What a Thai Chef Eats in a Day in THAILAND! 

I _love_ all of Pailin's videos but this has got to be one of my favorites -- the home-cooked and store-bought meals, the side garden with its stringy herbs and random papaya trees, that homey kitchen with the charmingly mismatched crockery and cutting board well-worn from use, all serve up an authenticity that jumps out from the screen and homeruns the message that Thai cuisine and cooking (I suppose _any_ cuisine and cooking actually) are part of real, every day _life_ in the real world, not some abstract, exotic thing out of a cookbook. That breakfast looks SOOOOO delicious (shout-out to the salted duck eggs) and what a great way to magick up simple canned sardines... 👌 The lunch has me craving that ground pork with century eggs, and the prawns and stinky beans. Do you have the recipes, Pailin? The winter melon curry, steamed crab and steamed fish all look like a celebration too. I'm feeling so hungry right now, and I just had dinner! ❤ Thanks so much for this slice-of-life moment Pailin! 😊👍

Shout out to all the people who spent years away from their families. I wish you joyful conversations over delicious meals-just like this!

My husband is from Thailand, we eat that way here in the states but the only difference is that we don’t use sugar. I love the rice porridge with pickled vegetables. We grow our own Thai basil, lemon leaf, chilies beside our house just like you do. Pad-kee-mow is one of my favorites, even though I’m probably spelling it wrong, lol. That and my husband makes the best curry. I am grateful to my mother-in-law for making him to learn how to cook when he was growing up in Thailand. 😋🥰

I could watch 100 days of this and never get bored. I'm a born and raised American and my tailor is a lovely Chinese man (from China) who works out of his house. Every time I'm there I'm eyeballing his kitchen and dying to ask what everything is and what he's cooking (it always smells incredible). One time I pulled up and saw him in his garage washing and prepping a massive amount of a vegetable that I didn't recognize, and I wanted to ask a thousand questions. Hopefully one day I'll know him well enough to ask without it being weird. In the meantime, thank God for RU-vid where I can spy on people's cooking and eating habits without feeling inappropriate. Thanks!!

I thought portion sizes can be small in Thailand too. I think smaller portions for a lower price makes sense. People that want more food can pay for more and there’s less food waste. It also creates access to food for different socioeconomic backgrounds.

Having lived in Chiangmai for 15 years and traveled throughout the country, I still haven't found another place on the planet that has the zesty, flavorful, and pungent aromas. The sauces are spectacular and each dish is always served with a smile. Thanks for taking me back to my second home Pai.

Here in the Philippines, sardines in tomato sauce is pretty standard, too. Squeezing calamansi (Philippine lemon) lessens the fishy smell and taste. To stretch the contents of a small can of sardines, you can saute it with garlic and onions then add some veggies (I like adding Chinese cabbage strips), rice noodles and some water. You get a yummy soup dish perfect with a steaming plate of rice.

ดีใจด้วยนะคะ ได้กลับบ้านแล้วววว ติดตามเชฟตลอดนะคะ ขอบคุณสำหรับสูตรขนม อร่อยมากๆ ทำขาย มีรายได้แล้วค่ะ

Living in the US, this is exactly how a visit to home(south India) looks and feels like. Such similar homes and yards and things we yearn for. Loved this video. That bonsai in the big pot is soooo beautiful!!! Wish Pai had given us a close up of it. 🙂

So glad you could get back to Thailand!!! And your baby!! 😍 Growing so fast 🥰🥰🥰

Oh man, this video brought back memories from I was living in Bangkok ..... back in the early 70's. Mom worked for the UN so we were there for a couple of years b4 migrated to California. Your parents' house and neighborhood are just as I remembered my childhood there. The steam fish, the salted duck eggs .... all comfort foodz. Thanks for triggering my childhood memories of Thailand.

Here in Malaysia.. squeeze lime / calamansi to canned sardine.. are usually after we fried cooked the sardine..or.. cooked with only white chili..

We've recently moved back from BKK, having been there for 7 years. These amazing videos remind me of our wonderful time living there with our family. Moo ping and sticky rice are still my kid's favourite meal.

