Hope you enjoy the video! We didn't actually plan to film this one- we had another one prepared (which you'll see next week) but some of the places we planned to shoot were blocked by protests during vote-counting in Parliament. So Jaspar suggested this as an alternative, and I thought it was a great idea- and a really cool experience to actually get to explore campus and eat with the students. This is a long way of saying that it might be a bit more "lighthearted" than a lot of our usual stuff but I very much hope you enjoy the video. Locations are pretty much all either on campus or just outside the north gate. If you need specific directions to anything, just leave a comment! Thanks as always for watching and a ton of gratitude to those who are supporting OTR on Patreon- it's what makes this all possible.
Next quest for you Adam, go to Buriram and find the place that serve Lisa's favorite Look Chin, you'll kill two birds with one stone: 1. get to know Blackpink 2. celebrity impact on the popularity of the certain Thai dishes....or places that serve them😅
"เปลวเทียนให้แสง รามคำแหงให้ทาง" 3:14 ยินดีที่ได้รู้จักลูกพ่อขุนฯ จบคณะเดียวกัน แต่วิชาเอกของน้องคือวิชาโทของรุ่นพี่ เอ๊ะรึว่ารุ่นป้านะ! I'm so happy to see the place where I graduated before I moved to live abroad 🎓. Soon I'll come back to visit this University where I spent almost five years for studying. ร้านอาหารตามสั่งร้านที่หนึ่ง สะอาดและ อร่อยมาก ส่วนร้านข้าวราดแกงนั้นก็คือต้มข่าไก่ ถั่วผัดพริกขิงและไก่ผัดขิง😂รวมทั้งก๋วยเตี๋ยวต่างๆ อร่อยราคาไม่แพงค่ะ
100% it's something I'd like to revisit with a bit more prep time (as noted in the pinned comment, this was very much spur-of-the-moment). I really, really like the food street at Chulalongkorn and would love to dive into that in some depth, as well as visit a few more places as well. There's some really interesting ones I've heard about that I'll try to sort out access for filming sometime down the road
@@OTRontheroad Chaing Mai Has an excellent food street by it's university, nothing as off scale as this but worth the visit if you-all are ever up here.
I'm from Thailand and watching your videos made me like my country more. With all the politics and news, it can make us focus too much on the bad side. This is very refreshing for me.
can't agree more, me being an abroad Thai and never having a positive outlook on Thailand/& people due to constant bullying about ladyboys and red light district.
I don't know how you keep on finding new things to talk about when it comes to Thailand and their food and culture, but it's my absolute favourite thing. Every time I see you guys upload I get so excited to learn something new about the country and it's customs. Keep up the great work, you guys deserve a lot more subs seriously!!
In comparing US cafeterias to those in Thailand, a significant contrast lies in their operational structures. In the US, most cafeterias are outsourced to major corporations like Aramark, RA, etc. Meanwhile, in Thailand, each cafeteria typically hosts numerous independent contractors. This distinction leads to a remarkable variation in flavors found in Thai cafeterias, as diverse vendors craft unique dishes using different ingredients. On the other hand, in my Aramark-managed cafeteria in the US, the same people using the same ingredients creating different dishes resulted in flavors that closely resembled one another.
Incredible documentary ! I am Thai, but I have to admit that there is something I have just known from this video. Well done guys, I am sure you did a lot of work before filming this tape. Keep up your good work and waiting for the next video!
Ramkhamhaeng University (RU) is the second mass market university in Thailand after Thammasat University which admits unlimited students without entrance exam. It was established in 1971 on the farm land which used to host international expo on Bangkok’s perimeter in those days. I attended this expo when I was a high school student and it took more than one hour by bus to get there. On the way, there were rice fields on both sides of a 2-lane road. The expo site was a lonely building amid the rice field! Thammasat university was the second oldest university after Chulalongkorn university. It was established by Prime Minister Pridi Bhanomyong shortly before WWII who wanted to open tertiary education to the public without entrance exam. However after WWII, the junta coup leader decided to change mass market Thammasat to closed university in 1952 with entrance exam admission like Chulalongkorn. Even though more public universities in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen and Songkhla were opened, they were/are closed universities, requiring entrance exam admission. However with rising number of high school graduates, more than half could not get admitted to public universities and could not afford tuition at private universities, the government then decided in 1971 to establish a mass market university on the former land and buildings which hosted international expo. The university was named Ramkhamhaeng to honor King Ramkhamhaeng of Sukhothai dynasty who was believed to invent Thai alphabets. The concept of mass market university is unlimited access with no entrance exam and students are not required to attend the lecture (lectures are held as usual but seats are limited to hall capacity). Basic texts and tuition fees are very cheap, the cheapest in Thailand even cheaper than Sukhothai Open University which was established later which does not hold daily lectures; students learn from books and online.
My father was one of the organizers of the said expo. He and his boss would paddle in a canoe, as the land was a flooded rice field, to mark out the area needed for the expo. When the expo was finished and area repurposed as Ramkhamhaeng U., the Ministry of Commerce, who ran the expo, retained a small strip of land for its offices. Later these offices were turned over to the university around the early 70’s.
Pretty shame on me . I graduate from this university but I even don't know anything about the history of University where I graduated from . Well , I just learn from your comment here . Thanks for history story .
