点评:My husband and I met Pao our guide for a food tour of the old town of Bangkok in November this year. We were met by Pao at the train station and began with a short tour around a temple and then an iced organic coffee at a beautiful little coffee shop which also sold local crafts and books. I try to avoid dairy and there was soy and oat milk on offer as well as some lovely pastries which we resisted!
Pao is very knowledgeable and explained the meaning of wearing yellow shirts, which many of the locals do and which is due to the day that the King was born on, something we didn’t know. I don’t eat meat, just fish and vegetables but this was no problem; he found a little stall in the shady backstreets and we watched as the owner prepared catfish with lemongrass, chillies, limes and other flavours which then came in a dish with local leaves and herbs. We rolled the leaves around the catfish filling and ate with our hands alongside a refreshing green papaya salad, absolutely delicious!
We stopped for many tastings, too numerous to mention, but the standout was the meal at lunchtime in a little restaurant run by a mother and her daughter. Crisp sea bass in a tamarind and lemongrass sauce, pork for the boys and Michelin starred bib gourmand mango and sticky rice brought to us from across the road, the only one of its kind apparently! Amazing food. The tour continued with other tastings and we went to a tea tasting in Chinatown where I bought my favourite Milk Oolong at a fraction of the price in the uk.
We both loved the tour, it was the highlight of our stay in Bangkok and excellent value for money - thankyou Pao!
翻译:今年 11 月,我和丈夫在曼谷老城区的美食之旅中遇到了导游 Pao。Pao 在火车站迎接了我们,我们先在寺庙周围游览了一小段路,然后在一家漂亮的小咖啡馆喝了一杯冰镇有机咖啡,那里还出售当地的工艺品和书籍。我尽量不喝乳制品,那里有豆奶和燕麦奶,还有一些美味的糕点,但我们拒绝了!
Pao 知识渊博,解释了穿黄色衬衫的含义,许多当地人都穿黄色衬衫,这是因为国王出生的那一天,这是我们不知道的。我不吃肉,只吃鱼和蔬菜,但这没问题;他在阴凉的后街找到了一个小摊位,我们看着店主用柠檬草、辣椒、酸橙和其他调味料烹制鲶鱼,然后用当地的叶子和草药做成一道菜。我们用叶子卷着鲶鱼馅,用手吃,配上清爽的青木瓜沙拉,绝对美味!
我们停下来品尝了许多美食,数不胜数,但最突出的是午餐时间在一家由一位母亲和她的女儿经营的小餐馆里吃的饭。 脆鲈鱼配罗望子和柠檬草酱,孩子们吃猪肉,米其林星级的芒果糯米饭从马路对面端给我们,显然是独一无二的! 食物棒极了。 游览继续进行,我们去了唐人街品尝茶,在那里我以英国价格的一小部分买到了我最喜欢的牛奶乌龙茶。
我们都很喜欢这次旅行,这是我们在曼谷逗留期间的亮点,物超所值 - 谢谢 Pao!