Thai Bar Food

by Steve Newton Software Developer & Travel Manager If you haven’t been to Thailand or you have only done a stop-over for a night at a Bangkok airport hotel then you may not have experienced Bangkok, and its food. It’s a good idea to leave your Thailand accommodation and walk the streets to experience what Thai Food has to offer.

Find yourself a little Thai bar and have a few cold beers and something to eat. It is even possible to take your own food into a Thai restaurant, and some hawkers make their living simply going from eating place to eating place selling dried squid, deep-fried birds (crispy all the way through to the beak) and other delicacies that might not immediately attract the non-Thai. And if one eating shop does not have all that you want, then the chances are the shop next door will have it and somebody will fetch it for you.

These norms of Thai restaurant management mean that a variety of good Thai food can be found in most parts of the kingdom. One minus point, for the visitor, is that restaurants which are really Thai (in terms of food and clientele, not ownership, which is most likely to be Chinese) close very early. Thais eat early, usually taking their evening meal at about six o'clock. The result is that most of the cheaper Thai restaurants, even in Bangkok, close at about 8:00 pm. If you go too early, it is crowded, noisy and hot; go too late and there is no food left. you are, of course, no more required to eat at a cheap Thai restaurant than is the average Thai, and you will have absolutely no problem finding places to eat at any hour.

Cabbages and Condoms

This famous restaurant is the brainchild of MechaiViravaidya, who for several decades has led the campaign to make condoms fun, the best way of getting any message across.

At first concerned with a runaway population increase as a contribution to poverty, Mechai sought to change the image of condom use. That he succeeded is evident in the fact that the common word for 'condom' in Thai is now 'Mechai'. Just one of his efforts is this excellent restaurant, which would rate among the best for food, location and decor, even without the thought that in paying the perfectly reasonable bill, you are contributing to the prevention of the spread of AIDS and other STDs.

Located a very short walk from Sukhumvit on soi 12ltel.(02) 229-4610], it has some excellent examples of Thai cuisine, yet is also popular with foreigners. One thing I particularly like is that unlike many upmarket restaurants, the atmosphere is informal, prices are reasonable, and Thai whisky is served by the bottle. At the entrance is a gift shop where you can buy some of the most original souvenirs of Thailand you will ever find, and all for a good cause. Booking is sometimes necessary for larger groups. While open for lunch, the one drawback is that it closes around 10.00 pm-but you can finish your meal if ordered before then.

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