No, Mahidol is as it has 2 famous medical schools Siriraj (the oldest medical training school in Thailand) and Rama. There are 3 famous Bangkok medical schools namely Chula, Siriraj and Rama. Imagine a university with 2 famous medical schools! Mahidol is also famous for its science/mathematics programs apart from medical schools. Thammasat is famous for its social science programs. Even though over the years, the university also diversifies offering engineering and medical training, it is still regarded as second best in both fields.
you should go check out the food and the neighborhood of Sam Yan! it’s around Chulalongkorn University, the oldest university here in Thailand. lot of local places and people are getting swallowed up by the big malls and trendy joints meant for Chinese tourist but they have some legit hidden gems there. I’m sure you’ll find some great story!
absolutely love that area and will get there to film some day. I actually had a segment about Chulalongkorn University written for one of the drafts of this video, but I cut it because it'll make sense to do a story sometime in the future focused on that school and amazing food street.
I've eaten at university campuses in the UK, USA, Malaysia and Singapore, and without a doubt, this blows all of them out of the water in terms of variety and choice, plus they are all freshly cooked. Not prepared or ultra-processed. Even the Malaysia and Singapore campuses do not have the varieties or choices compared to this one.
Really reminds me of the old years that has never been truly old from my dearest memories. Ramkhamhaeng University gave me and many thousands of those seeking for a better life and a glimpse of chance. This place had also shaped me into the best version of mine, strong, consistent, determined, and a successful dreamer. . “Candles lid the light, Ramkhamhaeng gives the ways.” . This motto is genuine and proven by a lot of its alumni.
My older brother and sister studied here when I'm was just a kindergarten. When they came home, they always tell tales of this wonderland called "rong arharn" cafeteria. It has the food from all over the country, northern, southern, and e-san styles. It I would just imagine in my head of what the cuisine would taste like just by the words of my brother and sister.
I used to lived on the south side of Ramkamhang Uni. Around 1980s most students from Isan would stay South of the Uni, Students from South would stay North side of the Uni. South side of the Uni was also one of the earliest Private Housing Projects in BKK.
I used to learn at ramkhamheang universitys primary school which was in the university campus. Had so many fun memories there. The cleaness of the campus wassss quite questionalble but still I never got sick when I went to eat at the canteen. ( went there like 4-5 times in my 6 years of going there ) but still we had a lot of events in the campus, I would love to go back but never had the time.
I think some dishes might have been invented in Thai university canteen too, for example ไข่ระเบิด (lit. egg bomb), basically fried eggs with sweet and sour, sometime spicy, pork mince on top over rice. I have never send this dish outside of university canteen.
Interesting video. From your video on old cafes a few weeks ago, I flew up to BKK for a few days before flying back home and had a great lunch. Leaving Khao Lak I skipped breakfast taxied down to HKT and flew to BKK, took the airport rail link to Phayathai BTS, exited down to Florida Hotel and ate at the Tampa Cafe. It was very good. It felt like I had left Thailand and was back in the States. I was the only farang there and was shocked how many Thais were there enjoying bbq ribs and rolls for lunch. Like I had said in previous post I have walked past this hotel for 30 years and never knew the Tampa was there. It will now be a regular lunch stop when in BKK. Thanks
You have to check out a market next to the Siriraj Hospital, one of the oldest medical school. Next to the river. Many Bangkok foo gems are there for generations.
Shoutout for repping the Hoos! Virginia native, UVA grad, lived in Suzhou for 9 yrs, and worked throughout Asia for 16 yrs. Your vid showed up as recommended in my feed. The Hoos hat got me to click but the content got me to subscribe! Well done.
Oh no way! Wahoowa. Also- 11 years in mainland for me (Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, a couple parts of Hunan) and spent a fair bit of time in Suzhou. Cool city.
Ramkhamhaeng University also had a culinary impact on Bangkapi area. When it opened there was a big influx of Southerners to the area and you can find a lot of Khao Gang Paktai in Bangkapi, especially near National Housing projects (Flat Karn Keha).
Thanks for this. My old haunt. I lived on Ram. 65 and out Sukhapibal 3 for several years. Spent a lot of time on that street. Yes, great food, and nice people.
Soi Mahadthai rules. Lived there or around from 2008-2015. Visited last winter, but like it more 10 years ago. But maybe that's just nostalgia because I'm getting older. Well the legalization of weed and Kratom was nice to see.
I live less than 5KM away from Ramkhamhaeng and you are absolutely right. The university affects everything around it; food and staff in hospitality around it, diversity, acceptance and communication, markets and shops....I'll seriously will miss it, moving back into the city soon.
In term of contiguous land area, the campus of KMITL in Ladkrabang near Suvarnabhumi Airport might be bigger. Despite having 100,000s student, not all of them are on Ram U. campus at the same time as they could be taking distance learning as well. Another interesting fact, most of the top-scoring bar exam takers come from Ram’s Law School, not the more prestigious Chula or Thammasart. It is said that with Ram, it’s easy to get in but very hard to get out (graduate).
I graduated from RU many years ago and now, I am pursuing the second undergraduate degree . Welcome to RU university. RU provides the international program for foreigners and it is the one independent university which students can handle own schedules and have much more flexibility to enroll along with their comfortable times each of persons including being able to work and study at the same time. You can try on eating at the humanities faculty ‘s cafeteria which there is only the one Thai noodle shop. I love dropping off here after class because there are less students. Another reason is that I am quite lazy to walk a distance to get some foods at Noppamas cafeteria and there are overcrowded there in lunchtime so I dislike to get there.
