A Gourmet’s Guide to Bangkok

If you are planning a visit to amazing Thailand, Bangkok offers a treasure trove for the senses, with a colourful and vibrant ambience that has a surprise around every corner, and if you are a food lover, prepare yourself for a once in a lifetime experience.

Bangkok Street Food

If you’re the adventurous type and can handle spicy food, a symphony of tastes awaits you when you are in the City of Angels, with firm favourites as:

  • Moo Ping – BBQ pork slices on bamboo sticks, paired with sticky rice, this is a great way to start the day, and you will find vendors everywhere, as they would have a motorcycle-kitchen and they stop often. Moo Satay comes with a peanut butter-based sauce that once tasted, is never forgotten, and the meat is basted while cooking, plus this dish can be ordered at most restaurants.
  • Gai Yaang – BBQ chicken cooked over low coals, which is eaten with sticky rice and some amazing pepper sauces.
  • Ba Thong Go – Similar to our doughnut, the Ba Thong Go is made into an ‘H’ shape and dipped in very hot palm oil, and with coffee, is the perfect way to start the day.

Sukhumvit Road

The best place to stay would be somewhere like the Novotel in Bangkok, as you are in easy reach of all the nightspots, with Nana, Soi Cowboy and the trendy area of Thong Lor, where you can club until the early hours. Skytrain makes travelling along Sukhumvit very easy and you have an interconnecting network that takes you around this huge city and it costs next to nothing.

Seafood Restaurants

They are to be found everywhere in Bangkok, especially near the Chao Phraya River, which runs through the heart of the city and into the Bay of Thailand. The Thais have a type of restaurant called Raan Daam Saang, which means ‘food to order’ and they will cook almost any dish and if you ask for recommendations, they are more than happy to oblige. Crab, crayfish and lobster are best enjoyed at the premier restaurants, where you would enjoy 5-star service, plus some evening entertainment.

Sweet & Spicy

Thai cuisine is most definitely an assault on the taste buds, with strong spices and very sweet, rich tastes, with no bland dishes, Thai food is known for its unique flavours, and the southern dishes are by far the hottest and should be approached with some caution. Thai desserts really are something else, not only in taste, but also presentation, and with coconut, lychee and mango, fruit dishes are unique and very healthy in moderation.

Chinese Cuisine

In the Chinatown section of Bangkok, there are a few very old and famous Chinese restaurants that you simply must experience while in this gourmet’s Garden of Eden, with extensive menus and classic eastern style dining at its finest.

You can make good use of the Internet by researching and reading a few travel gourmet blogs about Bangkok dining, plus you can book a central hotel for the duration of your stay.

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