{"id":4821,"date":"2015-05-19T18:54:15","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T17:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/?p=4821"},"modified":"2019-06-18T09:39:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T08:39:06","slug":"bangkok-street-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/de\/2015\/05\/bangkok-street-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Warum ich aufgeh\u00f6rt habe, so viel Street Food in Bangkok zu essen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Als ich zum ersten Mal <a title=\"Umzug nach Bangkok?\" href=\" \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">umgezogen nach Bangkok<\/a>, I was eating street food 3-4 times a day. At \u00a31 a meal, I figured eating Bangkok street food would be cheaper and better than cooking food myself. A few years later, and my opinion has changed greatly.<\/p>\n<p>Heute sind etwa 90% meiner Mahlzeiten hausgemacht, die anderen 10% sind eine Kombination aus Stra\u00dfenessen und besseren Restaurants.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>MNG in Bangkoks Stra\u00dfenessen<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t know too much about all the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monosodium_glutamate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSG<\/a> in den lokalen Stra\u00dfengerichten in Bangkok, bis mir ein Freund davon erz\u00e4hlte. Ich versuche, Chemikalien zu vermeiden, wenn ich kann, und esse so sauber wie m\u00f6glich (normalerweise), aber ich hatte keine Ahnung, dass ich so viel MNG zu mir nehme.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4823\" src=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Thai-street-food-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Thail\u00e4ndisches Stra\u00dfenessen\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Thai-street-food.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Thai-street-food-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Thai-street-food-720x478.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I learned how to say &#8220;no MSG in Thai&#8221; &#8211; it&#8217;s &#8220;Mai sai pong-chue-rot&#8221; (in before some corrects me in the comments).<\/p>\n<p>Das n\u00e4chste Mal, wenn Sie zu Ihrem Lieblingsladen gehen <a title=\"Sukhumvit soi 38 Stra\u00dfenessen\" href=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/de\/2013\/10\/sukhumvit-soi-38-street-food\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stra\u00dfenimbissstand in Bangkok<\/a>, just say that after you order your dish and taste the difference. The downside from asking for no MSG is the food doesn&#8217;t taste as good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Profi-Tipp<\/strong>: they will only remove MSG from dishes they make on the spot. Don&#8217;t ask them to remove MSG from pre-made curries that they will just re-heat.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>I&#8217;d fall asleep after eating street food<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The amount of sugar, fat and oil that goes into street food dishes in Bangkok is enough to put a horse to sleep. If I ate a big plate of rice and meat, 30 minutes later I&#8217;d be out cold sleeping. Not sure if this is due to the high GI in rice, the sugar content, overloading of bad oil or a combination of everything, but its good night Irene for me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4824\" src=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Bangkok-street-food-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Bangkok street food\" width=\"600\" height=\"902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Bangkok-street-food.jpg 681w, https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Bangkok-street-food-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Bangkok-street-food-300x451.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>It&#8217;s cheaper to make food at home<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While not a huge issue, I realized it&#8217;s 50-60% <a title=\"Leben in Thailand f\u00fcr $1000\" href=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/de\/2014\/04\/living-thailand-1000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">billiger<\/a> Ihr eigenes Essen zu Hause zu kochen. Im Durchschnitt zahle ich etwa 25 Baht pro Mahlzeit, die ich selbst koche, und ich kann bessere Zutaten ausw\u00e4hlen, Kokosnuss\u00f6l statt wiederverwendetem Palm\u00f6l, bessere Fleischst\u00fccke und braunen Reis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Profi-Tipp<\/strong>: some of you cannot cook or are too lazy to cook. If that&#8217;s the case, jump on <a title=\"Mit Thai Friendly eine Thai-Freundin finden\" href=\"https:\/\/afarangabroad.com\/de\/thai-friendly-dating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thail\u00e4ndisch Freundlich<\/a>, go on a date to Villa Market and convince the girl to cook you a week&#8217;s worth of dinner which you put in ice-cream tubs.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first moved to Bangkok, I was eating street food 3-4 times a day. At \u00a31 a meal, I figured eating Bangkok street food would be cheaper and better than cooking food myself. A few years later, and my opinion has changed greatly. 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