Thai food vs Chinese food

For a few months now, I am totally hooked on to Thai food. It is very similar to indian food with masalas and coconut milk minus all the oil and much healthier. It think it is far far better than chinese food. I wonder why it has not caught on in india as compared to chinese. What do u think?

well the chinese u get in india is much more different than wht u get in china.....go to china, far east ....n try out chinese....i m sure u wont like it....compared to tht thai food is more tastier....!!!

all these i m talkin is authentic chinese n thai....

plus both these kinds of food ve varieties of non veg...n its difficult for veg. ppl.....!

Chinese tht is famous in India is nowhr similar to authentic chinese in china....

I once had Thai food when I was in LA,that time I didn't have any other options...It was good.yup it was better than the Chinese.

The only Thai food I have liked is rice with thai red curry and it is a killer with too much chillies in it... Its good once in a while but I find thai food to be a bit too hot...

Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

Chinese tht is famous in India is nowhr similar to authentic chinese in china....

this maybe cause there is still a touch of indian tastes in the dishes.

But when you go to proper restaurants that's where you may find the difference.

Im not good on this, but what exactly is the difference in chinese and thai food! I suppose it may be something when we are compared bengali food to punjabi food!

Preeti,
Thai food and Chinese food are very different. To make it
very simple (I am generalizing two great cuisines)

Chinese food has mainly soy sauce (plus ginger, garlic, red chillies etc) and
Thai food has mainly coconut milk (plus lemongrass, galangal, green chilli etc.)

Both are tasty


Some Chinese items are chowmein, kung-pao, mandarin, hunan etc.
Some Thai items are Pad-Thai, green/red/yellow curry, Mussuman etc.

-F

I had authentic chinese when i went to shanghai. Its important to remember that china has different regions with different foods. For example, Cantonese food is very sweet (similar to gujarati food) while schezwan food is very hot and spicy with lots of chillies. so chinese too has variations.

My fav Thai food is something called "jungle curry". It is brown in colour and has taste very similar to indian masala. I found thai better than chinese.

Originally Posted by Admin

The only Thai food I have liked is rice with thai red curry and it is a killer with too much chillies in it... Its good once in a while but I find thai food to be a bit too hot...

Another thing, the hotness of thai food should have made it more palatable to indians compared to chinese.

The real chineese food cannot be eaten my most of us. as most of thier food is streamed and raw. for Indians its tasteless as we are used to eating masala food.


And also, they eat lot of non-veg dishes. so veggies beware.

Originally Posted by Gary4gar

The real chineese food cannot be eaten my most of us. as most of thier food is streamed and raw. for Indians its tasteless as we are used to eating masala food.


And also, they eat lot of non-veg dishes. so veggies beware.

Infact, the fact it is steamed and raw makes it healthier than the chinese which we eat in India, which has Agino moto. This is known to affect the brain and has been banned in most countries except india.

the chinese which we get is india is more oily... in no ways its healthier...

i dunno i personally find chinese food stinky......!!!!! i had a house mate was a typical chinese n for a year......i had to stay wid her.....n thy jus ve those typical weird stinky smells...

thai food atleast dont stink.....

Originally Posted by Gary4gar

The real chineese food cannot be eaten my most of us. as most of thier food is streamed and raw. ....

Are you sure? you are not confusing with Japanese food?

-F

ummmm i think so he is.....japanese food is raw......for sure....or half cooked....!

chinese food is all cooked

This means that most people dont know what real japanese or chinese food is. What you are talking about is just SUSHI. It is raw fish in rice cake. I have eaten it in London. This is eaten like a starter like our kababs. Authentic japanese food is cooked on stir fry with garlic etc.. They dont have gravy like chinese or thai. But it is definitely cooked.

Based on one or two dishes people form opinions which is incorrect. My british friends think that all indian food is hot and spicy which is not true. They have just eaten one or two things and formed their opinion. Same is case with chinese, japanese and thai food. It may not have masalas but it is very nutritious and healthy. Not the unhealthy thingy we call "indian chinese".

Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

well the chinese u get in india is much more different than wht u get in china.....go to china, far east ....n try out chinese....i m sure u wont like it....compared to tht thai food is more tastier....!!!

all these i m talkin is authentic chinese n thai....

plus both these kinds of food ve varieties of non veg...n its difficult for veg. ppl.....!

Chinese tht is famous in India is nowhr similar to authentic chinese in china....

i support you.my uncle lives in Shouzou,Shanghai and he told that whatever spicy is sold in Chinese is just the Indianed chinese food.real chinese food he says is far different.

Indian chinese is not good for health as it has AGINO MOTO which is banned by most countries around the world except India. It affects brain as well. Its not advisable to eat lot of Indian chinese.

i didnt kno tht.....

actually aginomoto or monosodium glutamate originated in china only. this aginomoto is the name of the company who invented it there.

and u can see that MSG can be found in nearly all the eatables outside as well as packaged food n all that junk, not restricted to chinese food at all

it is harmful to a child's brain the most, it can give you irregular heartbeats (arrythmia, which i had for some time), palpitations, head ache n what not...

the companies also have a habit of hiding it in other names like, yeast extract, etc.

read all about it here Monosodium glutamate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

i've completely stopped chinese food, and also eat processed food ina very limited quanitity now.

But many packaged food are free from MSG these days.

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

But many packaged food are free from MSG these days.

then they have flavour enhancer 631 n all that... its just closely related compounds all these.

Originally Posted by StarryKnight

actually aginomoto or monosodium glutamate originated in china only. this aginomoto is the name of the company who invented it there.

and u can see that MSG can be found in nearly all the eatables outside as well as packaged food n all that junk, not restricted to chinese food at all

it is harmful to a child's brain the most, it can give you irregular heartbeats (arrythmia, which i had for some time), palpitations, head ache n what not...

the companies also have a habit of hiding it in other names like, yeast extract, etc.

read all about it here Monosodium glutamate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

i've completely stopped chinese food, and also eat processed food ina very limited quanitity now.

Thanks a lot for this info. I was not aware about this. I know that it is banned in UK and US. Its really scary what we eat and what we are not even aware of what it contains. In indian chinese food, i think it is used to make the gravy thick.

Originally Posted by Mirzarocx

Thanks a lot for this info. I was not aware about this. I know that it is banned in UK and US. Its really scary what we eat and what we are not even aware of what it contains. In indian chinese food, i think it is used to make the gravy thick.

no problems mate... actually the gravy is thickened using corn flour, i hope so though, as this is the normal method... the salt is just there to fool people about the real quantity of good stuff in your food.

remember the chinese were adding melamine to fool detectors about the quanitity of protein in baby food? this is somewhat related to that... you can see all these dastardly chemicals arise from there... many babies were even killed in that scam.

Have you guys seen Kylie Kwong's show about chinese dishes in Discovery Travel & Living. It's one of the best shows I have seen, but last time she actually made something from Baby Octupus

I think she makes authentic chinese food, unfortuantely I haven't got a chance to taste the authentic ones even in India ;-).

eeewwww damnit!

deja vu! :lol:

funny it got double posted. If that ewwed you, she also cooks the strangest things i have ever seen. Its a fun show to watch though. I won't get to eat them but atleast let me see them..

Octopus actually tastes very nice, especially the Korean barbequed
type. You just need to close your eyes and pop it into your mouth

-F

and let it swirl all over in your stomach. Btw she boiled it which makes it look more yucky

Originally Posted by vikramjb

and let it swirl all over in your stomach. Btw she boiled it which makes it look more yucky

I don't know about your eating process, but mine goes something like this

bite->chew->swallow. (the first two steps are important)



-F

ha ha ha farce

all humans eating process are same including mine dude
Just wondered what if its live when you are biting it

I am sure the probability of it being live is pretty low
after the barbecueing process.



-F

ughhh u ppl r disgusting.....tht u r discussin on eating octopus....yea i ve seen tht show once n i was like eeeeeeeeeew....yuk....how cud she....?

^^ The feelings are mutual it seems. I have come across people who boast of eating cats and dogs...so i can maintain my cool

uuuuuggghhhh ,... what are you ppl really talking about .. eating cats, dogs, octopus ... yaaaaaaaaaak ... how can someone eat these things ... :alien:

get this, in Travel & Living channel, there was show where the host had to eat the balls of the bull

how gross is that

It was really round and really hard, from what i saw :lol:

OK here's a joke.

