Thai delicacies...yum!
 

I know what foods the US Thai restaurants serve. However, what are some wonderful native thai dishes/meals that you've had that are generally only to be found in Thailand?

If I'm looking to eat my way through Bangkok, where's not to miss (venue) and what should I make sure to order off the menu?

Pomelo salad! Orgasmic!

chicken cashew, especially at tongue thai

mango and sticky rice

fried morning glories....like eating spinach or chard with garlic....delicious---eacellent as a side dish for your veggies

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i ALWAYS go on about this, but crab curry (Somboons Seafood restaurant, but there are others) is the BEST!

Fried fish in chili sauce. You can actually buy chili sauce in a ketchup-type bottle. We smuggled some home.

Anything pat kee mao, gaeng ba neua, pa pia sot... but enough about lunch. What's for dinner?

At the weekend market there is a stand that cooks and sells honey pork. It's the best!! They put a piece about the size of a big pork chop in a baggie. It's all sliced into bite sized pieces, which you eat with a long pointy stick (like a long toothpick). Yum!

I also like fish with chili sauce. If you are going to Tawandang (German brewery and LOADS of fun!!!) you can order it there, along with beer, and maybe their Pork Tawandang. It's like part of the hog's leg, and you pull the meat off the bone. Another yummy treat!!

Then there's garlic shrimp and pad thai and chicken satay. This is making me hungry!
Carol

the fried morning glory (Pak boong) is my favorite too...is it available in the US, does anyone know? or is it a native green?

yes, but it is not quite as good

Some of my favorites:
Yam Thua Ploo (wing bean salad)
Yam Pladuk Foo (Crispy Catfish Salad)
Moo Tod Kratiem (pork with garlic)

rhkkmk,

Where do you live? My BF lived in Thailand for two years and has been back several times since. He says that the morning glory served in some of the restaurants in 'Thai Town' near Hollywood, CA is pretty authentic tasting. I especially like the morning glory at a restaurant called Ruen Pair.

Judy

mmmm I'm getting soo hungry.

Moo manao (pork with garlic and a touch of chilli and lime)
Gai Yang (grilled chicken)

What restaurants in Hollywood? I'm from L.A.County. We do have a lot of really good Thai food, so I'm always looking for new places. Does he ever go up to Wat Thai up in (the city of) North Hollywood? There's a whole prepared food market there every weekend and it's really cheap...nothing over about three dollars per serving.The food is quite good and it's a lot of fun...sittng under the trees sharing rows of picnic tables with lots of Thai families and others. Happy Travels!

Guenmai,

Yes, we've been to Wat Thai several times. I'm in the west valley and Wat Thai is at the far end of the east valley, so it's not exactly next door to me, but not too bad. There's a Thai restaurant very close to Wat Thai that we go to fairly often, even though it's a bit of a drive from Santa Monica. It's Khun Khaw on Roscoe. Yum!!

Judy

Judy

I LOVE morning glory... luckyily, I'm able to get it at a "pan-asia" store in Chinatown, NYC (actually grown in CA). They specialize in Indonesian and Thai ingredients... they have pretty good produce there - pomelo, thai basil, broccoli (not the American kind), thai eggplant, thai chiles, long beans, etc... Making stir-fried morning glory at home is pretty easy - for about 2 pounds of raw morning glory, chop about 2 cloves garlic, and prepare a stir-fry sauce of 2t oyster sauce, 1T light soy sauce, and 1T sugar (raw turbinado if available, otherwise normal sugar will do)... Saute the chopped garlic until fragrant, then add the morning glory - stir fry for a few seconds before adding the stir-fry sauce... and cook in pan for a minute or two until the stems are tender... if it gets a little dry, add a couple of T of water during cooking...

In above, t=teaspoon, T=Tablespoon

Just make sure to wash the mg well first - it tends to be a little sandy...

You should stay away from morning glory. It has psychedelic properties.

hmmm... so that's why I like it so much! haha...

Morning glory is my favorite vegetable! I can get it here in Ft Lauderdale at a local Vietnamese grocery.

yeah, morning glory quickly became my favorite vegetable too... I love the stuff -and I am usually have a strange allergy that keeps me from eating anything that's green ;)