@@phuyaibankaengkro thoughtless dish ก็น่าจะพอใช้ได้ คิดอยู่แป๊บ mindless dish น่าจะดีกว่า thoughtless มันแปลความหมายแง่ลบไปหน่อย Mindless = (of an activity) so simple or repetitive as to be performed automatically without thought or skill.
About number 7, as a Thai myself I think it's not entirely true. There's a kind of market called ตลาดสด that mostly sell fresh vegetable and meat too, or someone might prefer to buy from Tesco Lotus or Big-C Supermarket because its look cleaner than a normal wet market. There's a lot of people go there to buy those vegetables and raw food materials to cook at home. Anyway, half of my family's diet are bought prepared haha
What this channel showcased here is not actual wet market either. Real wet market often is a solid establishment, not ensemble of umbrella lunch market, and tuck away in some old community. People who want the cheapest ingredient in bulk goes there, but it's probably harder to find in downtown Bangkok because like @kraanialepsy said, hygene and ready-to-eat lifestyle of urbanism.
4:10 Fun Fact : There is a big misunderstanding among the general public, even Thai people, that "Somtam" is an Isaan food influenced by Laos. This is because Isaan people are the people who eat this type of food the most and have done business and developed the taste until it was pleasing to most people. But actually every region has its own Somtam. For example, "Somtam-Thai" which belongs to the central region and it is a food that originated and was spread out from "Bangkok". Because when you consider the ingredients in a good dish, You'll find papaya, tomatoes, lemons, chilies, and even peanuts. They are not even the original plants of this area. It is therefore almost impossible. that this type of food originates from Laos which is currently a country without a sea But it might be because in the past Thai people and most Isaan people understood that Most Isaan people are of Lao descent. Even though in fact Isan is a region that has many borders with countries other than Laos. And Isaan (the northeastern region) of Thailand also has no sea too. Here is an interesting question. “If Somtam is a food that actually originated in Laos, then how did they get those ingredients to create food in an era where transportation was not as convenient as in the industrial era and at that time Laos still considered it It is an administrative area of the Siamese kingdom. without passing through the capital or port city ?" Moreover, these misunderstandings may occur because the word "Somtam" is actually formed from two words: "Som" which means "sour taste" in ancient times and "Tam" which means "pound" together. Make it truly means "Pound anything that has a sour taste." "It exists in every region," causing the misunderstanding that it is the same food, as discovered in historical documents. In fact, "somtam" in the form of "papaya salad" only recently emerged in Bangkok. This is because papaya is the main ingredient in this menu. It had just been imported into Thailand during the Rattanakosin period. During the reign of King Rama I, the capital is present-day Bangkok. And if you can listen to Thai You should watch this clip. ua-cam.com/video/8qJW3gU8By8/v-deo.html
ข้อ 6 ผิดเแน่นอน อาหารไทยอีสานไม่ได้มาจากลาว ถ้าจะพูดให้ถูกคนไทยอีสานกับคนลาวถือเป็นคนกลุ่มเดียวกันเป็นพี่น้องกัน คนกลุ่มนี้ถูกแยกออกจากกันหลังจากจากสมัยที่มีการแบ่งแยกประเทศอย่างชัดเจน เป็นประเทศไทย กับประเทศลาว โดยใช้แม่น้ำโขงเป็นตัวแบ่งกั้นประเทศ การพูดว่าไทยมาจากลาว หรือ ลาวมาจากไทยเป็นเรื่องที่ไม่ถูกต้องครับ จะทำให้คนสองกลุ่มทะเลาะกันได้ ควรพูดว่ามีบรรพบุรุษหรือวัฒนธรรมทางอาหารร่วมกันจะดีกว่าครับ Regarding statement number 6, it is important to clarify that Thai isaan food did not originate from Laos. To accurately represent the cultural relationship between Thai people from the Northeast and Laotian people, they should be recognized as belonging to the same ethnic group, with shared histories and cultural practices. The division between Thailand and Laos as separate nation-states occurred during the post-nation state era, where the Mekong River was used as a boundary line. Expressing a belief that one country's culture originated from the other can lead to misunderstandings and tensions between the two groups. Instead, it is more appropriate to acknowledge the shared cultural practices and ancestral connections between the two groups
Papaya imported to Thailand in Ayutthaya Era. In the past the ingredients like papaya ,dried shrimp, nut , tomato or others don’t have in Laos. Only people in the palace or rich people could have ( not for ordinary people).
Chili peppers, cilantro/coriander, tomatoes, potatoes, corn all brought over by Portuguese sailors to Thailand from the new world. Oranges, limes and more brought over from China.
Hi there! I really enjoy your videos as they are insightful and well executed. I'm an ethnically malay Muslim (with mixtures of some Middle Eastern heritages) who was born and raised in Bangkok; and that my ancestors have lived in Bangkok for over a hundred years. It's true that Bangkok has been heavily influenced by the Chinese cuisine, so we, Muslims in Bangkok, embrace their food but modify it to be 'halal', mainly by changing ingredients. For food with South Asian or Middle Eastern hints, you can also easily find them in Bangkok, given that the Thai capital has been home to people from diverse backgrounds for decades. By the way, I do love your content and hit the subscribe button since the first ten seconds watching your video. Keep up the good work 🤓
I tried my best to make a video on Eid al-Fitr this year- me and Jaspar actually ran around town with the camera to the mosques in Silom and Phetchaburi Soi 5 area...but like....nothing was happening. Hah. My guess was that it was so close to Songkran this year that a lot of people were out of town and/or restaurants closed. Or maybe we just didn't time it right and missed the fun- I used to love trying to visit Indonesia (where I used to live off-and-on) at the end of Ramadan. Oh well. Working on a video for two weeks from now on Khao Yam/Nasi Kerabu- a great Muslim dish from the South. Thanks so much for your kind words, very much appreciated.
I started following your channel when the number of your subscriber was only around ten thounsand. I'm sooo happy to see the number of your subscribers rise to over one hundred thousands now. Congratulations !
Not confirmed, but I think Swensen's in Thailand has some regulations for having cute girls as waitresses. 😆 I remember going to Swensen's for seven days in a row just to see one waitress, back when i was a student. Went broke after a short time 😂😂
I'm Thai, and I guarantee it's true. Bcus Swensen's in Thailand requires the personality of waitresses in hire advertising like ages couldn't over 25 yo, and looking good appearances. Sorry if my English is bad, hahaha.
Just to correct you a few points you may also be surprised; - Most of E-san food incl. Som tam created in Thailand, not Laos. People in E-san and Laos shares same root and cultures so the food is exchanged back and forth over time. You may already know that papaya and chili are originally from South America... Thailand got them through trading with Portugal in the past. If you go to Laos, their food is more soft and not as spicy as E-san food. It's like a mix between E-san and Northern food. - Thai food indeed got highly influenced from Chinese and Indian. But Masman, the curry got influenced from Persian culture, not Indian. - Pad thai and Pad kaprao are classic dishes. You will find it all over Thailand, esp night market. You don't need to wait just to have them in Bangkok or central part of Thailand. Anyway, enjoy the food!
Watching this video is like learning about a new country, going down the rabbit hole of the Laos-Thai food connection now! Great content, really like the way you shoot, excited to follow you on your journey!
My Thai family are from Suphanburi, half the family still live there, all of them cook at home, the only time they eat out is when either we visit from London, or the Bangkok side of the family visit. In saying that when the Mrs lived in BKK, he apartment didn’t even have a kitchen.
Hi OTR, just want to give some context to why you can usually find (Thai) green gurry loaded with 'daikon' chicken on bone and sometimes other ingredients is because they are cheap and help restaurants make the dish bigger while maintaining the low-low cost. If you make the same dish at home Thais will seldom use these ingredients and will instead opt for better cuts of chicken (or other meats) and forego the ingredients added for volume.
Not confirm that nobody in Thai cooking ,as you said the price so low but for Thai people ,They are not the low price for them.I’m Thai and My family don’t usually buy the food because some of the store they not guarantee the quality of hygienic,we don’t know they washed vegetables or not but it isn’t all the food store that I mentioned but if your family cook for themselves that is the best thing. Sorry for wrong grammar lol😢
Fun fact: you can find Mu Kratha in Korea nowadays the funny thing is that Mu Kratha is like a copycat of Korea BBQ we don't even call "Mu Kratha"at first place we call "Korean BBQ" straight forward hahaha
Right- I mean, Korean barbecue is so popular everywhere that the business idea makes sense. But yeah 100% it’s Korean barbecue...but with the hot pot/ma la tang added
Swensen's is underated. The price is only a bit higher than the cheap-tier ice cream. But the quality improve a lot. Like, really. You can get a decent sundae with a price cheaper than boba tea.