That was very interesting and fun. If I'm interested in a cuisine I want to know what people actually eat at a typical meal, not just the signature restaurant dishes. When I travel I love going to markets and getting street food. Sometimes you get outside your comfort zone-I may never entirely embrace having fish for breakfast-but that just means you're learning something. Everything looked and sounded delicious. And please just mostly enjoy being home. One or two quick hits, maybe, things you only see there. But nothing that's much effort or time spent. You've got people there who'll cherish every moment they can spend with you. : )

Greetings from Italy, Pai and Art! 😃 this video was amazing, I learned more about Thai culture and food by these 8 minutes than by most of the documentaries available online! Thank you 😊

Thanks for sharing what the day-to-day meals are like in Thailand, Pailin. It is very nice to be back to your home country where all the cooking ingredients are so fresh and easy to find everywhere. I love that you can grow your own aromatic herbs outside the house all year round.

omg Pailin, there's a BL series from Thailand which is huge (I think it's the biggest on youtube in 2022, it's called Cutie Pie on Mandee channel and it gathered over 250 million views in 6 months already). In one episode they're making salted egg salad and you won't believe how many international fans don't know about salted eggs or that you cut them with the shell still on. But hey, it's bringing A LOT of interest to thai culture and cuisine so I'm very happy :)

I'm glad you got to go back home. Hope you enjoy and show more life style there. I missed that, hasn't been back about 4-5 years!

Love from Ottawa. I will take a typical Thai meal any day of the week. Planing to retire near or in Cha Am next year.

The leftovers for breakfast reminds me of growing up in my Thai household. My dad always had a scallion omelette leftover- we would even have it with dinner sometimes. This was very nostalgic to watch, thank you.

This was awesome Pailin! Cooking with family gives us a warmth that is hard to explain but we all know what it is. I'm glad you could visit your family now that the worst of COVID has passed. When I go visit my family in Florida we might do a fish fry, or maybe a big pot of chicken and dumpling soup. We are good fisherman so usually my aunts or uncles bring a fish home and we cook it up good. :)

we fry the canned sardines in tomato sauce, with sliced onions and tomato wedges and lime juice. one of my favourite dishes with plain porridge. will try your style as it looks so delish.

I loved this episode so much! Pailin, we adore you. And, Dad came through with the crab! 🤤

So many beautiful meals! Ahh, crab. Blue Crab, Dungeness Crab, Singapore Noodle, rice. How is it even reality that I'm seeing so much beautiful food?

Your videos is so calm and aesthetic that's what every one wants ♥️🥰💖🍓😍🍓🥰

Pailin you food and channel has hugely influenced me to be more real and truthful. I adore your recipes and enthusiasm in sharing so many beautiful meals. You are a good person and I hope as long as the sun lasts that your family lasts sharing whatever you want to share and doing whatever you want to do. Life is so much better with your youtube channel and sharing your love and food with the world.

very impressed with how far you've come in making these great videos

When I lived with my Thai girlfriend the first thing I did was build a outdoor kitchen for her. I visited Thailand and her family twice during the time we were together, this video brought back some memories. Your videos are helping me make use of my kitchen...thanks a million.

I really enjoyed this video! So happy for you that you were able to go home and visit your family.

Best ever, showing home style food but most all, I love that beautiful bonsai you have in your yard🤗

Oh wow. What a treat! Thank you so much, real food for real people!

We live on Vancouver Island (My wife is from California), when we visit things are very similar...Family, food and many hugs.

eating meals with family is always heartwarming and makes you want to eat more...no matter what mood you are in that day...

Спасибо за рецепт ! и за Ваш труд!👍👍Thanks for the recipe! and for your work!👍👍

Oh I so love this channel! Day in a life kinda videos are my favorite 🤩 want to see more of Thailand daily living pretty pls 🙏🏻

This is lovely. Thank you so much for taking the time to share a bit of your life while on vacay.

I love this video !!! I lived abroad for a few years and I love what local food and eating habits are for real !! 🥰

Ooh, that little tree in the garden at 4:50!

Love this!!! Beautiful family memories!!!

So happy for You!! You looked totally relaxed!! Enjoy your time there with your folks!!

I remember watching one of your older video where you were at back at your family's house picking holy basil. Nice to see how times have changed and how your channel and your family has grown, thank you so much for all the wonderful videos.

Anyone know what kind of flowering tree is in the pot behind her at 4:40? I don't think I've ever seen anything like it before... beautiful. Also awesome video. I love seeing what "real people" eat in a normal day in other cultures.

Love that you were reunited with your family in Thailand!! A great slice of life! Keep them comin!

I really like outdoor kitchen in Asia countries, in the west we only do bbq outside, in Germany even in winter, but nothing else.

Wow!! So happy for you that you are able to take this vacation break here in Thailand. I moved here from Los Angeles in 2002 and love it here. Slower pace of life, exciting food, wonderful people. I was in Chiang Mai for a couple years, but mostly in the Chonburi area because of my work in Global Sourcing. Retired now and so happy to see your shows on RU-vid often. Keep up the great work, and THANKS!!

excellent as always but I really loved the tree in a pot with the pink flowers! It look a bit like a banyan but I don't know... thanks Pailin

ขำน้องอะ กีกี เฉยเลย You daughter is quite cheeky. I have a good laugh at the end.

