Thai Street Food: a Photo Essay

There’s no doubt that Thailand has great food. From northern to southern Thai dishes–everything I tried was delicious. But for those who are a bit less adventurous, like everywhere else in the world you can also find non-Thai food in Thailand.

You can maybe even find that food you’ve been craving…

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That chain that you haven’t seen anywhere else in the Eastern hemisphere…

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And of course, that chain you can find on almost every street corner… (Only here Ronald will be greeting you with a polite “wai”.)

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But the real interesting part of Thai cuisine is their street food culture.

Every day we spent in Thailand we couldn’t walk more than a block without seeing someone selling food from a pushcart or a bicycle. Street food is totally different in Thailand than it is in Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, etc. and it seems to play a much more important role in daily life.

Street food is such a big part of Thai culture, that I decided to do a photo essay on it.

THAI STREET FOOD: A PHOTO ESSAY

Pushcart vendors would be selling anything from drinks to fried squids. The most commonly seen vendors were selling pancakes or fresh fruits.

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An elderly lady pushes her vegetable cart quickly, in order to dodge the heavy traffic.

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Selling freshly picked rambutan from the back of her truck.

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As night falls more substantial vendors appear selling seafood and meats on skewers.

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Before leaving Thailand we knew we had to give this street food thing a try. And seeing everyone with these delicious street pancakes made our choice on what to buy much easier. It was just a matter of picking out the right vendor.

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Adding fresh Thai banana to the Nutella.

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The finished product–which didn’t go unfinished for long! It was super delicious. Johnny equally enjoyed his mango with honey pancake as well.

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WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE STREET FOOD? 


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