Thai food made in foreign countries is often reduced in spice to allow people in that country to eat Thai food that is spicy and very diverse. And some street food in Thailand tastes better than other big restaurants.
Really enjoy the style of your videos. Very very cool, fun and informative 🎉 food looks awesome and also I couldn't agree more with your points. My business partner and I actually own a Thai restaurant chain and our customers always complain that our green curry is thin and soup like haha
Love Mu Kratha. The only problem now is that as meat has got more expensive a lot of the restaurants, instead of increasing thier prices by say 10 bhat, actually buy cheaper poorer quality meat. This obviously really ruins the meal and what often happens is that the ones that maintain their quality and increase their prices slightly end up closing because Thai people continue to go to the ones that reduce the quality but maintain the lower prices.
Yo, yes Swensen's 😂 I was also shocked to see it when I got here. And so many too. My dad's side of the family all live in SF back then and my cousin would take me there when I was a kid. Matter of fact I think think it's the same shop 10:13 cause they lived on Nob Hill. Sizzlers are also here though not as much locations in USA but I wouldn't be surprised in the next 10 years there will be more Sizzler here.
When I saw the video mention "vegetarian food" it remind me of "เทศกาลกินเจ" the biggest vegetarian food festival (held around September-October) where Chinese immigrant brought it to Phuket and now it spread all over the country (but I never heard there is a festival like that in China nowsaday).
I wish one day we can replace the term "Curry" which currently referring to all types of Thai "Gaeng with coconut milk". Another important fact is that Som Tum will never taste right without a spoonful of MSG!
very detail oriented and get to the point and local spot! haha.. Thank you for unwrapping our Thai culture and tradition. Very interesting to watch and glad you embrace the culture..beautiful =)
Thanks! And that dish is 1000% Thai in every way, except the technique of stir-frying at a high temperature, which did come over as a chinese technique
@@OTRontheroad u know what..compare to what u've got, the content, the presentation and everything, ii think you are so underrated! =) cheer up, already subscribed!
There is a saying in Thai "Mu kratha will cure everything" Because Mu Kratha isn't just a food or something to eat, lady and gentleman, Mu kratha is the way of life!
Nah, the birthplace of somtum (papaya salad) is Bangkok. the oldest record of this dish is cooking book that written around birth of Bangkok itself (rattanakosin era) . As you can see almost all of ingredients in somtum are not native plants, main ingredient are papaya, red chili, tomato all of these plants come from colombus exchange but it was Portuguese who introduced these plant to Malacca (papaya in Thai language is Malagor) before spread to Thailand shortly before the birth of Bangkok. Laos is landlocked very far away from sea port, so it's not surprised that they received these plants through Thailand. But the thing is Somtum has to eat with sticky rice, its taste is weird if you eat with normal rice that's why it's way more popular in Isan region (and spread to Laos later) more than Bangkok the birthplace of this dish itself. that's the reason why in Bangkok, you most likely find somtum in Isan restaurant and this dish associated with Isan region (central Thai used to eat sticky rice for every meals like Laos as well in the past but it changed to be normal rice later) btw, Somtum Thai and Laos are slightly different. we put fermented fish in Laos somtum but not for central Thai.
Wait for our full video on this subject. This is....not at all how it happened, and we'll prove that in detail. However you aren't wrong about the arrival of certain ingredients, and what is called "som tam Thai" today does most likely have roots in central Thailand. The original version of this dish (and of most dishes) is certainly not exactly the same now as it was in the past.
As you can clearly see some of the negative comments from the Thais, always trying to discredit, disown, disrespect, downplay, disvalue anything that has to do with "Lao." This is a common practice and attitude amongst the Thais towards Lao people for centuries. Thai-fication in effect. They want to deny everything that has to do with "Lao" because they were ingrained and bombarded day in and day out that "Lao" was bad, dirty, backward, ugly, all the negatives. When the Europeans arrived in Siam there were already Lao people living there, a concensus was giving of the ethnic groups there, the two largest groups were the Siamese and Laos. If according to you somtum was invented there, it could still be invented by a Lao. Even in Ramkhamheang's inscriptions you can even see words and phrases that are uniquely Lao and not Siamese. The Thai channel did a documentary on somtum and they even said it came from Lao people, and it got more popularized when Siam conquered Lan Xang and did a forced migration of the Lao people to Bangkok. Somtum according to the Thai documentary came from the Lao Tom Sum. Thais didn't even associate somtum and khao niew with being Thai 50 years because they deemed it LAO, and Lao was a bad word to them. All of Isan and Northern Thailand were called "Lao" by the Siamese before Thai-fication. Thailand was built by the blood, sweat, and lives of the Lao people in the beginning through enslavement. They were made to dig the canals of Bangkok and build the royal palace by the hands of the Lao, but of course some Thais would never want to give any credit to the Lao.
@@mythai05 100%, and it's definitely an idea we'll do before too long. Also- re: your above reference to "Tam Som" renamed "Som Tam"- yes, that's totally correct and I had a section on that in our video, but ended up cutting it for time. Cheers and thanks for watching!
@@mythai05 Suchit Wongthes never say it's invented by chinese-lao settler. it has nothing to do with chinese and chinese-lao was very rare mixed at the time. I don't know where the heck you get that idea from . He just debunked the story of laos origin and he wrote in many articles and spoke about this topic in many videos you can recheck it.
OMG! Swensen's was available in my country(Malaysia) in the late 1980's/early 90's. Spent some good times there with friends way back when. Such a shame the closed almost all their stores years ago. Only time I can eat their ice cream is when I visit Thailand.
I would like for the entries for the Thai Food Academy program to let at least some of them being in a few distinctive dishes they can call their own, fusion, regional or otherwise. Does anyone else feel that a little such leeway could help bring in more flow from the academy and/or exchange (even in terms of its neighbors)?
Regional quisine part is true! On Phuket, curries are just on another level❣so creamy, delicious and can be found on any market. But bear in mind, Southern people like their curry death level spicy haha
Hey, Thai nationalist here. Thailand is an America of Southeast Asia. They have taken many foreign elements, mix them together, take the best aspects, and finally create world class Thai element, which now instead influences other cuisines. About the government program to promote Thai food, if food didnt taste good, no one would eat it. No matter how many restaurants the government tries to open. Lastly, Thai isan food isnt Laotian food. Its partially correct. However, by the same logic, we can also say that Laotian food is Thai isan food. Truth is, Laos ans Isan (Northeastern part of Thailand) both were under Lan-Xang kingdom. So they both came from the same root.
Re: the third point- kind of- it’s way beyond simply the Lan Xang period. But yes, it’s true that both countries have borrowed a ton from each other (and the world is better for it). For example- grilled meat with sticky rice is something that’s a tradition of ethnic Lao. That’s not disputable. However the current most common version (chicken with sticky rice) is a Thai-Isaan addition- historically Lao was pork and fish. So is that a Lao dish today? No. Is it a Thai dish? No- it’s just a dish that’s amazing. Re: your other points- yes, the cultural melting pot is what makes Thai food one of the world’s best cuisines. Combine the best of Indian, Chinese, Malay, Lao, Mon, Tai and so many others, and do it in a country with such an abundance of natural ingredients- you’ll end up with something incredible.
Issan food is Lao food because the majority of Issan are ethnic Lao, yes, they are Thai citizens, but they are Lao by ethnicity. Thais didn't even considered som tum as Thai in the past, because according to Thais it smelled bad, Thais started to claim it as Thais when it became popular amongst foreigners. That's Thais MO, they like to claim everything by putting "Thai" in front. The Issan region in the past was not even called Issan, it was called Lao Kang, Lao Kao, and Lao Puan. Then the Central Thai government collectively named all 3 regions Issan. Even the people of Northern Thailand (Lanna) were called Lao by the Siamese. The people of Chiang Mai were called "Lao Chiang" and the people of Vientiane were called "Lao Wiang". Go do some research, some of these facts were written by Thai authors. Thais came from Lao. I don't know where the Siamese came from, probably Cambodians because the original Siamese were dark skinned according to Europeans who made descriptions between Lao and Siamese in Bangkok in the past. According to you, you say Thai and Lao came from the same root, yet Thais don't want to give Lao any credits on anything, but when it's convenient you want to say they're related. Be consistent and stop contradicting yourself, don't disclaim something and then claim it when it suits you, in the long run it doesn't make you look good, and people start doubting you. Yes, Thailand is developing at a fast rate, congratulations on that, but some of ya'll heads are getting too big.