Will travel to Thailand the first time in January I will be so excited about the food and the culture ❤️

I'm so happy for you being back home after a long period away - enjoy yourself. The last time I was in Thailand was 2017 I definitely need to go back. That food for dinner made me hungry 👍🏻 Normally I only eat 2 meals a day with a protein shake, a couple juices & lot of water. I like eating breakfast & dinner or an early lunch & dinner.

Love me some Pallin!!! Her videos and instructions are so easy to follow and do. I often refer her recipes/videos to others who wants to learn to cook Thai food. BTW... I make the same things for breakfast too, easy peasy and great to eat in the morning when you don't really feel like making anything major. Keep up the AWESOME work Pallin!!!

So happy to see you well and back in Thailand for a bit. My wife and I will be going back next year after the Covid 3 year hiatus. Typical morning meal =Fried pork with sticky rice and coffee. Here is the USA it’s Thai food 85% of the time.

Hi Khun Pai, you´re so lucky! You really made me homesick with this entertaining video! of yours. I can´t wait to go back to visit Thailand for vacation again! Envy envy envy!!!😎

You are so wonderful! I enjoy every moment of your videos that I have not so long ago discovered by chance in Russia. Yes, Russian quisine is TOTALLY different, but your simple and elaborate language describing the blast of Asian flavours, absolutely honest remarks and nice pieces of advice make you videos so exquisite! Thank you so much!

I really enjoyed seeing what a real normal cooking day is like!

This video is so warm and lovely

This is one of your best videos!!! I love learning about other cultures. GREAT JOB ❤️😋❤️

Such a cute video! I loved seeing the daily foods and how your family was creative with spicing it up. Also was surprised to see Maxvalu because I thought it was only here in Japan!

Pailin it's been awhile since I last watched your channel, your little one is so grown up now! Glad to be back!

*Nice to see you back here in Thailand! looking forward to more videos!!!* 💪👍

☀️🍇🖤This is a really great video! Thanks for showing us your family's meals. Green curry, basil, garlic, chillies, lime, coconut milk, and lemongrass are some of my favorites too. Some of my family eats beef and pork, some don't, but everyone loves fish and crab.

Little guy is getting so big now! Love his beautiful smile ( Got it from Mama)

We eat like dat in Hawai'i Rice soup porridge Like with da fish Or With shredded boiled chicken Or Steamed crumbled pork. We put black pepper, shoyu, green onions (a lot; a handful), water chestnuts, while sometimes use cracked red pepper instead of black pepper. We call it "Juk" (A Hakka word).

thanks for sharing , I miss Thailand so so much. You guys are so expert in peeling crab shell. It is hard for me

So lovely to see you having time with your family

Wow Great show! We live in Phangna, enjoy home food!

Absolutely love this video. Can't wait to see more! I love seeing what ingredients you use to get the Thai flavors. Thank you so much! 💕💕🥰

wow just really nice to watch thank you..p.s.i was wondering can you do a vlog on choosing thai rice in supermarkets ..like best brand prefered etc…thanks

Canned Sardines in Tomato Sauce along with Canned Fried Dace & Black Beans over Congee were good go to meals as a kid. My favorite childhood Thai dish though was authentic Kao Man Gai. Thank you for sharing your time back in Thailand, especially the Gang Kiew Waan Gai and the Crab dish.

Kahn is lovely! 🤩🥰 Usually the salty dish goes well with this boiled rice porridge.

Unsalted deluxe nuts from Costco in the morning, a huge veggie burrito from the taco truck for lunch, and whatever I can pull together after work for dinner.

I really admire that you dubbed for the quality of this video. If I'm not wrong, you also dubbed the sound of picking the basil, right? That was a lot of effort, and it's very lovely!

I got onto the Thai smiley fish brand of sardine in tomato sauce , made the salad … wow !! I’m so happy with this simple dish !! Thanks heaps !!

It is SOOO amazing to see you Pailin!

I haven't been to thailand for the last 7 years. I miss the food and the atmosphere.

You know what i find interesting? No matter where we currently lived. The home we built. But, We always refer to the place we grown up as "home".

meals to die for! I'd like to see more of such simple homey feasts

Awesome video!

I love seeing what life is like in Thailand! ❤️

That all looks great. Thanks for sharing your family routine with all of us. Have a great trip!

Love out door kitchen!

