Vegetarian Thai Food (& A Little Fake Meat) at Chamlong's Asoke (จำลอง สันติอโศก)
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- One of the best places to eat vegetarian Thai food when you're in Bangkok is Chamlong Sandi Asoke (จำลอง สันติอโศก), also known as just Chamlong's Asoke. More details here: www.eatingthaifood.com/2011/07...
If you eat a strict diet of vegetarian of vegan food, traveling in Thailand or living in Bangkok, and eating local food can sometimes be a challenge. Many normal Thai dishes are filled with small amounts of meat, and even if meat isn't actually in the dish, there's often fish sauce or meat broth inside of some dishes - so that just goes to say that it can be a challenge to find good and authentic Thai vegetarian food (more tips in my vegetarian Thai eating guide: www.eatingthaifood.com/vegetar...)
In order to be certain you're getting purely vegan or vegetarian food when you're in Bangkok, you really need to look to some of the exclusive vegetarian restaurants. There are quite a few scattered around the city, but one of my favorites is a restaurant known as Chamlong Sandi Asoke (จำลอง สันติอโศก). It's really more of a food court, where there are a number of stalls where you can choose what to eat and sit down and eat them all. As soon as you arrive at this vegetarian grazing zone, you'll need to exchange your money for some coupons. I usually exchange about 100 baht per person, just to make sure I have enough money to get a few different dishes - believe me you'll want to try a few different things when you eat there. The great news for you, that is if you eat vegetarian, is that everything in the food court is exclusively vegetarian (and vegan), so you don't need to worry or even ask what they put in their cooking.
There are many different vegetarian Thai dishes to choose from when you're at Chamlong Sandi Asoke (จำลอง สันติอโศก). There are a couple of places that seem to specialize in fake looking meat, that's really made from protein flakes or things like that, and then there are plenty of other vegetarian dishes. I normally like to start my vegetarian feast with spring rolls, and you can either choose to get the deep fried version or the fresh non-fried version - both are good, depending on how you're feeling for the day. You can then branch out and try some Thai vegetarian curries, or other dishes like grilled mushrooms, vegetarian noodles, or even vegetarian pork skewers (don't worry, even though it may look like meat, it's not real meat).
One of my personal favorite vegetarian Thai dishes is tam ponlamai (ส้มตำผลไม้), or fruit salad, and I think they make a really tasty version at Chamlong Sandi Asoke (จำลอง สันติอโศก). The fruit salad includes a mixture of guava, rose apple, dragon fruit, watermelon, and a few other fruits, mixed with soy sauce, lime juice, lots of chilies, and some crushed peanuts. The result is an incredibly refreshing fruit salad that has a beautiful contrast of flavors, including spicy, sweet, and sour - I really enjoy it. If you go to Chamlong Sandi Asoke (จำลอง สันติอโศก), don't forget to try their version of Thai fruit salad. Another interesting vegetarian Thai dish to try is kanom jeen nam prik (ขนมจีนน้ำพริก), or white rice noodles served with a peanut based curry on top. It's rich and creamy, and if you love noodles, you'll probably love this dish.
It can be a challenge to find good and authentic Thai vegetarian food, unless you go to the right places. Chamlong Sandi Asoke (จำลอง สันติอโศก) is one of the best restaurants for vegetarian food in Bangkok, and you'll find so many delicious things to try.
How to get there: The restaurant is located very near to Chatuchak Weekend Market, and directly behind the IN Square shopping mall. There's a small road to the right hand side of IN Square mall. Walk through that street and at the end hang left and you'll see a small pedestrian gate, enter through the gate and you'll be at the restaurant.
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MARK! I wish I lived in Thailand five minutes away from that place I was a raw vegan for 2 Years Dropped fat, blood pressure & cholesterol went away..got off many meds being around raw vegan or just a vegan the healthiest (4me) . I love the right hand corner you put your name! Keep climbing in popularity I wish you many more travels many more !!!sponsors!!!! I tell everyone I can about your videos you're still number one on travel and food keep going keep traveling don't stop dude👍👍👍👍 you're not just my hero now but many of my friends including some of my family members!!!!! Peace bro✌️(Mark we need you ,you are that window and connection to the world you take so many of your fans on exotic travels you're such a blessing to so many people God bless you brother!!)