Love your channel Adam, question on origin of Phad Thai though. if there was a shortage of rice, why did the PM use rice noodles in Phad Thai for the dish ? Kob Khun Krub :-)
Today youth is all about mu kratha (pork pan) Chinese mala hotpot chinda-suki Yang nea( grilled butter pan) Yang talay grill seafood butter you should try it out
I didn't knew that more 80% of swensen's are in Thailand. I always thought of it as some American brand store chain and only small percentage of store are in Thailand 😅
We still cook at home. I'm Chinese ethnic. Most of the time, my family cook simple Chinese foods home because the street foods are spicy or too much seasoning. Chinese ethnic like me can't eat hot and spicy food every meal. Anyway we still buy alot of ready to eat foods.
Love to say that Esan and Lao share some common, better than saying Esan food originated from Lao. I find it just similar but not the same. And it's just in border area too.
Please watch our upcoming video coming out on Wednesday this week exploring the origins of Isaan cuisine- hopefully that will help clarify the Lao origins for you!
Isaan food is Thai food, not Laos' one. Local people in the north-eastern part of Thailand share similar culture to Laos. Laos used to be a part of Siam or, so called Thailand in the present days, but separated by French.
@@massoluk You are incorrect. Isaan culture is not influenced by Laotian culture. Actually, both cultures stem from Lan Chang's culture. Isaan culture is not influenced by Laotian culture, but they share the same culture. By the way, all people in Siam, Lan Chang, and Lanna have similar cultures because all of them are Tai.
It’s a holiday and I really don’t want to get into a debate, so I’ll just say that we’ve got a few videos coming in 2023 on the actual history of Isaan food. Would suggest watching, I’m sure you’ll find it interesting.
"Isaan food" IS Lao food. "Isaan" (Northeatern) is only an administrative region created around the 1930s, when Siam became Thailand, to indicate former boundry of the Lao Lan Xang kingdom (and where there are mostly Lao people) that is now part of Thailand. Up until the 1990s, people from the northeasern region still openly embrace their Lao identity before succumbing to societal pressures (Lao became a bad word in Thai society) and opting for "Isaan" instead. The only differences is that the Lao on the PDR side of the Mekong was indirectly "saved" by the French from the same fate.
@@MrKiNgJSA Isaan people are predominately ethnic Lao but they are Thai nationals. If by Laotian you mean citizens of Laos PDR than you would be correct because Isaan is def. not part of modern day Laos. However, Isaan culture, language and food are fundamentally Lao.
3. nobody cooks at home. hmm...so i'm me and a lot of my friends are the weird one? we do cook our dinner almost every day it's not that hard maybe it's true for expat not for local. Buy raw ingredient is much cheaper and it's like double the size for the same price plus u can control the taste of the food to your like.
Eh- "nobody" is sarcastic, it's obviously not really nobody, plenty of people eat at home. But I'd say the percentage of people who eat food brought from outside (or eat out) is by far the highest I've ever encountered anywhere in the world. Should have probably said that more clearly....haha. Didn't mean for it to be taken literally.
Didn't know Santi Asok will be on this video 😂 My Aunt is in this cult opps stay there and always call us when there is Rong-Je (Vegetarian Food Fair) around there. We can go buy some Vegetarian Food with only 1 bath, it like free food, some of them taste pretty good too.
Please watch our video on Santi Asoke! We did a whole video there. I say “cult” because that’s the reputation and stereotype. But the truth is it’s just a community and we had a great experience filming there. Please check out the video!
@@OTRontheroad I know they are not really a cult but some aspect of them feel like a cult to me but over all they are nice buddhist people. When my aunt got an accident and stay at hospital, I see all the people from Santi Asoke visit her from 8 am to 6 pm which is hard to see on Bangkok city people. But some of them also bring questionable medicine for a visit and some do some weird meditation to heal injury which get me weird out sometime.
I knew KFC situation is bad in US, but did not know Swensen's is almost extinct We have a joke that Thailand have many old things from other countries But I'm surprise that some of them somehow have better situation than their home countries
I want to send this video to all new Expats who has just arrived Bangkok and complaint so much on apartment's kitchen. Most of the rental places were made for Thai and WE DONT COOK! Our place is just for sleeping and warm the food or making instant noodle. That's all. You need to afford more money on good kitchen which is made for expats money.
Went to Swensen's for my birthday in Laos in 2019, and it's kinda become a running gag of "what do you want to do for your birthday? Go to Swensen's!... the 'gag' being we weren't able to travel because of the pandemic. Will be in Chiang Mai next week, and might just have to get a Sundae :). We went to what you called a 'Mu Kratha' restaurant in Penang a few weeks ago. With the convex grill it reminded my more of the Hokkaido dish "Genghis Khan" (or Jingisukan), than Korean BBQ, but the hotpot aspect does make it unique - looking forward to having more!
Thais and Laotians are the same people. We are Tai-Kadai language family speakers. And some point in time we created two separate states. One in Lanna, one million rice fields and Lanxang, one million elephants. After I watched your content it kind of get me thinking that Laotian food might be a truer or a closer version to original form of Thai food from long time ago. Since Isaan and Northern Thailand are the earliest areas where Tai speakers arrived into today’s Thailand. And regarding the biggest Portuguese’s influence on Thai food is definitely the spiciness from the chillies that they brought from the New World.
"True" or "closer to the original" is true in some cases, although don't forget that in the first half of the 20th century, it became illegal in Thailand to identify as "Laotian" or any other ethnic minority group (for the record, I don't completely disagree with this- for example, in Rwanda, after the brutal genocide and civil war, the country banned ethnic identification to prevent discrimination and make sure everyone viewed each other equally. It's a complicated topic and I can't say "bad" just because that's how it's mostly viewed today.) Quite a bit of "Isaan" food truly did originate in Isaan, although that territory itself has been a part of both kingdoms and also administrated independently. So it would be accurate to say that some Isaan dishes are probably most authentic in northeast Thailand instead of present-day Laos- but they originated from Laotian communities in that region. That being said- there are some dishes (laab for example) that are unequivocally Laotian and the most old-school versions can be found in Laos.
Isan Thais have the same ancestry as Laotian (ethnic), but were never Laotian (country). Since this is a sensitive issue, because some people misunderstand that Isan Thais were once Laotians or that the Isan region of Thailand was once Laotians, which is not true. Let me explain briefly. 1. Isan was never Laotian [because Laos was founded 167 years after Thailand]. However, during the kingdom era, the government was divided into first, second, third, and fourth-class cities, each of which had a city lord (there was no joint nation-state and no division of the country). [Thailand first used this name in 1939, changing from Siam, which was founded as a country on April 6, 1782, while Laos was founded on July 19, 1949. Therefore, Siam was founded 167 years before Laos, and changed its name to Thailand 10 years before Laos was founded.] 2. When colonialists came, they (Laos) asked to join the French because they did not want to be under the power of the Rattanakosin Kingdom (they were afraid of losing power because Siam was unifying the country. and reduce the power of the vassal states to be just city lords) therefore asked to join the French because of the propaganda. Therefore, it can be concluded that Isan and Laos were never the same country. If they thought that they were in the same kingdom before, that is, they were only lords in the past. They would decide themselves that they would go to join the kingdom that was stronger and had more power only. At that time, the territory on the right bank of the Mekong River was a vassal state of the Rattanakosin Kingdom. Therefore, Isan Thais are not Laotians, and we use the term Isan Thais to avoid confusion.
Laotian is an ethnicity. It is not Thai. This is not a place for propaganda. Please watch our video on Isaan to learn the heritage of the people there.
Having lived almost a year in Thailand people are surprised that I’ve never eaten Pat-Thai. I would say that it doesn’t appeal to me besides I know Chinese food when I see it.
Swensens(Minor group) own by American man who live in Thailand so it's nothing to surprise how come those American brands are famous in here. Actually it slightly flop after the Japanese and Korean desserts became trending here.
You’re half right. It is in no way squash. That would be sacrilege in green curry. But you’re right that it’s not daikon- it’s winter melon. Easy to misidentify as it cooks down practically identically to daikon.
