Best Off the STREETS

Like most third world, developing world or whatever it, you want to give a place where the politicians have rolls royces and police are actually gangsters. Where everyone has "a guy" to get them everything from your toilet fixed, to getting you out of jail for murder. The best food is the food of the people. And by this I mean the food on the street. This section will take you though some of Thailand's most famous dishes and where to eat them.

 If you would like to argue and claim you have found a better place BRILLIANT. Let us know.

Kau Man Kai. (Chicken Rice) 

Now this dish, developed by the Hainanese community, is a staple in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. A relatively simple dish which consists of boiling a whole chicken and cooking rice in fat. That's right people, that yummy greasy rice you have been eating is FAT! Good old animal fat (usually pork, sometimes chicken). The Singaporeans have claimed to make the best, the Malaysians have a roasted version and in Thailand... well, like everything in life here, is sabai sabai. 

The trick to a good chicken rice, is

1. Good condiments  The sauces must be spot on, spicy chili sauce, thick soy for sweetness and some cucumber and chickens blood for good measure. 
2. The chicken has to be moist and juicy. 
3. The rice must be fragrant and fatty. Some places use ginger, lemongrass and pandan leaves to cook the rice. 
4. The soup. Most people neglect this part, but the soup is key. Usually the chicken is cold so you need a good hot soup packed with flavour to liven it up a little. As they say in cooking school; No stock, No sauce and No sauce.... No dish.

This section is meant to be a little debatable, because everyone has their favourite KMK (yes there is an abbreviation) shop. Most places have been around since our parents were young, some even older. THE BEST, however is in pratunam. 

Map: The Chicken Rice Shop

Now here's where the controversy begins, as there are 3 main shops. The greens, the blues and the pinks. Like Hogwarts this is no laughing matter, if you are a Gryffindor, you are a Gryffindor, and you don't mess around. 

I myself like the pinks, however the blues do have a good case because you can order other delectables while enjoying your chicken rice, but they're like the Ravenclaws, cools name but not really the real deal. But for the best chicken it's the PINKS! 

Don't waste your times ordering a normal plate. Tell them you want 100-150BTH worth of chicken and a side order of rice. Atkins or whatever says more protien less carbs. Anyway a dash of soy on the rice, nape (cool french culinary term, completely useless in this context but means coat) the chicken in soup and dip in chili sauce. I promise you will forget that you're sitting on the side of a road in what looks like a toilet, and smells like one, and be transported in to happy land.