ISAN THAI FOOD FEAST IN PHUKET 🇹🇭 🍜 Searching for Thai Street Food in Bangtao Laguna
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Today was my second meal back In Phuket In months. We are staying in Bangtao/Laguna, an expat heavy area in the northwest of Phuket which is not particularly well known for its decent Thai street food. You know me though, if there is good local Thai food to be had, I’ll find it!
Disaster struck at the first stop as the guay jub was shut but I persevered and found one of the best little Isan joints I could have hoped to find.
Tum Zaap Loei ร้านตำแซ่บเลย is my kind of place - a makeshift bamboo hut serving excellent Isan salads and grilled meats. The lady serving here speaks good English so my pigeon Thai wasn’t needed. I ordered Gai Yang - Thai Grilled Chicken, Nam Tok Kor Moo Yang - Grilled Pork Neck ‘Salad’, Tum Khao Phood - Somtum with Sweetcorn and some sticky rice for 210 THB - £4.67 / $6.30.
If you are staying in Bangtao I can highly recommend this little Isan shop.
Phuket can be a bit overwhelming if it's your first time visiting as it's so big, so I thought I'd do some videos to help break it down into sections so you can get some awesome street food wherever you go.
I also had an excellent coffee at Coffe Lab, which I think is the best coffee in the area. At 120 baht - £2.67 / $360 you are paying a premium but it’s a great cup.
An alternative a bit further out of town for half the price would be MORE COFFEE.
Directions and opening times to ร้านตำแซ่บเลย - Tum Zaab Loei
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My name’s Gary and I’ve been living in Bangkok for the past five plus years and travelling Thailand for over ten. I’m obsessed with Thai street food and it’s that obsession that led me to start this CZcams channel. I want to share my favourite hidden spots in Bangkok and the rest of Thailand so you can fall in love with authentic, local Thai food as much as I have!
I’ve never understood travelling to a town or city and not eating the local food. How else do you really connect with a place? Let’s get out and explore together and I guarantee you’ll find a whole different side to this wonderful country.
If you love seeing off the beaten path, non-touristy, local life and authentic local life in Bangkok and Thailand then this is the channel for you. If go go bars on the Sukhumvit Road are more your thing (I’m not judging) then maybe not!
#thailand2022 #thaistreetfood #phuketstreetfood
/ @theroamingcook
I give the Roaming Cook a lot of credit, primarily because he goes off the beaten path, talks about the ingredients of food and speaks some Thai - he not be a fluent expert at it but he is attempting each episode which is what matters. Just this combination sets him apart from other travel/food CZcamsrs that really don't know anything about food at all and won't or can't speak the local language. He reminds me of the early days of Mark Wiens.
Thank you Kay, I’m doing my best. It’s nice to know it’s appreciated by some people 🙏
Love thai food 👍
It’s the best!
I get mad cravings for issan food. I love laab pbed/ laab moo. Issan sausage is amazing too.
Tell me about it mate!
Look delicious ! Isan food นํ้าตกหมู ใส่ข้าวคั่ว with สัมตํา จิ้มแจ๋ว ไก่ย่าง ผักสดแกล้ม < raw salad> Love it!
แซ่บหลายๆ 😀
Isaan food is very delicious. and if you eat it anywhere
You have to be sure that Isaan people are the owners of the shop. No matter what region people cook this kind of food, it won't taste as good as what Isaan people do.
Yes I agree 100 percent. She is from Khon Kaen so we’re ok!
welcome back to Thailand I'm waiting for new vlog come out good job bro
From Nonthanuri
Cheers mate, feels good to be back! Got a really good one coming Sunday 🙏
Great video. Nice to see you again Gary. Cheers
Thank you Jerome mate, good to be back!
👍👍👍I have to copy you Gary. This is just My kind of restaurant too as you already know😉. We defenately start our motorbike and drive there! Everything looks amazingly gooood. Friday is the DAY and then we know where to go but iam almoust sure that Phuket. Thanks Gary again getting me much better mood🙏🙏😊
Yes, this is definitely the one for you Jouni! And the coffee, you need this coffee! 🙏 I’m sure it will be the only option I’m sorry to say mate. Too many cases in Bangkok now! 😭
@@theroamingcook Yes Gary coffee is must😉😉. We changed our BKK flights to Phuket today and we are very happy for that. Now waiting more your excellent Phuket videos👍👍🙏
Somtam corn, that has all the flavors you need, the chilly, sweet corn, lime, salt from the fish sause and some more 🌶🌶🌶
We love Somtam, the wife comes from Loei, so she knows how to make it, eat it a lot 😋
Thanks for sharing Gary🙏
And as always, C Ya in the next one, cheers 🙌🍻
Ah I bet you are spoilt with the food your wife makes! I’m lucky if I get toast 😂
@@theroamingcook hahaha, thanks Gary, Lucky you with the toast, i make those for her 😉
Love Bang Tao beach area. Coffee Lab is the best coffee we have had in Thailand.