What a great wrap up...since China is opening up, we will for sure try to include a few days to swing thru BK and see you fine folks, and knock back afew beverages and some killer food
Thai people and Lao people are in the same ethnic group immigrated from Yunnan(google search Guangxi Zhuang). The Esan food is actually what Thai people originally eat before we adopt Cambodian culture(similar to Greek and Roman). In fact, Laos used to called themselves "Thai Lao", which meant "Us Thai" or "We Thai". However, Laos want to set their identity apart from Thailand, so they remove "Thai" from their country's name.
About six months ago I heard about mookata buffets restaurants getting shutdown because of using cadaver preservative on meats. I’d expect this from other countries but not Thailand. I guess I’m just too naïve.
....ew. Not shocked by anything anymore, though. I remember when an international organization examined beer in China (this was a long time ago, but still) and found that a massive amount of it used formaldehyde (what you call cadaver preservative)
From my perspective, I think not all the Thais love eating out. As far as I know, most of Thai middle class love to cook for themself because they can get higher quality of ingredients, more hygiene and nutrition food. The reasons why some of them buy “Kang Toong” (แกงถุง) for their Dinner are 1. A very long work hour and serious traffic jam lead some Thai have to stay outside for more than half of a day so they choose to buy “Kang Toong” for their meals, and 2. They are too poor to cook because they can’t buy kitchen supply especially gas stove and fridge. One more things, if you precisely consider the quality of food sold in each place (fine dining restaurant, flee markets and a trolley near footpath) you will find the quality of foods they sold are totally different. Thai people don’t like a green curry with tremendous amounts of eggplant, chicken parts with big bone chunks, chicken blood and a very light soup.But they need to eat it because of its cheap price. How can most of Thai people can access to a fine dining restaurant’s green curry while they receive minimum wages (less 400 baht per day).
Yeah- I agree my wording might have been a bit misleading. What I was trying to imply was that the percentage of people who buy prepared food to bring home (or eat out) is the highest of anywhere I've ever been. It's so much more common than anywhere else in the world that I'm aware of, and I've cooked/eaten/traveled almost everywhere. That was my intention and I do agree that I should have stated it better.
@@OTRontheroad Thank you for your clearly answer now I understand more about your statement and I agree with it. Most of countries I lived people usually cook for their household except Thailand. Btw, I become a fan of your channel. I’m looking forward to your new highly informative content like this.
True. Agreed. Much of “Isaan food” is from ethnic Lao regions- but food doesn’t respect national borders and many things are truly shared between what’s now the two countries. Don’t mean to be misleading about som tam. That most likely originated in the Thai side of that line. Grilled meat with sticky rice is Lao, but the use of chicken is Thai. It’s all shared history.
The term "issan" means "north east", which refers to the north east region of Thailand. Issan people from Thailand have similar culture (almost the same) to Loas. Issan food has been obviously evolved in 80's and 90's, when Thais could not go to Laos with ease due to political conflicts. So, it is unlikely that Thai issan food has been influenced by that of Loas. If anything, it is the other way around.
goo.gl/maps/wCb66ZDBhXziQbf39 it's all centered around here. Check out the video we made entirely on this community! It's the one about Portuguese Food in Bangkok
Actually, for quite a long time, it was “encouraged” for Lao identity to be dropped for those inside Thailand’s borders and to strictly refer to all- ethnic Thais and Laotians- as Isaan. You have it backwards.
Padthai is officially national dish, but if you ask Thais they will say Padkaprao + fried egg is actually national dish.
Yeah I'd agree with that
I think if measured by number of dish/bowl sold, kuay teaw nam is another good caandidate.
@@theeraphatsunthornwit6266 เมนูสิ้นคิด ภาษาอังกฤษ นี้ว่ายังไงนะ 555+ thoughtless Choice In a good way ?
@@phuyaibankaengkro thoughtless dish ก็น่าจะพอใช้ได้ คิดอยู่แป๊บ mindless dish น่าจะดีกว่า thoughtless มันแปลความหมายแง่ลบไปหน่อย
Mindless = (of an activity) so simple or repetitive as to be performed automatically without thought or skill.
@@theeraphatsunthornwit6266 คำว่าสิ้นคิดก็ negative พอกับ thoughtless แต่ mindless ตรงกับบริบทมากกว่า
About number 7, as a Thai myself I think it's not entirely true. There's a kind of market called ตลาดสด that mostly sell fresh vegetable and meat too, or someone might prefer to buy from Tesco Lotus or Big-C Supermarket because its look cleaner than a normal wet market. There's a lot of people go there to buy those vegetables and raw food materials to cook at home.
Anyway, half of my family's diet are bought prepared haha
What this channel showcased here is not actual wet market either. Real wet market often is a solid establishment, not ensemble of umbrella lunch market, and tuck away in some old community. People who want the cheapest ingredient in bulk goes there, but it's probably harder to find in downtown Bangkok because like @kraanialepsy said, hygene and ready-to-eat lifestyle of urbanism.
4:10 Fun Fact : There is a big misunderstanding among the general public, even Thai people, that "Somtam" is an Isaan food influenced by Laos.
This is because Isaan people are the people who eat this type of food the most and have done business and developed the taste until it was pleasing to most people.
But actually every region has its own Somtam. For example, "Somtam-Thai" which belongs to the central region and it is a food that originated and was spread out from "Bangkok".
Because when you consider the ingredients in a good dish, You'll find papaya, tomatoes, lemons, chilies, and even peanuts. They are not even the original plants of this area.
It is therefore almost impossible. that this type of food originates from Laos which is currently a country without a sea But it might be because in the past Thai people and most Isaan people understood that Most Isaan people are of Lao descent. Even though in fact Isan is a region that has many borders with countries other than Laos. And Isaan (the northeastern region) of Thailand also has no sea too.
Here is an interesting question. “If Somtam is a food that actually originated in Laos, then how did they get those ingredients to create food in an era where transportation was not as convenient as in the industrial era and at that time Laos still considered it It is an administrative area of the Siamese kingdom. without passing through the capital or port city ?"
Moreover, these misunderstandings may occur because the word "Somtam" is actually formed from two words: "Som" which means "sour taste" in ancient times and "Tam" which means "pound" together. Make it truly means "Pound anything that has a sour taste." "It exists in every region," causing the misunderstanding that it is the same food, as discovered in historical documents. In fact, "somtam" in the form of "papaya salad" only recently emerged in Bangkok.
This is because papaya is the main ingredient in this menu. It had just been imported into Thailand during the Rattanakosin period. During the reign of King Rama I, the capital is present-day Bangkok.
And if you can listen to Thai You should watch this clip.
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Please watch our video on Isaan food, it’ll probably clear up any of your questions!
@@OTRontheroad Oh interesting, thank you so much for sharing.
ข้อ 6 ผิดเแน่นอน อาหารไทยอีสานไม่ได้มาจากลาว ถ้าจะพูดให้ถูกคนไทยอีสานกับคนลาวถือเป็นคนกลุ่มเดียวกันเป็นพี่น้องกัน คนกลุ่มนี้ถูกแยกออกจากกันหลังจากจากสมัยที่มีการแบ่งแยกประเทศอย่างชัดเจน เป็นประเทศไทย กับประเทศลาว โดยใช้แม่น้ำโขงเป็นตัวแบ่งกั้นประเทศ การพูดว่าไทยมาจากลาว หรือ ลาวมาจากไทยเป็นเรื่องที่ไม่ถูกต้องครับ จะทำให้คนสองกลุ่มทะเลาะกันได้ ควรพูดว่ามีบรรพบุรุษหรือวัฒนธรรมทางอาหารร่วมกันจะดีกว่าครับ
Regarding statement number 6, it is important to clarify that Thai isaan food did not originate from Laos. To accurately represent the cultural relationship between Thai people from the Northeast and Laotian people, they should be recognized as belonging to the same ethnic group, with shared histories and cultural practices. The division between Thailand and Laos as separate nation-states occurred during the post-nation state era, where the Mekong River was used as a boundary line. Expressing a belief that one country's culture originated from the other can lead to misunderstandings and tensions between the two groups. Instead, it is more appropriate to acknowledge the shared cultural practices and ancestral connections between the two groups
Agreed. This channel either poorly researched the Thai-Laos culture or they poorly written the script. Either way, your comment is much better.
