calls kha tom hangover soup. He says it’s very tasty in the morning after a good drinking session)) The soup is served with chicken/pork/shrimp.

Tom Yum

A masterpiece of Thai culinary art, this is the most popular Thai soup among tourists and guests of the Kingdom. 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 Gung 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

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.

Pad Thai

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 Jued

Gang Jut 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.

Khao 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. It is also customary to serve duck with a simple and nutritious duck broth.

In Thailand, very often you can see certain dishes on display, or even whole chicken or duck carcasses. These are special layouts designed to clearly show what kind of dish is being prepared here.

Kai Ji Moo Sap

Authentic Thai food that anyone can cook for themselves. 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 and fresh herbs.

Khao Nii Mu Yang

Pork kebab, served with rice, noodles or French fries. 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.

Guy Young

Grilled chicken, like grilled pork, moo yang, is a very popular dish in Thai cuisine and is sold everywhere from street food carts to restaurants. Grilled chicken is accompanied by rice and delicious spicy Som Tam (green papaya salad). You can buy a whole chicken, or you can buy a half. On street food carts, from different vendors, it is prepared according to different recipes, but always delicious.

Khao Man Gai

Lean chicken with rice. In Russia we call it chicken broth with rice (meaning chicken in it, as usual). Thai chicken Khao Man Gai is served on a plate with rice, and the broth is served separately. Of course, chili and soy sauce are offered as seasonings.

Khao Pad Kra Pao

Another very popular Thai dish. This is finely chopped (in some versions minced) meat, fried with Thai seasonings and basil leaves and, of course, chili. You can order gai - chicken maso, muu - pork and nya - beef. Served with rice, you can also add a fried egg (khai dao) on top. A very tasty dish, in my opinion, but it’s not often that a chef can prepare it for you without being at all spicy.

Pla Ka Pang Nung Manu

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.

Pla Plu

A popular street food to eat with Som Tam and sticky rice is the simple fried fish with salt. The fish is stuffed with lemongrass, lime leaves and other aromatic ingredients and sprinkled heavily 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.

As you can see, Thai food is very diverse. It is not possible to write about everything. But the most delicious, in our opinion, dishes were selected for us. Worthy of attention everyone.

To visit Thailand and not try the national food means to return there again. It’s not for nothing that most hotels offer breakfast as a meal option.
It is almost impossible to remain hungry in the land of a thousand smiles. A variety of dishes that you simply cannot find in your homeland, incredible spices and amazing seafood await tourists at every turn.

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1. Taste
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3. Exotic.

The best Thai dishes

Massaman curry

An Asian version of everyone's favorite goulash. You can start getting acquainted with Thai cuisine with it, since the amount of spices per serving is not particularly large. Massaman curry is meat fried with onions in a sauce made from coconut milk and curry paste. Served with potatoes or rice.
Cost: from 80 baht (≈ or )

Tom Yum Kung
The “calling card” of the country is coconut milk soup, which has a huge number of variations. The most common recipe includes shrimp, fish (or chicken) stock, shiitake mushrooms, lime or lemongrass, and Tom Yum paste. Each cook complements the dish with ingredients according to his own taste: these can be tomatoes, rice, galangal, ginger, seafood.
Cost: from 60 baht (≈ or ).

Som Tam
A spicy salad that can be prepared quickly, is inexpensive, and will be remembered forever. For Thais, green papaya is not a fruit, but a full-fledged vegetable, which serves as the main ingredient for Som Tam. Papaya cut into strips is mixed with chili and garlic, tomatoes, green beans, nuts and shrimp (or crab meat) are added and sprinkled with lemon juice.
Cost: from 30 baht (≈ or )

Fish Plah Plow
Grilled fish seasoned with all sorts of aromatic spices and herbs with a crispy, salty crust. Plah Plow can be served separately, or can come with a side dish of rice or vegetables. A popular dinner option for both tourists and locals.
Cost: from 90 baht (≈ or ).

Rice Khao Phat
Khau Phat is prepared extremely simply from whatever comes to hand. Boiled rice is fried with meat or seafood, vegetables, spices, and sometimes an egg are added - and the dish is served to the table, decorated with fruits and herbs. It is important that the rice is not slightly heated in a frying pan, but fried. To add juiciness, it can be sprinkled with lime juice.