I was there as this university's Golf MBA student in 2012-2015 that first dining hall Noppamas Building had almost everything I needed for breakfast and lunch. There's Hainanese chicken rice and biryani chicken rice stall in deeper in the 1st floor dining hall made by these lovely Muslim women I think at 7:15 I used to be regular there, they're do not gimp on serving size one dish will more than fill you up, very good taste too.
I decided not to order biryani as I knew we were going to check out a Muslim area later and I figured I'd find more of it. But I regretted it immediately- the place you're describing looked amazing and a ton of people around seemed to be eating it.
An ex-ABAC student here. The road behind RKH Uni. (I think it’s Soi 22 or 24...not so sure) is a foodie’s heaven. It reaches ABAC Uni which has good and cheap restaurants around the campus as well. My favorite place was the rice barbecue pork and lad-na restaurant (A-pi-poch but I don’t think it’s there anymore ) at the beginning of Soi ABAC.
Thanks for making this video. I graduated from this place. I enjoyed my short time there, especially all the cafeterias. There're small places to find some really yummy dishes in every little nook. I miss it so much.
Another thing is college students are a lot more keen to try different cuisines as well. I remember at Khom Kaen University there were the first Korean and Japanese shops outside of the chain ones in shopping mall. Definitely a place where the ‘hip’ food originate
I’ve explored your channel and thought wow this dude has so many interesting perspectives that I as a local Thai barely had thought about. Cheer up! You always come up with interesting points and topics for video. Kudos to your great research work and documentaries-level production!
tbh, I watch yours video a lot. As a Thai, born and raised in Bangkok. Your channel is so informative, much more than any Thai coverage or documentary I ever saw.
When I was a professor in Nakhon Pathom in the mid-90s, the standard price for really good food was 'sip baht', or ten baht. Affordable, delicious, and good for you. Had a similar experience as a professor in Japan.
This video reminds me of my college time which was 30+years ago. I went to college of nursing which belongs to Naval medical academy. I was part of Navy when I was in college. Of course, our cafeteria belonged to Navy. I remember the food was so awful. We did not have good food at all. Not sure why Navy did not have good Thai food 😂. So What I usually did back then, if I didn't go back home on the weekends ( we were allowed to go home on the weekends), was to visit friends at Ramkhamhang university. They lived near the campus. They would take me to the restaurants nearby, most of them were southern food which I love. Btw, I am from northern part of Thailand. Oh, it's a good and fun time. When I had to go back to nursing college on Sunday, I would be depressed 😔. Thanks for the video. Love your videos because you do research and educate all of us including Thais and foreigners. Keep up a good job 👍
That was really good now. I'm from the South but I studied there as well... Can still recognize so many places. And just as you said as well, really feeling old now 😆
This was my most recent view of your superb channel. Congratulations to to the team! I have absolutely enjoyed every episode. ( actually and honestly , apart from the Hockey episode 555 ) I have viewed them all, some of them a few times! I can't wait for you to drop a new episode. This is by far my favorite food and food history channel. In fact, in my favorite five channels overall which cover very eclectic and varied topics. I subscribe to about seventy channels and OTR is close to the top, Bravo.
In terms of quality, I would love you to see two main canteens at Kasetsart University. Part of the reason I moved there is because of the quality and price of their food. We have the legendary fried chicken -- the texture that you don't normally find elsewhere. You are welcomed here anytime. I will take you around.
Gudang Garam! 😂 What are the chances! I’ve just watched a video of an Indonesian influencer having a meal in Chulalongkorn University (where many Indonesian students go to, apparently) and now I’m seeing one on Ramkhamhaeng University. I love your observation that university dining halls are melting pots where you can have dishes from around the country. And damn, the food at their dining halls look GOOD! Our universities and the substandard stalls they have in their cafeterias really need to step up LOL. I’d take eating in one of the cafeterias over dining at the Great Hall of Hogwarts Castle 😁
Jeehozifat! Now this takes me back; getting all sort of nostalgic, yup! Hats off to OTR. Jasper like Daria has a good screen presence. You are a great team1 (And bet youze guys fight a lot. LOL) Great work, and thanx!
This brings back so many college memories, I guess old guys like us might never truly understand Black Pink haha. Great videos, such a unique in-depth analysis always, and should be joining the protesters to see what they are raging about?
Wow! Your video is deep! You really learn the place. You didn't miss anything. Thank you so much for taking me back. Black Pink is considered to be one of the most popular a Korean pop bands. One of the member is from Thailand.
Funny that I've been eating food from Ramkamheang university cafeteria for the last few months. My husband and I retired early after a windfall. Then he decided to enroll at Ramkamheang to study some humanities subjects that he has always been interested in. He found the food from the cafeteria to be really cheap and very good, so he always bought some food home for us. According to him, there are many outsiders coming to eat at the cafeteria everyday. Apart from the Muslim students from the south, there are now a sizable number of muslim students from Africa as well.
