Bangkok Travel Blog

Unlike the French-influenced Vietnam, Thailand really isn’t much of a bread culture. That being said, there are a number of nice pastry shops and bakeries here and there in Bangkok. But the place to go for toast is Mont Nom Sod. Going out for toast might not be something that comes up in conversation...

Kanom krok is a Thai coconut pudding (some call it a pancake) made with rice flour and coconut cream and fried on a cast-iron griddle with shallow, circular depressions. The medallion-sized snack browns a bit on the bottom but remains soft and semi-liquid on top and then is folded over another half to...

Call it Tic Tac Dough. These little fry breads are an excellent street snack in Bangkok. The x-shaped versions have a slight saltiness to them and are often eaten with a bowl of congee or cup of coffee for breakfast. The o-shaped form is slightly sweet (no frosting or sugar coating though) and are called...

As if Bangkok wasn’t already an excellent place to eat. Foodies take note: coming up are two special culinary events that you shouldn’t miss. Photo by jimi photog International TASTE 2010 Amazing Thailand Not all Thai food is the same. Those who know Thailand know that the various regions and cultures...

Is it a tube? Is it a luxury sports car showroom? Alien spacecraft? No, it’s one of Bangkok’s more unusual clubs. Bed Supper Club is a tough one to label. It is a fancy restaurant — but the diners sit on beds. It’s a gallery and also a club with resident and visiting DJs. Thai...

Thai people really like to eat. A lot! Few streets don’t have at least one food vendor with a cart parked at the corner and the food courts and restaurants are busy late into the night. And when they aren’t eating breakfast, lunch or dinner, many of them are snacking. I myself am a constant grazer...

The name is not flattering. At once it suggests the fish’s mother, maybe from Tennessee, and the gaping jaws of a hungry beast from the depths. But actually the fish maw is an air bladder (another appetizing word) that a fish uses to rise or sink in the water. Fish maws for sale hanging in a market...

One of the quirky, fun aspects of Bangkok nightlife is the portable bar scene. A rinky dink tiki-bar, the kind you and your fraternity/sorority friends nailed together in college in the basement, might appear on the sidewalk right in downtown Bangkok serving mixed drinks with some portable music and...

Throughout the NileGuide site, Local Experts are posting blogs about a meal a traveler can find in their city for under $5 USD. But this is Bangkok, one of the world’s powerhouses of cheap street food and I might struggle to actually get UP to $5. So let’s say here’s a classic Bangkok meal for...

Laab, which may sometimes be written as larb, is a cold meat salad originating in the northeast of Thailand, the Isaan region. I admit the term “cold meat salad” doesn’t typically make me jump up and down with excitement. This recipe, however, has gone a long way to change my thoughts about the...