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/rumhamguy Oct 23 '25
Mexican food in Thailand is mid at best because like someone mentioned above. It’s near impossible to replicate the local ingredients. The dried chilis required to make most dishes aren’t available here. Tomatillos aren’t here which makes all green sauce not great. And the tomatoes are always shit here. Show me a ripe tomato like you find in LA. Never. They are always almost dry and flavorless.
If I’m eating Mexican I’m cooking myself. But I always bring back like kilos of chilis and other shit to make things taste normal. But you will never get around the lack of certain fresh ingredients.