Yaowaraj Food & Drink , Chinatown Bangkok

I must say that I was  not surprised at all when I arrived at Bangkok’s Chinatown. I won’t elaborate but I think you will get what I mean when I say that it’s typical of any Chinatowns in the world J

Posh looking restaurants were seen along both sides of the extremely busy street but we settled for a more toned-down one (a.k.a simple eatery). What drew us to Yaowaraj was this gentleman who was manning a stall selling some snacks outside the eatery. We were told by a local Thai lady who spoke a fair amount of Mandarin that this was a very delicious snack and that we should try some. We asked the gentleman whether we could order some to be consumed with our dinner at Yaowaraj and he said it was alright.

So we had this and I must say it tasted surprisingly good. The sourish salty vegetables on top was a stark contrast from the bland white kuih at the bottom and this was certainly what made this yummy.

As fish maw is cheap and abundant in Bangkok, we ordered not one but two bowls of this soup. This soup was thick and slightly starchy but I can tell you it was excellent. We also had a simple wanton soup.

This is rice with basil and minced meat. The meat was very spicy but I can tell that it was cooked in very high flame, hence it was wonderfully  appetising.

This is the Chinatown version of stir fried mixed vegetables which had bean sprouts, choy sum, some black Chinese mushrooms and shredded cabbage. I am normally not ‘big’ on mixed vegetables but I found this dish to be delectable.

 

Spring roll

Korean Street Food

Here is a compilation of photos of what I called street food taken as I walked along the streets of Korea:-

I never found out what the top left hand food is. I did enquire but the seller and I did not share a common language...so too bad!

The lady in the top right hand corner is selling a fish-shaped delicacy. It is filled with red beans and eaten whilst still hot - very yummy!

The bottom right hand corner shows a very famous fruit shop - when translated it should be 'Fat Aunty Fruit Shop'. It is very rare to find overweight or oversized people in Korea. Hence, many tourist come here to see the owner who is a very fat lady who speaks many languages including Mandarin.

The strawberries were bought from Fat Aunty and they cost the equivalent of RM45- quite expensive but they are really juicy and are not normal strawberries. These are huge ones called ginseng strawberries.

I love the food shown in the top right hand corner (the ones on the chopsticks). It is sausages coated in rice and deep fried. Price : 2,000 won each (about RM6)

I was attracted to the lady and man in the pictures above because of their attire. I did buy some food from them. What the lady sells tasted a bit like our rice biscuit....but I'll choose rice biscuit anytime over what I tried that day ..hahaha!