One of my favorite palces to eat in LOS is from the street vendors . The food is fresh, healty, tasty , and very cheap . The only problem I have is knowing what to order and relaying this inf to the ladys at the food stalls because of the language barrier. I sometimes order what someone else around is eating , which is usually pretty good . I also frequently give the girls at the bar i happen to be at a couple hundred baht and 15 min later the return with enough food for the whole bar !!

Anyone have any tips on how and what to order from the street vendors and also what one should pay cause im sure there is double pricing at play here to .

Some common Thai dishes spelled out in Thai writing would be invaluable .

all this talk of food is making me hungry , i wish there was a food stall on my street in falangland


Cheers

Dude

10-40 baht depending on where/what you order

most stalls (not all) added about 10baht for me compared to thai girl buying the day before :closedeyes:

Heres some Thai - English translations not a great deal though

Thai-Language - Food

Dude

Can you give an "indication" of what you like otherwise the list would be endless. I can then give you phonetic Thai versions.

On the other hand the vendors are quite used to farang just "pointing" i.e. at the "type" of noodle you want and the meat you want etc. Don't be embarrassed, they see it many times and are just happy to make a sale. Just remember the Kop Khun khap and you will see a big smile.

As most vendors sell noodle soup here is a brief starter

kway-tee-oww = noodle or noodle soup
Bharr mee - if you prefer the egg noodle to the rice noodle (most farang seem to but LOOk to see if they have it beofre ordering or you might get blank looks)

neua (New Ar) = beef

Moo = pork

Gai =chicken

Ped = duck 9short tone)

So kway-tee-oww moo = noodle soup with pork (usually sliced pork and pork balls together)

kway - teee - owww bhar mee moo (as above with egg noodle)

Beef soup is the one where you will get all the green stuff with it - i.e. basil leaves, lettuce, cabbage etc on a side plate. Either shred the basil inot the soup or just eat the leaves whole - they are delicious with noodle soup.

Look for vendors that are "popular" with Thais - what you say about them being "healthy" is not always the case. Thais will avoid the ones with bad hygeine.

Also AVOID the oysters on the stalls - thai stomachs are more hardened to enteritis than the average farang and eating them from an "open stall", especially after they have been displayed for a few hours is a good way to go down sick.

Andy

I know where there is one of a night and he can speak english so no problem there.Other times for example I have been near Mikes and there were a couple of vendors there but not doing much bussiness.Then a guy pulls up on a motor bike and people from the shops come out with bowls.I just have a look and every time on for the girl that has come out of a shop asks me do you want to eat and I say yes and they just order for me and it is usually like a noodle soup which it great and they say I put this for you but not this one to spicy for you

when i am in a bar i just ask the girls to get some food they always come back with a nice variation for 100 baht.

To be honest I find the best way to get what you want from food carts is to say 'Sawadhee Khrap" then point!
If it's a noodle soup stall just point at the various ingredients you want.
Unless you've had some practise, and know something of the tones, it's much harder to make yourself understood in Thai than in good old sign language.

yeah i had the best luck just having whatever girl/girls i was with ordering the food for me

Ordering a pappaya salad with six chilis isn't that hard, as long as you stay sober...

http://www.learningthai.com/noodle_shop.htm

This is also quite good

Here is another good link http://www.enjoythaifood.com/learnthai/noodleshop.php