(mellow hip-hop)
- Oh that's superb, it's called snakefruit in english,
sala in Thai.
What a wonderful fruit.
Good morning, I hope you're having an amazing day.
It's Mark Wiens, I'm in Chanthaburi, Thailand,
and this is day three of our eastern
provinces of Thailand food tour.
Today we are driving from Chanthaburi to Trat,
and there are, we're gonna stop at two
legendary restaurants, and that's the plan for the day,
so I'm gonna share all of the delicious food
with you in this video right now.
And we've got a whole bag for the road.
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There's this one phrase in Thai, (speaks Thai)
and that directly translates to,
if you haven't eaten this dish,
you haven't arrived to this destination.
And every province in Thailand,
almost every city has a couple of these dishes.
We are about to eat this dish, and it was just about
a 15-minute drive from the center of Chanthaburi.
This is a place, it's in the countryside,
it's gonna be good.
(speaks Thai)
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(speaks Thai)
Here it is, the dish is called kuay teow moo liang,
and this is, if you ask anyone from Chanthaburi,
a dish that you cannot miss when you visit Chanthaburi,
again the dish that you haven't arrived to Chantaburi
until you've tried, this is the dish.
You can choose your noodles,
and then there's some pork in it,
and then she also has a beef version as well.
I think it's all about the broth.
In that broth simmering
you can see whole chunks of pineapple,
and there's both chicken and pork in there,
and so definitely the first thing you have to do
is just taste that broth.
Mmm, yeah it does have that kind of like,
fruity, acidic touch from the pineapple,
but like with all good bowls of noodles,
it's time to season.
I'm gonna go in first for some chili vinegar.
Oh this is some thick and hearty chili vinegar.
Oh that looks fantastic, and then of course,
you gotta go in for the chili flakes.
Stir this up a little bit, and I went with senbei,
which is this type of rice noodle, the medium-sized.
There's also a little bit of vegetables in here,
some water morning glory, and then some other herb.
Oh, that chili vinegar, that's good stuff.
Overall, the entire dish is a little on the sweet side.
The broth is kinda sweet, but balanced with that vinegar
and the chili flakes, it's good.
I'd like to try the beef version next.
And also some meatballs, same noodles, same broth,
but this is (speaks Thai) which is like braised beef.
We gotta go in for that broth,
and I'm go in for some of those herbs as well.
Oh that pineapple sweetness,
and this chili vinegar is the condiment of choice.
This is where it's at.
And mix that around, add a little bit
of those little chili flakes, mix this guy up.
Okay, and on this bite I gotta go for some,
a little bit of everything, especially with that beef.
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Oh, that's still really hot.
Okay, how 'bout a meatball.
Oh, that has a pretty nice texture,
and you can taste the black pepper in that.
Meatballs like that have really started to grow on me.
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For me, it's okay, not amazing.
It's a little on the sweet side,
but it's definitely a dish you have to eat
when you come to Chanthaburi,
and the location, they're really friendly.
The location here is fantastic, the atmosphere is great.
From here, we are driving towards Trat,
and the next restaurant is the one
I'm most looking forward to today.
We're gonna have a rice and curry feast
of local Trat dishes.
It's about a 30-minute drive to get there,
we're on our way now.
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(speaks Thai)
That was about a 30-minute drive to get to this restaurant,
and this is one of the most legendary (speaks Thai)
restaurants, which is rice and curry restaurants.
We just crossed over the border from Chanthaburi to Trat,
so we're about 20 kilometers outside of Trat town right now,
but we're in the province, and we're here before 11 a.m.
They only have a small selection, but the good new is,
they still have some awesome dishes to try,
and I ordered everything they had that looked good.
(speaks Thai)
And by the way, this restaurant is called
Khao Gaeng San Toong.
I'll begin with this dish right here,
which is called (speaks Thai) and
this is a dish that I've never had before.
It's some type of fish, stir-fried with,
I think it's cucumber, there are some herbs in there,
there's chilis, this looks fantastic.
It looks awesome.
(moaning happily)
Yeah, it's a very firm fish, almost like, like a tuna,
and then the cucumber and the type of melon,
it's really soft and sort of melts in your mouth.
You've got, I believe that's holy basil in there,
which has a little bit of a peppery,
almost tingly sensation to your tongue.
