Thai Breakfast in Thailand

Thai Breakfast in Thailand

Presently, Thai breakfast is different according to socio-economic status (SES) and working.

To begin with, people who are in the high SES may have fried eggs, bacon, bread & butter, coffee, and orange juice for their first meal of their hard long day. Some even have salad in order to maintain their nutrition. This group use head and heart to work rather than hands or energy. Thus, their breakfast is light and like Americans or Europeans whom are considered as civilian. Most of this group also has high education, and some studied or spent part of their life in the western countries. Of course, they are white collars of Thai society and considered as elite group.

Some Thai have boiled rice with minted pork for their breakfast. This style has been adapted from Chinese. Rice is boiled until it become liquid. Then pork, a slice of pork stomach and liver are put in. Eggs may be added to increase taste and energy. Before serving, ginger and green onions are place on top.

Secondly, the middle group who is in between the high and low SES, mostly, has their breakfast differently from those two groups. This group lives far from their work place because it is cheaper either to rent or to buy a house. Most of them have to get up early, 4:30AM or 5:00AM and then rush to their office by public bus or van. Some may be lucky to have their own car and drive to their office, but they have to rush anyway because they want to avoid traffic jam. They do not have time to prepare their breakfast, so they just get up, get dress, and go. Their breakfast is waiting for them at their cafeteria in their work place. They can choose what they want to eat and drink in a very reasonable price. For examples, one plate of rice with two top is only 25 Baht (about 1$) or one plate of rice with three top is only 30 Baht (1 Dollar). A variety of cold drink is offered such as juice (orange, gava, lungan, or bawbk), tea, or coffee with low cost 7 Baht/glass. Some may eat sweet in early morning in order to accumulate energy for fighting with their work. 

They are so good such as sweet sticky rice and banana inside tie with banana leaf, called Khoa Tom Mut. Bean either yellow or black ones care also cooked as sweet. The former, called Toa Suan, is boiled with water and sugar, and put coconut milk on top. The latter, called Tom Tua Dom, is boiled with coconut milk and sugar. Some may eat with sweet sticky rice or small balls of starch, called Sakoo. Some may want fruits, and there are so many kinds of fruits, vary to seasons,  for their choices such as mangos, papaya, orange, cinnamon, rambutan rose-apple, mangosteen, lungan, and lychee. This group is salary man or woman. Students either school or university are also categorized in this group.

The last group is the low SES, most of them lives in the remote areas and works as farmers, gardeners, or workers. They have their breakfast differently according to their hometown location. Those who come from the north or the north-east eat their sticky rice with fired pork, fried fish, or fried beef and chilly source. Their chilly source is cooked with garlic, red onion, fish source, tomato, and lemon. The main purpose of their breakfast is to have a lot of energy in the morning for a hard tough day. They eat just for their living; they do not live for eating. 

To sum up, Thai breakfast are consumed differently according to the class of consumers. When having breakfast or any meal, you should think of people who have nothing to eat. Thus, eat them all, do not leftover and throw it away. 

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