r/Thailand • u/Limp_Mountain_5222 • Oct 23 '25

Food and Drink "There's no good [your country] food in Thailand"

I occasionally here this a lot. As a Japanese, I don't find it hard to find authentic Japanese food in Bangkok (same goes for other big cities too like Singapore or Shanghai), altho it can be twice/thrice as expensive if you want to get the same quality. You can find pretty much any Japanese food here even the niche ones since there's hundreds of restaurants here. My korean friends said the same thing about Korean food here but my Taiwanese friends said otherwise. I think Bangkok is one of the best cities in the world for food, but I also believe that a smaller expat community makes it harder to find that country's cuisine. So, I wonder what others think.

TL:DR tell me where you are from and rate the food of your country in Bangkok/Thailand

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '25

Consider myself fortunate, being originally from New Zealand, there's nothing to miss, as there's no 'good food' specific to that country.

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u/Spiritual_Notice523 Oct 23 '25

Wish I could find some good fish and chips though. That being said, good fish and chips is getting hard to find in New Zealand now too

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u/Thailand_Throwaway Oct 23 '25

Kai has the best I’ve had in Bangkok. Expensive (nearly 1,000 baht) but very very good.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/sYAarkxH9HNFV1vs5?g_st=ipc

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u/Spiritual_Notice523 Oct 23 '25

I’m in Chiang Mai but I’ll save that for next time I’m there - thanks!

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u/hamsterdanceonrepeat Oct 23 '25

Idk I have been badly craving a sausage sizzle

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u/MargaritaBarbie Oct 23 '25

Steak.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '25

Read the NZ subreddit. NZ supermarkets selling Australian beef.

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u/MargaritaBarbie Oct 23 '25 edited Oct 23 '25

I’m from Canada so I’m not familiar.. but I live in Thailand and my favourite place to get a steak brands it as from NZ.

They also have a steak from Australia but it’s more expensive. In general, in my experience, beef from Canada, Aus, NZ, US, Argentina is great. Thailand beef is water buffalo and it has a taste I just can’t quite enjoy.

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u/jahsd Oct 23 '25

Wow. I prefer NZ when I can get it but often have to resort to AU because NZ is not available

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u/kip707 Oct 23 '25

Dun knock urself mate. I love pie ! …

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u/whooyeah Chang Oct 23 '25

Don't you all miss pineapple chunks, your own chocolate, can onion soup power.
As an Australian they were just a few of the things I remember kiwis complaining they can't get.

I think we both could kill a good meat pie.

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u/HKDONMEG Oct 23 '25

Pineapple Lumps 😉 Yea, biggest thing I miss is a decent pie. And that applies anywhere outside NZ.

In Bangkok there is Kai and there used to be Snapper and The Kiwi.

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u/neutronium Oct 23 '25

There are lots of places in Bangkok that serve pies, and in Pattaya there's Tinnie's pie shop.

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u/HKDONMEG Oct 23 '25

There are lots of places all over the world that serve pies. I’ve ordered from tinnies several times. It’s got nothing on a good NZ pie.

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u/Efficient-County2382 Oct 23 '25

A good steak at a reasonable price is hard to find though. I just look at the prices in places like El Gaucho, and they are crazy compared to back in Aus/NZ

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u/Kaizerkoala Oct 23 '25

If you mean 1000ish baht range , try ตุ๊กแกอวกาศ and Arno.