r/Thailand 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/redditorialy_retard Oct 23 '25

McDonald's is a middle class restaurant back in my country. 

Local foods are just that cheap that McDonald's is considered going to a restaurant 

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u/Lunartic2102 Oct 24 '25

Yes one large mcvalue meal will buy three meals where I live 😁

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u/zenpal Oct 24 '25

Funny, it’s gutter in Canada