Here are the locations for these restaurants. Please support the places shown in this video- it could be massively impactful for keeping this unique culture alive. Nai Thong Chicken Rice: goo.gl/maps/GQrHxpVCBA2FU2Rm6 Sui Heng Chicken Rice: goo.gl/maps/2GAWYU9SpsfCUmGX9 Huahin Phochana: goo.gl/maps/Y2KHKbC1vq7VTUBg9 Chairoj Cook Shop: goo.gl/maps/Wx9KXKk4LfzVPQTq5 Tampa Cafe at the Florida Hotel: goo.gl/maps/BTdMU425QFZjzEPp6 Agave Foo Mui Kee: goo.gl/maps/w5gFi76U4rk9z8x89
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
And one other note- if you watched our video last week on our Top 10 things we've ever eaten on OTR, that video ended with a cliffhanger- Jaspar referencing that the actual best thing he ever ate on an OTR shoot never even made it into the show. That was actually what triggered this entire mission- this whole video came together as a result of that offhand comment from Jaspar a week ago. He was referring to Sui Heng Chicken Rice- the second one we show in this video (and the one where I'm dressed differently and it was obviously filmed at a different time). In case you were waiting for an answer!
@denseone
Жыл бұрын
Bangkokian native here. Thank you for all the research and dedication you put into your videos, and as a ข้างมันไก่ fan I will definitely be checking these places out.
@thefolder3086
Жыл бұрын
@@OTRontheroadas a hainanese Thai myself I’m really glad our cuisine get covered! I also just learned here that some of the dish like beef tongue stew is actually hainanese American , I thought it’s just American I would actually love a video dedicated to the different Thai Chinese communities ,where they live , when and what is their influence on Thai cuisine. Would actually be pretty cool It would also be interesting if you cover some Indian influenced street food and stuff which is surprisingly common like roti with condensed milk or fried banana which many of these aren’t even found in India. These vendors are also everywhere at least where I live. I really wanna know where they are from
@djay75
Жыл бұрын
We be very useful if you created a seperate google map and link it off your website with every place from all your videos
@sleekslack
Жыл бұрын
muah
@Piak2517
Жыл бұрын
Another great video from your channel. As a Hainanese-Thai, I could not disagree with the facts you mentioned in this episode. I spent the first three years of my sixties above my grandfather’s cook shop restaurant on Sukhumvit road. The shop was opened in the 1930’s. The business was great especially during the Allied bombing of Bangkok in the WW2. Sukhumvit was still the suburb of BKK. For their safety, wealthy people from downtown came to eat and spend the whole day before returned back in the evening. Night bombing wasn’t that popular back then. The shop was closed in 1965 as my father didn’t want to continue running the restaurant. But we still cook the good old cook shop recipes at home and go visit those restaurants in your video. Thanks again for your great works.
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
Wow- what an incredible story. Thanks for sharing it here!
@Jumpoable
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your family history kha.
@tonyw1w1w14
Жыл бұрын
Lovely bit of add on history you have contributed to the video, I also like the fact that the food still survives in your homes to this day, thank you.
@poomsiraprapasiri8448
Жыл бұрын
Florida Hotel and its restaurant has a special place in my heart. My dad passed away from cancer last year and up until his very last few weeks he was very independent and did not want to bother others. He had to come to Rama Hospital very frequently for treatment and check-up, and he would drive (sometimes with mom, sometimes by himself) from home to stay at the Florida Hotel and walk one mile to the hospital the next morning. So our family would meet up to eat with him at this restaurant. Chairoj, which is nearby, is also his favorite since he used to work near this area 40 years ago. So when I think of him I can visit these places and eat what we used to eat when he was around.
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your story. Amazing how personal these old places are for so many people. It's so much bigger than food.
@simpligypsi5503
29 күн бұрын
I'm sorry for the loss of your father, but it's wonderful you can remember him with joy as you eat the food you shared with him while he was here with you.
@XintaiBONG
Жыл бұрын
Our family use to run a restaurant like this but our door have been closed for almost 40 years. My gran dad arrived in Thailand in the 1960s. He used to be chef for East India Company in Singapore. He put 6 kids thru school and universities with his food, including my mom. Sad reality is that once you move up the social ladder running a restaurant isnt appealing anymore. I only get to taste our recipies maybe once a year during Chinese New Year, all of us get together and my aunts and uncles have time to enter the kitchen. Our recipies will likely be lost in this generation and definitely the next.