That outdoor garden looks like my dad's herb garden. He used up all the random spots to grow edible plants. All these home cooked dishes also reminds me so much of my parents.

Oh my typical day of eating! I have been a world traveler most of my life. I eat in a similar fashion. Small bits of this, a bowl of that. I mix cuisines in my meals. I love hummus with asparagas. I love Korean or Japanese seaweed salads. I am eager to try your curries however, cancer has me eating vegan now- but I adapt recipes to allow me to enjoy the flavors but remain vegan. I eat tofu's and tempeh. I used to be pescatarian, so routinely made Asian inspired dishes. I love stinky tofus and used to eat salted duck eggs- again vegan now. I truly "eat the world". Brown rice is less acidic to the body with cancer so I eat medium grain brown rice- but its still delicious. Cant do sugar in my sauces- can modify with monkfruit quite well. Thank you for sharing your day. Your voice reflects how much you love being home.

seafood sauce is the godliness. i don't do spicy but, man, that yum with the dried shrimp is ALWAYS glorious. have a lovely visit!

Been a subscriber from the get-go. Thanks for all the work you have done and for sharing.

SO GLAD YOU ARE COOKING LOVING YOUR VIDEOS LOVE FROM USA

How nice to see you in Thailand!! Great !

You know when someone good at something when they make things look easy. Your food look good.

Yeah. I made my own green curry paste once, it was awesome, but I hardly have the time or energy to do it repeatedly. Quite satisfied with the stuff in my jar, and canned coconut milk. Time savers are a blessing. But that fish... holy mother of... I wish I was at your table. That looks so good.

Oh I admire you to be back in Thailand and enjoy those delicious food with your family! Have great time !!

Love, love, LOVE everything about this video! I think it speaks to the universal experience of how most people eat; some store bought, some homemade, some restaurant food. Everything looked delicious! Thanks for sharing and I'm glad you finally got to see your family after so long.

I agree with others that this has been the best video! And let me tell you, Home cooked/store brought meals are AMAZING! IMO, I'd rather see those than a video of an extravagant meal in a restaurant 😊

Thai food is my happy place. I love these videos. Thanks for the great content.

Pad sator, one of my favourite Thai food.

Great video! Hope to see more of what you eat in Thailand!

there's no greater feeling than saying "ahh home sweet home"

Good Morning from CDMX....I am so looking forward to finally going back to BKK after the last couple of years of lunacy.....In the next couple of months I have planned about 12 kilos of Kra Pao Moo or Gai and 20 bowls of mango sticky rice in my future.....LOL

Been watching you for 6 years. So in love with Thai food. Enjoy your vacation Pai 🥰

Hello Pailin! Love your videos esp this one with your family in Thailand. We lived for 5 yrs in Thailand and we love Thai food sooo much. I always refer to your videos everytime i want to cook Thai Food. Thank you

haha...you are an utterly charming and gorgeous woman and you know how to cook! Kudos to you and your life! You asked for us to share our own daily eating 'style' and I will comply. I'm married to my Filipina-born wife now and we've lived in the Philippines for the past nine years. We travel a bit each year, usually to places like Singapore (never again--too boring!), Bali, Vietnam, and of COURSE...Thailand. I'm a big fan of Thai cuisine and actually MET Andy Ricker in a small cafe in Chiang Mai a couple of months ago when we visited. It was a huge thrill for me! As for Thailand, I seem to manage to get there at least once-sometimes twice a year, and I usually stock up on Thai ingredients to bring home. When I was in Chiang Mai, I hoped to cook daily in our airBNB but the cooking facilities were minimal and they discouraged grilling, etc. so alas! I did spend a good deal of time at the Warorot Market for fresh ingredients--finding Cilantro ROOTS is next to impossible even in the Philippines. Breakfasts with my wife are simple fare; from oatmeal with nuts and fruit and milk to your standard scrambled egg. I've occasionally made a Thai-style fried egg but wife is picky--alas! Lunches are household staff prepare, usually Filipino food, but dinner is where I get to prepare whatever cuisine strikes my fancy--Italian, Spanish, French, Korean, and of course...Thai. Lately Ive obsessed over Kaeng Hung Leh (Burmese-style pork curry), I love to pound away with my krok and khao, and I recently made our supremely easy less-than-30 minutes deep-fried pork belly (twice-fried) dish with the Nam Jaew sauce. Well received again; so all in all, we enjoy our life, and while my wife is not keen on 'mai phed' (spicy?) or 'Kahang' dishes of a spice level too much for her, she's still willing. Cheers from the Philippines!

this was so lovely, and Pailin you are so elegant, and your recipes are so well explained, I hope you enjoy your time back home!