Chanchao's Thai Travel Menu

Why have a generic menu?

Arguably, some of the best and cheapest food in Thailand is literally on the street, or in small informal restaurants. Trouble is, many of these places don’t have a menu! Or if they do have a menu, it may be in Thai language only. This makes these places far less convenient for foreign visitors than they could be. With this ‘generic’ menu you have a good overview of what dishes are typically available, and you can point at the Thai translation to tell the cook or waitress your order.

Take a look at this menu on the right, posted on a big sign in some non-descript ‘made to order’ restaurant. It has great dishes on there like chicken fried with cashew nuts, fried thousand year eggs with crispy basil leaves, spicy squid in a basil & curry sauce and many others for 20 baht each. Yet many people get not much further than fried rice or fried noodles.

The travel menu is a PDF file, so it requires Adobe Reader to open. Copyright of the document remains with NetAsia.org. It may not be reproduced, distributed or sold either in whole or in part for any reason other than personal use while traveling in Thailand.

Download the menu here:

thai_travel_menu.pdf (329 kB)

Note: I especially welcome feedback, comments or questions. You can leave a comment here: Travelmenu Comments

CSG