Hey jimmy roberson, thank you for sharing, and very cool that your health improved eating vegan. Are you still eating raw vegan now? I'm really thankful for your support, and for sharing my videos with your friends and family, really appreciate it. Hope you're doing great.
Mark Wiens I'm on and off vegan and raw vegan vegetarian I noticed the more I eat processed foods the more I don't feel so well but I'll tell you what's really good is take Italian sweet basil fresh and blend with fresh squeezed orange juice just make sure its not Thai basil lol sound strange but believe me Italian fresh basil blended with fresh orange juice is amazing and very addicting
This was awesome, Mark. It's great to know that the veggie option is available in BKK. Some of the tofu dishes looked great. Lots of food for $5.55!
Thank you SeoulTee, yes this place is good value.
the thing im always waiting for: you closing your eyes for a split second, nodding your head and smiling! Your face shows pure joy every time! :D
Thank you Sabrina Isabella Bakkeid
Yaaaay! I'm vegan and although I love watching all your videos I appreciate your videos like these because you are not vegan, the fact that you love vegan food too is awesome
I don't even need sound to watch your videos, I can tell by your face whether you like it or not, very endearing lol :) You have people fighting in the comments section defending your videos Mark. I guess that means you have "made it" on TH-cam! Keep up the great work. Kindest regards from Canada
Thank you Jade Horner-Chinappi, I really appreciate it.
Excellent video. Thank you for taking the time to make this.
I did fours year's active duty in the Marines Mark.I really enjoy your video blogs Sir,It makes me not think of the past.With respect Mr.Kelly
Thank you Mark ... I have enjoyed your videos , especially on Thai food , keep them coming .
Thank you Roy UK
Cool! And everything looks so fresh.
I think the thai food videos are just awesome. Its helpful to people who are planning trip to bangkok soon.. like myself.. maybe we should learn to appreciate what he is doing for us.. and we don't pay for this.
Thank you for your kind words and appreciation sakurasoh, means a lot to me.
Mark, I have been watching your video late in the evening and some of the food looks so good it makes me hungry.
yea! vegan vegetarian--
I heard Chang Mai is heavy vegan
Im total vegan, but i love ur blogs cause im obcessed with Thailand
Chiang Mai was the most vegetarian/vegan friendly place we've ever been to outside of India. So many yummy options available!
oh thanks man,,
Im serious vegan, but total foodie..
i watch meat oriented stuff and try to figure how to make it vegan...
I follow a guy on youtube called Durianrider who has said more than a few times Chang Mai is the best around in the world..
souther cali where im from is real good, but it's all food trying to imitate standard..
Im more into food that is vegan from the ground up...
Thai and Vietnamese looks to me like the most indigenous food oriented that way
Hey liverawkstar glad you enjoyed this, and thank you for watching other videos too. Yes, Chiang Mai has a lot of vegetarian restaurants, but I haven't had time yet to check any out. Are you planning to visit Thailand?
Everything looks delicious!!
Hey Ying & Mark,
One of the rare occasions when I've watched one of your videos and not wished I was eating the food in it. Still, your descriptions and facial expressions NEVER fail to make me smile.
Nothing against Vegans, but I need my MEAT!
Jim.
Ha, thanks a lot Jim evogardens, I definitely can't go too long without meat either.
Eating food at it's origin is always the best
I just love those expressions on your face when you eat those amazing magical vegan food! I
Next time when I come back to Bangkok, I have to go to this place. Thanks for sharing, great video!
Mark, I so enjoy your videos especially the ones from Bangkok, a city I adore. Years ago I often went to Camlong's Asoke for the veggie food when it was in its old location. I 'lost' it when it moved to the current location and now with your video I 'll be going back. Thank you! How about doing a vedio on the food stalls at Chatutcak Market? Buon appetite!
Hi! I love your videos! Especially when you eat Thai food, lol! Keep it up :)
Thank you Prucksaphanich
Oh, that looks so good. It's such a challenge to find any good vegetarian food anywhere!
Thanks Minsooky, there are some places in Bangkok, but scattered all over the city.
Refreshing vegetarian dishes look really good. That there is undoubtedly a healthy choice.
