Thai Street Food- Best Way to enjoy Thai cuisines in Thailand

In the past few years Thailand’s popularity as one of the most sought after tourist destinations has grown phenomenally. There is absolutely no denying the fact that Thailand’s ever increasing popularity is a well justified and rather a well deserved one. It is primarily because Thailand is full of mesmerizing locations, friendly, hospitable peoples and a super amazing Thai cuisine.

A majority of people who have savored Thai food are aware of the dishes like tom yum kung, red curry etc but the ones who have been to Thailand have certainly been a witness to the real divinely treat in the form of the Thai street food. Undoubtedly, there is an ocean to be discovered in such a Thai cuisine category provided one is ready to get out of his comfort zone and sample the mouthwatering Thai street food. In fact Thai people are totally gung ho about “street food” which is the reason why one can find street food vendors in every nook and cranny with a flurry of food options ranging from traditional Thai dishes to western / modern ones to food coming from China, Vietnam.

As a matter of fact the well known tourist places (like Koh San Road in Bangkok, Koh Samui) besides the other places offer hundreds of street food vendors with a huge range of choice. In case you worry too much about the hygiene then you should try as much as possible to eat anything that is cooked in front of you. You would be certainly better off trying a little of everything and this way you would surely cherish your favorite Thai cuisine. Yet there are a few handy tips that you can follow for a safe street food eating experience:

1. Only eat food which is cooked in front of you.

2. You should monitor that food items should be covered to protect them from dust and smog.

3. Totally avoid drinking water that is offered in the shops which also includes ice offered with beverages for free.

4. Street food carts can surprisingly be sans any menu. You can literally guess all the ingredients merely by looking at the food cooked in front of you.

5. Opt for the Street food carts with maximum customers are possibly the safest to eat due to constant inflow of customers ensure the ingredients are always fresh.

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