Thai Treats :)

To most people, a trip to Thailand only served one goal : "Shop till you drop!"

To the minority (me), travelling to new horizons would only mean one thing: "Eat till you drop!"

Taking pride in their hawker fare, Thailand is very much like Malaysia in that sense. The night market is where you find traditional delicacies served under florescent lights with the occasional visit from flying pests. 

Ginger based Tau Fu Fa

Soya Milk with Jelly

What this dude was serving seemed so much like tau fu fa! Greedy us wanted a taste of everything and pointed accordingly to the bowls of dessert, only to find one to strong in taste and the other as bland as water.  Thats the price of a little adventure I supposed! 

Disappointed, we nosed around the next stall ...

There was quite a crowd of 3-4 peeps queing for this, compared to the other stalls which were left unvisited, this is a good sign...perhaps? 

 The array of dry condiments! 

The toss!

Tada! 

Truth be told, it was lovely! Its similar to the Vietnamese noodles you get here but with handful of ingredients! And for the price of RM4?? you can die tearing with joy! 

Fate brought us to Chinatown the following night. The entire street was bedazzled by multicoloured neon signboards! So pretty the sight was that I started singing to  "Downtown where all the lights are bright! ....", all silently in my head.

Mesmerized by the "city's" lights, noted how most of the hawker stalls there were selling the same stuff! 

                        

Sharks Fin and Birds Nest!

The Birds Nest with gingko nuts was refreshing and subtly sweet, although there were only a few mouthfuls of birds' nest in it as expected. We were all doubting the authenticity of the sharks fin soup though... 

Pancake Stalls! 

Entitled to two options: savoury (chicken floss)  and sweet (pineapple puree)

We tried both (of course), and mmmmmm.. loved it! 

Mcdonalds Mcdonalds.... Yes I went all the way to Thailand and dined in a MCD franchise! You may hurdle me with names, call me what you want.......BUT  I've gotten my hands on this!!!

          

Burger BABI! 

Succulent, juicy and oh so heavenly!  

Maybe I should start proposing to the gov for a separate McD outlet... with the sign "Non-Halal" dangling at the entrance's door. Then we won't have to pay the price of an air ticket just for the P.O.R.K burger anymore. 

Aside from that, lacking at our McDs is the Tuna pie and some orange drink that comes with your burger set.

We didn't get to venture for food so much due to the tour we were tied to and  most of our meal destinations were prefixed, so we ended up feeding on international buffet meals which was pretty disappointing. 

However one fine noon ... this was served at the buffet parlor. 

Rice Cupcakes

This tiny humble looking thing gave us a shock of our lives. This magical thing just melts in your mouth.. warm and creamy....the fact that they were so tiny only made me help myself with more! I could just eat a dozen of then as a meal! 

Other types of rice cakes... mini versions of the pancakes we had in China Town

 Cute bite-sized kuihs!

Whats Thailand without Mango Sticky Rice and Tom Yam? I've always wanted to try authentic Mango Sticky Rice and Tom Yam, since most tom yam here are made to adjust our local tastebuds. So I was anticipating some really spicy bowl ...

But it wasn't that spicy! 

Mango Sticky Rice from a foodcourt was nothing to rave about.

In fact I've tasted better ones here! haha. Hail Malaysia! 

Another porky thing ...called Pork Satay. (mmmmm)

Our last night got us all doing some very last minute shopping and Wei-I spotted this boy here selling banana pancakes, in other words, roti pisang la..

Instead of serving the "roti pisang" with dahl and curry, this was drizzled instead with condensed milk and sprinkled with sugarrrrr!  

Famously preached by Anthony Bourdain, " You can only truly understand a culture eating what they eat".
Well it definitely wasn't the shopping that made me comprehend their country and culture. :)

Thai cuisine was indeed unique, but it sure does accommodate taste buds across the universe! The trip up north left me satisfied ...

till my adventurous palate came across Air Asia's lunch boxes....