@ssss8162
Жыл бұрын
I am a Hainanese Singaporean and my family still makes those dishes on special occasions like Chinese New Year. Very blessed.
@tonyw1w1w14
Жыл бұрын
The sacrifice of the original immigrant parents is one of great meaning, it seems to breed exceptional success in the second and third generations, almost like the experience of witness to the suffering of your parents motivates a desire for a better life. I have quite a few close friends who's parents came to Australia working menial jobs long hours and all their children have gone on to be at the very top of their chosen careers, several of them even being famous figures. All of these parents are incredibly humble and modest people who pass on a work ethic that produces this success, I find it inspiring.
@alannajones330
Ай бұрын
Make a family recipe book. Ask each family member for a recipe and put it in the book.
@awibs57
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. As a Chinese-Thai person who has been told "this tastes like an Asian person tried to make American food," I resonated with this episode deeply. Although we are Shanghainese, my grandparents left around the Battle of Shanghai at the start of WW2 and my mum was born in Bangkok. What is interesting to me is how pervasive food culture is. I didn't understand American food for years even though I was raised in America. My aunt ran a Thai restaurant and I mostly ate in the family palate. In school I brought lunch, sticky rice and mung beans in a banana leaf. Of course I ate some american food, but only the simple, little kid stuff you get at school events and birthday parties, like french fries or plain cheese pizza. I didn't understand proper american cuisine, things like steaks and pork chops and spaghetti that you eat at full service sit down restaurants until I was in my 20s. I wanted to cook for my various white boyfriends, but I would make mistakes like you described about not boiling the cabbage to death. I would leave it crispy for texture and fun, like I was trying to make larb in a bland European way. I laughed at the garlic smothered fish, because I once made the exact same mistake, trying to make things "plain" and "not spicy at all" for British friends. I have worked in restaurants my entire life, including high end, and I am a CMS somm, but even then, I worked in mostly "exotic" ones, like I spent much of my 20s working in a Jean-George Vongritchen place. Only now, at 40, I can finally make... sort of convincing western food. Maybe. Or my British partner is just very, very polite about the 50% extra seasoning I put on his beans and toast in the morning. :)
@AbhikMajumdar
Жыл бұрын
This was a seriously amazing show. I chanced upon it by accident, and began watching without expecting much more than a typical food-vlog episode. What unfolded had me gobsmacked. I'm really impressed, kudos!
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
thanks a lot!
@minghueileong
Жыл бұрын
As a neighbor down south, you nailed the hammer on the head there with the story of Hainanese immigrants to South East Asia there. Always fascinated to watch your stories about food in Thailand because it's always quite interesting how it evolved so differently compared to Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
@jacobaeden
Жыл бұрын
it's also interesting how hainanese in singapore also ended up doing western food with the pork chops, chicken chops, fish n chips, etc, and the variety of sauces for chicken chop
@Aiman-hw9ev
Жыл бұрын
same here, what amazes me is Hainanese food in Malaysia is always have a bit hint of western to it. I never knew our version of chicken chop is not the norm outside of Malaysia
@pstwng1085
Жыл бұрын
Silom restaurant is another surviving cook shop. It is running by the 3rd generation. They kept the relic decoration of the original restaurant. I can feel the mood and tone after missing out the restaurant over 20 years.
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I feel badly that we couldn't film there- it's quite far and wouldn't have been possible with the time we had to shoot. But I can't wait to check it out off camera at the very least.
@Kwippy
Жыл бұрын
Where is Silom restaurant these days? I thought they all closed.
@tony_xu
Жыл бұрын
@@Kwippy They've moved to Soi Borommaratchachonnani 59 (ซ. บรมราชชนนี ๕๙)
@krs2717
Жыл бұрын
Watched from start to finish, absolutely fascinating. Gastronomic anthropology at its finest.
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@bungfai2348
3 ай бұрын
Gastronomy anthropology at its finest!! 👍
@inoN22
Жыл бұрын
Beef tongues and pork chops are THE signature dishes of every cook shop 😊 The ribs and bread and beef stroganoff at Florida Hotel is the best! I so miss Chairoj’s fish with garlic and chilli. Thank you sooo much for telling stories of these almost forgotten restaurants.
