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Thai food is often described as healthy, but new scientific research has revealed additional benefits from a spice used frequently in Thai and Asian cooking. Scientists have identified that the yellow spice turmeric, known in Thai as ka-min, contains an agent which can kill off cancer cells. The news will probably be no surprise [...]

If you’re not in Thailand and you are missing the taste of som tam or find yourself lusting for an authentic Thai green curry, you can always try making your own Thai food at home. With the spread of Thai cuisine, many of the required ingredients can now be found in Western supermarkets or can [...]

Anybody who has visited Thailand can’t fail to have noticed just how important food is in all aspects of Thai culture. But food in Thailand isn’t just important culturally, it is also big business. The largest industry in Thailand is agriculture with food exports, particularly rice, crucial to the Thai economy whilst the biggest service [...]

Food plays an integral part in Thai culture and one way this is demonstrated is in the question used in everyday life, ‘kin khao reu yang?’ The phrase translates as ‘have you eaten yet?’ It’s a social pleasantry used between friends and acquaintances along the same lines as saying ‘how are you?’ or ‘how’s it [...]

Bangkok is home to some excellent rooftop bars and restaurants with great views of the city. Although drinking or dining at some of these venues can be expensive by normal Thai standards, the experience is unique enough to make it a justifiable extravagance for your trip to Bangkok. Enjoy a Siam Sunrays cocktail as the [...]

Visitors to Thailand may occasionally come across hawker stalls or roadside vendors selling insects as snacks. It’s often a source of curiosity and amusement for many Westerners when they first see fried grasshoppers or roasted crickets being sold on the street. Although the thought of eating insects doesn’t appeal to everybody, they are known to [...]

The Chao Lay seafood restaurant is one of the most famous in Hua Hin. The restaurant is built on a jetty and makes for a very pleasant al-fresco dining experience with a gentle breeze blowing in from the Gulf of Thailand. Chao Lay is open for lunch during the day, but it is the evening [...]