Two American tourists go to Spain.
They go to a world famous bullfighting arena and
watch the bullfighter kill the bulls.

After that they walk to a nearby restaurant and
order the day's special. They get a grapefruit sized
dish and they enjoy trememdously. They ask what
it is and the waiter says "the ball of the bull that
got killed in the bullfight"

So they continue this ritual for a few days
immensely addicted to the dish. One day
they ordered the special and the dish is more
like a walnut sized one. They asked the waiter
about that and he says "The bull won today"



-F

OMG !!! That was gross

farcey whr did u find such a gross joke.......very sad .....!!

how cud ppl eat such things.....? though none of my matters....

good one farce

aaka, people eat dog, crow and lots of stuff. Nowadays anything that flies, walks and swims are being eaten. In human's case it happens only in some places.

Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

uuuuuggghhhh ,... what are you ppl really talking about .. eating cats, dogs, octopus ... yaaaaaaaaaak ... how can someone eat these things ... :alien:

Yes, It is true. Chinese people do eat cats and dogs. My father was telling me that in Shanghai restaurants, there are cages where there are snakes and monkeys alive. You have to select which one you want to eat and they will make it for you. I am not making this up. You can ask anyone who has been to Shanghai!

Originally Posted by devrajofjaipur

Yes, It is true. Chinese people do eat cats and dogs. My father was telling me that in Shanghai restaurants, there are cages where there are snakes and monkeys alive. You have to select which one you want to eat and they will make it for you. I am not making this up. You can ask anyone who has been to Shanghai!

i think i'm gonna barf now

ughhhhhhhh......china sucks.....when thy ve got options thn y eat animals n birds n reptiles....

Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

ughhhhhhhh......china sucks.....when thy ve got options thn y eat animals n birds n reptiles....

Are you Vegan?

-F


p.s It's like saying India sucks since gypsies eat iguana meat ;-)

Chinese food is far more diverse than Thai.China is a huge country,in every province there are different cuisine's,different ways of preparing them and what matters most is the ingredients available.
And the Chinese food in India has been modified to suit the Indian palate.
Trust me,we do not get real Chinese food in India.

Thai food,the only thing that comes to my mind when anybody says Thai food is the "Lemon" grass.Not a fan :P

When ever you serve Chinese food,theirs always a hot dish and a cold dish.
Hot dishes are served spicy and boiling hot.Cooling dishes are boiled vegetables or soups.

Funny thing I'd like to share.In a restaurant in North Campus,my friends and i went over to out favorite place to have Tibetan dumplings (momos).
In the restaurant a group of people sitting next to ours ordered noodles and asked for chop sticks.Now that didn't really seem strange to me,what was peculiar about this whole thing was,the man who wanted the chop sticks was eating off a plate.

You cannot use Chop Sticks and eat noodles off a plate.Its possible but the South Eastern cultures (like the Japanese,Koreans and Chinese) will not appreciate your bad table manners.

fftopic:
?? LOL!! sorry i think i went way off course.

Originally Posted by samuraijoe

and asked for chop sticks.Now that didn't really seem strange to me,what was peculiar about this whole thing was,the man who wanted the chop sticks was eating off a plate.

You cannot use Chop Sticks and eat noodles off a plate.Its possible but the South Eastern cultures (like the Japanese,Koreans and Chinese) will not appreciate your bad table manners.

fftopic:
?? LOL!! sorry i think i went way off course.

So how do you eat the noodles off a plate? I have eaten noodles
off a plate with chopsticks and the Chinese didn't seem to mind ;-)

-F

no i aint a vegan farcey.....but i m a eggitarian.....!

Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

no i aint a vegan farcey.....but i m a eggitarian.....!

You know what the Vegans are saying?

"ughhhhhhhh......Aashaka sucks.....when thy ve got options thn y eat eggs"

;-)

-F

shut up.......farcey!!! enuf.....

Have you tried the "Thai jungle curry". I dont know what it is actually called in thai. Its very spicy, not like red or green curry and is brown in colour with lots of vegetables.