I've been to this area multiple times, mainly to play table tennis near the stadium and to get food at the excellent night market. The night market has a lot of halal food, since the area has a lot of muslim residents. I wasn't aware the university was that big (I've always been there in the late evenings) nor have I been on campus (I wonder if you can just walk in and go to the cafeteria). I'll bet there are a number of halal stalls at the cafeteria, too - perhaps I should check it out next time I go to Bangkok. Can't wait for the MRT Orange Line to open (maybe in 2025), it'll be a lot easier to get there. In the past it's either been the boat taxi on the canal or a city bus.
Everyone can go in. The boat from Pratu Nam is cheap and takes like 15 minutes to Mahadthai. It has been easy and cheap to go there ever since. Only in the evening when the boat stops running, it's a long bus ride. Airport link also has a Ramkhamhaeng station. From the the bus ride is way shorter.
Maybe after watching the Coldplay concert next year, I can try the taste of the campus food. And I just found out that the university is the biggest, maybe not the biggest but the widest area. Correct me if I'm wrong! 🙏
It is the biggest in term of student population, but far from biggest in term of land areas. Most regional universities have bigger land area as land is much cheaper there in those days.
Is Jaspar your partner are Thai or... ? his English spoken are fluently and his English accent are great like one of the native------------------------Thanks for the content of this cafeteria which I have not heard and seen before, it is looks in great clean and in good order ,excactly it is blowing my mind for variety of foods and reasonable prices for all student.
Great vid Jaspar on the incredible variety and choice available in this Thai student cafeteria ; every day is a school day; I am glad that I'm not the only old guy on the block and and the challenge is for us all is to stay relevant and current; not easy when youngsters don't want to join you for a meal; we have much to teach the up coming 21st C millennials but who wants to listen to gain something from an oldie with a wealth of painfully won experience?
I love the ongoing bit about Black Pink. I'm 63 and know about Black Pink. Though it is because my 30 year old daughter is a fan and has shown me their videos. Desperately cute K-pop group with fun music.
Foreign TH-camrs have a reputation for misinforming through "Thai Secret" or "Like a Local" types of clickbait videos that I like to watch and laugh at their ignorance. You surprised me with the accuracy, the authenticity of information and sources, and most importantly, your apparent love for Thai food culture.
Hey Jasper congratulations for your channel, i pretty much have seen all your videos, I want to request you to make a video about the history of my favourite Thai food, Mookata!!!! thanks and keep it going you doing a great job
well, not every single students eat there and that university is situated at the middle of the capitol, bangkok, that means there are a tons of other places to eat.
Do you believe me, I spent 6 years studying at this university (studying, working). I can count the times I used to eat at the cafeteria., Because most of them will come to university when I have an exam. Having an open university that doesn't care about attending, While still spending most of the time working to earn money to pay for tuition. It's very good.
Hope you enjoy the video! We didn't actually plan to film this one- we had another one prepared (which you'll see next week) but some of the places we planned to shoot were blocked by protests during vote-counting in Parliament. So Jaspar suggested this as an alternative, and I thought it was a great idea- and a really cool experience to actually get to explore campus and eat with the students. This is a long way of saying that it might be a bit more "lighthearted" than a lot of our usual stuff but I very much hope you enjoy the video.
Locations are pretty much all either on campus or just outside the north gate. If you need specific directions to anything, just leave a comment!
Thanks as always for watching and a ton of gratitude to those who are supporting OTR on Patreon- it's what makes this all possible.
Next quest for you Adam, go to Buriram and find the place that serve Lisa's favorite Look Chin, you'll kill two birds with one stone: 1. get to know Blackpink 2. celebrity impact on the popularity of the certain Thai dishes....or places that serve them😅
@@MTLMT Oh, Hell Yea!
"เปลวเทียนให้แสง รามคำแหงให้ทาง"
3:14 ยินดีที่ได้รู้จักลูกพ่อขุนฯ จบคณะเดียวกัน
แต่วิชาเอกของน้องคือวิชาโทของรุ่นพี่ เอ๊ะรึว่ารุ่นป้านะ!
I'm so happy to see the place where I graduated before I moved to live abroad 🎓.
Soon I'll come back to visit this University where I spent almost five years for studying.
ร้านอาหารตามสั่งร้านที่หนึ่ง สะอาดและ อร่อยมาก
ส่วนร้านข้าวราดแกงนั้นก็คือต้มข่าไก่ ถั่วผัดพริกขิงและไก่ผัดขิง😂รวมทั้งก๋วยเตี๋ยวต่างๆ
อร่อยราคาไม่แพงค่ะ
Isaan is from northeastern of Thailand and not from southern part of thailand.
@@Hahahaha10188I guess it was a listing, not an explanation of the word Isaan food.
This could be a mini-series on its own where you go around each universities and check out their history and their cafeteria!
100% it's something I'd like to revisit with a bit more prep time (as noted in the pinned comment, this was very much spur-of-the-moment). I really, really like the food street at Chulalongkorn and would love to dive into that in some depth, as well as visit a few more places as well. There's some really interesting ones I've heard about that I'll try to sort out access for filming sometime down the road
Suggest Kasetsart University on the North Side of BKK too.
@@OTRontheroad Chaing Mai Has an excellent food street by it's university, nothing as off scale as this but worth the visit if you-all are ever up here.
@OTRontheroad If we are talking university food I think Mahidol's Tha Phajarn has the best!
Did that before TH-cam existed in Thailand and the best food at the time was in krasate sart. Brilliant experience ❤
Babe wake up, OTR dropped another video
I'm from Thailand and watching your videos made me like my country more. With all the politics and news, it can make us focus too much on the bad side. This is very refreshing for me.