Definitely my favourite in Phuket 😀
Gai Yang and nam jim jao again yum yum. Nam tok moo looks great too.... Mouth-watering 👍👍.
So so good Andrew! This place is legit!
Wiping the drool from my face, mate!
Hahahah, my job is done Rick!
Welcome again..missing you..
Thank you so much!
gotta love Isann food. Top video mate!
Cheers mate, it’s hard to beat!
Great video again Gazza !!! Mmmm…I might jus have to do some gai yang on the bbq and my version of som tam at the weekend. That looked amazing. 👊🏻 keep up the vids
Glad you made it back ok mate. Gutted I didn’t come out. I couldn’t risk it. Hopefully things will get better towards end of year.
Cheers mate, I’m gutted for you fella!
ไก่ย่าง Gai Yang looks so yummy 👍
แซ่บหลายๆ so yummy! 🤤
Isaan street food. Best nosh in Thailand.
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Enjoying this channel.
I make you right Michael mate 👌
Naamtok is also one of my favorite dishes, at home I usually eat it prepared with irish steak. But all those isan dishes you eat there are tasty.
Ah now you’re talking. Nam tok with Irish steak!!!!!!! You can’t beat it
When I saw your sticky rice it reminded me of some trick that some Isan cook I know taught me. She told me that I should not leave the "Kratib" open, and I should always keep it closed as much as possible during my eating. Yes, it was just simple logic that the wind could dry out my sticky rice. But...still, I did not really realize before how important it is to the taste of the sticky rice. "Kratib" is actually more impressive that I thought. It is designed that way, and it uses that kind of material not for the purpose of beautifulness, but to keep the sticky rice fresh.
That is so true! It’s an ingenious invention. Sticky rice can go so bad so quickly! It’s nice to have friends to pass on their knowledge!
Cant lose IMO with Issan classics. Enjoy Phuket.
Hits the spot every time. Cheers mate!
Amazing, watching at 7am mouth watering for that food. Thanks for the vid!!
I hope you had a good breakfast!
Food looks amazing once again. We stay at Bangtao Laguna on our first visit to Thailand in 2008 and we loved it there. Looks like it's changed a bit since then.
Oh wow, I bet it has changed a lot since them! Probably much better when you were here Connie!
Hiya Gary, great video. Love your food tours. The food looked delicious. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day.
Thanks so much Nicky, I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Got a big one coming Sunday!
@@theroamingcook I will look forward to it. I always try to catch your premieres, but difficult, as I am working. So I will definitely be able to watch it on Sunday. Have a great day.
Thank you for the coffee recommendation! And for finding the best food in town as usual! That Gai yang looked incredible will have to check it out too! 😍✨
Thanks so much guys, it was great to see you again today! I can’t wait for your next video!
Nice work mate!
Cheers Dale mate!
Nam Tok is one of my favourites
It’s hard to beat!
I really like this part of Phuket lovely country side and golf courses cheers for the video Gary,,
Yeah makes me wish I could play Geoffrey!
of course Coffee Talk is the best in this area!!
It does look great, I’ll stop in the morning! Is it the makeshift place? They’re using coffee pots?
Lesson for the day, Gary. Loei, is the name of the northern province, the pronunciation and meaning, I believe, is the same as the word loei (เลย), which means make it happen, or already happened. For example, Sam says, "I want to jump into the pool." His friend, Jack, is egging him on as, "Go ahead and jump. In Thai, it would be like this...
Sam: อยากจะโดดลงสระ.
Jack: กระโดดเข้าเลย.
Therefore, Zap Loei = ALREADY delicious. 😋, which the vendor is certain that her food is...ALREADY delicious, and the customers/patrons have no need to worry. 😀
That’s exactly what I wanted to say Panna ‘already delicious’ 😀 she definitely knows it’s zaap loei here!
@@theroamingcook Your instinct in Thai comes in handy. Roam on...
Welcome back Gary. Well here we are again with very restricted options for travel abroad so a break in Phuket seems like a good idea once omicron slings its hook. This Isaan place looks spot on for those great North Eastern flavours I love and can only really find through family meals here in Chiang Mai. That coffee is expensive though!
