Thread: My top 5 Thai foods

Originally Posted by cali kid

Yum pla dook foo
Yum pak boong tought

Yum pla dook foo is one of our favorites. Such an unusual dish. Really nothing like it. I've watched them fry up the pla dook and I still don't know how it ends up so sponge-like.

I think the crispy pak boong salad is a relatively new culinary invention. There's a place in Korat that does a great job with it: huge big pak boong leaves. I keep wondering where they get them as the think Chinese variety is more popular now.

Another place that does a good job with this dish is Rot Sabiang, the train-themed restaurant that is across from the Ambassador (Soi 11) in Bangkok.

1. Gaeng matsaman neua or nong gai
Muslim curry with beef or chicken drumsticks
2. Larb pet
Spicy minced duck
3. Panaeng neua
Beef panaeng
4. Gai phat met ma muang hin ma pun
Fried chicken with cashew nuts
5. Som tam Thai, khao nieo & gai yang
Som tam Thai (no pla-la or pickled crabs), sticky rice & grilled chicken

Cali kid if your right you could be one of my new hero's

Originally Posted by buad hai

Originally Posted by stroller

That's just a few that come to mind...

Five's not enough, is it.

I guess that depends on your tolerance.

The five I listed are pretty much thge ONLY Thai foods I can endure.

Originally Posted by cali kid

If its the one with yellow rice, than it is "kaow mohk gai"

It could also be "Khao Ob Gai" if it has yellow rice.
It tastes the same as "Chicken Biriyani" and hard to find.

khao mon gai
pad khapow gai

tomyum goong pla or gai.

thai som tam with sticky rice and fried chicken.

pad thai.

pad mama.

larb moo.

satay sticks.

Originally Posted by Thetyim

It could also be "Khao Ob Gai" if it has yellow rice.

I thought they were pretty much the same thing, just depended on where the person serving it was from, not saying thats the case but i thought it was.

The ones I have had the "kaow mohk gai" was cumin flavoured rice and a fried chicken leg in batter cooked separately.

The "Khao Ob Gai" was chicken and rice cooked together (I presume in an oven "ob") and had a more indian flavour.

Originally Posted by cali kid

Originally Posted by jizzybloke

Can anyone tell me what it is, don't know it's name but spicey yellow chicken curry on the bone i think it's fron the south,

Originally Posted by jizzybloke

i called it gai leung and all look at me like i'm a freak

Kaow mohk gai

If it's got potatoes and peanuts in it, it is probably gaeng matsaman gai.

Got it again last night from thai place is bayswater, told me again gai leeung?
pronounced mor like lei-oong, took me repeating it about 40 times before they'd let me leave!

Originally Posted by JoGeAr

Originally Posted by cali kid

Originally Posted by jizzybloke

Can anyone tell me what it is, don't know it's name but spicey yellow chicken curry on the bone i think it's fron the south,

Originally Posted by jizzybloke

i called it gai leung and all look at me like i'm a freak

Kaow mohk gai

If it's got potatoes and peanuts in it, it is probably gaeng matsaman gai.

Thais don't deserve potatoes, they have no idea how to utilize them.

For me it's Gai Yen, Kow Now, and Som Tom-pet mak (BBQ chicken, sticky rice, and spicy Papaya salad) - this is my all time favorite. Of course, with the dipping sauces included.

What about you?

Gai Yen? What happened when you tried to order that one?

Get a froozen chook by any chance?

1. Spicy Thai beef salad
2. Phad kaprow Nuea
3. Larb Gai
4. Kor Neua Yang
5. BBQ Beef

errr...about it

That was difficult and problem is I need to eat 3-4 meals a day; can't live on just the above I'd go out of my mind

todman gung (sp?)

Deep fried shrimp cakes with that sweet/sour plum dipping sauce.
Best are from a Mom and Pop seafront place near Rawai.
May do a thread on how to find it - gotta practice inserting pics first !

Hoy Isaan, arroy mak mak

Originally Posted by Kurgen

Hoy Isaan, arroy mak mak

But you still feel hungry after eating it.

Naem Yaang with iots of fresh ginger, chilis and cabbage
Kaw Moo Yang with nam Jim jeaw
Goong Chair Naam plah
Yum Neua
Tom Saap
All of the above should be served with sticky rice hot enough to almost burn your fingers.

Originally Posted by Happyman

todman gung (sp?) Deep fried shrimp cakes with that sweet/sour plum dipping sauce.

I think its more of a Tod Mung gung (being in mind there is no standard)
That's my sons favourite also.

Originally Posted by friscofrankie

Goong Chair Naam plah

i love this one!

raw prawns with chilli and garlic

With a few exceptions Thai food is crap my kids would rather eat the worst of Farang food than the best of Thai.

BUT Laotian food is great, my favorite meal as below.

Tom Yam Goong, everything else is shit - I have changed my mind since I started the topic.

1. som tum
2. bumi moo deang
3. penang moo
4. khao ob sapparot
5. steamed fish with chillis (don't know the name of the specific dish)

Just some of my favourites.

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

Tom Yam Goong, everything else is shit - I have changed my mind since I started the topic.

...says the self-proclaimed Thai expert.