Ināʻaʻoleʻoe i maʻa mua i ka meaʻai o Thai, hiki i ka manawa ke hoʻololi ikiʻia -ʻo ia ka "mea alanui" meaʻai i hanaʻia ma ke alanui, kūʻaiʻia ma ke alanui aʻai paha ma ke alanui? ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻaʻole ka mea maʻamau i nā wahi alanui Thai ma waho o nā mea alanui ma ka home. Ua kūʻai pahaʻoe i kahi'īlio wela mai kahi mea kūʻai aku aʻai ma kahi papa pīkole, aiʻole e loaʻa i kahi hau hau ma ke kahakai i ka wā o ke kauwela. ʻO ia ka manaʻo like ma Thailand.
ʻO kaʻike nui ma waena o nā wahi kai Thai a me ka meaʻai ma ka home ma keʻanoʻo Thai kai kai ma nā wahi a pau, aʻo ka hapanui hoʻi e loaʻa i kahi o kā lākou meaʻai i kēlā me kēia lā mai ke alanui. ʻO nā mea kūʻai ma Thailand e hoʻomākaukau i nā kīʻaha mai nā kū liʻiliʻi a hoʻonoho pinepine i nā papa a me nā noho ma kaʻaoʻao alanui i hiki ai iāʻoe keʻai i loko o ka puka āʻaʻoleʻoe eʻai i ka holo.
Aia kekahi mauʻano likeʻole ma nā wahi kai Thai ma mua wale nō o nā liʻiliʻi a me ka ice cream. Hiki iāʻoe keʻike i nā papa Thai, Thai, ka mīpī, ka noodle, ka baʻa a me ka pua, ka hua, ka saladi papaya, ka moa i mīnū a me kahi meaʻai'ē aʻe ma Thai. ʻOi hou ka meaʻai a wikiwiki aʻaʻole loa iʻoi aku ka uku o ka meaʻai ma mua o 40 baht ($ 1.30)!
ʻO ka maʻalea a me ke kumukūʻai e pāʻani i ka loina o ka meaʻai ma Thailand akāʻo ka hana kuʻuna a me keʻano o kaʻaiʻana i waho kekahi mau mea nui. Ma muli o kēia, he mauʻano kiʻekiʻe loa ka mea alanui.
ʻO nā mea kūʻai i nā wahi kaulana i ka hakakā no nā mea kūʻai aku i mea maikaʻi kaʻai.
He aha eʻai ai:
Me nā koho he nui e paʻakikī keʻike i kahi e hoʻomaka ai. Inā heleʻoe i Thailand a makemakeʻoe e hōʻailona i ka nui i hiki iāʻoe, e ho'āʻo i nā mea a pau! Ma muli o ka uku nuiʻana o nā pā,ʻaʻoleʻoe e nele.