Thank you my friend, it’s good to be back! Phuket is definitely an easy destination with great food! Isan place was spot on. I went back the next day and got regular coffee for 90 baht. Getting closer to my price range 😅
Welcome back to Thailand! It's -40C here in Canada. Hopefully, I can go back to Thailand sometime this year.
Ouch that's rough 🥶I hope you can get back soon!
Welcome back to home.
Thank you so much 🙏
I’m so jealous,last week you were at Borough Market now you are in Phuket.I just about to go bed ,now I’m hungry.(midnight GMT) เห็นแล้วอยากกลับไปเที่ยวบ้างเลยครับ หิวเลย
I am a very luck man 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Looks great, but I still hope the 7 days quarantine will be over in March when we come over. This being said, great looking food in Phuket 😋😋😋 Cheers
I’m hoping it’s over for you too mate! Nice to have an option though if all else fails 🙏
I have so many places I want to visit thanks to your videos and recommendations. Our trip is planned for April pending The Situation. Thanks for your insight and lessons about the food you eat. 😉
That makes me happy Johnny, I hope you can get over here as planned! Where are you headed first , Bangkok or Phuket?
@@theroamingcook We fly into BKK for 8 days in Bangkok and then fly out to Phuket for 8 days. Do you think that is enough time in each city?
Just you describing the pork dish dun me in Gary 🤦♂️,love pork .Never tried sweetcorn Som Tam (Just can't eat it off the cob 😕) But would love to try ..Thanks for sharing 👍
Yeah can’t live without pork mate, wish I could! Sweet corn som tam is my favourite 😀
hi Garry,, looks like a nice area of Phuket, the food looked delish, mite have to change my plans to Thailand, and do the sandbox, 👍🙂🙏
It’s a nice spot Andy mate. Only problem is it’s so far from Phuket Town where the really amazing food is! But yeah sandbox is great! 👍
Fingers crossed 🤞 I might be heading there in 3 weeks time & cannot wait to check out the restaurants & foods you’ve eaten 😂 it’s 5:39 am in San Francisco right now and you’re making me hungry for a savory meal 😱 grilled chicken for me plus some please 😉 Thanks for sharing Gary 🙏
I’m keeping everything crossed for you Marietta 🤞 are you heading to Phuket?
@@theroamingcook yes, and I think it’s the only way to get into the country for us right now….at least it’s in the beautiful Phuket and I’m not going to complain at all😬
@@theroamingcook yes! Flight already booked🤗
Wow, that Villa Market is huge!!! I love Isan chicken and Som tam 🙏🏽
It’s massive isn’t it!
I love Phuket and my favourite restaurants had to be Raya and Lock Tien. I would love to visit again
Both absolutely amazing Shane! I hope you can get back over soon!
I looked on the map and this place is closed permanently. I’m gutted. Had it opened up anywhere else? It looked amazing!!
I'd like to see you try Koy, or raw meat salad, for once. It's a traditional Isaan dish. It's similar to the Thai version of tartare steak. It will definitely take your experience to the next level.😁😁🙏🙏
I actually have a video of me eating raw meat with bile but I never edited it! Maybe I will put it up 😁 they put bile in the nam Jim jaew 😬 I will get koy next week near my house in Bangkok 😅
@@theroamingcook very nice, you eat/try most foreigners won't give a 2nd thought. Bile can be intense, but some reason goes well with medium to rare cooked steaks. Those are only conditions I will have bile in my jaew.
@@icekangz817 maybe they don’t want to risk getting sick. I think that’s a very good reason. It’s not a competition of how many foreigners are willing to try different Thai foods. Everyone has different preferences.
That sounds like something I would love to try. Long time fan of steak tartare.
Excellent....looked really tasty. Enjoy!
It was so good! Thanks Mike!
Very yummy Thai food
Aroi mak
Glad to see your clip.
Thank you, good to see you in the comments 😀
That pork dish looks the nuts
So good mate
Isaan Leom Toey is a great restaurant in the area. Just down the road a bit near the gas station.
I know the spot, I’ll definitely check it out. Thanks Dion!
Thai Isan food is the best, fr lol
100 percent!
Just tuned in mate, foods looking good 👍
Good to see you Jimmy!
We are going to visit in December
Enjoy!
Shared on fb and Twitter. Hopefully it helps.
Thank you so much Sally 🙏
Great video!! I’ll be stopping by this place next week. So nice to see a foreigner who made an effort to learn Thai!!
Thank you Sarah, much appreciated. I hope you like it! Are you staying in Bangtao?