Great comment. Means a lot and very much appreciated
can't agree more, me being an abroad Thai and never having a positive outlook on Thailand/& people due to constant bullying about ladyboys and red light district.
I don't know how you keep on finding new things to talk about when it comes to Thailand and their food and culture, but it's my absolute favourite thing. Every time I see you guys upload I get so excited to learn something new about the country and it's customs. Keep up the great work, you guys deserve a lot more subs seriously!!
and I pray that the conditions in Thailand improves for obvious reasons.....emotional for their young right now. Another great video! Thanks!
In comparing US cafeterias to those in Thailand, a significant contrast lies in their operational structures. In the US, most cafeterias are outsourced to major corporations like Aramark, RA, etc. Meanwhile, in Thailand, each cafeteria typically hosts numerous independent contractors. This distinction leads to a remarkable variation in flavors found in Thai cafeterias, as diverse vendors craft unique dishes using different ingredients. On the other hand, in my Aramark-managed cafeteria in the US, the same people using the same ingredients creating different dishes resulted in flavors that closely resembled one another.
Incredible documentary ! I am Thai, but I have to admit that there is something I have just known from this video. Well done guys, I am sure you did a lot of work before filming this tape. Keep up your good work and waiting for the next video!
Ramkhamhaeng University (RU) is the second mass market university in Thailand after Thammasat University which admits unlimited students without entrance exam. It was established in 1971 on the farm land which used to host international expo on Bangkok’s perimeter in those days. I attended this expo when I was a high school student and it took more than one hour by bus to get there. On the way, there were rice fields on both sides of a 2-lane road. The expo site was a lonely building amid the rice field!
Thammasat university was the second oldest university after Chulalongkorn university. It was established by Prime Minister Pridi Bhanomyong shortly before WWII who wanted to open tertiary education to the public without entrance exam. However after WWII, the junta coup leader decided to change mass market Thammasat to closed university in 1952 with entrance exam admission like Chulalongkorn. Even though more public universities in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen and Songkhla were opened, they were/are closed universities, requiring entrance exam admission.
However with rising number of high school graduates, more than half could not get admitted to public universities and could not afford tuition at private universities, the government then decided in 1971 to establish a mass market university on the former land and buildings which hosted international expo. The university was named Ramkhamhaeng to honor King Ramkhamhaeng of Sukhothai dynasty who was believed to invent Thai alphabets. The concept of mass market university is unlimited access with no entrance exam and students are not required to attend the lecture (lectures are held as usual but seats are limited to hall capacity). Basic texts and tuition fees are very cheap, the cheapest in Thailand even cheaper than Sukhothai Open University which was established later which does not hold daily lectures; students learn from books and online.
My father was one of the organizers of the said expo. He and his boss would paddle in a canoe, as the land was a flooded rice field, to mark out the area needed for the expo. When the expo was finished and area repurposed as Ramkhamhaeng U., the Ministry of Commerce, who ran the expo, retained a small strip of land for its offices. Later these offices were turned over to the university around the early 70’s.
Pretty shame on me . I graduate from this university but I even don't know anything about the history of University where I graduated from . Well , I just learn from your comment here . Thanks for history story .
@@ThePeteBkk Thammasat University, is it the 2nd most prestigious university?
No, Mahidol is as it has 2 famous medical schools Siriraj (the oldest medical training school in Thailand) and Rama. There are 3 famous Bangkok medical schools namely Chula, Siriraj and Rama. Imagine a university with 2 famous medical schools! Mahidol is also famous for its science/mathematics programs apart from medical schools. Thammasat is famous for its social science programs. Even though over the years, the university also diversifies offering engineering and medical training, it is still regarded as second best in both fields.
@@eduardochavacano According to whom you asked.
Before I went the the US, I had studied in Ramkhamheang Univ. for one and a half year in 1987. It was my best student life ever.
One of the best universities that offer educational opportunities to people of all walks of life.
"Candles give light and Ramkhamhaeng gives way"
you should go check out the food and the neighborhood of Sam Yan! it’s around Chulalongkorn University, the oldest university here in Thailand. lot of local places and people are getting swallowed up by the big malls and trendy joints meant for Chinese tourist but they have some legit hidden gems there. I’m sure you’ll find some great story!
absolutely love that area and will get there to film some day. I actually had a segment about Chulalongkorn University written for one of the drafts of this video, but I cut it because it'll make sense to do a story sometime in the future focused on that school and amazing food street.
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Definitely agree! ❤❤
I've eaten at university campuses in the UK, USA, Malaysia and Singapore, and without a doubt, this blows all of them out of the water in terms of variety and choice, plus they are all freshly cooked. Not prepared or ultra-processed. Even the Malaysia and Singapore campuses do not have the varieties or choices compared to this one.
This is well done! You really understand our culture and what’s going around Ramkhamheng. I was an RIS student and the food there is legendary!!!!
RIS alumni here as well, class of 2002.
Really reminds me of the old years that has never been truly old from my dearest memories.
Ramkhamhaeng University gave me and many thousands of those seeking for a better life and a glimpse of chance.
This place had also shaped me into the best version of mine, strong, consistent, determined, and a successful dreamer.