@kaizerkoala
Жыл бұрын
Yes, their stroganoff is the best.
@anthonybird546
Жыл бұрын
This makes me really sad, because this is rare treasure. Growing up with Japanese takes on western food - tempura, tonkatsu, and kare raisu, these unique takes became treasured parts of the Japanese culinary canon. I hope that people realize that this is something different and should be saved for future generations
@tauepsilon4220
Жыл бұрын
Waow, this channel is criminally underrated! Food, history and culture is the best and entertaining combination!👍
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@akradethlirapirom4714
Жыл бұрын
As always, impressive research into the historical context of all these dishes! As a native not living in Bangkok right now, your videos always make me nostalgic, and more importantly, quite hungry.
@suthipankartanyoo8958
Жыл бұрын
The best one of this style might be Si Lom Restuarant at Talingchan district. They even make their own butter which is soooo good!
@kilanspeaks
Жыл бұрын
As an Indonesian who’s had had chicken rice across Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, I have to say that the best one I’ve had was in… Vietnam 😁 Cơm Gà Hải Nam FTW! 🍚 🍗
@Johnne009
Жыл бұрын
That's bullahit
@foodtaliban
Жыл бұрын
Yes, it's pretty good. Especially the burnt rice at the bottom. But maybe that's another Vietnamese Chicken Rice dish. 😁
@jonathanwongsa2314
Жыл бұрын
I'm just lost in this video is like : Hmmmm Hinanese chicken look good and then BOOM!! beef tongue and pork chop It happen so fast from no where But all look delicious though
@fahmraktnul4279
Жыл бұрын
This is the first video I've seen from your Channel and I must say I'm absolutely blown away. I've watched most food documentaries on Netflix and I must say your videos are better in quality than most of them. Thank you for making these excellent videos about Thai food and its history. At the same time, I must say I can't help but be rather embarrassed and ashamed that we've never made videos like these ourselves.
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
Very kind message and thanks so much! Hope you enjoy exploring our videos a bit. Really appreciate the nice words.
@kimjeounable
Жыл бұрын
You should look up "Kyung Yang Sik" (경양식 in Korean characters). It translates to "Light Western Cuisine" and it is Japanese adaptation of Western cuisine from the Meiji era of Japan. Koreans have their own take due to our former Colonial history. It is one of the most beloved food categories in Korea - It is very much a part of Korean soul food
@KedaiCiplak
Жыл бұрын
Ahh the great foolery of the chicken rice insults of 2009. Those were some shameful days for us M'sians. Anyway as always, love your thorough research into the topic.
@kaizerkoala
Жыл бұрын
I find it hillarious whenever us ASEAN has a pillow fight lol.
@lauraqueentint
Жыл бұрын
One of the best video's I've come across in a while.Really interesting dive into how cultures can integrate and fuse and present itself in such a unique way in cuisine. Quite reminds me of canto-western fusion, or Cha Chaan Teng food from Hong Kong where I'm from! Man, how I'd kill for a documentary on that too!
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
Check out our American Fried Rice video- I think you’ll like it! We explore chachaanteng food and discuss the history. I also used to live in Hong Kong and still consider it one of the greatest places on earth! Can’t wait to get the chance to film at some of my favorite places there.
@kennytancg
Жыл бұрын
They learned whilst working in the kitchen for British during the colonial times in Malaya and other Straits Settlements
@napatp
Жыл бұрын
I love cook shops! You hit all the right places... Chairoj, Agave (Fumuikee), Florida. Another one would be Silom Pattakarn, which now moved to Boromratchonnani road.
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
Yes- absolutely. I feel a bit badly that we didn't get to include them in this video, it was just really inconvenient for our filming schedule as it's quite far from anywhere else we planned to go. But I'll definitely check it out off the air as soon as I can.
@SwingEzzZZ
Жыл бұрын
Yes Silom Pattrakarn is the best in my opinion. I think they have ox's tail stew as well. As for Hinanese chicken rice, there is Guan R restaurant at the corner of Rama IV and Sathorn opposite to Lumpini park. By the way, OTR, you are the best KZitemr on the history of Thai culture and history on food we have here. Great job! Thanks.
