Essential Thai Foods You Need To Try

Thailand’s culinary scene is rich and highly sought after. Unique flavors and ingredients have rendered Bangkok’s food scene as a hotspot for all traveling foodies. With that in mind, check out these Essential Thai Foods You Need To Try.

Let’s start sweet with one of Thailand’s favorite desserts. Mango sticky rice is as delicious as it is simple: sweet yellow mango served with rice made sticky by absorbing the sweetened coconut milk. Best to eat immediately after you buy it, so don’t be shy if you gotta use your hands!

Need to find some good mango sticky rice in Bangkok? Check out Yenly Yours for your fix of anything and everything mango.

Stir-fried rice noodles with a bevy of herbs, spices, condiments, and other mouthwatering treats, the dish’s insane customizability has garnered international acclaim and popularity. In the streets of Bangkok, you’ll find this icon of Thai cuisine almost anywhere.

Itching for pad thai at the midnight hour? Hop on a tuk-tuk and start roaming around Bangkok for some of its best midnight snacks with Klook’s Bangkok’s Best Eats Midnight Food Tour.

In Thailand, what we usually call ‘pork barbeque’ is known as Moo/Mu Ping. Succulent bits of pork grilled on a skewer but Thai style pork skewers are usually served with peanut sauce and pickled vegetables as well as having different versions of the marinade to give it a unique Thai flavor.

You don’t need to look far for your fix of Moo Ping since, like other countries, a very popular street food. Check out Klook’s Adventurous Evening Food Tour to hop on a tuk-tuk and find out what makes theirs so different.

The savory dish is made possible by its key ingredient: UNRIPENED papayas. This type of papayas are firm and lacking the sweetness ripe papayas do, allowing it to withstand a good shredding and pounding to achieve one of Thailand’s best flavors.

Shredded green papaya is pounded in a mortar and pestle along with a bevy of different aromatics and ingredients such as dried shrimp, asparagus beans, and the occasional chili pepper for guests who want some extra heat.

Another dish that looks familiar? Thailand’s version of crispy, double deep-fried pork belly is known as Moo Grob. While it’s prepared similarly to our favorite lechon kawali, it’s definitely worth trying out with Thailand’s spin on different sauces and sides to go with it. Check out our guide on Bangkok’s best food stalls conveniently located near their train stations.

Like most Thai food, tom yum is highly customizable. You can customize the spicy and sour soup dish with different herbs and spices and meats to suit your needs and tastes.

Our recommendation for your tom yum fix in Bangkok? Head over to Jeh O Chula and order their Mama Tom Yum. Eggs, prawns, meat and more mouthwatering delights populate the bowl and, after a short while, your stomach.

Why, yes it is a peculiar filling to an omelette, but it’s one that’s become widely popular around Bangkok. Eggs that are fried on a cast iron pan until crispy, topped off with the signature seafood, and served with sauce on the side make this dish a favorite and affordable meal at any time of the day.

Curious to see what an oyster omelette actually tastes like? Book Klook’s Hoi Tod Chaw Lae in Thonburi meal experience and see what the fuss is all about.

Savory meat in a hearty broth plus coming small bowls virtually ensures that you’ll be getting a second bowl… then a third, and then a fourth. It’s actually very common to see boat noodles stacked up high in local food stalls so try our hand and see if how many you can polish off.

Head to Pranakorn Boat Noodle at Victory Monument with a Klook voucher and get 10 bowls off the bat.

Pineapple fried rice is exactly what the name suggests, a hearty combo of the tangy fruit and all the elements that make fried rice great. Top if off with prawns or another form of meat, then put all of it inside an actual pineapple for even more of that addictively sweet flavor.

Craving for some quick pineapple fried rice? Head over to Savoey Restaurant for a mouthwatering taste of their Seafood-stuffed Pineapple Fried Rice

Savory with just a hint of sweet to tickle your lips and a ton of ingredients to give it a distinct flavor that pundits consider to be some of the best in all of Thailand. Massaman curry is all of those things and arguably more, with curry essentials coming together with local Thai flavors in a mouthwatering blend of spices and aromas.

Take it from CNNGo, massaman curry is something you need to try in the “Land of Smiles.”

Bangkok’s food scene is renowned all over the world. To get the best picks, check out our guide to the best local food spots in Bangkok as well as checking out where you can find cheap Michelin-starred food in Thailand’s capital.