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“Candles lid the light, Ramkhamhaeng gives the ways.”
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This motto is genuine and proven by a lot of its alumni.
My older brother and sister studied here when I'm was just a kindergarten. When they came home, they always tell tales of this wonderland called "rong arharn" cafeteria. It has the food from all over the country, northern, southern, and e-san styles. It I would just imagine in my head of what the cuisine would taste like just by the words of my brother and sister.
Amazing! Glad we could show it to you on video and prove that their stories were true.
I used to lived on the south side of Ramkamhang Uni. Around 1980s most students from Isan would stay South of the Uni, Students from South would stay North side of the Uni. South side of the Uni was also one of the earliest Private Housing Projects in BKK.
ไม่มี ราม ไม่มี เรา ❤❤❤ I earned law degree here!! 😄👍
Try Thai Southern curry at Faculty of Law building, there are lots of good stuff.😂
OTR Team,
Congratulations! You guys did it again!
Outstanding episode! Jaspar’s English is perfect!
Go Cavaliers!
I used to learn at ramkhamheang universitys primary school which was in the university campus. Had so many fun memories there. The cleaness of the campus wassss quite questionalble but still I never got sick when I went to eat at the canteen. ( went there like 4-5 times in my 6 years of going there ) but still we had a lot of events in the campus, I would love to go back but never had the time.
I'm always wildly excited about a OTR videos. Can't wait for the next one already 🥰
I think some dishes might have been invented in Thai university canteen too, for example ไข่ระเบิด (lit. egg bomb), basically fried eggs with sweet and sour, sometime spicy, pork mince on top over rice. I have never send this dish outside of university canteen.
Interesting video. From your video on old cafes a few weeks ago, I flew up to BKK for a few days before flying back home and had a great lunch. Leaving Khao Lak I skipped breakfast taxied down to HKT and flew to BKK, took the airport rail link to Phayathai BTS, exited down to Florida Hotel and ate at the Tampa Cafe. It was very good. It felt like I had left Thailand and was back in the States.
I was the only farang there and was shocked how many Thais were there enjoying bbq ribs and rolls for lunch. Like I had said in previous post I have walked past this hotel for 30 years and never knew the Tampa was there. It will now be a regular lunch stop when in BKK. Thanks
You have to check out a market next to the Siriraj Hospital, one of the oldest medical school. Next to the river. Many Bangkok foo gems are there for generations.
I think it become too well-known for him already. He even shot something near Pran Nok for his sataw video.
This is the most under-appreciated food channel on TH-cam!
Why don't you have million sub yet? This channel is pure gold!
I agree
The foods surrounding this Uni are absolutely yummy
Shoutout for repping the Hoos! Virginia native, UVA grad, lived in Suzhou for 9 yrs, and worked throughout Asia for 16 yrs. Your vid showed up as recommended in my feed. The Hoos hat got me to click but the content got me to subscribe! Well done.
Oh no way! Wahoowa. Also- 11 years in mainland for me (Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, a couple parts of Hunan) and spent a fair bit of time in Suzhou. Cool city.
@@OTRontheroad 2004 to 2013 actually living in Suzhou for me. Unbelievable change during that period. Probably the glory days of the China boom.
Oh hey i saw you at canteen the day you filming too
Keep up the good works.
Should have said hey! Haha thanks for the comment. Hope you enjoy the video.
Ramkhamhaeng University also had a culinary impact on Bangkapi area. When it opened there was a big influx of Southerners to the area and you can find a lot of Khao Gang Paktai in Bangkapi, especially near National Housing projects (Flat Karn Keha).
Thanks for this. My old haunt. I lived on Ram. 65 and out Sukhapibal 3 for several years. Spent a lot of time on that street. Yes, great food, and nice people.
Soi Mahadthai rules. Lived there or around from 2008-2015. Visited last winter, but like it more 10 years ago. But maybe that's just nostalgia because I'm getting older. Well the legalization of weed and Kratom was nice to see.
I live less than 5KM away from Ramkhamhaeng and you are absolutely right. The university affects everything around it; food and staff in hospitality around it, diversity, acceptance and communication, markets and shops....I'll seriously will miss it, moving back into the city soon.
In term of contiguous land area, the campus of KMITL in Ladkrabang near Suvarnabhumi Airport might be bigger.
Despite having 100,000s student, not all of them are on Ram U. campus at the same time as they could be taking distance learning as well.
Another interesting fact, most of the top-scoring bar exam takers come from Ram’s Law School, not the more prestigious Chula or Thammasart. It is said that with Ram, it’s easy to get in but very hard to get out (graduate).
Ramkamhaeng Uni is so incredible from that perspective. You guys made me appreciate the place a lot more
I graduated from RU many years ago and now, I am pursuing the second undergraduate degree . Welcome to RU university. RU provides the international program for foreigners and it is the one independent university which students can handle own schedules and have much more flexibility to enroll along with their comfortable times each of persons including being able to work and study at the same time.
You can try on eating at the humanities faculty ‘s cafeteria which there is only the one Thai noodle shop. I love dropping off here after class because there are less students. Another reason is that I am quite lazy to walk a distance to get some foods at Noppamas cafeteria and there are overcrowded there in lunchtime so I dislike to get there.
I was there as this university's Golf MBA student in 2012-2015 that first dining hall Noppamas Building had almost everything I needed for breakfast and lunch.