@typhoontyph
Жыл бұрын
Huahin Pochana is a 10 minute walk from where I will be!!!! Will definitey check it out!!! So excited. Update: walked there, happy to see they are doing well and every table was taken. Bummed out that they ran out of chicken rice but that goes to show how good it is! Ended just having fried rice and ice cream and OH MY GOD best fried rice I have ever eaten, steaming hot and they weren’t stingy with the pork at all, so many huge pieces of pork.
@kaizerkoala
Жыл бұрын
I visit the MOT office very frequent. And for some reason, I've never get to tried the chicken. I believe it's usually sold out before noon.
@peerc.3969
Жыл бұрын
When I was young, lots of chinese pastries in Bangkok, no doubt, Hainan Shop! 👍
@pollee9167
Жыл бұрын
I grew up with The Fu Mui Kee Restaurant original place at suriwong road. This video bring back my childhood days 😢.
@sunnachai
Жыл бұрын
Great episode with 2 of my favorite foods, at my favorite shops, Sui Heng and Fu Mui Kee. the old Fu Mui Kee at Wat Khaek was much better, though
@stebopign
Жыл бұрын
this explains why singapore has a branch of food that they consider "western food!"
@icy2527
Жыл бұрын
The waiters are hair style and dress reminded me of the first time I'd been to the cook shop restaurant. Nostalgia's kicking so hard right now.
@Luvinist
11 ай бұрын
There is this old Chinese-Indonesian dish called 'Bistik Ayam' roughly translated to 'Chicken Beef Steak' (yup, makes sense, right) which looks like someone tried to recreate Fried Chicken Steak with gravy from pictures but ended up making fried breaded chicken fillet drizzled with sweet soy sauce with peas (it's very good btw). I wonder if it has a similar story.
@OTRontheroad
11 ай бұрын
It must- that’s really cool, I’ll look into it.
@ffca00
Жыл бұрын
and here we are again, Thai people learn about thai food history from farang - but this time it is the whole category we never knew existed.
@jimreynolds1540
Жыл бұрын
Ive been walking past the Florida since my first trip to Thailand 1991, so surprised it hangs in there over the years.I usually stay at the Asia just down the street when in BKK. I'm differently going to go eat there in a couple weeks when back up in BKK. Cool vlog.
@dondobbs9302
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely fascinating! I love it and want to go to BKK right now and try a Cook Shop, even if I'm a little bit squeamish about that style of food. I really love to learn the story of Khao Mong Gai too! It's everywhere in Thailand and it just never seemed "Thai" to me.
@dougsinthailand7176
Жыл бұрын
Google maps says that Foo Mui Kee is “permanently closed”. I wonder if that’s true.
@kaizerkoala
Жыл бұрын
It's true for the original location.But Agave(Fu Mui Kee 2) is still up and running.
@mobylure
Жыл бұрын
The dipping sauce in Singapore's chicken rice is wayyyyyyyyy different from here in Thailand.
@Johnne009
Жыл бұрын
And Thais use wayyyyyyy less chicken fat in the rice
@mobylure
Жыл бұрын
@@Johnne009 that why Singapore's rice are wayyyyyyyyyyy more oily😆
@stsotika
Жыл бұрын
Maybe it's because Chinese people in Thailand are so Thai that they like Thai flavors, so in Thailand chicken rice will focus on sauces. While other countries where the Chinese style is still intense, focus on the chicken flavor instead. I don't think there's anything right or wrong. Let people around the world decide instead which country they like to eat for this menu? Because if Thai people judge it, it's for sure. We like intense, spicy flavors. and intense sauce We have different preferences in different countries.🥰🥰🥰
@aerosuffly
Жыл бұрын
I just love that Adam ate three pork chops in a day.
@noterious
Жыл бұрын
Love your insights on Thai restaurant scene. I almost forgot these cook shops ever existed. I guess I need to revisit some of them again. The beef tongues in tomato gravy was one of my favorites when I was a child. Lol
@molek
Жыл бұрын
I recommended you to come to Khrua Chuan Chom Restaurant (ครัวชวนชม) is some like cook shop and Thai restaurant. The food make by prisoner, it delicious and feeling the nostalgic too.
