Tantalizing Top 10 Thai Street Foods

Thai Street Foods are the best when you want something to fill your tummy but not a sit-down meal in a restaurant.

You can grab a snack from a Thai 7 Eleven just as easily as you can perch yourself on the simple plastic tables and chairs for diners.

Thai food culture, especially Thai Street Foods, is lively, communal, and rewarding for those willing to try new dishes.

Look out for these favorite healthy dishes when you’re browsing Thailand’s night markets and street stalls.

A walk at night looking for the top Thai Street Foods spells temptation from the incredible smells of grilling meats, chicken, and shellfish over hot coals from street foods stalls.

The juicy grilled Thai Grilled Pork (Moo Ping หมูปิ้ง) and Thai Grilled Chicken (Gai Yang ไก่ย่าง) make my mouth water even as I write this.

It’s a fabulous eating trip that makes me hungry all over again when I recall the sweet, creamy desserts.

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The Top 10 Thai Street Foods list is one of my absolute favorites, and I must eat it whenever I visit Thailand.

Feel free to share if you have another list of must-eats hawker fares.

Let’s Start With The Best Thai Street Foods 

#1 Thai Grilled Chicken (Gai Yang ไก่ย่าง)

Thai-style grilled chicken is one of the tastiest Thai street foods you’ll never get enough of eating.

The marinade has cilantro, white pepper, garlic, and fish sauce, and the grilled chicken bursts with flavor!

I practically drool most of the time as I watch the vendor baste both sides of the chicken in the marinade.

The best way to eat this is straight off the coals of a street vendor’s BBQ.

#2 Thai Grilled Pork (Moo Ping หมูปิ้ง)

Moo Ping, or grilled pork on a skewer, is the answer to why pork tastes so darn good.

It is the simplest way to prepare the best cut of pork marinated with coriander root, pepper, and garlic.

Thais use Milk as a pork tenderizer.

The pork slices are threaded onto the skewers and grilled over the flame on a charcoal BBQ for that smoky, charred smell.

Pro Tip: Eat that with Sticky Rice.

#3 Thai Deep Fried Crispy Chicken Skin (หนังไก่ทอดกรอบ) 

Thai Deep-Fried Crispy Chicken Skin is a complimentary snack popular in Thailand as hot chips are in McD.

The best-fried chicken skin is remarkably light, airy, and not oily.

It is salty with savory notes of umami-boosting soy sauce in the batter.

My Thai friends said it is mixed with cilantro powder and garlic powder.

#4 Thai Boat Noddles (Doy Kuay Teow Reua ต้อยก๋วยเตี๋ยวเรือ)

Thai Boat Noodles has a robust, flavorful soup made of rich beef broth intensified by a fresh cow’s blood splash!

Boat noodles are the most flavorsome of all Thai noodle soups.

Traditionally, boat noodles are served from small boats gliding along Thailand’s floating markets.

The roadside stall that I like is a short distance from the Sadao border.

There’s a choice of beef or pork with meatballs, sliced meat, and pork liver.

I like the dark, robust blood soup, which has a strong flavor.

The noodles are topped with fresh herbs and soft-boiled eggs.

#5 Thai Wanton Noodles (Ba Mee บะหมี่แห้ง)

Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong have their version of Wanton Noodles.

The Thai dry version is in a light soy sauce with pork lard oil and topped with chili flakes.

The egg noodles are delicious, springy, and drier with minimal seasoning.

Thai Wonton Noodles have a distinct taste that I enjoy.

The portion is large, and the hawkers are not stingy with the ingredients, making it quite a filling bowl of noodles.

You’ll love the meatier bites of regular char siew and plenty of wantons with plump minced pork fillings.

If you’re in Dan Nok, this is the stall you need to try.

#6 Pad Thai Noodle (ผัดไทยกุ้งสด)

Pad Thai Noodles are one of the cheapest satisfying meals in Thailand.

The noodles are flavorful and delicious.

It’s a staple of the Thai diet and is eaten as street food by many local eateries.

The flavor of Pad Thai Noodles is unique from the Thai ‘fish sauce’ that gives it a special zing.

Pad Thai Noodles are a fast and easy meal to prepare and eat.

Shrimp, garlic, red chili pepper, and bean sprouts are the ingredients.

As you eat it with a lot of fresh herbs and vegetables, it is nutritious too.

For a luxurious version, sometimes meat is added to this simple dish.

It is cooked with chicken, fresh shrimp, crab, or as a vegetarian dish.

The wide range of textures in every mouthful of Pad Thai makes the experience enjoyable.

You get to bite on soft noodles and crunch on raw fresh bean sprouts and green chives.

Due to their affordability, range of textures, and flavor complexities, food bloggers highly praise these noodles.

A popular topping is a cut-up wedge of lime and chopped peanuts.

Pad Thai Noodle – Nut Allergy Alert

Pro Tip: If you have a nut allergy, it is best to avoid Pad Thai altogether.

#7 Deep-Fried Green Papaya Salad Recipe (Som Tum ส้มตำไทย)

Deep-Fried Som Tam (Thai Salad).

It tastes like a light and airy Thai tempura served with a wickedly delicious sweet, spicy, and sour dipping sauce poured on top.

This fried version keeps the papaya crisp and from getting soggy.

#8 Sweet Drumstick Pineapples

Thailand mini pineapples are sweet and crunchy; you can eat the stem, too.

Found in all street markets across Thailand, these are sold with a salt chili powder to dip in.

You will be mesmerized to see how the Thais cut out the eyes from the pineapple.

I swear I’ve never tasted sweeter and juicer pineapples than the baby whole Thai pineapples.

Mini pineapple looks exactly like their larger cousins.

Taste-wise, the flavor is more intense, and the flesh is a lot sweeter.

The best part is the inner core of the mini pineapple is not too hard or fibrous.

It is edible.

These pineapples will taste excellent in salsa or as a kerabu or tart filling.

#9 Thai Sweet Sticky Rice With Mango  (Khao Neeo Mamuang ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง)

This simple Thai dessert is addictive.

It consists of steamed glutinous sticky rice served with fragrant, tender, sweet slices of mango.

Drenched and seasoned with salty-sweet coconut milk, the cream will make an addict out of you.

The secret is in the sauce.

Make that by mixing 1/2 cup coconut milk, one tablespoon sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and tapioca starch in a saucepan and bringing to a boil.

Place the sticky rice on a serving dish.

Prepare mango by cutting it open and slicing it into bite-size pieces.

Arrange the mangos on top of the rice.

Spoon over the coconut crème and top that with toasted sesame seeds.

#10 Thai Street Foods Signature Coconut Ice Cream (ไอติมกะทิ)

Dangerously delicious, I cannot have enough coconut ice cream in Thailand.

This wonder has a cooked sticky glutinous rice base with white bread cubes topped with six small coconut ice-cream scoops.

The topping is candied pineapple, fresh coconut flesh, peanuts, drizzled with condensed milk, and raspberry jam.

It cost 30 THB in a regular ice cream container and 40 THB served in a coconut shell.

Still hungry even after trying the Top 10 Street Foods in Dannok Songkhla Province you can spend the wee hours at a 7-Eleven LIKE us!

 

Blog Disclosure: This is a sponsored blog post, and I’m grateful for the opportunity. All opinions expressed are my own. Thank you, Tourism Authority of Thailand, for the media invitation to Dannok.