I know, right? I mostly watch to just to see Gary speaks Thai. I appreciate his effort, but I think Carey Shoemaker from Carey Away channel got him beat in the accent department by a smidgeon. 😁
@@theroamingcook We spent 2 weeks in Bang Tao in early November and will head back to Nai Yang Beach before our flight back to NYC. We enjoyed Coffee Talk over by Boat Ave. Maybe we’ll see you around 😊
@@sarahdickler I didn’t get a chance to try coffee talk yet, they were closed this morning 😭 if you see me walking around say hi!
Haha, thanks Panna, I just found Carey’s channel. I’ll let her have this one 😅
The Gai Yang is good there.
It’s great isn’t it!
Ma der kin khao ! 😊🌶🌶🌶
🔥🔥🔥🌶🌶🌶
Don’t worry mate, we’re spread the word 👍
Cheers fella! They can’t keep me down!
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Once there was a Malaysian businessman who really liked Isan food.
He has claimed a food to be his own copyright.
That food was Su Rong Hai, it was a drama story for a while.
However, Isan food has a specific culture that is similar to food from Laos because in the past, both Thai and Lao people used to live in the same kingdom.
If you notice, you can see that Isaan people have unique characteristics unlike people in other regions. And the local food that is the traditional way of life is very difficult to eat. Even if I'm a Thai person, let me eat Isaan food like a local. I still give up
Wow, that’s amazing! You have a lot of knowledge, please keep it coming! I want to copyright nam tok!
Yes most of my friends are from Isan and the main characteristic of khun Isan is that the are always smiling 😊
Some of the food is so spicy it hurts 😂
@@theroamingcook I don't have much knowledge But I have many friends from Isaan.
and I've been to many provinces in that region
I can only say one word If anyone who eats food of choice and had to live in the wilderness of the Northeast Your options are few. if you don't eat it At night you will lay writhing in hunger. Because those local foods are so scary hahaha
specific culture that is similar to food from Laos ----> Disagree, Lao food uses products from Vietnam and Thailand like fish sauce, seasoning sauce and most importantly shrimp paste (Lao uses this ingredient in soup menus and even som tam, which is definitely sea regional product ).
@@theroamingcook Gary, if you eat anymore chili, I'm afraid you'll burst into flame. LOL
@@mtha7796 You misunderstood, I mean The origins and styles of cooking, eating, popularity, and culture, these make Isan food and Laotian food share the same origin.
As for the raw materials, it was what happened after.
Do you know that in ancient times the Northeastern region, or what Thai people call Isaan? It is very dry and drought. They use salt from the underground for cooking. There is no fish sauce like today. The previous Thai government had a green Isan project.
and started planting millions of trees by asking people to help each other
That's why Isan has returned to be a pleasant region.
Hope you're going to meet up with Mr Doyle in BKK.
He's very keen to learn. 😀
Watch this space mate 😀
Papaya salad with corn 🌽 looks yummy……, you seem missing Isan Food. Thank you for breaking down the cost of food, good information for people with budget. Please show us your lodging Areas.
So yummy Sheila 🤤 I was very much missing Isan food! I’m happy to help and I will do a separate video on the accommodation options here 🙏
I never had corn done in papaya salad before. I had string beans, cucumber, sour phase of mango done in papaya salad and they are delicious so I'm very curious about the corn version. What all versions have you had gary?
Corn is my absolute favourite and much easier to recreate when I’m back in the uk! I’ve had the ones you mentioned and a few more! Mixed fruit is an interesting one! Beetroot is good too!
@@theroamingcook Beetroot??? Now that's new to me. I've never had it before. Raw beet or one has to cook it first? I have eaten Korabi, Shreded Cabbage, and Carrot som tum before, but Beetroot I've never eaten it. What does it taste like, Gary?
I'll put the Isan place on my list but I wish there was a better-than-decent spot closer to Patong. I'll be monitoring these Phuket videos very closely for your recommendations.
There are definitely Isan spots in Patong I just don’t go there so I can’t tell you exactly which ones are good but I’ll ask around Jay 🙏 this place is great, curries (especially the massaman) and roti are fantastic. The chicken cashew nut is one of the best I’ve had. You have to stress if you want the food spicy! Pantai Seaview Restaurant Halal Food
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@@theroamingcook All’s good. Patong food is run of the mill for the most part so I don’t get too excited about it. I’ve probably been to the place you recommended, it’s in the upscale area, 300B som tam and all that, so I usually don’t travel up there too often when I’m in town. Hella jealous of you right now though. Got 11 inches of snow today but making yum neua mala on Sunday just to feel a connection.
