Must-Try Thai Food

1.) KHAO SOI. Khao soi. You can't be from Thailand if you don't like khao soi, and you can't visit without trying it. It's an amazing curried vegetable soup with egg noodles and is topped with crispy noodles. It's one of my favorite foods here and it's less than 2 USD:

2.) Fresh Thai fruit! A mangosteen, a thai apple, and a rambutan. The apples here are WAY better than our apples, but I'm also enjoying the lychee and mango that are in-season right now. My favorite is the Mangosteen (dark purple above)!

3.) Noodles. There are all kinds of noodle bowls and fancy ramen bowls. This one is from the CMU canteen with tofu and some kind of white/clear mushroom that I've never seen before but love! If anyone knows what they're called please let me know!! They're delicious! Also I've become fluent in chopsticks- huge accomplishment! haha

4.) Fried morning glory (green) and banana flower salad (orange) above are two great "salads". I don't have a picture but Tamarind leaf salad is also delicious!

5.) Thai ice-cream is different than the ice-cream in America. It's less milky/creamy and more icy! They also have crazy flavors like Butterfly Pea Tea, Matcha and Taro Root.

6.) Fresh spring rolls. I really have no idea what is in there, but you roll it up yourself and it's super great. Plenty of peppers (Thai's are no strangers to spicy food!)

7.) ANYTHING in a coconut. You can order anything possible in a coconut here. I'm not sure if it's a trendy thing or if it's for convenience or taste, but I'll admit it's pretty cool.

8.) This has been my favorite meal so far. It's a beetroot quinoa risotto topped with a sprout and pomegranate salad. It was amazing, and less than 5 USD for a fancy meal at this cute cafe:

9.) ROTEE is sort of like a crepe, but the dough is thicker and sweeter (below). You can add banana, mango, nutella, peanut butter or honey. They also top it with sweetened condensed milk (really popular on desserts here). Definitely would recommend and it's easy to get from the street vendors.

10.) Fruit Smoothie/Smoothie Bowls- These are sorta healthy because they have tons of fresh fruit, but they taste like dessert from heaven. Plus they're so pretty!