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Where to Eat & Drink
Prepared food is available just about everywhere in Thailand, and it shouldn't come as a
surprise that the locals do much of their eating outside the home. In this regard, as a visitor,
you'll fit right in.
Open-air markets and food stalls are among the most popular places where Thais eat. In
the morning, stalls selling coffee and Chinese-style doughnuts spring up along busy com-
muter corridors. At lunchtime, midday eaters might grab a plastic chair at yet another stall
for a simple stir-fry, or pick up a foam box of noodles to scarf down at the office. In most
small towns, night markets often set up in the middle of town with a cluster of vendors,
metal tables and chairs, and some shopping as an after-dinner mint.
Thai Hawker Food , by Kenny Yee and Catherine Gordon, is an illustrated guide to recognising and ordering
street food in Thailand.
There are, of course, restaurants (ráhn ah·hăhn) in Thailand that range from simple food
stops to formal affairs. Lunchtime is the right time to point and eat at the ráhn kôw gaang
(rice-and-curry shop), which sells a selection of premade dishes. The more generic ráhn
ah·hăhn đahm sàng (food-to-order shop) can often be recognised by a display of raw in-
gredients - Chinese kale, tomatoes, chopped pork, fresh or dried fish, noodles, eggplant,
spring onions - and serve a standard repertoire of Thai and Chinese dishes. As the name
implies, the cooks attempt to prepare any dish you can name, a slightly more difficult oper-
ation if you can't speak Thai.
 
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