Roadside restaurants, street food. Best of the best

Post by **GLCQuantum** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:11 pm

lola wrote:GLCQuantum, and where u try a best one?

They are all pretty much the same everywhere. I think it's a bit like 'beans on toast' to the Thais... difficult to get wrong.

Post by **Farang** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 3:37 pm

Street food is one of the truly best features of Thailand. This cornucopia of all styles of food is displayed very appetizingly on ever expanding street food market on 88th West Street.

Frequently I buy truly excellent pasta Carbonara or Bolognese from the gentleman in front of the small Tesco on 88th west. While his Carbonara is quite traditional his Bolognese is slightly more spicy than regularly. Very aptly so for Thai street food.

The stall is open from 5.30 PM to around 10.30 PM, but not on Saturdays.
A good-sized take-away Carbonara is THB 49 and Bolognese (Beef) THB 79.

Really, really well worth the price!

Post by **Big Boy** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 6:15 pm

Farang wrote:Frequently I buy truly excellent pasta Carbonara or Bolognese from the gentleman in front of the small Tesco on 88th west. While his Carbonara is quite traditional his Bolognese is slightly more spicy than regularly. Very aptly so for Thai street food.

It's been a few weeks, but I've kept your post in the back of my mind. We've been out most of today, and wanted something easy, so we gave this recommendation a try.

The carbonara was excellent value for money - we all agreed on that.

The bolognese was very disappointing. It tasted OK, but I don't think any of us received any beef whatsoever,

We will use this guy again, but only for his carbonara.

Post by **Henry 14th** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 7:34 pm

Watch the cholesterol on that Carbonara BB.

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Post by **Henry 14th** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 7:36 pm

.... Continued from above.

As you say very tasty but did you watch the guy prepare it? Full of full fat cream and powdered flavouring.

The misses used to buy it for me and I loved it. Went to buy it for myself one night, watched him prepare it and haven't been back.

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Post by **Big Boy** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 7:50 pm

My son went, so I didn't see it prepared.

My cholesterol levels are checked every 3 months - I don't have a problem.

Post by **Takiap** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 6:27 am

Henry 14th wrote:.... Continued from above.

As you say very tasty but did you watch the guy prepare it? Full of full fat cream and powdered flavouring.

The misses used to buy it for me and I loved it. Went to buy it for myself one night, watched him prepare it and haven't been back.

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I'll definitely be getting some on Friday evening after I pick my kids up from karate. The guy uses real full fat cream and only charges 49 baht? Now that is certainly a deal worth taking advantage of.

Fortunately (of unfortunately) I don't know what my cholesterol status is, and I have no interest in finding out either. If something tastes good, I eat it.

Post by **pharvey** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:58 am

Takiap wrote:Fortunately (of unfortunately) I don't know what my cholesterol status is, and I have no interest in finding out either. If something tastes good, I eat it.

A man after my own heart!!

Post by **hhfarang** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 5:37 pm

Fortunately (of unfortunately) I don't know what my cholesterol status is, and I have no interest in finding out either. If something tastes good, I eat it.

I had that same philosophy when I retired and moved there, and I gained 30 lbs...

Post by **Farang** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 10:34 am

Big Boy wrote:
Farang wrote:Frequently I buy truly excellent pasta Carbonara or Bolognese from the gentleman in front of the small Tesco on 88th west. While his Carbonara is quite traditional his Bolognese is slightly more spicy than regularly. Very aptly so for Thai street food.
It's been a few weeks, but I've kept your post in the back of my mind. We've been out most of today, and wanted something easy, so we gave this recommendation a try.

The carbonara was excellent value for money - we all agreed on that.

The bolognese was very disappointing. It tasted OK, but I don't think any of us received any beef whatsoever,

We will use this guy again, but only for his carbonara.

I have never yet had from this hawker (who, BTW, used to be a chef in a major hotel in HH) anything but good stuff. The spaghetti is always very aptly al dente and they'll do a cocktail of sauces for you as well. Lately my favourite has been a carbonara without cream, but with hu ra pha (basil) sauce. Tasty and piquant!

I expected everyone to understand by the price and location that this definitely is street food, not haute cuisine nor health-nut-fodder.

Post by **Big Boy** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 11:29 am

I wasn't complaining - everybody has different tastes/likes. I enjoyed his carbonara, and have used him since

Post by **JamesWest** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 12:51 pm

thanks big boy for the pasta man carbonara info. 60 baht i tried it a few nights ago. good and cheap. i have cut out almost all carbs from my diet but sometimes you have to say "what the f*ck".

Post by **Big Boy** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 12:56 pm

60 Baht

49 Baht for me

Post by **JamesWest** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 1:02 pm

i had six pieces of sushi at the soi 88 food court. can't remembr the name right now. the stand with the big sushi sign.

10 baht each piece so 60 baht for this or $1.76 USD.

I am from LA so I have been eating Sushi all my life, including from the most expensive sushi restaurants in the world. this is just ok quality sushi. but the same thing in LA would be about 240 baht from a grocery store and about 500 baht in a restaurant.

Post by **JamesWest** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 1:06 pm

Big Boy wrote:60 Baht 49 Baht for me

they asked me if i wanted large or small so i said large. maybe i looked like a tourist.

it was a lot of pasta. almost filled me up

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