Khao Man kai, Khao Man Gai
Boiled “fatty” rice with chicken. One of the few dishes that will suit the most delicate stomach. The chicken is cooked separately, and then rice is cooked in its broth. Sometimes an already cooked dish can be poured with broth or served in a separate bowl, adding a little winter melon. Served with a mixture of soy and bean sauces, seasoned with garlic, ginger and chili.
Cost: from 40 baht (≈ or ).

Khao Pad
Rice is fried with chicken, and during the cooking process all kinds of vegetables and seafood are mixed in. Soy or fish sauce is served separately, or, at the client’s request, it can be poured over the finished dish. For those who prefer non-spicy food, it is better to refrain from experimenting with sauce.
Cost: from 40 baht (≈ or ).

Yams Nua
A spicy salad that will quickly satiate a tired traveler. The main ingredients are beef, onions and tomatoes. But the brightness of the dish is given by the abundance of spices, including: mint, coriander, lime and, of course, hot chili. If you want to try Yam Nua, but don't like it spicy, just ask the waiter to add less chili (or remove this ingredient altogether).
Cost: from 40 baht. (≈ or )

Geng Deng
Typical of Thai cuisine is the harmony of sour and sweet - this is Geng Dang red curry. Tender meat is cooked with plenty of curry in coconut milk. It is supplemented with kaffir lime leaves. It is noteworthy that relatively recently Geng Deng was not in particular demand among tourists, but with each new season its popularity increases.


Pancakes Roti
You should definitely try them and bring this gastronomic experience home. The dough is rolled out into a thin pancake and placed in a frying pan. The filling (usually bananas) is placed inside, the pancake is wrapped in an envelope and fried on both sides. The envelopes are topped with chocolate, condensed milk or another topper.

Video of making pancakes with a makashnik:

What to try in Thailand

It is not customary for Thais to cook at home. There are several reasons for this: expensive gas, a large number of street cafes and mobile food stalls, lack of time. Therefore, at any time of the day or night you can have a cheap and tasty meal here. national dishes or go to a European restaurant.
The most profitable way to satisfy your hunger is to buy food from a mobile tray. The tiles and workspace are attached to a motorcycle or cart, and the kitchen on wheels is sent to cruise the city streets. This structure is called a makashnitsa and is in demand both among the “farangs” and the indigenous population. Everyone who has visited the kingdom probably has photographs of this engineering miracle.

From the makashnitsa you can buy a hot dish, or you can refresh yourself with light snacks, the options of which are in Asian countries great multitude. These include kebabs on a stick, amazing seafood prepared in various ways, sweets with fruit, and even exotic insects. Food in makashnitsa is safe because it is cooked right before your eyes, and the abundance of hot spices not only gives a colorful taste and aroma, but also helps the dish maintain its freshness. Often in makashnitsa you can find something that is not served in a regular restaurant, and you will pay pennies for it.

“Hits” of makashniks:

• seafood or meat skewers
• Kanom Jin (rice noodles with meat or fish and vegetables)
• Luk Chin (boiled meatballs and sausages, grilled and served with Nama Jin sauce)
• Hau Mok (crab or fish mousse with curry sauce or coconut milk; served wrapped in banana leaves)
• Hokkien noodles (noodles stir-fried with seafood, fish or bacon).

Thai sweets deserve special admiration, which even in the photo look like you really want to try them. Add to this a fantastic aroma and attractive prices - and your beach holiday will turn into a gastronomic tour.

Thai sweets

Kuay Tod
Bananas coated in flour, sugar and sesame are grilled and sold by weight. Sweet, fatty and, of course, high in calories.

Khao Tom Mood
Envelopes of banana leaves with sweet rice, tied with stems or pinned with toothpicks. Outwardly, they are very similar to the package that Mei received as a gift from the forest troll in the Japanese anime “My Neighbor Totoro”.
Cost: from 10 baht (≈ or ).
Khao Niao Mamuang
Sweet pilaf with mango. Rice is boiled in coconut milk and pieces of the aromatic fruit are added to it. The rice may be colored, and the kind vendors sometimes give you a little coconut sauce as a gift.
Cost: from 30 baht (≈ or ).

