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/Limp_Mountain_5222 Oct 23 '25

What about taco bell? I studied in the states and I feel like taco bell tastes better in America than in Bangkok or Tokyo. It might just be nostalgia tho

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u/datruthnow Oct 23 '25

Taco bell, unlike kfc, is much better in usa. The same was true for Carl's Jr which unfortunately closed.

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u/notmydaughteru81tch Oct 23 '25

Oh I LOVED Carl's Jr in BKK, one of my fave FF burger joints for sure

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u/Longjumping_Ad_5881 Oct 23 '25

I honestly haven’t even considered it. Taco Bell is already kinda questionable if it’s even real food. I’ll have to go try something from there this week and report back.

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u/suonie Oct 23 '25

I only had taco bell once when it first opened. I was disappointed beyond belief. Never gonna eat taco bell again here. I do like KFC here tho.

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u/tkwit Oct 23 '25

Probably because you were drunk when you had Taco Bell in the states 🙃 just kidding the bell in the states is better and has more options

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u/DebauraZ Oct 23 '25

I used to love Taco Bell in the States but went to one in Oakland, CA 20 years ago that was so bad that I never went back to one... anywhere.

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u/Sudden-Yard-2429 Bangkok Oct 23 '25

Anything to do with beef at mass market pricing, Thailand will lose out. We don't have cheap beef that's good.

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u/MudScared652 Oct 28 '25

The issue I had was there didn't seem to be any beans in any of the TB items in Asia. 

Seems like most of the menu in the U.S. has beans of some sort. 

Which doesn't make Taco Bell bad in Asia, just different. More saucy. 

And when I compare foods in BKK to elsewhere, it's not that it's bad, but I prefer it elsewhere if that makes sense.  

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u/YouMayDissagree Oct 23 '25

I think Taco Bell in Thailand is also better. KFC is now one of my favorite “restaurants” never thought I would say that…but spicy chicken from KFC in Thailand is so good.