It can’t deny that the topic which is in trending now is about Avengers End Game (No spoiler here, rest assured). It makes me think about a scene in Winter Soldier which “Thai Food” was spelled on the screen back then in 2014. This made me wondered how much Thai food is popular in other countries. Thai food is always charming and unique for those who like it. But how about food in Bangkok, in general? The article that you are going to read relates nothing about Captain or the Avengers, but all about the interesting food facts in Bangkok, Thailand from my point of view.
Image of Captain America’s to-do list from Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Marvelcinematic Fandom
One of the most reputations about Thailand is Thai food. However, Bangkok is not full of Thai restaurants. We have all kinds of restaurants that we can think of, like the other countries. So, I will talk about them in the following categories.
Fact#1 Rise of Japanese Restaurant
It is true that we can find more Japanese restaurants in department stores than Thai restaurants in Bangkok. Thai people like Japanese food a lot, especially sushi and sashimi. I think that most of us are crazy in raw salmon tremendously. Even, we have a lot of all you can eat Japanese food with sushi and sashimi. You may find that Japanese food in Thai is even cheaper than in Japan. Some of the food in the menu is adapted in Thai style. With Japanese (and Chinese) influence, we also have chain restaurants that provide “shabu” or “sukiyaki” meal, that you have a hot pot and you will put the raw meat and other toppings into the hot pot. Some of them also provide all you can eat option too.
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Salmon steak, The Japan, Sathon, Bangkok. Photo by me.
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MK Suki, one of the most popular Suki restaurant chain in Thailand. Photo by me.
Fact#2 Authentic Thai
Now let’s see how people have Thai food. We can classify how to have Thai food in two ways; share plates or a la carte. Thai people sometimes do sharing the plates and have them with rice when they are at restaurant with family or friends. The benefit of sharing plates are the variety of food in one meal and also cheaper cost. For a la carte, it is quicker and good for lunch meal. The most famous classic menu is Pad-Kra-Pao (Stir-fried pork or chicken and basil leaf) with rice. I think that it is not hard to find Thai food. You can find it everywhere from street food stalls, food courts, and Thai restaurants. There are also a cook-to-order restaurants in general where you can order Thai dish that do you want to have, and they will say and cook it if they are able to cook it. Since you may get used to the concept about authentic Thai restaurants now, I will go through the next one.
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An example of shared family meal, Baan Ice, Pathumwan (Siam Paragon). Photo by me.
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An example of pre-cooked food for a la carte to have with rice, 39 Expresso, Wattana. Photo by me.
Fact#3 Chinese Style Cuisine
Chinese has some influence on Thai culture, including food. Some of the Chinese-Thai traditional recipes come from Tiew Chew (Shan Tou province, the southern part of China) - sorry if I said or spelled the Chinese name wrong. Those adapted dishes taste really good. Thai people bring and adaptà,a some Chinese meal into more Thai style. It is not hard to find Chinese food in Bangkok, you can also get dumplings and buns at the convenience store. On the other hand, fine Chinese restaurants often in high-class hotels and branded as a luxurious meal.
Dumpling that looks Thai style, See Fah restaurant. Photo by me.
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Fine Chinese meal at Ramada Plaza Menam Riverside hotel, Bangkok. Photo by me.
Fact#4 Noodle shops where you can customize what you want
Lastly, the most special kind of food that is very common in Thailand is noodle. Unlike spaghetti or ramen, Thai noodle is made to order. You can order the kind of noodle such as egg noodle, rice vermicelli, flat noodle, glass noodle, etc. Then, you can choose a few kinds of flavor to the soup whether clear soup, tom-yum, or yen-ta-fo. Each shop has different noodle styles, for example, noodle with fish balls, pork or roasted duck. Noodle shops are usually less expensive and in everywhere. It is also a meal that people usually have on a regular basis. This is very unique in Thailand too.
Tom-Yum pork noodle, Bangkok. Photo by me.
Yen-ta-fo with rock lobster, (pink testy noodle - it is hard to describe this one), Chantaburi (not in Bangkok). Photo by me.
Fact#5 Do Thais love spicy food?
Of course, though, not all Thai people can have spicy food. But it is true that spicy in our standard is rather high. Some spicy menus such as Som-Tum (papaya spicy salad), or Tom-Yum-Kung are very crazy hot for foreigners (and sometimes, for us too). Those dishes are very well-known in all nations. Though, we didn’t have it every meal on a regular basis, unless you are in some certain areas that not so common in Bangkok. Some people said that Thai food is strong flavors such as too much sweet or salty. But, it is tasteful and makes people love cooked meals more.
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Tom-Yum-Kung hot pot, along with other dishes. Photo by me. (It is hard not to mention this menu when thinking of Thai dishes)
Other International food?
Absolutely yes, Thailand is quite open about foods. There are a lot more. I just show you some of my point of view about kinds of restaurants in Bangkok, a city full of delicious meals. There are a LOT more about food in Bangkok that I didn’t mention here. All Wanna come here and try?
Conclusion
In sum, there are many kinds of restaurant in Bangkok with quite reasonable prices. Some of them may have Thai influence in taste and style, but I think it quite good and acceptable.
Check my Google Maps list about my favorite restaurants in Bangkok. This may not be a complete guide, but I will keep this update along the way if I come up with good restaurants that deserve a place in this list. https://goo.gl/maps/8tUvrKjDbjW2nADv8
This is my first post here, but it would not be the last since I know where to find and how to do it. Thanks to Google Local Guides Connect LIVE that brought me here. Any feedback or suggestion is always welcome. English is not my first language, yet I try my best to craft the most desirable content. I am open to the suggested edit as I can learn from you too. I hope that my writing will be persuasive enough to endorse visiting Thailand. It is a very unique country in its own ways.
Please feel free to ask me anything about Bangkok or Thailand in general. I hope I can guide you to the place you’d love in my hometown. I love to guide people on what I know best, that’s why I become a part in here. 
(Update: Edit typos and revision again. I found that pictures didn’t show. So, I re-added them again.)