@chang1865
Жыл бұрын
Nai Thong's a local legend. Their pickled lime soup balances out the oilyness of the chicken and rice. I am surprised they haven't got Michelin recognition or even a bib gourmand yet. Consistent quality, great rice and well cooked chicken.
wow never knew that Florida Hotel has a nice-looking restaurant before. Me and my girlfriend used to walk past this Hotel everyday to go to school and we all think that "What a funky ass hotel." HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
@thastayapongsak4422
Жыл бұрын
Your channel is invaluable for Thai Chinese food history. Thanks for doing this.
@SomeRandomIndvl
Жыл бұрын
I did not realize there was drama over Hinanese chicken in SE Asia. Oh well.
@MrGhoulardi
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful work as usual, but I can't help but feel you're beginning to run out of topics in Bangkok. Time to hit the road to Northern Thailand, Isaan and the Southern provinces, perhaps?
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
On the contrary, have barely scratched the surface of what we've planned to cover here. However when time and budget allows, we're looking forward to getting out. My priority is filming overseas, but there are other places in Thailand we've earmarked as well.
@vivianp5962
15 күн бұрын
So sad that the Cambodia cuisine has been lost for ever pretty much. :( extremely rare to find it. This is my 1st investment, cambodian authentiic restaurant, sit in &. Take Out, etc. Im shocked No one has done this yet?. Hhhmm 🤔. Probably wouldn't take $2-5,000 to start. Literally.
@GarryChenYT
Жыл бұрын
So... which one is Jaspar's actual #1?
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
Linked it in one of the comments at the top and in a community post- but it's Sui Heng Chicken Rice! goo.gl/maps/vcNLQJWWfLK4oSsQ8
Wow this is reminiscent of HK’s cha chaan teng food. For example, the ‘borscht’ served in cha chaan teng is made with canned tomato soup. The Cantonese menu refers to the borscht as ‘羅宋湯’ , translating to ‘Russian soup’😅. It’s not until my adulthood that I discovered, in a Ukrainian restaurant, a borscht made with beetroots and garnished with sour cream. It tastes so different from the cha-chaan-teng variant that I spent my whole childhood and adolescence sipping - the HK-style ‘Russian soup’! 😅🥫
@bobbagum
Жыл бұрын
You didn't discover the tenderloin salad, it's tenderloin charred to a crisp served with mayonnaise
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
Had it at the last place! Foo mui kee. Just didn’t discuss it on tape. But yeah- it’s exactly what you described
@brucewayne2773
Жыл бұрын
Would you ever consider going back anytime soon to any of these Cook Shops? Your blog makes it interesting, but none of the food seems appealing to me though.
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
That's a very good question. Yes- I would, but I'm also an American who grew up long enough ago that this triggers some awesome nostalgia. I'd go back to show friends from the US who are over here or come to visit, and every once in a while I'd swing through for that hit of childhood. I love this stuff and find it fascinating how slightly-off it is, too. But in a vacuum- if it didn't trigger that kind of emotion- do I think this style of food is up there with the best stuff in Thailand? Probably not.
@brucewayne2773
Жыл бұрын
@@OTRontheroad Anything that can bring back childhood memories is priceless. Thanks for sharing
@iskandartaib
4 ай бұрын
I love the rabbit hole-like story here. It reminds me of something I've been wondering about for a while - in Japan there's something called a "Milk Hall". There's a small cafe (which I visited three weeks ago) in Kamakura called Milk Hall, it was actually mentioned in a manga I was reading, which is why I visited. They sell western food, like cakes and sandwiches, as well as coffee and tea. There was another "Milk Hall" mentioned in another manga - apparently it was a cafeteria or canteen in an elite girl's school, where the "ordinary" girls had lunch (the "elite" girls ate with their peers at a different place). No mention of the actual cuisine at this other Milk Hall. This made me curious - was there some type of restaurant in Showa Japan called a "Milk Hall", after which these two establishments (one which was fictional) were named? Searching Google Maps, I found a few others - two or three were in Tokyo, they seemed to be retro cafeteria-style establishments selling western food (curry, pasta, pies, etc.). Another was in Hokkaido and sold - er, milk products (cheese, yogurt, etc.). I'm pretty much convinced the term "Milk Hall" meant something in 1950s-60s Japan, what it was, I'm not sure, but it sounds like it might be related to these "Cook Shops". There were probably a number of them back then.