Thanks again Mark,for the awesome lunch review!.Keep them coming every week.I really look forward to your food reviews your the bomb Mark.With respect Mr.Kelly former United States Marine and proud of it!
Thank you very much Kelly Denstitt, oh great. How long were you in the Marines?
Man that fruit salad looks sooooo amazing!
Yes eveplayer12, I really liked it!
All that great and healthy food for less than 6 bucks?! Wow, I can't wait to go there for vacation...
You make me want to come back with each video Mark!!! I wanna go here but this time I AM BUYING!!! :)
Hey Jake Wiens great to hear from you, ahaha, alright!
The first salads looked very good , by the way my mom is cooking nasi goreng now! I am so hungry! And nice video as always Mark!
Thank you cem38, oh that sounds great, enjoy it.
Vegetarian Thai food is one of the best!
I usually go there just for grilled mushroom alone! Hard to describe its awesomeness.
Ah great, glad you like them too MileHighDaddy
Thank you mark for sharing this video! ^^ appreciate it!
Yum! Your pronunciation is terrific, trying to teach myself Korean, its a struggle!
Thank you Julie Goodwin, I'm still learning!
So happy you did! I'm vegetarian so it's good to know I have options
Man.. we miss Thai food SO MUCH.
And you don't make it easier for us Mark, never.. not at all! ;)
Thanks Backpack ME, every time I leave Thailand for more than a few weeks, I really start to miss the food too.
Another thumbs up video Mark ;) U never fail to make me hungry !!! ;)
Thank you Sophie Poon
Awesome vid.... Definitely will share!
Thank you Abdul Jabbar
Great!!! At last you made a veggie video. Love your videos, but could do with a better balance. Loved this one.
Wow i love vegan food
Nice! .. food 'heaven' for vegans / vegetarians!
Interesting Mark and TY for sharing.
You're welcome, thank you for watching bebebutterfield1
thanx for doin one for us vegetarians and vegans!
im not really into mock meat, but, i have had some that was very tasty
i always shy'ed away from meat as a child, and, im an advocate for all living things
cheers
You're welcome XTheSonofTheSunX, glad you enjoyed this.
Looked pretty good Mark Thanks!
Thanks TomsBackwoods
Food looks great , I'm not a vegetarian,but I would definitely try something like this. I love Thai food such bold,vibrant flavors. PS go to Turkey I guarantee you will love the food.
Hey Iren Kolar, glad you love Thai food too. Are you from Turkey? I would really love to visit.
Yes Mark Wiens I was born in Istanbul , my family moved to the states when I was a child , we vacation there often. The food is amazing we have a very wide cuisine.
id,love.to.visit,turkey...dying.to.have.vegetarian.tagine:)
Thai food, made right in Thailand, looks delicious always!!!!!
and yes, the fruitsalad is really good!!
I eat vegetarian on sunday & mondays. everything looks so good there!!
Good to hear that *****. I'm not a vegetarian, but I don't mind eating vegetarian meals every now and then.
I'm no vegetarian Mark, BUT I would have bought you guys lunch there- it looked very refreshing!!
Hey TheSpritz0 thank you. Me too, far from vegetarian, but it's pretty good once in a while.
I like when u speak Thai :) love ur VDO
Thank you AprilFoolGirl. Are you Thai?
Yes I'm Thai, I love to travel and eating ur VDOs r very interesting. Are u live in Thailand or just travel around??
beefsteak mushrooms, when cooked appropriately will earn their name, that's for sure.
Ha, yes!
Love this
Good Thai vegetarian food video👍😋💯💖😍
just left bkk on sun. It was awesome trip. Beside bargain about clothing price, street foods were really killed me. Big BBQ squibs and chicken drumsticks, boat noodle to pad Thai at grant palace. There r too many wonderful stuff. Hope to back here asap
Sounds like you had a great visit Yibin Zhang, hope you can come again.
I liked the video already when he said 'vegetarian'. Would like to inspiration behind this start-up at Bangkok. The name Asoke resembles with "Ashok" in India.
Very interesting, very interesting indeed. Lol ! Seems like they are missing delicious sauces to accompany most of the meals. The fruit one looked pretty tasty. At least you were honest in your review.
Thanks superslyfoxx1, extra sauce never hurts anything.
