The Incredible Story of Thailand's Portuguese 

Now I am sure, the Portuguese were the people who most influenced the world.

A Thai here! A lot of our desserts are actually of Portuguese origins/influence, especially ones made with egg yolk and sugar, often with "thong" (gold) in their names (eg. "Foi Thong" originating from "Fios de ovos")

I'm Portuguese and love Thailand, it's my second home where I have lived and visited many times in the past 13 years. It's lovely to still see this strong connection after like 500 years when Portugal, the first European nation, made contact with the Kingdom of Ayutthaya.

Im from northern Malaysia..and lots of thai food also influenced us...indirectly...the Portuguese influenced us too 😊

Awesome video! I have Portuguese ancestry, and I’m always impressed with the willingness of the Portuguese to intermarry and integrate into local communities.

Portuguese here. Very proud of my country and its history. I hope some day i can visit that neighbourhood and taste it's delicacies.

My maternal grandmother (who is from the Azores) would be proud to find this video out

This is the Thailand I want to see its so interesting . Forget all those party tourist spots this is Thailand history and there is plenty more that needs to be explored.

I can see the traces of Portuguese Heritage in the faces of the people especially in the woman interviewed

I'm an authentic Portuguese and Just yesterday I cooked that chickendish with spaghetti.It's delicious and very easy to make.Step 1(4 people),cover the bottom of a recipient with olive oil,2 teaspoons of paprika powder,add 1 teaspoon of black pepper,add 2 bayleaves and some salt(taste it),dice up finely half an onion and 1 clove of garlic.put it on a small fire,glaze the onion an garlic,dice up 2 large chickenbreasts and sear the chicken,when the chicken seared add 1 glass of dry white wine,and a pint of water,let cook for half an hour if necessary add some water,if it has reduced too much,keep tasting and and keep seasoning,when the chicken is nearly cooked add the pasta and let it cook,when ready correct the seasoning ,with salt and pepper,there must still be enough sauce to cook the pasta,near the end the sauce will have thickened keep adding water and a bit of wine there must be still enough sauce to fill the bottom of the plates,enjoy,next time do the same but with rice !!cheers!!

Portuguese are the original Templars and they still are. No one expanded more Christianity than Portugal!

I know from school that Portuguese is the very first European that arrived and influence us on many dish like Foi Thong, but I never knew that there are still a Portuguese town. Their 23 and Me results would be really diverse.

The word bread (Kanom Pang) in Thai comes from "pão" in Portuguese. Breads in Southeast Asia tends to be soft and sweet because the influence of Portuguese pastries, except for French colonial countries such as Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam that favor Baguette.

Wow...😮interesting to see the Portuguese influences around the world 🌎 I love eggy sweets 😋

Incrível! I must visit ! Much love from Portugal ❤

Hey im Thais, that kingdom maybe destroyed but our love for Portugal and Portugese are eternal

Hi, a native Thai form Bangkok here. Thank you soo much for doing the culinary history in Thailand! I lived near Kuti Cheen for a couple of years before the pandemic and this is truly something crazy about Bangkok.

thanks for coming I lived here since born now am 23 years old but it's kinda sad you didn't see you come here I wish you will come back and see my home again

Great video, great history, great food! I'm proud to be Portuguese!

We also make a similar portuguese dessert called toucinho do ceu containing almonds.

Really great content here! Thank you for this excelent and interesting video! I'm portuguese and I can assure that I can see the portuguese influence in all of those dishes.

bom... é um café e um pastel de nata faxavôr!

Criminally underrated video!

Greetings from Goa

loving your content, can't get enough of it! amazing storytelling

This one might just be my favorite video yet! So good!

Wow dude, you and your work are amazing! Keep it up please ☺

Great content. Great production. Keep up doing what you do. You’ll be fine.

Crazy how you keep putting out these outstanding videos time after time. Keep it going

Very interesting and nice quality video!

Thank you for this video, always interesting to hear about these Portuguese neighbourhoods spread across Asia.

Thank you for your research! Small detail: Alfonso is spanish. Afonso is Portuguese.

if only history lesson in school is this exciting & being presented with passion. 🤣🤣😂😂😄😄 you can be a great history teacher actually 😄😄

By far, the most informative local thai food. It is not just about food but also its history. Great job!

Absolutely love this channel. Fascinating content ❤

I am afraid to travel while COVID is around, but this channel is helping me make my list of future destinations. The combination of history and food is perfect!

I was amazed when I started to study history seriously. While almost every other country has a problem with races. We turn it into our strength.

Perfect story

Excellent! Congratulations on the presentation of this unique community the Kudijeen descendants of the Portuguese mercenaries who first came to Ayutthaya the then capital. Very interesting indeed.

Great video! I just watched all of the videos. Love the food and history combination. Feel like watching the documentary in television or Netflix. Keep up the work, I am sure this channel will get big very soon. Glad to be here at the beginning.

Wow! Incredible video!! Who knew??

This channel is giving me a long list of places to visit and eat next time I'm in Bangkok. Feeling a bit ashamed to have known very little about my home town!!

Very good content.

I love when you mix history with food!. Remembering old Portuguese dishes on an island in Macao (I guess it is now no longer an island having been reclaimed for the airport). In the last cafe with the fermented rice noodles, I saw a dish that looked like a quiche of some sort at 15:50 or so. Curious about that one.

Incredible

This is absolutely fascinating! Another wonderful video from you. Your research time must be excessive, even if some of it is spent walking about as a Knowledge Tourist.

I tried tried the khanom farang thanks to your recom!!!

Your best video.

There's hair in the food! Lol the dish at 3.30ish... but great content!

I'm a Low-Tech one , just hop on Choa Phraya taxi boat (the orange flag) to the end of Northern Route , walk straight from Nonthaburi Pier , Talaad Non is on the right hand side , ask for Khanom Khai Mea Nite , the booth always busy due to the whole sale unit..

Sehr gut

There is one Kanom Khai(Thai word in general for Kanom Farang ) in Nonthaburi fresh market(Talaad Non) "Mea Nite" , the very best in BKK Kanom Khai challenge for the review..

Yes very nice neighbour en nice people

Whenever we get back to Bangkok, I’m going to this neighborhood

try to research the story of Maria Guyomar de Pinha (ท้าวทองกีบม้า) , known in Thailand for having introduced new dessert recipes in Siamese cuisine. It is a very fascinating story.

As a Portuguese, once visiting Maldives, on a Museun in Malé, looked to a canon and saw the Portuguese Cross on it. It was a great experience and reminded me the great it was Portuguese History. But we got our asses Kiked in Thailand🤣

Another Portuguese influence desert would be fol thong.

yay

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Não é Alfonso mas AFONSO!

I love your Taksin pronunciation 😂, they both saved the country and both been betrayed 😢

What on earth are you talking about regarding Malacca?! It was NEVER part of Ayuthia but an independent Sultanate and SE Asia's premier entreport which had been kept safe (against enemies like Ayuthia and Majapahit) due to close relations with Ming China (the global super power then). The Portuguese wanted to colonise Malacca in order to control this trade and have first mover's advantage over costly spices.

fact check: the Spanish never went to war against the "Mayan Empire"

It’s hard to believe that this guy was a flight attendant. His English isn’t that great.

Amazing!

Thanks for your information and wonderful viddeo.

Really great content here! Thank you for this excelent and interesting video! I'm portuguese and I can assure that I can see the portuguese influence in all of those dishes.