Introducing mouth-watering and authentic Thai Street Food

No one can deny the fact that Thailand is a food heaven. From Tom Yum Goong to Massaman Curry, Thai dishes are famous for its rich aromatic flavour, spiciness and fresh ingredients. In Thailand, you do not necessarily visit a proper Thai restaurant to savour authentic Thai dishes. Instead, you can find numerous great and appetising Thai food on the street.

 

This guide will introduce some of the best Thai street food that you should try when you get a chance.

 

The Thai Street Food Is About Customisation

 

While most of the Thai street food offers an astounding and diverse taste and experience, they also make sure that the taste will suit the different taste buds by making the different spices accessible to every customer.  

 

Here are some of the popular Thai street food:

 

Som Tum

Som Tum is the most popular Thai salad dish in Thailand. This light and healthy salad are made with shredded green papaya, tomatoes, peanuts, dried shrimps, garlic and fish sauce, etc. While there are some vendors choose to replace green papaya with mangoes as the chief ingredient in this light and refreshing Thai salad.

 

Gai Tod

Served with sticky rice and chilli tamarind sauce, Gai Tod is a Thai-style fried chicken dish. Deep-fried with spices and rice flour, this fried chicken dish is a perfect companion to Thai beer.

 

Poh Pia Tod

Poh Pia Tod, also known as spring rolls, is a tasty and reliable Thai snack that can be commonly found in Thai street market. It can be made with different ingredients, such as pork, vegetables or rice noodles, etc. Vendors will cut the spring rolls and served with a traditional Thai sweet chilli sauce.

 

Massaman Curry

Some refer Massaman Curry as Massaman Gai, it is a unique Thai curry dish. Made with coconut milk, chicken, roasted peanuts, cinnamon and other ingredients, it is relatively mild in terms of the level of spiciness.

 

The Thai Iced Tea

 

Do not expect that your Thai Iced tea will be similar to the regular iced tea that you order in another restaurant.  It is packed with a creamy orange drink with a well-blended flavour that gives the amazing taste. Some Thai restaurants will add sweetened-condensed milk to their Thai Iced Tea by adding sweetened condensed milk.

 

The good thing about Thai street food is that they are very affordable and very enticing. The most exciting thing is that you do not need to travel to Thailand to enjoy these amazing street food. Instead, Thai Square is the perfect Thai restaurant in London, serving a wide selection of mouth-watering Thai dishes, including some of the Thai street food. We have 13 Thai restaurants across and outside London. Visit us and enjoy our authentic and freshly-made Thai cuisine at our Thai restaurant today. Remember to check out our latest restaurant deals in London online.