Roti Sai Mai
Multi-colored threads made from cane sugar are the Thai analogue of domestic cotton candy. They are sold in bags, but it is customary to eat them after wrapping them in thin roti pancakes.
Cost: from 20 baht (≈ or ).
Kanom Tarn
Yellow pies mixed with rice flour and coconut milk.
Cost: from 20 baht (≈ or ) for three pies.
Tong Yord
Egg yolk boiled in sugar syrup. Small balls are formed from the sweet mass and sold in bags of several pieces.
Cost: from 20 baht (≈ or ).
When you're going to eat, take a look at street cafes and mobile food trucks: this way you can save money and try more amazing flavors. Objectively evaluate your body’s capabilities and don’t forget to add “No Spicy” when you see chili peppers in the hands of the cook.

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 up 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: the menu in one of the restaurants that is the most touristic 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 it does local population– 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 is enough. In total 4x5=20baht.

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 skewers (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 get a good meal 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 may say so, 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 costs 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

There are quite a few reasons to visit Thailand, including its golden beaches and parties open air, and the legendary Thai cuisine, which is a real celebration of freshness and unique flavors. Regardless of the purpose of your visit, the abundance of delicious smells will make you stay at least a little longer in the country.

Phat Thai

This dish is a symbol of Thai street food.

Created in the 1930s by a Chinese-Thai chef, this dish of thin stir-fried noodles with egg, tofu and shrimp, seasoned with fish sauce, sugar, date, vinegar and dried chilies, has become an icon of Thai street food.

Laap

Lap is a hot minced meat salad.

This rustic dish, famous in northeastern Thailand, is also called Larb or Larp. Lap refers to a hot minced salad with fried rice flour, lime juice, sauce and fresh herbs. A common accompaniment to salad is steamed sticky rice. It is eaten with hands.

Som Tam

Som Tam - green papaya salad.

Although the northeast of Thailand is considered the birthplace of the dish, it can be found in every corner of the country. Som Tam is a salad of green papaya pounded in a wooden mortar with tomatoes, green beans, chili peppers, lime and fish sauce. The salad goes well with sticky rice, which allows you to further emphasize the spicy taste of Thai food.

Tom Yam

Another name for the dish is Thai sour soup.

This hot, tangy broth is often found on English-language menus under the name Thai sour soup. The most popular option is with shrimp - Tom Yam Kung. And this is quite understandable: the combination of shrimp with spices and spices results in a soup with an extraordinary, truly Thai taste.

Khao soi

This is a unique egg noodle soup.

If you're in northern Thailand, be sure to try this unique curry egg noodle soup. Typically, chicken or beef contrasts nicely with a rich, richly spiced coconut-based broth and soft, wavy wheat-egg noodles. Lime, shallots and crunchy pickled herbs are added separately to taste.

Phat Kaphrao

Roasted meat with basil gives the dish a special taste.

This is a street menu staple. It combines fried meat with holy basil leaves (as the name suggests: kaphrao - “basil”), generously seasoned with chili and garlic. Served with rice and often garnished with a fried egg, it has already become a symbol of Thai style.

Yam

The salad contains seafood combined with fresh herbs.

As a side dish or appetizer, you will definitely be offered this popular Thai salad, which combines meat or seafood with a tangy sauce and fresh herbs. A good option is Yam Wunsen - glass noodle salad with minced pork and shrimp.

Green Curry

Green curry is prepared with coconut milk and various spices.

This may not be the best dish to start your introduction to Thai cuisine with. It is a paste of various herbs and spices in coconut milk. For a truly Thai dish, combine the curry with jasmine rice. Although green curry looks like a soup, it is consumed as a sauce or broth.

Kai Yang

A special marinade is used to prepare grilled chicken in Thai cuisine.

Thai grilled chicken owes its fame to the people of the northeast of the country. They prepare a special marinade for poultry meat from fish sauce, coriander root and garlic. Pair chicken with sticky rice and green papaya salad and you have one of Thailand's most legendary dishes.

Khao phat

Fried rice with crab meat and eggs is popular among Thais.

For many Thais, fried rice is a familiar food. The variations are endless, and the dish is often the result of innovation and improvisation. However, the most popular in most restaurants in the country remains the simple but tasty Khao Phat Puu - fried rice with crab meat and egg.

Thai cuisine is a variety of dishes with unique and... This is a separate world, which once you have visited, you want to return to it again and again. Bon appetit!