right now we're in nonthaburi which is about 30 minutes drive from central bangkok
i'm so excited
we're going to try some street food today
but not just any street food
this place right behind me is a michelin rated fried banana restaurant
i'm so excited to try this
it sounds absolutely amazing
you can probably already tell from all the background noise
but we're on a really busy street right now
this place is literally set up on the busiest street you can imagine
there are cars going past motorbikes going past
and you can hear engines absolutely everywhere
all i can smell right now is the amazing scent of fried banana
seriously it smells so sweet and so good
it must be really good there's already a huge
line of people clamoring to get in there and it's not even lunch time
so come on let's go get some fried banana and see what the hype is all about
so as well as fried bananas you can also get fresh bananas here
they're not the same kind that you might see in the supermarket back home
they're actually way smaller and that
stops them from falling apart when they're cooking in the hot hot oil
so you're not just gonna find fried banana here
there are loads of other thai snacks to choose from too
they all look really really delicious
this is where they prepare all the food
they were so lovely here and let us come back to have a look around
everything was really organized and there were so many different stations
there were woks of hot oil absolutely everywhere
cooking batch after batch of delicious thai street food
this machine makes kind of like a dough
it's then hand rolled into balls before it's deep fried
there's just so much attention given to every single stage of the process
they even have this awesome machine that shakes off all of the oil at the end
everyone at each station knew exactly what they were doing it was really impressive
it could seriously rival any commercial kitchen
we could really see why it was included in the michelin guide
that's the thing about thailand there's just
so many amazing street food vendors and restaurants hidden all over the country
you just have to seek them out
wow we got to go into the kitchen and see how everything was made
it's such an impressive operation
we have someone responsible for carefully slicing the bananas
and there's just so much frying going on
i can't even express how good it smells here
like there's the smell of oil but it all smells like really sweet
my mouth is absolutely watering i'm so excited to get back in line
so i can order my food and try this delicious fried banana
okay let's go try it all
let's go!
we've just been to the fried banana shop and we've crossed over the road to a fresh coconut shop
it's really good actually i love fresh coconut and it's served in these little bags
that's so good
so the fried banana shop sells a lot more than just fried bananas
it had all kinds of thai snacks
today we decided to try some fried bananas
and also some deep fried taro balls and deep fried potato balls
they look really good and they smell even better
i'm gonna try one of the balls first
i think the woman said it was sweet potato so let's bite in and see what it's like
that is really good
it's not quite what i expected
it's, it's actually hollow
that's really not what i expected but it's so crispy and it has that really nice sweet taste
like i love sweet potatoes and that's really coming through
that's so crispy and so nice
wow i don't know if they're all hollow or not
so i'm going to try another one just to see what that one's like too
and also because they're really yummy
i just want to keep eating them
yeah hollow as well and that's because the oil's so hot they just go completely hollow
but either way that's really yummy
now i keep saying that they're completely hollow
but to be honest there is a tiny bit of mixture inside
you're getting that really nice sweet potato flavor just hitting your tongue
and just the crispness of it is so good
you bite in and you have the most delicious crunch
it's really tasty
now i'm gonna try the taro one
i'm not that familiar with taro like i've eaten it a few times
i've had taro chips and i really like those but
definitely i've never had them in this kind of form
but let's see what it's like
this one has like a little bit more filling inside it
it's still not a lot of filling it's still mostly hollow but you really get that different taste
it tastes quite different from the sweet potato
again it's still really delicious you get that
really really lovely crunch as soon as you bite into it
and it just coats your tongue with the most delicious oily taste
it's so good
i briefly talked to the woman in the shop about them
i asked if they were taro flavour because i could see the purple color
and she said it's actually taro mixed with milk powder
maybe that's why it tastes so good
i don't know but it's really delicious
oh my god
i actually can't believe i did that okay
i've just got to wash that down with some fresh coconut water
that's so good
like i just love coconut water so much
actually i just love coconut so much
this is so fresh and so delicious you can even see like the big lumps of coconuts floating in it
so you can tell that it's really really fresh
i'm so excited now we're going to try the fried banana
this is what gave the shop the michelin rating
so if you're wondering, if you want to order the snack in thai it's called gluay khet
let's see what it tastes like
that is delicious
wow just wow
it's not as sweet as i was expecting but it's just so crunchy
oh my gosh i don't know if you can hear it
but the sound of the crunch
is like making my mouth water just thinking about it
it's so delicious it's got that perfect mix of sweet and savory
the batter itself is really savory that's where the crunch is coming from
and it's got little sesame seeds all over it which is just making the most amazing flavor
and inside we've got the thin slices of banana
so we've got the sweetness coming through but not too much
it's like the perfect blend of sweet and savory
that's so delicious
i can really see why there are huge lines outside this place
that's so good
i already told you it was a 30 minute trip out of bangkok but absolutely worth it
that's so delicious and i've never had anything like this in thailand
this is so good
so i actually grew up in brunei
and one of my favorite snacks to eat was called pisang goerang which is
you guessed it
fried banana
you can also find pisang goereng all across malaysia as well as brunei
so it's really cool that i've found something so similar right here in bangkok thailand
it actually tastes kind of different
i think the flour is really different or something but it's all really yummy
it's so good
it's kind of hard to believe that all of this food
well there are a couple of bits missing now
but all of this cost 50 baht which is 1.50 usd
isn't that amazing?
it's so delicious as well
you have to come and try this
if you want to come and try this delicious food for yourself
which you absolutely should
the shop is called fried banana rama 5
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