We're in Chinatown here in Bangkok Thailand
and we're here to try some amazing street food
you could probably already tell from all the yellow and red signs behind me
but it's currently Vegetarian Festival
we're going to explore the area and see what amazing Foods we can find
Right behind me is the Chinatown Gate
this is one of the main entry points to Chinatown and it's
also exactly where the Vegetarian Festival starts
we walked right to the end so we can walk the
whole length of it and find all the most delicious food
it's seriously the most amazing day here
the sun is shining the skies are blue
and there's that really amazing atmosphere
that hustle and bustle
everyone's excited to be here
and all the food smells absolutely amazing
this looks amazing
but there's all kinds of different noodles
I can see Pad See Ew which is like one of my favorites of all time
and there's lots of thinner noodles as well kind of like chow mein
I think I'm gonna find out how much this is and get some
because always really really love noodles
I literally can't believe that that only cost 20 baht
that's like less than one US dollar for a whole container
these are something I have not tried for absolutely ages!
usually they have rice or banana or beans in them
and they're cooked in bamboo
they're really really nice
we're definitely gonna get one of these seriously I love these so much
I'm so excited to find them here
I think these are one of these take-home kits so you can like make it at home yourself
it looks like we've got some Thai basil, some carrot, peanuts and other vegetables
we've got a lime and some kind of nice sauce
I think this is going to be really delicious I'm just going to find out how much it is
Tao rai ka?
This looks really really yummy and everything's prepared for you
I think I'm gonna pick one up and take it home to eat later
just stumbled upon the most amazing food being made
this guy has a huge wok and he's mixing in I think sugar with tons of peanuts
and he Scoops them out there onto the next tray where they get squished and squashed
and it's really amazing like we can even see people hitting them with hammers
they're using long pieces of wood to squish them together and really make it extra compact
it looks absolutely delicious
like my mouth has been watering watching how sweet and incredible this looks
we're going to go around to the front of the store now
pick up some and see exactly what it tastes like
so I was gonna wait till the end to try everything but these just
look so delicious I have to have one right now
and it was only 40 baht that's just more than a US dollar
but super cheap right
and like seriously look how delicious that looks
we've got peanuts on one side
we've got sesame seed all through it
and like this amazing gooey caramel holding it all together
lets see what it tastes like
oh my goodness that is so sweet full of peanuts
that's absolutely delicious
we we're gonna wait until the end to try everything
but I'm carrying all of this delicious food around and getting really hungry
so we pulled down a quiet street and we're not alone either
we've got this little black cat that's just hanging out right next to us
and I think he thinks the food smells pretty good as well
here we've got those really really tasty looking noodles
and she's giving me a couple of skewers to eat them with
this is something I haven't done before
so I'm gonna try it out
oh that's really good the noodles are so well cooked they're really soft
they just have a really nice taste
they're like a little little bit sweet
but not too much
and there's like amazing veggies
mixed the whole way through
seriously that's so good
and I can't believe how cheap it is
this whole meal like an entire meal for one person is 20 Baht
that's 53 cents
53 U.S cents
for all this food
it's really delicious too
thats crazy I just can't get over that
so good
I was really excited to see these for sale today
they're like one of my Thai favorites
and I haven't seen them for absolutely ages
so they're like rice beans
sometimes banana
a bit of sugar
and they're put inside a piece of bamboo and cooked
at the end the woman cracks them open with a huge Hammer
opens them up and you get to eat it
so this only cost 40 Baht
which is just over one US dollar
oh that's nice
this one's not actually very sweet
the rice is a little bit sticky like not as sticky as like Classic Thai sticky rice
such a good texture and like the beans all through it just add that little bit of extra flavor
I always think of these as like a Thai version of a tamale
so it's a little bit more sticky it's just cooked in a bit of a different way
and you guessed it absolutely delicious
yum
so good
we've just finished trying all of that delicious street food
now we're gonna go back into the market and see what else we can find
We just walked past this place and it seriously smells so good
like we were literally just walking down the street
and we had this waft of lemongrass smell hit us in the face
I think it's a Thai green curry
I'm not gonna try it right now but oh the smell is so good seriously
the cool thing about this place is there's literally something for everyone
it doesn't matter if you're like new to eating street food
or like it's something that you love revisiting
like that's everything there's lots of Chinese influenced dishes
and there's your Classic Thai stuff
I've seen a few Pad Thais a few Pad See Ew Pak
like everything looks seriously so good
it's hard to make a choice
I was really hoping to find some dumplings when we
got here and I've just stumbled across some amazing looking ones
so I'm gonna get these now for 50 baht
I'm literally standing right behind the shop where we just bought these dumplings
so let's see what 40 baht dumplings taste like
okay first let's get some sauce on them
that really good
I'm not sure what exactly is inside there's definitely a bit of cabbage
but it's really really soft like it's been cooked for a long time
but the outside is so crispy and with the sauce oh my gosh
like seriously this is delicious
one of the foods that Chinatown is most famous for is called Pa Tong Go
it's literally like fried dough and I always think it looks absolutely delicious
I was gonna get some today but literally the line is going all the way down the block
so I might have to come back another time
it does look really good though!
I've tried quite a bit of savory stuff today
so now it's time for something sweet
I'm really interested in trying some of these like Thai candy things
I think on the inside of sweet beans
I haven't had them for a really long time
so I'm gonna see what they like today
the thing that's really cool about these is they look like tiny little fruit and vegetables
they're so cute
it's really sweet
Its really soft um yeah I think it's beans on the inside
they're really good and just so cute like I love how they look they're so colorful and lovely
I'll try one more I think I'm gonna finish with the one that looks a bit like a chili
really yummy
I literally have no idea what these are
but they're really really colorful
they look really tasty and they've got all of the flavors laid out right here
I think today I'm gonna be a little bit adventurous
I'm gonna try the water chestnut and see what like tastes like
I'm not sure whether it's going to be sweet or what
so yeah let's dig in
so this one's 30 Baht
again way less than one US dollar
seriously you can get so much food here
it's absolutely crazy
I literally don't know what this is
all I know is it's vegetarian and it's water chestnut flavor
and you can see the water chestnut on the top
here they're bright yellow and they look really good
so I'm gonna dig my spoon in
and take a big bite
oh it's really soft
like super gooey
it looks like it's got another layer underneath it
kind of a little bit like jelly
that's a really unusual flavor
it's like coconut but then you've got a little little crunch
you have like the water chestnut on top
it's a really really unique flavor
I don't know if I would have warmed to this when I first moved to Thailand
but I've been here a few years now
and now I love this sort of stuff
I'm gonna try something else I've never ever tried before
this looks kind of like it's some sort of jelly floating in liquid
it's bright pink
I don't know what it is let's get some for 40 baht
I've got my spoon and the different things to put inside
I really don't know what this is
I saw a big coconut on the back of the store
we'll mix it all together and see what it tastes like
I don't know what exactly it is
but it's really really jiggly
now I'm gonna add what I think might be coconut milk
that looks really good
it's kind of all floating to the top now
okay I'm gonna try and get a spoon with everything on it
that's not what I expected at all
it's like really sweet
like so sweet
like unbelievably sweet
there's like a little flavor of coconut
but the thing that's really unusual
are the pink bits that kind of look a bit like pomegranates
you've got a kind of jelly like exterior
but the inside is kind of like a water chestnut
I think it might actually be a water chestnut in there
actually surprisingly good
I really really like the pink bit
I hope you guys really enjoyed exploring Chinatown
and all of this delicious street food here in Bangkok Thailand
we're gonna go enjoy the rest of our night so I'll catch you guys in the next one