Have you ever known that HATYAI / SONGKHLA is the city of FOOD?
Wow! The market looks so lively this morning.
This is sunday market. It's the the most crowded market in SONGKHLA.
Here is 'Kho Yum'.
Khao Yum.
Yes.
'Khao' is Rice. 'Yum' is Salad.
So, it's like Spicy Rice Salad.
You must try this menu if you arrive SONGKHLA.
The rice...why does it look this colour?
This is the butterfly peas colour.
Mixed with some noodles.
Yes.
This is what they call 'Nam Voodoo'.
Voodoo? Voodoo sauce?
So, this is like the salad sauce.
This is all you have. You just put the sauce all over and then mix it all together.
Wow!
So, let's try this.
It tastes like...a little like 'Khnom Jeen' (Thai Rice Noodles with Curry).
But here, you can smell the herbs. They have a lot of vegetables and...a little bit spicy.
It's very healthy food.
Very healthy (laugh).
No meat, just reddish fish.
Oh! This street is full of food.
Yes.
(laugh) A lof of food shops. So, we tasted a long the way and we ended up here.
Again, with rice and some stew.
This is called 'Khao Stew' in Kiat Fang (restaurant).
This is actually local stew. What we have here is some pork organs and some chicken.
And this is the sauce that we eat with the stew.
Yes.
Quite different from Western Food. When you talk of stew, it's another type of thing.
But here you have rice and this. Is it fish sauce?
No, this one is chilli with vinegar.
Ah. Wow! Lots of chilli.
OK. Let's try!
I put on the rice.
Chili
OK.
Good.
Very tasty, huh? So, you can taste a little bit sour from the vinegar.
Wow! Very nice view here. Especially in the evening.
From here, in the afternoon, you can see the whole SONGKHLA there.
This is the lake, right?
This is the lake, SONGKHLA Lake.
OK. Cool. And, we have seafood... a lot of things
What would you recommend? if in SONGKHLA, what do they eat?
Well, if you come to Kho Yo (Yo Island), the first thing that you have to try is 'Sea Bass'.
What we usually have here...this one is Sea Bass steamed in lemon sauce.
Steamed in lemon sauce? But, I saw a lot of chilli. (Laugh).
So, it must be spicy, but I love chilli.
What else is Sea Bass?
Um. This Tom Yum here because it is a signature of Thai food. And, we have Sea Bass.
OK. And this one must be Sea Bass too?
This one, Sea Bass Deep Fried with fish sauce. We eat it with Mango Salad here.
Mango Salad? Oh, looks so good. I think I can finish it all.
(Laugh).
Why 'Sea Bass' is so famous here on Koh Yo?
Ah well, what makes it so special is that there are two lakes in between
Ah-huh.
So, the lake itself is 'Nam Groi'.
Nam Groi?
The mix between sea water and fresh water.
Yeah. And so, together, they make the Sea Bass..the texture become softer, become more moist.
(laugh). Alright, are you ready? I'm so ready. I'm hungry!
I love chilli and garlic.
It's a mixed combination - chilli and garlic.
Even we can see this, my mouth is watery.
Yeah. OK, let's try.
(Roar!) So tasty. So tasty.
Sour. Spicy, very spicy. A little salty.
But the texture of the Sea Bass is really good.
Very nice, huh?
This morning, I'm here at a very special place for breakfast at a local place in HATYAI with my HATYAI friend.
Thank you for bringing me here this morning. It looks really good.
Yeah.
What is it? This one, in front of us.
We call 'Buk Kut Teh'.
'Buk Kut Teh'? Oh, I've heard of the name.
It looks like 'Soup', but dark one.
Dark one, yes.
Why is it so special?
It's special because it's good for your health.
OK.
And also, mixed with special herbs, Chinese herbs...15 Chinese herbs.
In this.
And they have meat also. This is...I think it's pork.
Pork, yes. And mushrooms.
Wow! It looks really good! And what do you eat it with? With rice?
Yes. Eat together with rice.
Let's try! Let's try!
Maybe, give to you first.
OK. Thank you!
Do you normally eat it for breakfast every day?
Not every day. For a special day when my friends come to visit me from Penang, from Singapore.
I invite them to taste (the food) here.
Also, they have different kinds of Dim Sum, right?
Yes.
Dim Sum. Different names.
All I know is Dumplings...pork dumplings, corns, some mushrooms.
Another recommended Food Menu in HATYAI is 'Fried Chicken'.
And a lot of people might think why Fried Chicken?
I can find Fried Chicken everywhere.
But here in HATYAI, it's so special. The taste is special because it's fermented spices.
They have their own secret recipe in which they use a lot of spices, and the way they fry chicken.
So, we will try today.
And the way that we eat it in a local way, they have options for you to choose.
First, it's normal rice.
Second, because here, it's also Halal food, so they have this yellow rice which is curry rice.
And, they have special sauce...this one, cucumber.
And this one. You can eat with the curry rice.
And the third kind of rice is this sticky rice.
Actually, it's a staple food found in Northeastern Thailand and Laos.
But here, they adapt a bit to use sticky rice to eat withfried chicken.
And the last kind of rice is this steamed oil rice.
This is quite familiar with people all around Thailand. We normally eat this with chicken...steamed chicken.
But now, we'll eat it with fried chicken.
And to make it more tasty, they have sauce...like sauce for chicken
This is you can find in Thailand.
It's sweet, a little sour, a little spicy sauce that we dip chicken into it.
And to make it a little more crunchy, we have this fried red onion.
To put onto the chicken as much as you want.
I'm so excited today because I just drove pass all the blocks around here,
and there're full of local food shops.
But my friends told me to come to this place, 'Ko Auan', to try this 'Pao'.
'Pao' is actually Chinese language which means 'Chinese Buns'.
And the special thing is that they fry 'Pao' here.
So, there're different kinds of 'Fried Pao'. This one is a signature. It's BBQ Pork Pao.
But they also have... this one like black beans, taro, and this one...custard....custard buns.
'Fried (Chinese) Buns' are signature menus here.
Alright.
Mmm...I can feel that it's a little crispy.
With sesame....I think the flour goes along well with the BBQ Pork.
But it's not oily at all. It's not oily.
In HATYAI, you can't miss trying this dessert.
because there are a lot of Chinese descendants in SONGKHLA / HATYAI.
So, of course, there is this Chinese Pastry. In Thai, it's 'Phnom Pia'.
And, there're many flavours, for example, like soya bean, red bean, foy thong, and other flavours.
When you eat this Chinese Pastry, if you choose to drink with hot tea in the afternoon, it's possible.
Or, you can order iced tea like me. If you come here in the evening.
Or if you feel hot you can order iced tea.
They have different kinds of iced tea.
But, the local way, you sip a bit of this hot tea.
And you eat with this 'Phnom Pia (Chinese Pastry)'.
Hmm.
Very good. Not too sweet.
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