Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Food Experiences
Top Local Restaurants
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Krua Apsorn, Bangkok
This award-winning restaurant has a thick menu of decadent Bangkok- and central Thail-
and-style fare. (
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Jay Fai, Bangkok
Lauded shophouse that specialises in seafood-heavy stir-fries that blur the line between Thai and
Chinese cuisines.(
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Kow Soy Siri Soy, Chiang Mai
At lunchtime, locals swoop in on motorbikes to slurp down a bowl of rich and spicy
kôw soy
- northern Thai curry noodle soup. (
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Lung Eed, Chiang Rai
Simple but profoundly delicious northern-style chicken
lâhp
(a type of minced meat 'salad').
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Hua Hin Koti, Hua Hin
You know a restaurant is good in Thailand when the queue for a table stretches around the
corner. (
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Gai Yang Rabeab, Khon Kaen
Gài yâhng
(grilled chicken) and
sôm·đam
(spicy green-papaya salad) done right, with
never a thought of compromising for
fa·ràng
(Western) tastes. (
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Ging Pagarang, Ko Samui
Locals know this is one of the island's best beachside places to sample authentic Samui-
style seafood. (
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Bao Pradit, Mukdahan
An English menu lets you order dishes made of ant eggs, rattan, wild boar and other local in-
gredients. (
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Kruthara, Krabi
One of Thailand's very best seafood kitchens attracts domestic tourists from around the country.
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Moom Aroy, Si Racha
Choose from a vast seafood menu at this long-standing open-air place perched over the sea.
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Cooking Courses
A standard one-day course usually features a shopping trip to a local market to choose in-
gredients, followed by preparation of curry pastes, soups, curries, salads and desserts.
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Helping Hands, Bangkok
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Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School, Chiang Mai
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Koh Chang Thai Cookery School, Ko Chang
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Pai Cookery School, Pai
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Suay Cooking School, Phuket Town
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