Thailand - Whats safe to eat?

Jrad

I heard off a few people that they went to Bangkok with a group and the whole lot of them sh@t their pants a couple of times due to the pi$$ poor food hygeine. Does this happen to alot of people? Im scared!

Ronan H

Theres always an element of sensationalism when it comes to eating the food in Thailand, but as far as i see it, the same rules apply as anywhere else in the world. Eat in a place thats got a good reputation, looks clean, got lots of people (although thats not 100% best way to decide) etc...

Having said that, i ate plenty stuff from street vendors on the border of Burma and Thailand and it was lovely, with no ill effects! You could just as easily get a dose from the hot dogs they sell on Westmoreland Street i imagine...

Dont worry about it too much, people lose track of whats important when they are away on holidays and worry too much about stuff and stifle their time away, Thailands a great place, enjoy it, but stay away from the whiskey with Salamanders in the bottom of the bottle...

Curry Head

Jrad

Are you serious? salamanders!

kraggy

food in thailand is fine.

golden rule: use you're intuition to decide whether somewhere looks clean and the people look hygienic.

enjoy.

k.

Ronan H

Jrad wrote:

Are you serious? salamanders!

I kid you not. The whiskey is helish though. They have some with mini snakes in it too! I suppose its like Tequila with the worm innit...

Ill have you know though, i only had a small sip...

Sip Head

Glowing

Any food cooked fresh in front of you is going to be fine. Be careful with the water though, use bottled water to brush your teeth but you should be fine! Don't bother bringing a whole chemist worth of drugs though, they have Boots!

shrapnel222

everything cooked is fine- even street vendors- yum!!!
what gives you the squirts is usually fresh salad and fruit washed in tap water

Owen

Most food is fine, but you need to be careful with the water as another poster said, and with the ice too. Chicken on a stick at 6 in the morning is to die for by the way!

Spud83

Ha, I say your friends just blamed the food but i bet it was those evil buckets. By the way if ya dont know what the are now you will when ya get there.

Seriously though the food is fine, infact we found some great food places.

Spud83

ned78 wrote:

Chicken on a stick at 6 in the morning is to die for by the way!

I was a spring rolls man myself, ya wont find better spring rolls then in thailand.

H2G2

Head is right, there is lots of sensationalism about eating in Thailand... and other parts of SE Asia. I never had a bad meal anywhere in Thailand. Just use your common sense about a place.
But then again, I could never could work up the courage to eat from street vendors.

mac123

travelling se asia at the moment and iv been eatin loads of stall food. its fine in my opinion although 2 of my friends have both been sick, one got food poisoning after buyin prawns at a beach stall so id stay away from that kinda thing if i was u but fried rice, noodles etc are fine and cheap:)

googlehead

sit somewhere like steps on shukumvit in bangkok where all the street vendors and the people eating at the small tables are, and just observe!!! i know alot of the food is good, but i don't care ill never eat it again after what i saw:eek: :eek: , they cook beside sours(spelling!!).

Ronan H

alanmurphy83 wrote:

Ha, I say your friends just blamed the food but i bet it was those evil buckets. By the way if ya dont know what the are now you will when ya get there.

:eek: Oh no, i thought i had wiped all trace of evil buckets from my memory... Not to mention the bum guns, which are better discovered for oneself rather than here. Wouldnt want to ruin the surprise .

Evil Head

Darren

I've never been sick from the food in Thailand.I stay away from things like prawns but do eat food from the street stalls. The US is where I get a dicky stomach.

S.M.B.

Is avoiding ice difficult over there? If you're getting a drink is it common for ice to be used meaning you always have to request for no ice? Or is it just a matter of never asking for ice and you'll be grand?

Heading over in 3 weeks myself!

Owen

alanmurphy83 wrote:

Ha, I say your friends just blamed the food but i bet it was those evil buckets.

Feckin whiskey buckets. I had one in the Shamrock bar on the Khao San road in Bangkok, with 4 mates who each ordered one too, at 12.45, and at 01.00, we were kicked out, so we'd 2 options, sink the bucket, or leave it there. We chose the idiotic route, and I remember everything until about 2am.

Next morning, I woke up with a monster tattoo (Although, it is fairly cool) on my left lower leg, all the skin missing from my knee, and half a tooth missing in the back of my mouth. Apparently, I repaired some guys TucTuc at 4 in the morning, push started it, and when it got running, I fell over, cut my knee, and hit my jaw on the ground, which broke the tooth. Go fig.