I will go there next time I go to the market
OMG I love my meat but these vegetarian dishes look amazing. Making me drool. Can.t wait to visit Bangkok as part of my RTW trip.
Thanks Explorelist, good to hear about you'll be visiting Bangkok!
This is good news for vegan and Muslim tourist in Thailand. Thanks for sharing. Shall mark this on my travelling map.
By the way, i may suggest you to catch season food bazaar in Malaysia, which is only held during Ramadan (fasting month for all Muslim, and it started coming week for a month). I bet you gonna like it.
Hey Ahmad Nurzid Rosli, great to hear from you, glad you enjoyed this. Thank you for the suggestion, I would love to visit Malaysia to sample some Ramadan special dishes - not sure, but will see if I can make it.
Hopefully this experience will encourage you to cook and eat more plant-based meals - It is the way of compassion. 💓Bless you for making this content.
Yessss...vege foods....more and more... Healthy food
That place looks like HEAVEN to me. Oh how I wish there was a completely vegan buffet here in the states. And it's all Thai food!!
you're a funny one... in the first place, are you a vegan...? =) we have affordable veggies and fruits here in our area and you still wish for more? better cook for yourself....
Hey o0okgo0o yes if you are vegan, this place is fantastic, so much variety in one place.
Недавно прлетела из Тайланда ))) Очень скучаю по тайской кухне ((
Merci beaucoup!
Great video Mark.. thou i could see it on your face that the pleasure is not the same as when eating meat. It was more like a custom video..I hope not many of these are coming :)) Only the best
Thank you Alexandru Clima
Quote from above .....
Walk through that street and at the end hang left and you'll see a small pedestrian gate, enter through the gate and you'll be at the restaurant.
Can you explain what is " hang left"? Is it "turn left" instead?
Thanks
Thanks for having some vegetables
Loved this! I'm not vegetarian but I love veggies because they're usually less tasty than meat so they sometimes have to be seasoned better than meat haha. Also I love fake vegetarian meat. It's a shame where I live they're usually more costly than meat itself. This one huge block of vegan fish is amazing sold at Lions supermarket in the South Bay of California.
Hey mchu5 good to hear from you. I agree with you, even though I love meat, vegetables are so good too.
Not much of a vegetarian either but I find Indian cuisine seems to be some of the best for vegans. Very tasty and well spiced.
Perdomot If I had to become vegetarian, I would most definitely move to India.
wow this video was 6 years ago
Is it expensive to get like a Ribeyes or New York Strip in Thailand? Or do they even serve that? Thanks Mark, really do enjoy all your videos.
college station Thank you. You can get them, but yes they are expensive. But you can get beef at local markets, and it's pretty good, but it's way less common than pork.
More of this Mark!!! :)
Please put caption to your videos. I can't hear you properly due to loss of hearing. Thank u n keep up with good work. :-)
Hello, Mark. Are all of those vegan food onions free?
Answer me please
I love vegan food❣️😋🌱
This is sooo sad. It looks so good and I'm so far awayyyy :) *Sigh SMH* Next time I go to BKK this will be my first stop after I drop my bags at the hotel. Thanks Mark!!
great!!
i've never thougt that i would enjoy watching someboby eating that much ^^
Thank you for watching Niz Akbari
Mark when you get more subscribers and TH-cam famous
;( remember me lol
Thank you GoHardNH, if that ever happens, I will remember you.
@@MarkWiens do you remember GohardNh?
Do you remember the subscriber, Mark?
Hard to believe only 5 years ago the channel wasn't as popular as today.
I was vegetarian for awhile and I always avoided the fake meats because they just really didn't taste good as much as they all try but awesome find.
Hey thanks for sharing SolOtis, even though I'm not vegetarian I agree with you. If I'm going to eat vegetarian I prefer eating vegetables, not fake meat.
After a year I found u again
Thank you jaseem ali
Hi Mark ,
Do you know what type of mushrooms they are ?
I've done a search and it could be they are Shiitake ?
Could this be correct ?
They look really interesting .
Any idea as to how they are cooked in this recipe ?
Thanks if you get time to reply .
Hi paul4444 Yes, these were shiitake mushroom stems. They call them in Thai "hed hom" which just means like fragrant mushrooms, but they are shiitake. I'm not sure, they are really quite plain, I think maybe just fried with a bit of oil and salt.
