This was different. I wasn't even really expecting food on this short 1.5 hour flight to Penang, but the SQ flight attendants still came by to ask if we "would like something to eat" (but not exactly offering a choice of flavors). What they then handed out were these longitudinal boxes with festive-like decorations that almost made them look like chocolate bars. Inside these boxes were "sandwiches" though, or probably more accurately stated, a slice of a giant panini-like thing with some warm stuffing inside (they even had a label reminiscient of McDonald's old school apple pies saying, "Warning: Fillings [sic] are hot"). I couldn't really identify what those "fillings" were, but it seemed like a savory minced chicken and melted cheese or something. It wasn't as bad as it could have been.
Anyway, I didn't really eat this all, but it was interesting to see. I'm sure these boxes made it much easier for the staff to prep, serve, and clear on such a short flight. And it sure beats a measly bag of peanuts.
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Hi,
I'm flying down to bangkok for the first time and noticed that the only meal besides street food you thought was good was the one at Pu-Dang E San Kitchen. Do you have any other recommendations?
Cheers
Are you asking for a nice upscale place? There are probably plenty of them, but I haven't been to any myself. If you just want someplace indoors, then try Kalpapruek on the first floor of All Seasons Place on Wireless Road (across from the US Embassy). It's not "fine dining," but it has much more ambience than Pu-Dang E San (that's more of a cramped messy place) and yet still has good food.
Nah i'm not a big fan of "fine dining" per se. I love good food and don't really care for the decor or ambience, but it's hard to just go look for "street food" since there's good and bad in that too so i thought you might know some actual names or locations of great food places.
Cheers!
I don't think I've ever really had a bad meal from a street vendor in Thailand (knock on wood)...and I just randomly walk around and sit down when I see something that looks good. I guess that's why I love the street food there so much...it is hard to have a bad meal off the streets.
Sometimes reading comments like this makes us wish that you had an email contact. Because there are places we simply cannot share with just anybody, partly because not anyone share our tastebuds. =).
We second that about street food in Bangkok (fingers crossed, so far so good). One tip we can give away -- if you ever have time to go walking around in JJ, you could just chomp your way through street food haven and not just shop like what most people do.
We've found small little doughnuts dipped in chocolate, terrific thai ice tea, awesome kanom jihn, fried fish cakes with basil thrown in, grilled squid eggs, braised pork belly rice (for a non pork lover) and so much more.
If you like to eat nam tok noodles and don't have time to travel to Ayutthaya, there is a joint at the basement of MBK, with an almost all-thai clientele. There is a wooden boat front & mast jutting out. Be warned, this is as spicy as boat noodles on the river sampans get and the somtam is excellent with the sticky rice. The staff do not speak much english though.
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