Bangkok Restaurants

Eating in Bangkok has to be a highlight of the visit to Bangkok. Excellent restaurants are everywhere and not just Thai and the full range is found. They are open all hours, found on the side walks, in hotels, high up on the roof top, on boats, just everywhere. Food is a passion in Bangkok. Food stalls are generally safe as the food is cooked at high temperatures. Cheap eating is available in the food courts in the basement or top floors of the plazas, where you buy vouchers first and exchange for food from the stalls. Unused vouchers can be cashed back. To look for an eguide selected Bangkok restaurant click below.

 

American	Brazilian	Chinese
Dinner Cruise	Dutch	Egyptian
English	Ethiopian	French
German	Greek	Hungarian
Indian	Indonesian	International
Italian	Japanese	Korean
Kosher	Lao	Lebanese
Malayasian	Mediterranean	Mexican
Organic	Polynesian	Pub
Scandinavian	Seafood	Spanish
Steakhouse	Swiss	Taiwanese
Thai	Vegetarian	Vietnamese
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Thai obviously dominates and presented in many styles. Thai food consists of salads with varying degrees of spice levels; dips which can be a full meal or served as an entrée; curries that are based on ground spices and of course the famous soups. Thai desserts are sweet but welcome after a spicy meal. Thai food should be ordered to be shared and a mix of bland and curries ordered. Soup is served as part of the meal not as a starter.

Typical dishes

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The curries are well known and are green (geng pet kiau), red (geng pet deng) or mussaman which is a Malay curry. The hot spicy soup is Tom Yam and comes with either prawns or chicken. Rice comes either as plain (kau sooay) or fried (kau pat). Thai salads are spicy and referred to as Yam. There is normally a full range of noodle dishes, including noodle soup (kuai tio nam), dry noodles (kuai tio haeng) and crispy noodles (mi krop). Don't ignore the wonderful starters which are all delicately presented.

Drinks

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Jasmine tea is popular with Thais and a good non alcoholic alternative. Thai beer is generally strong and the most famous is Singha beer. Heineken and Carlsberg are brewed in Thailand and easily available. Wines tend to be expensive and little wine is produced in Thailand although is increasing. Thai men enjoy spirits making whisky and brandy widely available. A common Thai spirit is Mekhong.

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