There's Hainanese chicken rice and biryani chicken rice stall in deeper in the 1st floor dining hall made by these lovely Muslim women I think at 7:15 I used to be regular there, they're do not gimp on serving size one dish will more than fill you up, very good taste too.
I decided not to order biryani as I knew we were going to check out a Muslim area later and I figured I'd find more of it. But I regretted it immediately- the place you're describing looked amazing and a ton of people around seemed to be eating it.
An ex-ABAC student here. The road behind RKH Uni. (I think it’s Soi 22 or 24...not so sure) is a foodie’s heaven. It reaches ABAC Uni which has good and cheap restaurants around the campus as well. My favorite place was the rice barbecue pork and lad-na restaurant (A-pi-poch but I don’t think it’s there anymore ) at the beginning of Soi ABAC.
thx again Adam, I love your stories and fall in love (again) with the Thai people - one day I'll talk about mid-to-late 70's for a farang in Thailand
Thanks for making this video. I graduated from this place. I enjoyed my short time there, especially all the cafeterias. There're small places to find some really yummy dishes in every little nook. I miss it so much.
Another thing is college students are a lot more keen to try different cuisines as well. I remember at Khom Kaen University there were the first Korean and Japanese shops outside of the chain ones in shopping mall. Definitely a place where the ‘hip’ food originate
I’ve explored your channel and thought wow this dude has so many interesting perspectives that I as a local Thai barely had thought about. Cheer up! You always come up with interesting points and topics for video. Kudos to your great research work and documentaries-level production!
I used to study there for 2 years. My favorute food there was grilled fish (ปลาเผา) at the back street of the university.
The rainy sometimes was great it could made you felt hungry again getting a chance to order more foods.and knowing menu from another part of Thailand.
Every time i has to go to school in the morning food is only thing that keep motivated me to go school early on the morning.
Bro this kinda video about universities would be soo cool.We would know more about the ways and details of various universities.
tbh, I watch yours video a lot. As a Thai, born and raised in Bangkok.
Your channel is so informative, much more than any Thai coverage or documentary I ever saw.
When I was a professor in Nakhon Pathom in the mid-90s, the standard price for really good food was 'sip baht', or ten baht. Affordable, delicious, and good for you. Had a similar experience as a professor in Japan.
Otr is a true bingeworthy channel, every video is a banger.
This video reminds me of my college time which was 30+years ago. I went to college of nursing which belongs to Naval medical academy. I was part of Navy when I was in college. Of course, our cafeteria belonged to Navy. I remember the food was so awful. We did not have good food at all. Not sure why Navy did not have good Thai food 😂. So What I usually did back then, if I didn't go back home on the weekends ( we were allowed to go home on the weekends), was to visit friends at Ramkhamhang university. They lived near the campus. They would take me to the restaurants nearby, most of them were southern food which I love. Btw, I am from northern part of Thailand. Oh, it's a good and fun time. When I had to go back to nursing college on Sunday, I would be depressed 😔. Thanks for the video. Love your videos because you do research and educate all of us including Thais and foreigners. Keep up a good job 👍
That was really good now. I'm from the South but I studied there as well... Can still recognize so many places. And just as you said as well, really feeling old now 😆
Greetings to Daniel. Just stumbled upon this channel and your comment. Greetings from Germany. Enno.
This was my most recent view of your superb channel.
Congratulations to to the team!
I have absolutely enjoyed every episode. ( actually and honestly , apart from the Hockey episode 555 ) I have viewed them all, some of them a few times!
I can't wait for you to drop a new episode.
This is by far my favorite food and food history channel.
In fact, in my favorite five channels overall which cover very eclectic and varied topics.
I subscribe to about seventy channels and OTR is close to the top, Bravo.
In terms of quality, I would love you to see two main canteens at Kasetsart University. Part of the reason I moved there is because of the quality and price of their food. We have the legendary fried chicken -- the texture that you don't normally find elsewhere. You are welcomed here anytime. I will take you around.
Gudang Garam! 😂 What are the chances! I’ve just watched a video of an Indonesian influencer having a meal in Chulalongkorn University (where many Indonesian students go to, apparently) and now I’m seeing one on Ramkhamhaeng University. I love your observation that university dining halls are melting pots where you can have dishes from around the country.
And damn, the food at their dining halls look GOOD! Our universities and the substandard stalls they have in their cafeterias really need to step up LOL. I’d take eating in one of the cafeterias over dining at the Great Hall of Hogwarts Castle 😁
you come to the right path of food story in thailand.
This VDO makes graduate me so hungry. You remind me of my good old days at my campus' food hall.
Jeehozifat! Now this takes me back; getting all sort of nostalgic, yup! Hats off to OTR. Jasper like Daria has a good screen presence. You are a great team1 (And bet youze guys fight a lot. LOL) Great work, and thanx!
This brings back so many college memories, I guess old guys like us might never truly understand Black Pink haha. Great videos, such a unique in-depth analysis always, and should be joining the protesters to see what they are raging about?
Wow, you manage to bring us one interesting topic after another. Thanks!
Wow! Your video is deep! You really learn the place. You didn't miss anything. Thank you so much for taking me back. Black Pink is considered to be one of the most popular a Korean pop bands. One of the member is from Thailand.
This University where I graduated from. But now I end up with living in Canada. I will make sure back there for visit.
