Trying out Thai food and snacks

Another good thing I notice about Thailand is definitely the food. They have so much food from different provinces that are worth trying. The street food is also vibrant but I personally would not try them. I am not that adventurous to eat from food stalls where the food isn't covered and next to the pavement where people pass by quite often. However, all of them look very scrumptious and I’ve been resisting quite a lot. There are certainly ways to try street food with decent prices through shopping malls stalls. However, it’s not something I consider actual street food but if it tastes the same, why not, right?

Shopping malls seem to be a thing in BKK and locals like to go around especially in the middle of the day. The sun is up and I think the mall is just the perfect place to go. There are many shopping malls around but Seacon seems to be the place where many locals go. When I was there, there was an exhibition of birds and street food stalls in nice rows. It’s also pretty common where I am from except the food was something different from what I used to eat. A lot of them are written in Thai, so the way I picked was fairly random. Anything that looks thai, I’d buy it.

The first thing I tried was this snack in bamboo. That is apparently called Khao lam. As far as I remember it cost around 40 Bath for one which is around 1.13$. Food here is pretty reasonable and especially if you are around the food stalls in a regular mall or street food, you can get delicious stuff for less than 50 Bath. It’s interesting how they serve it and the taste was actually quite good. I certainly didn’t regret buying. Then, at Seacon there’s a supermarket called Lotus. It seems like a wholesale store but in front of it, there are some food sellers like curry and even seaweed. There are also some street foods like battered crab sticks, cheese, and crab meat.

They were looking scrumptious and I had to try. They’re also 10bath each and I got 3 of them.

The seaweed in Thailand is a must try. Back home, I know this brand called tao kae noi which is apparently from thailand. They also have different flavors compared back home and definitely way cheaper too. But apparently, there are local versions and they roll it up. They have spicy and non spicy options. I was choosing the non spicy ones and it turned out to be so good.

The seafood snacks here are also equally good. There are decent roadside stalls like the one I saw today where there are squid snacks sold from just 10 Baths near the Lumpini area. I was tempted to try it as they look pretty clean. So I got one mid size and not a spicy one. It seems like the place was recently opened and the owner was the one who spoke English and asked about how I want the squid to be. Though it didn’t quite come out the way I wanted it to be, it atleast tasted good. There were many snacks that I wanted to try but I am just taking my time and trying it one thing at a time.