And then it has a, has a little bit
of a sweet/spicy balance to it.
Next dish is (speaks Thai),
this is some type of little snails or shellfish,
I think some type of, looks like little blood cockels,
and then that's pineapple, but you can see
all the chilis folded in there as well.
Oh, oh that's awesome.
Something I love about the food in this region of Thailand
is how they really mix the savory with the sweet,
but for the sweet how they often use lots of fruit.
Of all the dishes though,
the dish I'm most excited that they had,
that I had to order immediately was the (speaks Thai).
Now, kwang is a, it's a type of deer,
and it's stir-fried with naw sabparod,
which is the top of the pineapple,
you know that part with the kind of spikes that come off
that you pull off the top of a pineapple
before you cut open a pineapple.
That is what it's stir-fried with,
and I think it's the bottom pieces of that
where they slice it up finely.
I believe the official name for it is pineapple crown,
it's the top of the pineapple.
Oh that is the dish.
Absolutely sensational.
You do, I mean if you think about it,
you can actually taste the pineapple.
I mean it has more of a subtle flavor,
it has a texture that's similar in a crunch
that's similar to a bamboo shoot.
It has this really, like,
satisfying crunch in your mouth.
Okay, that's the dish.
I think I better order another plate before they
run out of it.
Oh that's good, that's outstanding.
Next dish is (speaks Thai),
and (speaks Thai) is king mackerel,
but then they're made into lukchin which are meatballs,
or fish balls, and it looks like a nice green curry sauce.
That one's a little more on the sweeter side.
It does have kind of a more green curry property,
so I think they are using green chilis in that,
and it has a nice refreshing citrus-y taste to it.
Maybe coming from those kaffir lime leaves
as well as the basil in there, the sweet basil.
The fish meatballs themselves are very spongy.
They have an extreme bounce to them.
And finally, just 'cause they had it,
we got a, this is a mackerel.
It's kind of a candied, it's definitely gonna be sweet.
I knew it was gonna be sweet.
It's okay, it's not my favorite.
It almost has like, a sweet and salty,
syrupy kind of taste to it.
Put on a few chilis, and this dish is also a stunner.
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(speaks Thai)
And this is one of those dishes
that I absolutely had to order another plate for dessert.
There's nothing more exciting in front of me
than this plate of food right now.
That's just spectacular.
That is my favorite dessert.
Wow, what a dish.
You can really taste the black pepper in there, too.
Oh that's a pure happiness dish.
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- Micah?
- Was that Micah?
Micah, did you scratch my nose?
I just noticed I have a little scratch on my nose.
Okay.
That was a spectacular meal,
and even though they didn't have that many
choices of dishes to order, all of them are good,
specifically the deer with the pineapple crown.
And just, every time I say crown
I gotta go like this, pineapple crown.
That's the dish you have to order,
that's the dish you have to eat,
and it will be impossible to stop at one plate.
You'll have to eat two back-to-back plates,
one plate for dessert.
Oh, my mouth is just rejoicing.
That's one of those plates of food
where your mouth is rejoicing after you finish it.
We probably have just about 15 or 20 minutes
before we arrive to the center of Trat town.
Whoa.
And a little snakefruit to finish it off.
If you could smell the car in here,
the entire car smells like snakefruit.
Kind of like that, that fermented fruity taste.
Alright. And we're off.
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Welcome to Trat, and I can already feel
the relaxation setting in.
That was just about a 15-minute drive
from the restaurant to get here, and we're staying
at a place that's called Baan Rim Nam Resort.
I'll have the information in the description box,
but Trat is very well-known,
especially as being a jump-off point
for many of the different islands.
So, a lot of people just kind of pass through this town,
go jump on a ferry or speedboat,
and head directly to the island.
But, we have two full days here,
have some very cool things planned
that I'm gonna share with you in this video series.
We'll be doing a full food tour of Trat the town,
and then also have a trip planned to a village to cook some
local food that will all be coming up in this video series.
But for now, today we're just gonna hang out.
So I'm gonna end today's video right now,
what a day it's been.
What a spectacular meal.
I still have the flavor of that deer
and those pineapple crowns lingering on my tastebuds.
Oh, that was delicious.
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