เขาหมายถึง มันเป็นอาหารเดียวกัน เพราะคนอีสานกับลาวคคือ คนกลุ่มเดียวกัน ครับ ไม่ได้บอกว่าตั้งใจไปลอกมาจากลาว
แค่เปรียบเทียบให้ฟังเฉย ๆ ว่าถ้าได้กินส้มตำ นั่นแหละ มันคืออาหารเดียวกับลาว มีต้นกำเหนิดเดียวกัน
คือไม่งั้นจะยิ่งทำให้คนดู (ที่ไม่ใช่คนไทย) งง เพราะมันต้องอ้างไปถึงประวัติศาสตร์ว่า ลาวเคยเป็นส่วนหนึ่งของไทย และ อีสาน/ลาว เคยเป็นอนาจักรล้านช้าง บลา ๆๆ ไปกันใหญ่นะ
@@sfalphaไม่ใช่ครับ ในคลิปบอกว่า ต้นกำเนิดอาหารอีสานมาจากลาวครับ
@@sfalpha คุณฟังเข้าใจแค่ไหน เขาบอกว่าอาหารอีสานยกมาจากลาวทั้งดุ้นเลย อาหารลาวกับอาหารอีสานคล้ายกันแต่ไม่เหมือนกัน ขนาดในไทยเอง อย่างลาบยโสธรกับลาบอุดรยังไม่เหมือนกัน
เขาบอกว่าอาหารอีสานมีต้นกำเนิดมาจากลาว ไม่ใช่ว่าอาหารไทยโดยรวมๆทั้งหมดมาจากลาว เพราะอีสานเคยเป็นส่วนหนึ่งของลาว (ล้านช้าง) คนอีสานกับคนลาวก็เลยกินคล้ายๆกัน ดังนั้นอาหารอีสานก็คืออาหารลาวเวอร์ชั่น 2.0
Papaya imported to Thailand in Ayutthaya Era. In the past the ingredients like papaya ,dried shrimp, nut , tomato or others don’t have in Laos. Only people in the palace or rich people could have ( not for ordinary people).
Chili peppers, cilantro/coriander, tomatoes, potatoes, corn all brought over by Portuguese sailors to Thailand from the new world.
Oranges, limes and more brought over from China.
Tomatoes came from the new world aka the America's. Just letting you guys know.
@@Bhatmannส้ม มะนาว มาจาก อินเดีย ส้มบางชนิดมาจากจีน เช่นตระกูลส้มเขียวหวาน ส้มเช้ง ส้มหัวจุก
totally agree, claiming Somtam or Papaya salad was originated in Lao is unacceptable so dont act like you know everything in Thai foods
Hi there! I really enjoy your videos as they are insightful and well executed.
I'm an ethnically malay Muslim (with mixtures of some Middle Eastern heritages) who was born and raised in Bangkok; and that my ancestors have lived in Bangkok for over a hundred years.
It's true that Bangkok has been heavily influenced by the Chinese cuisine, so we, Muslims in Bangkok, embrace their food but modify it to be 'halal', mainly by changing ingredients.
For food with South Asian or Middle Eastern hints, you can also easily find them in Bangkok, given that the Thai capital has been home to people from diverse backgrounds for decades.
By the way, I do love your content and hit the subscribe button since the first ten seconds watching your video.
Keep up the good work 🤓
I tried my best to make a video on Eid al-Fitr this year- me and Jaspar actually ran around town with the camera to the mosques in Silom and Phetchaburi Soi 5 area...but like....nothing was happening. Hah. My guess was that it was so close to Songkran this year that a lot of people were out of town and/or restaurants closed. Or maybe we just didn't time it right and missed the fun- I used to love trying to visit Indonesia (where I used to live off-and-on) at the end of Ramadan. Oh well. Working on a video for two weeks from now on Khao Yam/Nasi Kerabu- a great Muslim dish from the South.
Thanks so much for your kind words, very much appreciated.
I started following your channel when the number of your subscriber was only around ten thounsand. I'm sooo happy to see the number of your subscribers rise to over one hundred thousands now. Congratulations !
You mentioned daikon in Thai green curry. That is wrong. What you think is daikon is actually wax gourd.
Not confirmed, but I think Swensen's in Thailand has some regulations for having cute girls as waitresses. 😆 I remember going to Swensen's for seven days in a row just to see one waitress, back when i was a student. Went broke after a short time 😂😂
Hah!! I think all of us have stories like that from our student days.
Swensen planned so well to have just two size of outfits for waitress, so if they didn't keep stay in shape. They lose the job! 😂
There's nothing more enjoyable than watching Swensen girls while eating icecream.
I'm Thai, and I guarantee it's true. Bcus Swensen's in Thailand requires the personality of waitresses in hire advertising like ages couldn't over 25 yo, and looking good appearances.
Sorry if my English is bad, hahaha.
Swensen is also popular in Singapore.
Just to correct you a few points you may also be surprised;
- Most of E-san food incl. Som tam created in Thailand, not Laos. People in E-san and Laos shares same root and cultures so the food is exchanged back and forth over time. You may already know that papaya and chili are originally from South America... Thailand got them through trading with Portugal in the past. If you go to Laos, their food is more soft and not as spicy as E-san food. It's like a mix between E-san and Northern food.
- Thai food indeed got highly influenced from Chinese and Indian. But Masman, the curry got influenced from Persian culture, not Indian.
- Pad thai and Pad kaprao are classic dishes. You will find it all over Thailand, esp night market. You don't need to wait just to have them in Bangkok or central part of Thailand.
Anyway, enjoy the food!
Watching this video is like learning about a new country, going down the rabbit hole of the Laos-Thai food connection now! Great content, really like the way you shoot, excited to follow you on your journey!
Thanks so much! Really cool message to receive.
My Thai family are from Suphanburi, half the family still live there, all of them cook at home, the only time they eat out is when either we visit from London, or the Bangkok side of the family visit. In saying that when the Mrs lived in BKK, he apartment didn’t even have a kitchen.
I wish we had a mu kratha restaurant here. Looks so good! Great show, OTR!
Hi OTR, just want to give some context to why you can usually find (Thai) green gurry loaded with 'daikon' chicken on bone and sometimes other ingredients is because they are cheap and help restaurants make the dish bigger while maintaining the low-low cost. If you make the same dish at home Thais will seldom use these ingredients and will instead opt for better cuts of chicken (or other meats) and forego the ingredients added for volume.
That isn't daikon, it's winter melon.
คนไทยเรียกว่า ลูกฟัก
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That thing is not daikon (หัวไชเท้า), it is winter melon (ฟัก).
Great catch and you're absolutely right!
Som Tam and most E-San dishes not originally from Loas, they originated here in Thailand.
เขาไม่ใด้หมายถึงประเทศ..เขาหมายถึงวัฒนธรรมลาว..(อิสานคือวัฒนธรรมลาว)
@@dsys8393 ฮาโล่โชว์โง่เนอะเขาพูดถึงส้มตำและอาหารอีสานมาจากลาวไปฟังมาจากไหนเขาว่าวัฒนธรรมลาวที่เป็นวัฒนธรรมของอีสาน คนไทยเชื้อสายจีนกับคนไทยเชื้อสายลาว จงเจริญ พัฒนาประเทศไทย
@@dsys8393 ไม่น่าละเศรษฐีที่รวยๆในประเทศไทยส่วนใหญ่ถึงมีแต่คนไทยเชื้อสายจีนก็คนไทยเชื้อสายไทยมันมีนิสัยไม่ดีชอบเกลียดชังคนอื่นโดยไร้เหตุผลก็เลยทำธุกิจก็ไม่รวยเท่าคนไทยเชื้อสายจีนแล้วคนไทยเชื้อสายจีนนิสัยดีมีเมตาไม่มีความเกลียดชังต่อผู้อื่นคนไทยเชื้อสายจีนถึงได้รวย🤫
@@user-sg6ud5ce5 โถ..ไอ้ควาย..วัฒนธรรมลาวนั่นถูกแล้ว
อิสานมันชื่อภาคไม่มีภาษาและวัฒนธรรมอิสานจำใว้
...คนจีนแต่ก่อนอพยบมาใหม่ๆรุ่นบุกเบิกไม่มีที่ทำกิน..เขาเลยค้าขาย
พอต่อมาเขาก็กลายเป็นคนชำนาญ
ในด้านค้าขาย..ส่วนคนไทยสมัยก่อนนิยมรับราชการและทำเกษตร.
พึ่งจะมาค้าขายเป็นใด้ไม่นาน..
..มึงคงไม่ใช่คนไทย..มึงคงไม่รู้
@@dsys8393อืม ... วัฒนธรรมลาวคือวัฒนธรรมไทยอีสานครับ จากไทยไปลาว ไม่ได้จากลาวมาไทย 😌
Not confirm that nobody in Thai cooking ,as you said the price so low but for Thai people ,They are not the low price for them.I’m Thai and My family don’t usually buy the food because some of the store they not guarantee the quality of hygienic,we don’t know they washed vegetables or not but it isn’t all the food store that I mentioned but if your family cook for themselves that is the best thing.