Love a good bit of Isaan grub, duchess! In terms of the channel, have you thought about hitting up Tim @ The Thaiger? They are nearly 100k subs now and are expanding their range of content to include more some travel/food stuff and have been looking for creators. Since their audience are all dirty farangs, your sort of stall/restaurant tips around the country could be a decent marriage and would increase your exposure. They recently recruited Bangkok Pat to do 1 video per week, maybe you could try something similar for them? Tim's currently in Patong, if you wanted to get him to do a face to face convo. And he's originally from Melbourne so you can ingratiate yourself with your knowledge there. He's funded by expat Londoner Michael Kenner (acts like a Pound Shop Alan Sugar) who also owns FazWaz. Just an idea obviously, but they have mentioned looking for a food vlogger recently, it would boost your profile, and - if you'll forgive me saying so - I think you would mesh well with their approach and style.
I didn’t know they were looking! It’s one of the few online magazines I actually read for news so I’d be interested in seeing how the operate. I tried to get in touch but so far he’s blanked me. I’ll get on Pat’s case!
@@theroamingcook They are broadcasting live every morning until about Wednesday from BYD Lofts in Patong I think at 9am Thai time, if you happen to be around there at all. Can doorstep him lol
wow i live in phuket and i dont know this shop look yummy
I hope you like it if you go 🙏🙏
We’re just north of you in Naithon! ☺️
How long are you here?
My partner just finished his sandbox today but we’re staying for another week
Thai food?
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Nice to have an updated guide for Phuket 👍🏼 if things ain’t going to chance, we are all destined to pass through there 😅
Btw, I totally agree! I do prefer legs to breast 🍗 😂😂😂
Yeah looks like everyone is heading here 😅 hahah #legoverbreast 😂😂😂
1ST Thing I Noticed While You Were Walking Was 99 Cent Margarita's. Any Good?? Grilling Chicken Looked Tasty.
Yeah decent as it goes. Go on Tuesday and it’s 50 baht tacos to match
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A lots of Western food
Yes too much 😂
2:00 damn hahahahaha
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120THB for a cup of coffee is highway robbery. I've paid that and beyond for that in Thailand, but it makes no sense to me why a coffee made with nice beans would cost more than it does in Australia. Pretty sure I've paid high 100's on Sukhumvit before.
I’ve you’ve been to Sukhumvit then you’ve paid that and more I’m sure. It’s also the same price as a Starbucks here. I didn’t actually order a large, that’s what threw me off! Every day since I’ve got the 90 baht cup. I agree though it’s expensive but I can justify that as I’ve been drinking coffee in the UK for two weeks 😂 Where I live in Bangkok a very good cup of house roasted coffee costs between 40 and 70 baht at the high end which is my ceiling.
Villa Market = Waitrose.
120 Baht coffee = 3 Quid in a plastic beaker = JesusFuckingWept.
Yep…
£2.60 but I did get a large which I don’t ever do. You can get a normal sized one for 90 baht.
#nowyouarejustshowingoff
#sorrynotsorry 😂
What did you pay for the coffee?
120 baht but a normal cup I usually get is 90
Are you come back to Thailand again?
Yes I'm back 😁
@@theroamingcook Welcome home & take care
Thank you so much my friend!
Address please... I am going in two weeks...
Should be in the description buddy
Would Google Translate photo thingy work on that Thai Isan menu, I wonder? +1
Yeah it does but works much better if you take an actual photo and do it rather than scanning it instantly!
@@theroamingcook Good to know 👍+1
What’s the difference in the spelling of Isan, Isaan, Esan, Esaan, and E-san?
You forgot Isarn 😅 no difference, just depends who’s trying to convert from Thai to english!
@@theroamingcook Lol, I sure did! Thanks for the quick response. 😂
"CZcams have gone back to not showing my video's to anyone..." What do you mean Gary?
I just mean that they aren’t suggesting my videos to as many people. I’ve got people that watch every video not getting notifications. I’m not moaning about it, I’m just letting people know.
@@theroamingcook That's bizarre, you say it's something CZcams they've done in the past. You should complain if that's the case mate!
It's just the algorithm. It's my own fault, I should be more interesting mate 😂
@@theroamingcook Change your name to Gary Wiens, this time next year your be a millionaire!
Hahahah, yeah I'll try that! How funny is this as well. Your last two comments went to 'held for review' because you mentioned complaining to CZcams!
3:08 You forget your Instagram username.😅
😅😅🤦🤦🤦 I had a nightmare with this edit haha