With food, probably similar logic as beauty in eyes of beholder. My own taste for Thai food is that I enjoy the hawker stall type food most.

I’m not completely surprised by this information and am relieved to see that some of you are still working hard at something, like finding good restaurants on side sois in Thailand … and blogging with attitude. How continental!

Of course the only people that, in their own minds are generally even have more cool than an “elite” Thai would be our friends, the French.

ThaiCrisis, I stand corrected. But obviously I could still use some of your excess cool and your restaurant tips – which you still haven’t spilled.

Too fermented.

And it’s funny to see how people can get so easily confused. He thinks I’m Thai. Plus a hippie.

It’s huge. And that’s a lot for one man’s shoulders …

UncoolBob should peruse my blog. He would certainly learn interesting things about GDP, oil prices and thai politics.

As for the real cuisine, I’m not afraid to say that I know what I’m talking about: I’m french.

Too bad that PasCoolBob is missing the irony and reacting at first level.

Probably too … American …?

Ooops. Sorry. I shouldn’t say that. That’s wrong.

Peace. And love.

You swallowed that bottle of vitriol?

Street food may not be that “good,” but better than non-street places.

It’s easier to pick up a food poisoning in more upscale places.

And well, there are streets and streets. A pad thai Sukhumvit may taste different than a pad thai pak soi.

BangkokDan

Of course the venues that have “real cuisine” aren’t listed in those totally uncool “tourist guides.” If they were the hi-so and wannabe hi-so types in this cookie cutter culture would have to eat next to the lowly ‘foreigner’ – ohmigod would that ruin a real Thai person’s night! Gag me with a spoon. Barf me out man! A foreigner is here! Ohmigod!!! Can you believe it?

Only real hipsters like ThaiCrisis have the 911 on what’s really happenin’ in town … and those cool cats ain’t sharin’ – oh no – definitely not with them lowlife “foreigners.”

Oh my life as a “foreigner” is soooo unfair. Oh God, why didn’t you make me one of the beautiful people like ThaiCrisis so I can eat in a real Thai restaurant that I have to work to find? A good God would not have created a reality like this! Why did you make me a “foreigner” God? Why couldn’t I have been born a middle or upper class Thai? Why do they get the beamers and I’m stuck riding on their hood because they can’t stop for a pedestrian? I wai you ThaiCrisis because you drive a car. You must be a God to own a car. No, you must be God. If I believed in the crap you believe in maybe I could come back as your car seat, or even your little beaded carseat cover. Oh please may I have the blessing of sniffing your ass crack each day.

ThaiCrisis, can you help me, please? Please spare some of your excess cool. Please, please let me know where you eat, won’t you?

1 – I’m bored with the agitated people who think it’s cool to jump around in order to sell their biz.

Why promotion should always sound like excitation?

Calm is a virtue. Aaron should have a shoot of Ritalin.

2 – I’m bored too with someone whose job is to design tourist maps … and when interviewed, can only speak ’bout “bed super club,” “the face” and Hua Hin. Come one … he can do better I’m sure.

3 – And I’m certainly bored with people, I mean foreigners, who repeat ad nauseam non-sense like “try the food on the streets, it’s sooo gooood.”

Every time it sounds like an old american lady, coming from the 60s, with big sunglasses: “Darling! Look at this … cart … in the middle of automobile traffic … it’s so exotic … daaaaaarling … hum … the food look gorgeous … Tasty … Fresh … Crispy … Should I say … sexy?

Yes!

And it’s so affordable … Honey bunny, I’m going to faint for one of these chicken barbecues sate Thai whatever.

Get me one, if you want to get me. Love you.”

Stop the crap. We need to create an association, a ONG to stop this cheap (but viciously resilient) propaganda.

Food on the street is not healthy. Period. It could be tasty (albeit…), but not healthy.

And I don’t talk about hygiene (everybody knows that from time to time a good … purgation biologically induced is a good thing).

I’m talking about … quality. Do you seriously believe that for 25 THB you’ll get the premium chicken and pork quality …? And the organic vegetables?

For that price you’ll get antibiotics and other weird chemicals … And remember those don’t die when you (over)cook the meat. Unlike germs.

You want good food ? Go to real Thai restaurants. You’ll pay more. But you’ll have real cuisine. Unfortunatly, this is hard work: You need to find those venues.

Because, of course, they’re not listed in tourist guides.

Voila. Last thing, let’s rejoyce ourselves and let’s put some melamine in our coffee.

Peace.