Sorry for wrong grammar lol😢
i'm so glad to encounter an account that spreads the love and extensive research for thai cusine thank you!
The green color of green curry is from kaffir lime leaf and kaffir lime peels.
Fun fact: you can find Mu Kratha in Korea nowadays the funny thing is that Mu Kratha is like a copycat of Korea BBQ we don't even call "Mu Kratha"at first place we call "Korean BBQ" straight forward hahaha
Right- I mean, Korean barbecue is so popular everywhere that the business idea makes sense. But yeah 100% it’s Korean barbecue...but with the hot pot/ma la tang added
@@OTRontheroad hot pot and ma la(2-4 year i think) just came recently Mu Kratha was came around 10-15 years ago
Swensen's is underated.
The price is only a bit higher than the cheap-tier ice cream. But the quality improve a lot. Like, really. You can get a decent sundae with a price cheaper than boba tea.
Thai food made in foreign countries is often reduced in spice to allow people in that country to eat Thai food that is spicy and very diverse.
And some street food in Thailand tastes better than other big restaurants.
I think that’s the case with a lot of countries- Chinese and Indian are two easy examples. But yeah totally agree with both points
Need to learn a lot more about Thai food. A lot of mistakes and misunderstandings in this video.
I'm enjoying this channel with its historical content, but I wonder if you might possibly get some advice on the pronunciation of Thai. 😊
I have to leave another comment to highlight how accurate what you say is. Bravo
Really enjoy the style of your videos. Very very cool, fun and informative 🎉 food looks awesome and also I couldn't agree more with your points. My business partner and I actually own a Thai restaurant chain and our customers always complain that our green curry is thin and soup like haha
Love Mu Kratha. The only problem now is that as meat has got more expensive a lot of the restaurants, instead of increasing thier prices by say 10 bhat, actually buy cheaper poorer quality meat. This obviously really ruins the meal and what often happens is that the ones that maintain their quality and increase their prices slightly end up closing because Thai people continue to go to the ones that reduce the quality but maintain the lower prices.
Yo, yes Swensen's 😂 I was also shocked to see it when I got here. And so many too. My dad's side of the family all live in SF back then and my cousin would take me there when I was a kid. Matter of fact I think think it's the same shop 10:13 cause they lived on Nob Hill. Sizzlers are also here though not as much locations in USA but I wouldn't be surprised in the next 10 years there will be more Sizzler here.
It took me a while when locals asked me if i wanted to join them going to seven sense. Oh, Swensen’s 😂😂
My family was surprised I didn’t know what Swensen’s was.
Great and remarkable information! Thanx, again!
some is false information
When I saw the video mention "vegetarian food" it remind me of "เทศกาลกินเจ" the biggest vegetarian food festival (held around September-October) where Chinese immigrant brought it to Phuket and now it spread all over the country (but I never heard there is a festival like that in China nowsaday).
I wish one day we can replace the term "Curry" which currently referring to all types of Thai "Gaeng with coconut milk".
Another important fact is that Som Tum will never taste right without a spoonful of MSG!
I remember going off the grid with my guide and we had mu kratha! Crazy that Swenson's is still around there.
Moo Krata is THE BEST especially in winter!
very detail oriented and get to the point and local spot! haha.. Thank you for unwrapping our Thai culture and tradition. Very interesting to watch and glad you embrace the culture..beautiful =)
one thing - i dont think stir fired pad krapaw menu has a relation with Chinese thingy.....it's sooooo Thai (original Thai)
Thanks! And that dish is 1000% Thai in every way, except the technique of stir-frying at a high temperature, which did come over as a chinese technique
@@OTRontheroad oh i see jst realize that to be honest lol thank you!
@@OTRontheroad u know what..compare to what u've got, the content, the presentation and everything, ii think you are so underrated! =) cheer up, already subscribed!
There is a saying in Thai "Mu kratha will cure everything"
Because Mu Kratha isn't just a food or something to eat, lady and gentleman, Mu kratha is the way of life!
I see you had a rendezvous with Chinese Cooking Demystified! Lovely :)
I remember Swensen's in Singapore in '79. Love the summary!! bit bummed about the standardization.
I have vague memories of Swensen’s in Virginia a long time ago, but I’m not positive where
Oh wow! Didn’t know Swensen almost didn’t exist any more in the US 😮
I used to like Swensen'e as a kid.
Nah, the birthplace of somtum (papaya salad) is Bangkok. the oldest record of this dish is cooking book that written around birth of Bangkok itself (rattanakosin era) . As you can see almost all of ingredients in somtum are not native plants, main ingredient are papaya, red chili, tomato all of these plants come from colombus exchange but it was Portuguese who introduced these plant to Malacca (papaya in Thai language is Malagor) before spread to Thailand shortly before the birth of Bangkok. Laos is landlocked very far away from sea port, so it's not surprised that they received these plants through Thailand.
But the thing is Somtum has to eat with sticky rice, its taste is weird if you eat with normal rice that's why it's way more popular in Isan region (and spread to Laos later) more than Bangkok the birthplace of this dish itself. that's the reason why in Bangkok, you most likely find somtum in Isan restaurant and this dish associated with Isan region (central Thai used to eat sticky rice for every meals like Laos as well in the past but it changed to be normal rice later)
btw, Somtum Thai and Laos are slightly different. we put fermented fish in Laos somtum but not for central Thai.
Wait for our full video on this subject. This is....not at all how it happened, and we'll prove that in detail. However you aren't wrong about the arrival of certain ingredients, and what is called "som tam Thai" today does most likely have roots in central Thailand. The original version of this dish (and of most dishes) is certainly not exactly the same now as it was in the past.
As you can clearly see some of the negative comments from the Thais, always trying to discredit, disown, disrespect, downplay, disvalue anything that has to do with "Lao." This is a common practice and attitude amongst the Thais towards Lao people for centuries. Thai-fication in effect. They want to deny everything that has to do with "Lao" because they were ingrained and bombarded day in and day out that "Lao" was bad, dirty, backward, ugly, all the negatives. When the Europeans arrived in Siam there were already Lao people living there, a concensus was giving of the ethnic groups there, the two largest groups were the Siamese and Laos. If according to you somtum was invented there, it could still be invented by a Lao. Even in Ramkhamheang's inscriptions you can even see words and phrases that are uniquely Lao and not Siamese. The Thai channel did a documentary on somtum and they even said it came from Lao people, and it got more popularized when Siam conquered Lan Xang and did a forced migration of the Lao people to Bangkok. Somtum according to the Thai documentary came from the Lao Tom Sum. Thais didn't even associate somtum and khao niew with being Thai 50 years because they deemed it LAO, and Lao was a bad word to them. All of Isan and Northern Thailand were called "Lao" by the Siamese before Thai-fication. Thailand was built by the blood, sweat, and lives of the Lao people in the beginning through enslavement. They were made to dig the canals of Bangkok and build the royal palace by the hands of the Lao, but of course some Thais would never want to give any credit to the Lao.
@@mythai05 please watch our recent video on Isaan food! That should give a clearer explanation about this stuff. Cheers!
@@mythai05 100%, and it's definitely an idea we'll do before too long. Also- re: your above reference to "Tam Som" renamed "Som Tam"- yes, that's totally correct and I had a section on that in our video, but ended up cutting it for time. Cheers and thanks for watching!
@@mythai05 Suchit Wongthes never say it's invented by chinese-lao settler. it has nothing to do with chinese and chinese-lao was very rare mixed at the time. I don't know where the heck you get that idea from .
He just debunked the story of laos origin and he wrote in many articles and spoke about this topic in many videos you can recheck it.
OMG! Swensen's was available in my country(Malaysia) in the late 1980's/early 90's. Spent some good times there with friends way back when. Such a shame the closed almost all their stores years ago. Only time I can eat their ice cream is when I visit Thailand.
I would like for the entries for the Thai Food Academy program to let at least some of them being in a few distinctive dishes they can call their own, fusion, regional or otherwise. Does anyone else feel that a little such leeway could help bring in more flow from the academy and/or exchange (even in terms of its neighbors)?
Regional quisine part is true! On Phuket, curries are just on another level❣so creamy, delicious and can be found on any market. But bear in mind, Southern people like their curry death level spicy haha
Hey, Thai nationalist here. Thailand is an America of Southeast Asia. They have taken many foreign elements, mix them together, take the best aspects, and finally create world class Thai element, which now instead influences other cuisines.
