The basic Thai meal has rice, soup, a steamed dish, fried dish, fruit and salad. You will get the same food even at a stall along the pavements and it will be lip smackingly delicious! The dishes are all served at once and there is no particular order in which to eat. The locals eat the food with a fork and spoon. The fork is used for pushing the food into the spoon. They have soup all through the meal. Salt and pepper is hardly on the tables, but they have ‘phrik nam pla’, which is a fish sauce with added lime juice. This sauce is always served with meals.

The spices used in Thai cuisine are usually garlic and coriander. These are the basic spices used in Thai cooking. Then comes salt and pepper followed by chilies. The cook can add any spice which he may think will enhance the flavor of the dish.

The salads of Thailand are not at all similar to western salads. Thai salads include cabbage, raw vegetables and cucumber pieces.

The country has many regions and every region has its own specialty. In places like Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son and Chiang Rai, you can have unique dishes like fried grasshopper and field rat. Of course, it would require a strong disposition and stomach!

In Isram, the food is in Laos style and you can get food like fermented black crabs with sticky rice and also the papaya salad. If you go down along the Malaysian border, you can have the hot and spicy curries. The dishes have cashew nuts and also coconut milk.

You can drink anything you want along with Thai food. Beer and whiskey are preferred by the locals though.

Just go ahead and enjoy the different varieties of food that Thailand provides.

Bangkok clubs are know world round for their food and music, which helps to make Thailand a hot spot for tourists. Bangkok alone draws millions of visitors from around the world each year. Exotic beaches and hotels are another reason Thailand is famous for vacationing. As far are partying is concerned, Bangkok is truly one of the most popular.

Major cities in the world have regular flights for Bangkok. Bangkok is well connected with the capitals of almost all the major economies. There was a time when Bangkok was popular just for its cheap shopping areas and Thai food. However, with time, Bangkok has emerged as one of the most happening cities in the world.