@JayKughan
8 ай бұрын
Love you content! Bless you bub! Btw, I'm Malaysian, and even I don't know why we war on with Singapore about stuff. I think Malaysians are just bitter that Singapore's smarter than us in marketing themselves, cuisine included. But FACTS, Malaysia has beer food! Ask any Singaporean for confirmation on that!
@mortonbaychestnut4072
8 ай бұрын
Ate chicken at my ancestral village in Wenchang... no chilli nor chilli... soup had cumquats as it was december... fascinating...
@JoChayapon
Жыл бұрын
Nornally, i never put comment here before but your guys did great job ! Keep continue what you have done. Cheer !
@NanChirayukool
Жыл бұрын
Have you ever thought about how viral food trend effect Thai cuisine? It'll be interesting to see how social media bring in new menu, populise the existing one, birth the new form of the older one.
@teeraponveerawanpinyo5111
Жыл бұрын
For me, forty years ago. Western food always look red. Hotdogs are red sausages are pink Pizzas are red Macaroni is red. It seem like I must put ketchup is every western food. So... Ketchup on Kentucky's friedchicken Ketchup on burger Kechup on steak etc.
@Alex2011410136
7 ай бұрын
"logic has long left the room" yeeeap. that pretty much sums up almost all SEA food feud. 🤣Hainanese Chicken Rice, Nasi Padang and Rendang Padang, you name it. despite the origin is literally written in the name of the food, some people just ... itching to claim for reason beyond human understanding
@rasmichael
Жыл бұрын
LOL, I grew up in Denmark looooooong time ago and we ate a lot of beef tongue. Boiled, cooled, sliced and served on bread. My parents were struggling so we ate EVERYTHING except tripe. I never ate tripe until I started roaming the world. Like eating a towel with a bit of taste :D
@nameinvalid69
Жыл бұрын
haha, didn't even realize about that stupid minister comment; didn't pay much attention to politics cuz it's full of idiots & corruption here. So I not entirely surprised to hear such idiotic things occur... //-- What label Hainan Chicken Rice as Hainan Chicken Rice though; Pretty sure a lot of local stalls just use the name, but the food is legit or not is questionable.
@RoutierNordAmericain
Жыл бұрын
It would be ironic that I would have to travel 10,000+ miles across the Pacific just for a taste of the old fashioned, family style Americana food that's slowly disappearing here in many parts of the U.S., because, the younger generations of American chefs are trying to be trendy for one, &, many of the mom & pop diners & casual restaurants have been closing down for whatever reason.
@felixchong2002
Жыл бұрын
OMG Florida Hotel! I have stayed there in the early 2000s. Roach infested nightmare! Looks much nicer now...
@goexplore4321
8 ай бұрын
I lived in Bangkok for a year, I would eat chicken rice from a small roadside cart in bangkhae once a week to cleanse my pallet from the stir fry and curry dishes. It was a very simple, but comforting dish that was uniquely complex with its multi level flavor. I wish there was a place in Southern Utah to get chicken and rice.
@peterthermocline
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant time warp Abacus and Sausages 🧮
@eswillie
Жыл бұрын
I could definitely go for the "Hainan" Chicken dish and the goat stew at your first stops, but that Cook Shop medley, particularly in the Rhongraem Florida is too much like what I grew up with and what I still have occasionally at home and from extended family. I would try it just for the nostalgia, but I'm not really a fan. With limited time, I just think I would give it a pass.
@davidyim9576
Жыл бұрын
in Singapore, the Hainanese cooks the best Western food, e.g. Chicken & pork cutlet, steak, stews and even fancy desserts like lemon meringue pie and baked alaska. One of the explanation is because the Hainanese were more or less the migrant "latecomers" to SE Asia, unlike those from Guangdong province. So most or all of the trades available were taken up and therefore, the Hainanese were left with the culinary trade and most of them worked for the British colonial masters in their homes, clubs, ships and armed forces, etc. That could partly explain why there is a Western influence to the Hainanese cuisine in SE Asia.....
@andrewhcit
Жыл бұрын
Some of the menu items listed on the wall of Tampa Coffee Shop caught my eye... I wonder what "Orlando soup" and "Orlando hors d'oeuvre" are.