About the government program to promote Thai food, if food didnt taste good, no one would eat it. No matter how many restaurants the government tries to open.
Lastly, Thai isan food isnt Laotian food. Its partially correct. However, by the same logic, we can also say that Laotian food is Thai isan food. Truth is, Laos ans Isan (Northeastern part of Thailand) both were under Lan-Xang kingdom. So they both came from the same root.
Re: the third point- kind of- it’s way beyond simply the Lan Xang period. But yes, it’s true that both countries have borrowed a ton from each other (and the world is better for it). For example- grilled meat with sticky rice is something that’s a tradition of ethnic Lao. That’s not disputable. However the current most common version (chicken with sticky rice) is a Thai-Isaan addition- historically Lao was pork and fish. So is that a Lao dish today? No. Is it a Thai dish? No- it’s just a dish that’s amazing.
Re: your other points- yes, the cultural melting pot is what makes Thai food one of the world’s best cuisines. Combine the best of Indian, Chinese, Malay, Lao, Mon, Tai and so many others, and do it in a country with such an abundance of natural ingredients- you’ll end up with something incredible.
Issan food is Lao food because the majority of Issan are ethnic Lao, yes, they are Thai citizens, but they are Lao by ethnicity. Thais didn't even considered som tum as Thai in the past, because according to Thais it smelled bad, Thais started to claim it as Thais when it became popular amongst foreigners. That's Thais MO, they like to claim everything by putting "Thai" in front. The Issan region in the past was not even called Issan, it was called Lao Kang, Lao Kao, and Lao Puan. Then the Central Thai government collectively named all 3 regions Issan. Even the people of Northern Thailand (Lanna) were called Lao by the Siamese. The people of Chiang Mai were called "Lao Chiang" and the people of Vientiane were called "Lao Wiang". Go do some research, some of these facts were written by Thai authors. Thais came from Lao. I don't know where the Siamese came from, probably Cambodians because the original Siamese were dark skinned according to Europeans who made descriptions between Lao and Siamese in Bangkok in the past. According to you, you say Thai and Lao came from the same root, yet Thais don't want to give Lao any credits on anything, but when it's convenient you want to say they're related. Be consistent and stop contradicting yourself, don't disclaim something and then claim it when it suits you, in the long run it doesn't make you look good, and people start doubting you. Yes, Thailand is developing at a fast rate, congratulations on that, but some of ya'll heads are getting too big.
Great Finale clip 🎉
Those dishes are originally from Isaan, not Laos as a country today…
Thanks for your time and hard-working. This video is very well documented and details.
number 6 between Lao and Thai food , Its look like the same but if you trying both you will feeling it's so different taste.
Lovely 🙏🏻🇹🇭💕
Very informative.
Spoon and fork is probably one of the Thai food facts.
Love it!
Love your channel Adam, question on origin of Phad Thai though. if there was a shortage of rice, why did the PM use rice noodles in Phad Thai for the dish ? Kob Khun Krub :-)
Milking rice into flour stretches the rice supply farther and preserves rice for longer use! Cheers.
This is a really amazing video...Anyone can give the directions of that portuguese neighborhood?
Today youth is all about mu kratha (pork pan)
Chinese mala hotpot chinda-suki
Yang nea( grilled butter pan)
Yang talay grill seafood butter
you should try it out
My wife and I are coming next month. Hopefully we can meet up for a meal
Sure! Can try to see if schedules can align. Best is to shoot a message to our Instagram if that works for you
I didn't knew that more 80% of swensen's are in Thailand. I always thought of it as some American brand store chain and only small percentage of store are in Thailand 😅
We still cook at home. I'm Chinese ethnic. Most of the time, my family cook simple Chinese foods home because the street foods are spicy or too much seasoning. Chinese ethnic like me can't eat hot and spicy food every meal. Anyway we still buy alot of ready to eat foods.
Love to say that Esan and Lao share some common, better than saying Esan food originated from Lao. I find it just similar but not the same. And it's just in border area too.
Please watch our upcoming video coming out on Wednesday this week exploring the origins of Isaan cuisine- hopefully that will help clarify the Lao origins for you!
Isaan food is Thai food, not Laos' one. Local people in the north-eastern part of Thailand share similar culture to Laos. Laos used to be a part of Siam or, so called Thailand in the present days, but separated by French.
NO, it's Laos, just because we used to occupy them and their culture influenced us that doesn't erase their culture
@@massoluk You are incorrect. Isaan culture is not influenced by Laotian culture. Actually, both cultures stem from Lan Chang's culture. Isaan culture is not influenced by Laotian culture, but they share the same culture. By the way, all people in Siam, Lan Chang, and Lanna have similar cultures because all of them are Tai.
It’s a holiday and I really don’t want to get into a debate, so I’ll just say that we’ve got a few videos coming in 2023 on the actual history of Isaan food. Would suggest watching, I’m sure you’ll find it interesting.
"Isaan food" IS Lao food. "Isaan" (Northeatern) is only an administrative region created around the 1930s, when Siam became Thailand, to indicate former boundry of the Lao Lan Xang kingdom (and where there are mostly Lao people) that is now part of Thailand. Up until the 1990s, people from the northeasern region still openly embrace their Lao identity before succumbing to societal pressures (Lao became a bad word in Thai society) and opting for "Isaan" instead. The only differences is that the Lao on the PDR side of the Mekong was indirectly "saved" by the French from the same fate.
@@MrKiNgJSA Isaan people are predominately ethnic Lao but they are Thai nationals. If by Laotian you mean citizens of Laos PDR than you would be correct because Isaan is def. not part of modern day Laos. However, Isaan culture, language and food are fundamentally Lao.
Mookata - The ultimate hangover cure.🙌 But don't put on your best clothes and cologne, you will need a shower after.
3. nobody cooks at home. hmm...so i'm me and a lot of my friends are the weird one? we do cook our dinner almost every day it's not that hard maybe it's true for expat not for local. Buy raw ingredient is much cheaper and it's like double the size for the same price plus u can control the taste of the food to your like.
Eh- "nobody" is sarcastic, it's obviously not really nobody, plenty of people eat at home. But I'd say the percentage of people who eat food brought from outside (or eat out) is by far the highest I've ever encountered anywhere in the world. Should have probably said that more clearly....haha. Didn't mean for it to be taken literally.
Didn't know Santi Asok will be on this video 😂 My Aunt is in this cult opps stay there and always call us when there is Rong-Je (Vegetarian Food Fair) around there. We can go buy some Vegetarian Food with only 1 bath, it like free food, some of them taste pretty good too.
Please watch our video on Santi Asoke! We did a whole video there. I say “cult” because that’s the reputation and stereotype. But the truth is it’s just a community and we had a great experience filming there. Please check out the video!
@@OTRontheroad I know they are not really a cult but some aspect of them feel like a cult to me but over all they are nice buddhist people. When my aunt got an accident and stay at hospital, I see all the people from Santi Asoke visit her from 8 am to 6 pm which is hard to see on Bangkok city people. But some of them also bring questionable medicine for a visit and some do some weird meditation to heal injury which get me weird out sometime.
oooo Swensen's. My childhood obsession.
I knew KFC situation is bad in US, but did not know Swensen's is almost extinct
We have a joke that Thailand have many old things from other countries
But I'm surprise that some of them somehow have better situation than their home countries
You have triggered the thai horde by insinuating that thai food came from laos.
Oh I can't wait to see the response to our next video- on Isaan food
I want to send this video to all new Expats who has just arrived Bangkok and complaint so much on apartment's kitchen. Most of the rental places were made for Thai and WE DONT COOK! Our place is just for sleeping and warm the food or making instant noodle. That's all. You need to afford more money on good kitchen which is made for expats money.
Thank you 🙏 🇹🇭
Went to Swensen's for my birthday in Laos in 2019, and it's kinda become a running gag of "what do you want to do for your birthday? Go to Swensen's!... the 'gag' being we weren't able to travel because of the pandemic. Will be in Chiang Mai next week, and might just have to get a Sundae :).
We went to what you called a 'Mu Kratha' restaurant in Penang a few weeks ago. With the convex grill it reminded my more of the Hokkaido dish "Genghis Khan" (or Jingisukan), than Korean BBQ, but the hotpot aspect does make it unique - looking forward to having more!
