JASON FOOD REVIEW

Somtang

Bangkok, Thailand

3 stops in one videoBest stop:Jodd Fairs9.0

Every visit to this shop

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Jason's verdict

8.0out of 10
Great
Stops
3
Dishes
3
Visits
1

The verdict

Great

Jason wraps up his Bangkok trip with a food adventure, calling Somtang tasty with good standards and cheap prices. The Jodd Fairs night market cockles and banana pancake were the standout treats of the day.

Highlights

  • Price: Around RM60 plus ringgit converted, quite cheap
  • Taste: Cockles fresh, plump and juicy; banana pancake better than roti pisang
  • Ambiance: Night market with hundreds of vendors selling clothes, food and snacks
  • Other: Somtang won CNN Go Best Eats recognition

The stops (3)

Everything visited in this video, in order, with Jason's own per-stop scores.

  1. Stop 1

    Somtang

    MapsScore 8.0 out of 10

    CNN Go Best Eats winner, tasty with standard, cheap prices

  2. Stop 2

    McDonald's Thailand

    Score 6.0 out of 10

    First time trying it, says Malaysia is better

  3. Stop 3

    Jodd Fairs

    MapsScore 9.0 out of 10

    Night market with hundreds of vendors, cockles and forbidden meat were delicious

    Dishes at this stop

    • Cockles

      fresh, plump and juicy

      Score 9.0 out of 10
    • Forbidden meat

      tangy, salty, slides off the bone, worth trying

      Score 9.0 out of 10
    • Banana pancake

      creamy, crispy, better than roti pisang

      Score 9.0 out of 10
Full transcript329 words

This is my last day in Bangkok and I can tell you it is a food adventure but first we gotta take the train. This is called train surfing. Yeah, apparently my girlfriend told me if you stand in between two train carts it's surfing. There's always some sort of market going on in Thailand but we settled at this place that won the CNN Go Best Eats called Somtang. The food here has standard, it's tasty and the price is quite cheap. If I convert it, it's around 60 plus ringgit. It's my first time trying McDonald's in Thailand and yeah Malaysia is better. Finally we went to Jot Fair, a night market with hundreds of vendors that sell clothes, food, snacks all kinds of things. Their cockles was so delicious it was fresh, it was plump juicy I don't know what else to say and this forbidden meat was equally as good. Tangy, salty, slides off the bone an absolute treat and definitely worth trying. I was so stuffed but there was one snack I needed to get. Banana pancake, highly recommended by my girlfriend but is it better than the roti pisang? I have to find out. It was creamy, crispy, banana felt like it was just ripe so yeah it's better than the roti pisang. As I said it was my last day so I flew back. That's my Bangkok trip if you are flying for a vacation this year. And if you want to have that peace of mind from flight delays lah losing your baggage or touch hood getting COVID-19. If you're insured by SmartTravel365, you can claim RM100 from a 2 hour flight delay. Or if your baggage is lost, damaged, stolen or worst of all you have to cancel your trip because of COVID-19. You can claim up to RM12500. And you can make your claim all through WhatsApp. Just check out Maybank to you to get a quote. Okay bye.

8.0/10

RM60-70 · Cockles

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