Comments on: How to eat like a Thai

By: James

James — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:00:27 +0000

When your finished eating Thai’s usually say “Pom emn”

By: cee

cee — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 07:39:11 +0000

Yep! You were correct.

By: cee

cee — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 07:38:46 +0000

In Thailand, those herbs are left in while serving the soup and Thais know what to eat and what not to eat. Commonly abroad, Thais will pick out the herbs before serving in case a foreigner accidentally eats it. You’ve found yourself a restaurant which serves it authentically, and you did the right thing by not eating the galangal, lime leaves and lemongrass. If there is basil (soft), you can eat that.

By: jecomans

jecomans — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 02:20:21 +0000

I would expect a lot of whiskey to come with a meal that cost 2700B!
I tipped at a small restaurant my first time in Thailand. The waitress laughed at me and counted out all the notes in front of me to show how I had added them up wrong. Everyone around had a friendly giggle about me and my poor maths.

By: cee

cee — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:48:54 +0000

Bo -

Your English is fine! Thank you for writing and I'm glad you like our site. It's very nice when Thai people comment!

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By: Bo

Bo — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:28:34 +0000

Hello there, I am from Thailand. I am 100% Thai and I was born and lived in Thailand. My translation may be off, I apologize.

I’ve read your website. It is organized and easy to read. Unlike other websites I’ve seen so far. They make the letters too large or the design are messy. I like your style settings.

I love how you describe the rice section. It’s quite describable and true
Other sections are also informative. Your ideas are are written well. Thanks for sharing! =)

By: cee

cee — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:11:50 +0000

thanks for writing! i’m glad the site has been helpful to you in thailand.

By: LP

LP — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:48:01 +0000

I love your website. It’s very informative but also I like the clear and stylish design.
I live in Thailand (I’m English) and this has been very helpful to me learning how to pronounce the names of ingredients – I find shopping quite hard work sometimes when no labels are written in English (I can understand some spoken Thai but not read it!)
Thank you so much & I look forward to more recipes…!

By: cee

cee — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:47:48 +0000

To say you're full in Thai is "im laew". "Im" means full, and "laew" puts it into the past tense. You can hear how to pronounce it here: http://www.thai-language.com/mp3/P200020.mp3

I think the best thing to say might be "the food is very tasty" = "ahaan arroy maak". You can hear that spoken here: http://www.thai2english.com/search.aspx?q=อาหารอร่อยมาก - it's very slow, but you get the idea.

By: cee

cee — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:31:17 +0000

Yes, Lucas is right. Just eat around those things. You’re not supposed to eat them. It’s authentic for them to be left in the bowl when it’s served to you.

You are not supposed to eat the galangal, lemongrass or lime leaves. Many also don’t eat the shallots or chilies. The latter is up to you!