Thais and Laotians are the same people. We are Tai-Kadai language family speakers. And some point in time we created two separate states. One in Lanna, one million rice fields and Lanxang, one million elephants. After I watched your content it kind of get me thinking that Laotian food might be a truer or a closer version to original form of Thai food from long time ago. Since Isaan and Northern Thailand are the earliest areas where Tai speakers arrived into today’s Thailand. And regarding the biggest Portuguese’s influence on Thai food is definitely the spiciness from the chillies that they brought from the New World.
"True" or "closer to the original" is true in some cases, although don't forget that in the first half of the 20th century, it became illegal in Thailand to identify as "Laotian" or any other ethnic minority group (for the record, I don't completely disagree with this- for example, in Rwanda, after the brutal genocide and civil war, the country banned ethnic identification to prevent discrimination and make sure everyone viewed each other equally. It's a complicated topic and I can't say "bad" just because that's how it's mostly viewed today.) Quite a bit of "Isaan" food truly did originate in Isaan, although that territory itself has been a part of both kingdoms and also administrated independently. So it would be accurate to say that some Isaan dishes are probably most authentic in northeast Thailand instead of present-day Laos- but they originated from Laotian communities in that region. That being said- there are some dishes (laab for example) that are unequivocally Laotian and the most old-school versions can be found in Laos.
What’s the name of the Portuguese neiborhood? Any recommendations there?
Here's our video on that neighborhood: ua-cam.com/video/nlOy2LzaOUM/v-deo.html
It's called Kudeejeen
Seriously, nobody cooks at home. Getting food from somewhere is a daily activity.
Isan Thais have the same ancestry as Laotian (ethnic), but were never Laotian (country).
Since this is a sensitive issue, because some people misunderstand that Isan Thais were once Laotians or that the Isan region of Thailand was once Laotians, which is not true. Let me explain briefly.
1. Isan was never Laotian [because Laos was founded 167 years after Thailand]. However, during the kingdom era, the government was divided into first, second, third, and fourth-class cities, each of which had a city lord (there was no joint nation-state and no division of the country).
[Thailand first used this name in 1939, changing from Siam, which was founded as a country on April 6, 1782,
while Laos was founded on July 19, 1949.
Therefore, Siam was founded 167 years before Laos,
and changed its name to Thailand 10 years before Laos was founded.]
2. When colonialists came, they (Laos) asked to join the French because they did not want to be under the power of the Rattanakosin Kingdom (they were afraid of losing power because Siam was unifying the country. and reduce the power of the vassal states to be just city lords) therefore asked to join the French because of the propaganda. Therefore, it can be concluded that Isan and Laos were never the same country. If they thought that they were in the same kingdom before, that is, they were only lords in the past. They would decide themselves that they would go to join the kingdom that was stronger and had more power only. At that time, the territory on the right bank of the Mekong River was a vassal state of the Rattanakosin Kingdom.
Therefore, Isan Thais are not Laotians, and we use the term Isan Thais to avoid confusion.
Laotian is an ethnicity. It is not Thai. This is not a place for propaganda. Please watch our video on Isaan to learn the heritage of the people there.
I love Thai food😊😊
Having lived almost a year in Thailand people are surprised that I’ve never eaten Pat-Thai. I would say that it doesn’t appeal to me besides I know Chinese food when I see it.
Actually Thai people still cook at home but the thingies like curry are usually better buy from food stall.
most thai people cook at home, which is likely to be a community where people live in apartments who cannot cook
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Swensens(Minor group) own by American man who live in Thailand so it's nothing to surprise how come those American brands are famous in here. Actually it slightly flop after the Japanese and Korean desserts became trending here.
I 50/50 cook at home cuz the cheap ready to eat food-in-a-bag sold in markets are mostly too oily, too salty, too much msg, too sweet, etc.
I just know about swensen history. 😂
I dont know about number 1. Any document or link?
Look up the "Global Thai" initiative, there's tons of info on it
In 3. I think it false. We have market that sale fresh vegetable,raw meat and spice to cook but it almost seperate from normal market
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I don't think i've ever found daikon on any thai curry in my life. I think you mean squash.
You’re half right. It is in no way squash. That would be sacrilege in green curry. But you’re right that it’s not daikon- it’s winter melon. Easy to misidentify as it cooks down practically identically to daikon.
What a great wrap up...since China is opening up, we will for sure try to include a few days to swing thru BK and see you fine folks, and knock back afew beverages and some killer food
looking forward to it! we'll have to figure out a show to tape together.
@@OTRontheroad I'd love that honestly
Thai people and Lao people are in the same ethnic group immigrated from Yunnan(google search Guangxi Zhuang).
The Esan food is actually what Thai people originally eat before we adopt Cambodian culture(similar to Greek and Roman). In fact, Laos used to called themselves "Thai Lao", which meant "Us Thai" or "We Thai". However, Laos want to set their identity apart from Thailand, so they remove "Thai" from their country's name.
9) I didn't think that was going to be a revelation, there are no Chinese restaurants in China and no Indian restaurants in India😂.
0:11 I mean, no wonder they are popular!
Sizzler is another one.
Stunned the first time I saw sizzler here
About six months ago I heard about mookata buffets restaurants getting shutdown because of using cadaver preservative on meats.
I’d expect this from other countries but not Thailand. I guess I’m just too naïve.
....ew. Not shocked by anything anymore, though. I remember when an international organization examined beer in China (this was a long time ago, but still) and found that a massive amount of it used formaldehyde (what you call cadaver preservative)
From my perspective, I think not all the Thais love eating out. As far as I know, most of Thai middle class love to cook for themself because they can get higher quality of ingredients, more hygiene and nutrition food. The reasons why some of them buy “Kang Toong” (แกงถุง) for their Dinner are 1. A very long work hour and serious traffic jam lead some Thai have to stay outside for more than half of a day so they choose to buy “Kang Toong” for their meals, and 2. They are too poor to cook because they can’t buy kitchen supply especially gas stove and fridge.
One more things, if you precisely consider the quality of food sold in each place (fine dining restaurant, flee markets and a trolley near footpath) you will find the quality of foods they sold are totally different. Thai people don’t like a green curry with tremendous amounts of eggplant, chicken parts with big bone chunks, chicken blood and a very light soup.But they need to eat it because of its cheap price. How can most of Thai people can access to a fine dining restaurant’s green curry while they receive minimum wages (less 400 baht per day).
Yeah- I agree my wording might have been a bit misleading. What I was trying to imply was that the percentage of people who buy prepared food to bring home (or eat out) is the highest of anywhere I've ever been. It's so much more common than anywhere else in the world that I'm aware of, and I've cooked/eaten/traveled almost everywhere. That was my intention and I do agree that I should have stated it better.
@@OTRontheroad Thank you for your clearly answer now I understand more about your statement and I agree with it. Most of countries I lived people usually cook for their household except Thailand.
Btw, I become a fan of your channel. I’m looking forward to your new highly informative content like this.
I don’t think Som Tam is original from Laos. It’s a mixed culture of both countries.
True. Agreed. Much of “Isaan food” is from ethnic Lao regions- but food doesn’t respect national borders and many things are truly shared between what’s now the two countries. Don’t mean to be misleading about som tam. That most likely originated in the Thai side of that line. Grilled meat with sticky rice is Lao, but the use of chicken is Thai. It’s all shared history.
No.2 Actually Thai people also cook at home. I guess you haven’t seen all local markets.
Get out of Bangkok, best advice you could ever get.
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The term "issan" means "north east", which refers to the north east region of Thailand. Issan people from Thailand have similar culture (almost the same) to Loas. Issan food has been obviously evolved in 80's and 90's, when Thais could not go to Laos with ease due to political conflicts. So, it is unlikely that Thai issan food has been influenced by that of Loas. If anything, it is the other way around.
I don’t know the right word for how incorrect this comment is. My goodness
@@OTRontheroad I am an issan person, that's why I know what I am saying. Ok, I will wait for your issan food video.
@@kalas2320 ua-cam.com/video/hbFRIIo4uY8/v-deo.html
May i know where is the portuguese place?
goo.gl/maps/wCb66ZDBhXziQbf39 it's all centered around here. Check out the video we made entirely on this community! It's the one about Portuguese Food in Bangkok
No.6 is wrong. Sorry to say this.😅 The confusion stems from the term used by old Thai people. They may call E-sarn people as Laos.
Actually, for quite a long time, it was “encouraged” for Lao identity to be dropped for those inside Thailand’s borders and to strictly refer to all- ethnic Thais and Laotians- as Isaan. You have it backwards.