I always learn something new about my home country every time I watch one of your videos. Kudos to another great one!
Funny that I've been eating food from Ramkamheang university cafeteria for the last few months. My husband and I retired early after a windfall. Then he decided to enroll at Ramkamheang to study some humanities subjects that he has always been interested in. He found the food from the cafeteria to be really cheap and very good, so he always bought some food home for us.
According to him, there are many outsiders coming to eat at the cafeteria everyday. Apart from the Muslim students from the south, there are now a sizable number of muslim students from Africa as well.
insane quality once again, keep it up my man
I loved this as a detour from the usual tone/style!
Wow this is so well made hope you can covered more colleges all around Asia
If you don't know who Blackpink are you probably don't live in Thailand. It's impossible to not see Lisa all over advertising here.
wow u chose a right place to try so many thai food from many part of Thailand
I really love the contents and how you narrated the story.
This channel shouldn't have subscriber 38k, these video is excellent documentary!
I've been to this area multiple times, mainly to play table tennis near the stadium and to get food at the excellent night market. The night market has a lot of halal food, since the area has a lot of muslim residents. I wasn't aware the university was that big (I've always been there in the late evenings) nor have I been on campus (I wonder if you can just walk in and go to the cafeteria). I'll bet there are a number of halal stalls at the cafeteria, too - perhaps I should check it out next time I go to Bangkok. Can't wait for the MRT Orange Line to open (maybe in 2025), it'll be a lot easier to get there. In the past it's either been the boat taxi on the canal or a city bus.
I'm graduate from this University. From what I know everyone allow to walk in to the university or for go to cafeteria freely .
@@htchpg5221 Ah good. Thanks! I'll try to do that next time I am in the area.
Everyone can go in. The boat from Pratu Nam is cheap and takes like 15 minutes to Mahadthai. It has been easy and cheap to go there ever since. Only in the evening when the boat stops running, it's a long bus ride. Airport link also has a Ramkhamhaeng station. From the the bus ride is way shorter.
Maybe after watching the Coldplay concert next year, I can try the taste of the campus food. And I just found out that the university is the biggest, maybe not the biggest but the widest area. Correct me if I'm wrong! 🙏
It is the biggest in term of student population, but far from biggest in term of land areas. Most regional universities have bigger land area as land is much cheaper there in those days.
I graduated from that school. Thank you for visiting my school ❤
Is Jaspar your partner are Thai or... ? his English spoken are fluently and his English accent are great like one of the native------------------------Thanks for the content of this cafeteria which I have not heard and seen before, it is looks in great clean and in good order ,excactly it is blowing my mind for variety of foods and reasonable prices for all student.
20years I went to study there but did not finish
Nowadays, my younger friends teach film classes.
I graduated from this university! i really miss my old days there :)
Me unknowingly opening the video and was greeted with nigh heart attack.
"Hey, that's my university!"
So yummy and low price, you guys you're invited to have breakfast, lunch and whenever you're hungry at Ramkamhaeng university canteen.
Love this kind of series.
Glad you had a good time eating local food on and off campus
A big thumbs up for this episode well done!
New OTR episode, time to watch.
man i always get disappointed every time while watching, and when i find out the video is almost over :( so good !
40-50 baht for lunch?
I was robbed in my uni days.
Love it...reminded me of my college day ❤❤❤ keep up a great work
Great vid Jaspar on the incredible variety and choice available in this Thai student cafeteria ; every day is a school day; I am glad that I'm not the only old guy on the block and and the challenge is for us all is to stay relevant and current; not easy when youngsters don't want to join you for a meal; we have much to teach the up coming 21st C millennials but who wants to listen to gain something from an oldie with a wealth of painfully won experience?
Mahidol's cafeteria is so fire you should defy go - and it's cheap too!
I love the ongoing bit about Black Pink. I'm 63 and know about Black Pink. Though it is because my 30 year old daughter is a fan and has shown me their videos. Desperately cute K-pop group with fun music.
You can always find cheap and good foods in school canteens
next ep. "University flea market" Food, Concert, and the true trend setter.
Foreign TH-camrs have a reputation for misinforming through "Thai Secret" or "Like a Local" types of clickbait videos that I like to watch and laugh at their ignorance. You surprised me with the accuracy, the authenticity of information and sources, and most importantly, your apparent love for Thai food culture.
Hey Jasper congratulations for your channel, i pretty much have seen all your videos, I want to request you to make a video about the history of my favourite Thai food, Mookata!!!! thanks and keep it going you doing a great job
Your videos are always awesome!!
Lol damn that 93 bus B-roll just brings back too much memory! Love everything about the episode. Hate the conclusion!
well, not every single students eat there and that university is situated at the middle of the capitol, bangkok, that means there are a tons of other places to eat.
Thank you ❤❤🇹🇭🇹🇭
I like your voice, sounds like watching some documents of Ice cream in the US, now is campus cafeteria eatery!
Do you believe me, I spent 6 years studying at this university (studying, working). I can count the times I used to eat at the cafeteria., Because most of them will come to university when I have an exam. Having an open university that doesn't care about attending, While still spending most of the time working to earn money to pay for tuition. It's very good.
Awesome vdo as usual guys.
Ahhh I missed RU. One of my favorite restaurant in there closed long time ago.
Thank you Adam for a shade of Thai politic in this episode 😂