Foreigners - Which Thai dish do you dislike most?

[ClashFanSG]

Thin rice noodles with pigs blood, bamboo, egg, fishball, chicken. 10 baht. I can fish the whole thing, leaving the bamboo behind lol.



Surprised to see Yen Ter Foo in the list lol....I love this. Singapore/Malaysia's version is either clear soup or dry but with loads of sweet sauce and chilli. This Thai version is just a soup + a little sweet sauce version. I found it light and delicious. Only thing is the pig's blood, different from SG/MY versions which are smooth like Tou Fu. This thai version of pig blood has holes or something in it, so when u chew on it, the soup/juice will explode in ur mouth. lol



My wife ordered this, named Suki i think. When its put on our table, my first impression was ..... it looked exactly like our baby's vomit. But I tested it anyway, its a pork and egg soup with kway teow....haha

[Betti]

anything that comes out of a school canteen and disguised as Thai food is just pretty much hopeless. (they cook everything a couple of hours before lunch and it sits around.)

[Sparky]

My worst is som tam Isaan (tho not necessarily som tam Thai) because not only is it too spicy, it's also too salty. I've never gotten used to this dish, and unlike some Thai people I know I will not get a headache it I don't eat it for 2 days .

I would agree with nam_phyyng about pla-laa, except that I've never dared to try it.

[Sparky]

anything that comes out of a school canteen and disguised as Thai food is just pretty much hopeless. (they cook everything a couple of hours before lunch and it sits around.)

The canteen at work cannot be any better. I haven't eaten there for more than 2 years now. First it was hairs in the food, but the last straw was the baby cockroach.

[Chino1]

[QUOTE=David, May be I live out of Thailand too long, what is this food made of >>>>> [thai]ข้าวผัดอเมริกัน[/thai].

[Betti]

it's a westernised fried rice dish, usually with fried sausage, ham, egg, and the spices are more western too. it is not bad at all , but it is not Thai food.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Fried_Rice

[David_Loves_Ubonwan]

From a couple of previous threads on the subject:-

"American Fried Rice, inspired by American breakfast, was invented by a Thai cook during The Vietnam War in an attempt to cater to American GIs stationed in Thailand. Rice and 'western vegetables' such as onion, carrot, green pea, and raisin are stir-fried in ketchup and served with ham, fried bacon, fried chicken, and egg sunny-side up, resembling typical American breakfast. Due to its misleading name, many Thais believe this dish originated in the US and can be found serving in typical restaurants there."

It's the ketchup mixed in with the fried rice that I don't like.

David

[Betti]

you're right - especially Thai ketchup, which is sweeeeet - I don't think it's good on anything.

[mikeheart]

anything that comes out of a school canteen and disguised as Thai food is just pretty much hopeless. (they cook everything a couple of hours before lunch and it sits around.)

That's the same the world over. In England most kids say school dinners are inedible. In fact they say you cant tell what it is when you look at it or taste it

[Mel]

and smelly beans (sa-tor?) i have no idea what the proper name is but it looks like a 1-baht coin sized flat green bean that smells.

You are right, it's called สะตอ (sator), the most popular dish is 'sator pad kung' or stir-fried sator with shrimp.

I have never eaten sator, persons who like sator confirm its good taste despite the bad smell, same as durian - good taste but nasty smell. It's well known that after eating sator or durian, brushing the teeth and mouth wash are the must .

I like Lab mai sook but I don't like Lab mai sook sai leuat (Raw beef with blood).

I guess it is ลู่เลือด (loo leuat), scary dish for me too . It's popular in rural areas in Isaan and the North, they like to eat it with local liquor. Sometimes I saw the warnings about this dish from Health Department, I really don't know if they follow the warnings.