@kclu2980
Жыл бұрын
Hainanese Thai restaurants have a huge influence on Shanghai's Russian food in 1920. The beef tongue in tomato soup is a Ukrainian dish called borscht, in Shanghai people call it Russian soup(罗宋汤), and the pork chop with Worcestershire sauce is in Shanghai only, local Shanghainese call it spicy soy sauce. The only iconic dish missing in your video is potato salad. My guess is those Hainan immigrants who worked in Shanghai Russian restaurants and fled the country after the Japanese occupied Shanghai. They went to Thailand and put their skills to work.
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
I looked really hard into the Shanghai angle. There's one writer (and only one, as far as I can tell) who swore by the theory that these Hainanese chefs came from Hainan to Shanghai and THEN to Southeast Asia. I will say this- in general, the theory is complete nonsense, there's zero evidence that it's true (and TONS that it isn't), and I do disagree on the borscht argument- Shanghai ketchup soup has a totally different flavor profile than the cook shop stuff....BUT. Then there's the stuffed cabbage. That's 1000% derived from Russian cuisine. It has to be. So there's definitely a connection here- my guess would be that at least one prominent chef did come to Thailand through Shanghai and most likely became quite influential in early cook shops, which would explain at least how a few of these recipes got introduced. As a side note- when I lived (and cooked) in Shanghai I went pretty deep into the old Russian history there- fascinating stuff. Especially the old Jewish community.
@Johnne009
Жыл бұрын
No that is wrong. It's because there's alot of British stationed both in Shanghai, a British outpost and south East Asia, and alot of Hainan chefs worked for the British kitchen in places like singapore, hence adopting and cooking the same dishes
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
@@Johnne009 Trust me, we did our work. I can promise you there's no evidence that any more than a handful of Hainanese chefs came from Shanghai first and then to Thailand or Southeast Asia. As I explained, the number isn't zero, but it wasn't a common path.
@HELLGATE004
Жыл бұрын
i recently subscribed to the channel and i was gonna suggest u to do an episode about this dish. In thailand, early 2000s they had a pop song about this dish.
@richards7496
Жыл бұрын
There’s a few more places that serve stuff like this that you should give a try; one is O.V. Kitchen not too far from Chairoj, it’s the alumni association of Vajiravudh College and they serve a fantastic tongue stew and pork chop along with other classics like steak salad (similar to what you had at Fumuikee), another one that’s very convenient and a legend is Pong Lee, by Victory Monument; they also serve more traditional Thai and Chinese fare but their Pork Chop is distinct since they mix tomato paste with their sauce, giving it a very unique blend between a Chinese style brown gravy and…something else. A new-ish restaurant tried to revitalize cook shop food, it’s called Ang Morr but it’s hideously overpriced so I’m not a fan. There’s definitely something comforting about these places, might be because my grandparents used to go to them all the time and passed down the love of it, as one of the few Thais who could go overseas to study in those days it was the closest thing they had to the food they ate in the UK and France
@TheThailightZone
3 ай бұрын
Your research, storytelling, narrative, editing is always world class. Your videos are so interesting that you really deserve a much higher following.
@HaradaCh
Жыл бұрын
Out of all country who held hainanese chikcen rice recipe,,, Idk about the rice and chicken but nobody could fight that brown sauce of Thai's
@sh3n3ng
Жыл бұрын
My grandma was a hainanese immigrant, so by the family laws, her chicken rice is the best. But… the one in the video is pretty great. I use to live near chareonkrung! I get to eat at Foomuikee when it was at surawong.
@rocky171986
8 ай бұрын
On the sub-genre of Hainanese western food, you may want to head down to Singapore and check it out, because it is still relatively thriving here and is still part of our food culture vernacular.
@danplasma
Жыл бұрын
such a beautiful yummy doc
@ampfat
Жыл бұрын
Let say "Cook Shop" and Japanese "Yoshoku" have similar origin. They began to be popular since the wars and normally served westerners either government/politicians guest. Although, in Japan they're fully developed into a daily and comfort meal, here in Thailand they're become unique. I would say Tonkatsu with sauce, Tongue Shishu(Stew) are originated the same way as Pork Chop and Tongue Stew here. Omu-rice is also the relative of American fried rice in Thailand but the name are totally different.
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
Have you watched our video on American Fried Rice? We dive into Yoshoku food and the origins of several different styles of Asian-western cuisine
@warrenpenner2315
Жыл бұрын
Dude - you and your gal are AWESOME. 16 years in Asia and a truth seeker of cuisine for 25. Well Done both of you!
