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Rua Thong Restaurant |
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When people ask me where they should
go to eat traditional Thai food I
always have to stop and think hard
before I can come up with the name of
a Thai restaurant. This question is
especially difficult for me if the
person who asked is a seasoned expat.
Who must have tried out all the well
known Thai restaurants which mostly
are big well- known places in Bangkok
or in big hotels. They are asking a
pretty searching question from someone
who they know that is suppose to be a
food expert. I think my reputation
depends on it. It seems strange that
when a Thai ask me the same question I
dont become up tight because I always
have to ask what kind of Thai food you
are talking about. Is it noodles? Is
it Roast Duck over rice? Or is it
traditional Thai cuisine? I know that
these expats.
Want real Thai food that I am use to
eating when I was young, some 50 years
ago! Well, it is really quite
difficult to find traditional home
cooked Thai meal anywhere, except in
your own home where the 60 or 70 year
old cook still slaves over the stove.
These types of households are harder
and harder to fine. Thais themselves
have changed their eating habit. The
younger generation does not even know
how to eat Nam Prik! They prefer more
Western fare such as pasta with salted
fish and garlic or Hawaiian Pizza! God
forbid! |
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I have finally found a Thai
restaurant that serves up
traditional Thai meals that
Mom or your cook use to make
in the olden days. Actually,
my father has been going to
this place for years and would
not let me come for fear that
I would write about it. I also
ate at least once or twice a
week at this restaurant for
over a month before I wrote
about it in the Thai
newspaper. What is so special
about this place Rua Thong (Flag
Ship)? You cannot find the
food that is served at Rua
Thong anywhere else.
Such dishes like Yum Pladuk (Catfish
Roe Salad) which these days
are rare delicacies, I use to
eat as a child. The roe is
cooked until just done and
broken up a little, shallots,
chili peppers, coriander
leaves and shredded green
mango is bound together with a
sweet, sour and spicy dressing
made with fish sauce, sugar
and lime juice. There is a
traditional Thai almost
peasant style dish call Kao
Klug Pla Tu (pieces of
boneless Thai mackerel, mixed
by hand with in hot rice with
a dash of fish sauce, fresh
chopped chili peppers and
fried pork rind for
crunchiness, topped with
shredded green mango. |
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This is a traditional
version of Thai fried
rice. It is healthy apart
from the pork rind but let
me assure you that the
pork rind is essential to
this dish. They have Nam
Prik galore, Nam Prik Kapi
(Shrimp paste chili paste
dip), or my favorite which
is another rare find, Nam
Prik Prik Thai Soad (
Fresh Green Peppercorn
chili paste dip). Mix this
Nam Prik with white rice
add a little fish sauce
and eat it with soft
boiled egg and followed by
Thai wild ginger (Khamin
Khao). How about Frog
Green Curry (Gaeng Kiew
Wan Gop) eaten with crispy
fried salted fish (Pla
Salid) and steamed rice or
freshly made roti from the
stand at the corner of the
soi, a few feet away.
There is
the traditional southern
dish Koong Pad Sator or
stir-fry shrimp with Sator
seeds. These nutty green
seeds are well known in
the south of Thai land but
most Thais dont like what
it does to your digestive
system! It gives to gad
breath and gas! Well you
are eating a kind of beans
for God sake! It is
delicious nutty and sweet
at the same time. Most
Westerners who have tried
them really like it. There
is a beef soup that is
done in the style of Thai
Muslims, almost like Tom
Yum but tomato and onion
is added to the soup. It
is quite refreshing. The
Salad Kaeg (or Indian
Salad) where a sweet and
sour and pea nutty
dressing is use to dressed
this salad. It is quite
light with a hint of
Indian spices in the
dressing. |
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I can write about the food
at this restaurant for
days and still have more
to say about it. The place
itself is quite small and
totally unpretentious.
Simply decorated with
artworks of friends who
drew them years ago before
their hands began to shake
from drinking too much.
This is definitely the
life of Thai artists in
the olden days. I was glad
to see quite a few younger
generations come in and
enjoying this traditional
fare of our fore fathers.
There is hope yet for
the palate of the new
generation. I suggest you
try to find time to try
the food there and if you
dont know how to order or
what goes with what ask
the lady (Khun Daeng), the
owner of the restaurant
and she will be more than
happy to help you and
guide you through the
ordering process as well
as telling you how to eat
Thai food properly! |
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Rua Thong Restaurant
351/2 Sukhumvit 55,
Thonglor Soi 17,
Bangkok 10110
Telephone #
02-392-7369
Hours: Monday-
Saturday 11.00- 14.30
hrs.
18.00- 22.00 hrs.
Sundays 18.00- 22.00
hrs. |
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