Dining

Food for ThoughtFood, whether it is a snack, main course or dessert, is an art in Thailand. Dishes range from hot and spicy soups like tom yum goong (shrimp) to mild and benign rice dishes like kao pad gai (fried rice with chicken), so there is something for everyone. Whatever your taste, Thai food (especially seafood) should definitely be a part of your visit. For the less adventurous, international dishes are easily available in the myriad establishments of popular tourist havens such as Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Phuket etc. In international restaurants, you will receive a knife and fork for western meals, but for local dishes a fork and spoon are customary, as local people use these or chopsticks for almost every meal.
Traditional FareStreet and hawker stalls all over the country offer a cheap way to sample local fruits and traditional food. If you have trouble communicating, just point to what you want and let the vendor prepare the dish. In bigger towns and cities, most malls have food centers with large selections of traditional fare in the comfort of air conditioning. Menus are seldom in English, however.
Wide Selection in BangkokIn Bangkok, decent restaurants to suit everyone’s pocket are all around Sukhumvit Road, Silom Road and Siam Square. There are also pleasant places in malls such as Siam Center, the World Trade Center, Emporium and Silom Complex. Major hotels have excellent restaurants with top class cuisine. For cheap deals, backpackers’ haven Khao Sarn Road is lined with budget caf้s offering mixed-quality food.
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