@encycooper
Жыл бұрын
Visited Tampa Coffee shop yesterday and had the pork ribs. Will be back to try something else another day. Another old hotel is the Atlanta Hotel thats a bit of a time warp. At the end of Sukhumvit Soi 2. I think the restaurant there is only for guests.
@jonfooo
Жыл бұрын
I'm Malaysian Hainanese! Thanks for bringing this great reviews of Thai-Hainanese food! ❤
@jampasurprenant1794
10 ай бұрын
You are absolutely right about the Hainan chicken rice the original was from China I only teen years old fist times Tested. And I love with it.the sauce that comes with does it.
@AsleepAura
Жыл бұрын
Holy shit I drive pass Foomuikee everyday to work. I didn't even know that place is a restaurant! Might go there some time.
@KhunAdam
13 күн бұрын
You have to appreciate the delicious sauce that comes with the chicken! Hainanese with some Thai finesse.
@scubaamm1876
Жыл бұрын
Glad you film this episode and keep these historic stories of how food evolved in Thailand. I used to eat these old styles' Thai/Chinese you called Cook Shop.And time went by, it started to disappeared like original Fu mui kee and Silom pad-tra-karn (which located in Silom).
@qounqer
Жыл бұрын
Communist chicken guy is very cool and I look forward to gambling with him in the afterlife.
@kskhew3377
Жыл бұрын
In the final cook shop, is that green stuff spread on bread, "kaya"? It looks very authentic.
@brianlim3530
7 ай бұрын
Come to Penang, Malaysia where we have this similiar genre of food as well which we just call Hainanese food.
@joefarang
7 ай бұрын
I recognise that beef tongue dish. A very old Chinese place on Suk soi 8 used to sell it and the other dishes you had at that old Hainanese place. It closed 20 years ago.
@sandyyazier28
8 ай бұрын
I prefer Hong Kong version of chicken rice with ginger scallion sauce
@garybooth4059
Жыл бұрын
Superb episode. Thank goodness this has been recorded and will drive more custom to these important places in the culinary history of Bangkok. Keep up the great work, by far the best insight into the history of food in a world class food city.
@majorkade
11 ай бұрын
I stayed in The Atlanta Hotel and Florida Hotel on my first visits to Bangkok many years ago.
@guilmion2
Жыл бұрын
Amazing video. Even though I am Thai and have been eating all these food i didn't know the history and the significance of these foods. Great Job!!!
@UncleHoCM
Жыл бұрын
How well the skin turns out on when cooking rhe chicken is used as an indicator of the dishes quality. Not eating the skin is like eating fried chicken without the skin.
@brighty-go6nn
Жыл бұрын
13:45 thank goodness im not just shelterd and beef tongue isnt actually super common
@dreadknot2238
Жыл бұрын
The Tampa hotel need a flimgo it would fit the nostalgic 80s vibe other then that lovely theme
@konjorn
Жыл бұрын
Stewed beef tongue at Foo mui kee is my favorite and the second is at Silom restaurant.
@Bloha19
3 ай бұрын
God I thought wenchang chicken is cantonese dish😅😅😅😅😅😅
@MinwayChi
Жыл бұрын
Look at Ang Morr and Chop Shop in Chinatown. Both are trying to reintroduce Cook Shop food
@wed3k
Жыл бұрын
I kmow the food is different but the cook shops reminds me of cha cha tang in hong kong.
@tftfgubedgukm7911
8 ай бұрын
Overseas Chinese people have since innovated a lot of food incorporating local ideas and ingredients.
@st.lutiana714
Жыл бұрын
Finally Thai Chicken rise here with the great content!! Thank you so much 🙏
@marciewyatt2342
Жыл бұрын
Those ribs look yummy!!! 🍽
@Jumpoable
Жыл бұрын
Ooooooh interesting. That's why Hainan chicken rice is ALL over Southeast Asia... from the Hainanese cooks! I also had the WORST Hainan chicken rice in Sanya, HAINAN. Yeah, eat free range Hainan chicken rice in Thailand. Or Vietnam. LOL sorry Singapore, your chickens are all flown in frozen nowadays.
@OTRontheroad
Жыл бұрын
Oh god. Few places anywhere are as grim when it comes to food as Sanya. Really, really hate that place.
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