{"id":115,"date":"2013-08-12T03:58:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T03:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/bangkoks-five-essential-street-eats\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T00:04:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T00:04:53","slug":"bangkoks-five-essential-street-eats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/bangkoks-five-essential-street-eats\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok&#8217;s Five Essential Street Eats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forget fancy restaurants \u2013 everything you need to know about Thai food can be found on the busy streets of Bangkok. Across the city, stalls open at the crack of dawn and serve up hundreds of portions of cheap, chilli-spiked food until late at night. With only a few hundred baht in your pocket, you can sample the fragrant heat of some of the country\u2019s best-loved culinary staples.<\/p>\n<p>Expedia\u2019s Kiwi travellers tend to stop by Bangkok for 2-3 days, travelling after the monsoon season dries up in November. December is the most popular time to visit but you\u2019ll find great deals during the rainy season. Check out Expedia\u2019s <a title=\"Expedia Bangkok Holidays\" href=\"http:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/Holiday-Packages\/cheap-bangkok-holidays.htm?brandcid=blog.article.bangkokstreetfood.august_10082013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bangkok Holidays<\/a> for ideas.<\/p>\n<h2>Kuaytiaw (noodle soup) in Chinatown<\/h2>\n<p>Thin rice noodles, fragrant broth, slices of roast pork, garnished with coriander, bean sprouts and white pepper &#8211; kuaytiaw was introduced by Chinese workers in the early 1900s. Over the years Thai twists such as coconut milk have been added. The best place to try it is in Yaowarat. Uncover more China-inspired dishes on a\u00a0<a title=\"Expedia Food Discovery Tour\" href=\"http:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/pubspec\/scripts\/eap.asp?GOTO=TSHOPSDETAIL&amp;LocationID=178236&amp;OfferingID=9427?brandcid=blog.article.bangkokstreetfood.august_10082013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">food discovery walk<\/a>,\u00a0sampling fresh seafood and dumplings, in between visits to Wat Traimit Temple and the buzzing Saphan Put Night Market. Close to the night markets is Silom-Sathorn, a suburb popular with Expedia\u2019s Kiwi Travellers. Try\u00a0<a title=\"Furama Silom\" href=\"http:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/Bangkok-Hotels-Furama-Silom.h2794915.Hotel-Information?brandcid=blog.article.bangkokstreetfood.august_10082013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Furama Silom<\/a>,\u00a0a family friendly hotel with a pool when you need to chill out after a food coma.<\/p>\n<h2>Phat thai in the shadow of the Golden Mountain<\/h2>\n<p>Ok, so it\u2019s not technically a street-food stall, but most of the cooking takes place out on the pavement. We\u2019re talking about Thip Samai (313 Thanon Mahachai) in the old, waterside district of Phra Nakorn. Phat thai, in its simplest form consists of noodles, crushed peanuts, shallots and fried egg, and is served all over the city, especially around the backpacker haven Khao San Road. So what makes it so special? Well, it\u2019s been running for nearly 50 years and serves different takes on the traditional dish \u2013 adding tofu, jumbo shrimps, and even wrapping noodle dishes in paper-thin omelette. Even if you\u2019re not hungry, the sheer scale of this slick operation is worth witnessing.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forget fancy restaurants \u2013 everything you need to know about Thai food can be found on the busy streets of Bangkok. Across the city, stalls open at the crack of dawn and serve up hundreds of portions of cheap, chilli-spiked food until late at night. With only a few hundred baht in your pocket, you&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/bangkoks-five-essential-street-eats\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bangkok&#8217;s Five Essential Street Eats<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,5,2,4,30,11],"tags":[223,119,169],"authors":[],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-destination","category-experiences","category-explore","category-food","category-relax","tag-bangkok","tag-culture","tag-thailand","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bangkok&#039;s Five Essential Street Eats | Expedia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expedia.co.nz\/stories\/bangkoks-five-essential-street-eats\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bangkok&#039;s Five Essential Street Eats | Expedia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Forget fancy restaurants \u2013 everything you need to know about Thai food can be found on the busy streets of Bangkok. 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