How to Order Thai Food LIKE A THAI!

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• CO

  @codice_pin · 2 years ago

  As a thai i’m so glad finally someone said it. I used to see a group of 5 friends come to a restaurant and ordered 5 big bowl of Tom Yum Kung  for each individual. No rice that was super odd. They desperately needed help. The staff could have help them.

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• BA

  @baifern0523 · 2 years ago

  I am Thai and this is exactly what my family discussed when ordering a meal. And when I say &apos;exactly&apos;, it is EXACTLY....like every point. <br>We do this naturally...never thought this is a thing lol

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• CH

  @CHOCOLATIONZ · 2 years ago

  Thai here. This is my mental checklist when ordering Thai food for sharing with friends and family. <br>1. Something meaty<br>2. Something veggies<br>3. Something soupy. <br><br>But in overall when we order food, all the dishes somehow match Pailin’s checklist perfectly!

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• PA

  @patcharac3817 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Please also be reminded that Thai Foods are supposed to eat with spoon and fork. It is also a Table Etiquette for Thai dining. Spoon is a dominant tool to scoop rice and food to your mouth (hold it in the right hand). Fork is supposed to help scooping rice and food into a spoon not a main dominant. Moreover, Pai has demonstrated many times through specific videos and throughout her channel. 😂😂

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• AH

  @ah3626 · 2 years ago

  As a Thai, i never realized this until now. This is the exact logic in my head when ordering food. So you’re right, we do this intuitively 😆

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• PI

  @pingpattpingpatt · 2 years ago (edited)

  Another way to order Thai food is Tom (Soup), Pad (Stir fried), Gang (Curry), Tod (Deep fried) and sometime Yum (Salad).This combination would make the meal full of favours, different food textures and looks. Additionally, Thais would tend to order more food than less. The full table meal!. It is a must to leave the meal full and satisfied. :P

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• CA

  @catherinetong4472 · 2 years ago

  Coming from a Chinese family its so intuitive to order based on variety. Example- always order several meat dishes, a chicken/pork/beef/seafood dish, then you must order a vegetable or vegetable/tofu/mixed dish, sometimes soup. We also like variety in terms of how its cooked and the flavor profile. Like one dish can be deep fried, but the others might be stir-fry, steamed, saucy, etc. So interesting that Thai food is similar but with the extra spice factor.

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• DE

  @debrankine6453 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Pai, I suspect the restaurant owners will consider this video a blessing and a curse, so informative and delicious people will come in droves and overwhelm the kitchen. Lol <br>Your brother does an amazing job capturing your Thailand adventures. Bravo!

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• IF

  @ifeelgood_fk · 2 years ago

  พอดูคลิปนี้แล้วเพิ่งรู้ตัวเลยค่ะว่าคนไทยสั่งอาหารภาพรวมแบบอัตโนมัติจริงๆ เราต้องมีกับข้าวที่เป็น ต้ม ผัด แกง ทอด มีจืด มีเผ็ด และรสอื่นๆ มีเนื้อสัตว์ มีผัก ในมื้อ 1 ครบ แล้วต่อด้วยขนมหวาน โดยที่เราไม่ได้คิดอะไรเป้นขั้นเป็นตอนแบบตั้งใจด้วย เป็นไปเอง

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• RU

  @rubaiyachowdhury5999 · 2 years ago

  That’s how we Bengalis order too! Bengalis, Thai and Asians in general are collective in nature, so similarly, our meals are meant to be shared among a huge group of people. There is no ‘this is my order, this is yours.’ Which is whenever we are in Thailand, which is at least once a year, we love ordering! <br><br>We order a main ‘filler’ dish like rice or noodles and side dishes which, based on the number of people sharing, usually has one chicken dish and/or one beef dish, a couple of seafood dish (one whole fish and the other with shrimps and other seafood) and one vegetable. We also like to balance it out with dry and curried dishes!

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• DO

  @dompy1 · 2 years ago

  This was super informative and educational! What a fascinating and beautiful array of dishes! Honestly, it made me miss my Dad, who has passed on, and who was raised in rural Mexico. He had the most adventurous palate. He loved foods of all cultures, especially spicy foods and he was not afraid to try anything once. He would have relished a meal like this. Thank you for sharing this experience. If I&apos;m ever lucky enough to visit Thailand, I would happily order everything you did here and enjoy it in honor of the memory of my father! ❤

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• NA

  @NattyBuns · 2 years ago

  The template my parents taught me when ordering at a Thai restaurant for friends and family is:<br>1 protein heavy dish<br>1 seafood<br>1 curry/soup<br>1 veggie dish<br>1 carb heavy dish, ie. fried rice, pad thai, pad see ew, etc.<br><br>Of these dishes I&apos;ll order at least 1 of them non-spicy, everything else spicy

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