Mark Wiens Thanks for the reply Mark .
I've only ever tried tiny bits of dried Shiitake in the Mama branded Kimchi noodles (I think that's what it is).
Me thinks I'll get some fresh to try as they sound really good .
Thanks again .
ty for a little vegan mark. im with you in the sense that im far from being vegan. but I have family that are hard core, and im going to forward this to them. im sure they will enjoy your vid as much as I do :)
Hey xcessive2008 thank you very much for sharing it with you family, I really appreciate it.
Jared from Silicon Valley in Thailand?
do they use onions, garlic, spring onions and any kinds of onion? some vegetarians don't eat all kinds of onions.
I just googled, it's called Jain Vegetarianism? dang...too extreme in my opinion. o_o
ZettaSnowyTora This type of food is called "Jay" food in Thai, and it's more like strict vegan food, so yah they don't use garlic or onions, I think. I wish they did.
how is it called?
:D
Cardboardy and chewy rubber! LOL
mark you really need to eat more arabin food its amazing
Maan Alombe I really want to, I love Arabian food. My idea is to eat food in local places (as opposed to eating Middle Eastern food in Bangkok and making a video), so hoping I can do some traveling in the Middle East in the future. Where are you from?
Mark Wiens saudi arabia
how to make rice paper
Much BETTER than ur USELESS non-veg food videos !
What's that green dipping sauce made out of?
It made from Green chilli
spindoctor340
Thanks, spindoctor340!
I've had that fake pork belly in a vegan restaurant here in NYC Chinatown (Buddha Bodai) too. I'd say it tastes rather disappointingly bland, and like rice cake (nian gao, in Chinese) and it probably is partially rice cake. Otherwise, all the other vegan ideas at the place was great. Mark was honest about being not too interesting in this video too 👍
Don't u have any acidity and indigestion after eating a lot...
I want to join your meals.
when are you going to shanghai?
Hey jesse daboss, no plans but I would love to. Are you living in Shanghai?
Nah, I live in Canada, but I'm shanghaiese
You've been to Seoul, Tokyo, but never shanghai
5:20 lol I think this is the first time I've ever seen you make that kind of face after tasting something.
Haha!
I am a vegetarian and I would never try fake meat...just the though puts me off...but I love your videos though!
I'm not a fan of fake meat. I love meat, and when I eat fake meat I always think how delicious the authentic tastes.
Then prefer meatless. Vegetables, mushrooms can be deliciously prepared.
I'm ready for the day when you spit out the "interesting" food and say "yuck" LOL
ME-Tube Your Space! Haha, last month I took a bite of something rotten, spit it out, got it on camera... should I publish it?
Mark Wiens Yes please. I need to get my laugh on and best believe that video will get rave reviews. LOL
Mark, Mark, Mark...I think you were extremely kind in describing vegetarian food. However, you did make it seem intesting when you were ata a loss for words explaining to the viewers what you were about to eat; "little thingies of protien." now that was funny. Also, my "Dear Sir", I do believe the natives are getting restless viewing you eat of the same genre of food, please, an array of plates would make it more pleasing. Keep up your videos my man, No Ka Oi, da'kine!
Haha, Ka'imi'loa B., yes definitely at a loss of words sometimes, and sometimes it depends on the day - some days my thoughts are flowing, other days not so well. Thanks!
Ka'imi'loa B. No kidding bra. Look so ono! Really break da mout!
Do they serve flowers? Flowers that can be eaten? But those mushroom steak it looks like meat. And I didn't realize that you can eat fruit salad with rice. Weird food.
Thai food may look weird but it's tasty
Hi Amristar, yes, they eat a few different types of flowers in Thai cuisine, but I've eaten them mostly in non-vegetarian dishes.
Vegetarian food everyday at Santi Asok Nawamin road soi44-soi52
i still don´t understand why they´re making fake meat for vegans or vegetarians :D awesome video mark!
Thank you Hans. Yah, I for sure will be staying away from fake meats!
When ya gonna do a bug cart? Edit... Also, is it just me that cucumber and watermelon taste better in Thailand than it does in North America? Corn and beef tastes worse tho.