Last Updated on April 7, 2014 by Nancie
This is my contribution to this weeks Foodie Tuesday, hosted by Inside Journeys.
If you missed last week’s Foodie Tuesday post, you can have a peek here 🙂
Here we are for another week of Wanderfood Wednesday, kindly hosted by Wanderust and Lipstick.
The Emporium on Sukhumvit in Bangkok is one my favorite malls to window shop. A browsers delight, and once in a while there are some great bargains to be had. Walk out the front door, and a few steps to your left you’ll find some fantastic Bangkok street food. I don’t remember these food stalls being here the last time I was in the city. However, they’re here now, so I decided on dinner to go.
First stop was the som tam salad lady. ” A little spicy I say.” (My translation… hot with a small “h”, not a capital “H”. Don’t make me cry!)I watch as the salad is freshly made, and packaged to go.
Then I decide on some Thai sausage. If you like sausage, then Thai sausage is an absolute must. When bought from a street stall it will be grilled over charcoal until crispy on the outside, moist and flavorful inside. There were quite a few sausage stalls to choose from. I chose this one because he had lots of customers, and the sausage looked to be freshly grilled.
Off I went with my salad and sausage to enjoy at home, and I was not disappointed. Both were prepared to perfection, and I enjoyed every morsel.
I spent about 70 baht for the entire meal (under $3.). There are also tables available where you can people watch while you eat your delicious budget dinner.
I believe these food stalls open around 6pm. The Emporium is at the Phrom Pong Sky Train station.
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20 responses to “Where Cheap Eats and Luxury Mix in Bangkok”
Another enticing food story, Nancie. I remember Sukhumvit Road very well from many years back.
I love the Sukhumvit area of Bangkok, and of course I love eating ANYwhere in Thailand!
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That looks delicious, especially the salad! I shouldn’t have read this post so close to dinner time…
The grilled sausage looks delicious! This certainly adds to my list of cravings especially if I get the chance to visit Bangkok one day. Thank you for sharing.:)
This looks and sounds like great food. Maybe I’ll stop by Thailand. I wasn’t planning to, though.
That look so good! Oh how I miss Thai food!
I remember that mall and eating there. So much too choose from. I fell in love with mango cake there. I must return to Bangkok 🙂
Mango cake makes my mouth water. I love anything to do with mango!
This food looks fantastic. I’v never had Thai sausage and didn’t associate Thai food with sausage, but it looks wonderful.
Hi Donna! The Thais make fantastic sausage, particularly in the North.
I love Thai and I love sausages, so am sure I’d love those sausages. Thx for the post.
Hi Doreen. My only issue with Thai sausage is that I never know which one to choose. There are quite a few kinds available.
STOP IT you’re making me hungry! I love Thai street food – so cheap so tasty – in fact most of Asia is awesome for street food – but Thailand takes it to whole new heights
Oh dear, I imagine that those red flecks in the salad are pieces of chile and I can’t eat it because it completely deadens any other taste for me. When I visited Thailand, unfortunately, I had to content myself with Chinese sweet and sour chicken (which everywhere seemed to have on the menu) and Pad Thai. That, and mango with sticky rice and coconut milk—-so nobody has to feel too badly for me. 😉
Okay, I’ve just stuffed myself with a huge pile of Greek moussaka and had a side of their scrambled eggs with fresh tomato, cheese and smoked ham and have been thinking I need to sign off the blogs as my pant’s waist is cutting off circulation to the lower half of my body and then I read your post and my mouth started watering. . .oink!
I love sausages but I’ve never had them grilled. I can just imagine the texture, as I read your description, my mouth was watering.
Thanks for linking up this week, Nancie. Now you have me craving sausages.
I was just thinking the other day that I needed to go out and get some green papaya to make my own Som Tam salad. You are wise to pick a sausage seller that has a big crowd. I somehow never tried sausage when we were in Thailand, and I am now curious what they taste like.
What a tempting salad and sausage on a stick. Do all the cooks wear a face mask?