Crab Curry and Mieng Kam Krob Ros - Thai Taste Lay's Potato Chips : FilAm Family, Dayton Delectables
Channel: LIFE RPG
Date: 2019-12-16

While I was coming back from Thailand I discovered that we brought a little thai taste back with us. These Lay's potato chips are aptly named, and do a good job of capturing the thai taste that wifey and I will be missing for the next year.


We stashed a crab curry and something called mieng kam krob ros and decided to capture the filam family's first taste of it on video. Even little Bobby got in on the fun! I think he was more excited for Lays Thai Taste than anyone.


This is a more laidback version of Dayton Delectables, as we're all gathered around on the couch and watching the Grinch but I hope that you'll still enjoy. If you get the chance to snag a bag, go for the lays thai taste mieng kam krob ros over the crab curry.



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Miengkam Krobros – Thailand
Flavor: Miengkam Krobros
Country: Thailand
When Seen: May 2019

In a Bite: Mostly sweet and tangy, like a sugar dipped lime, with a faint hint of betel leaf.
In a Haiku: Leafy, limey, sweet. Not quite like a real miengkam. But good nonetheless.
Origin Story: Miengkam is a delicious Thai appetizer with a whole bunch of stuff wrapped in a betel leaf, so why not try to cram that all into a potato chip, is probably what someone thought.
http://laysaroundtheworld.com/2019/05/18/miengkam-krobros-thailand/


Crab Curry – Thailand
Flavor: Crab Curry
Country: Thailand
When Seen: August 2019

In a Bite: Strong curry smell hits your nose first, followed by mildly sweet and salty curry flavored chips. No taste of seafood.
In a Haiku: No fishiness here. Only sweet taste of curry. Just add your own crab.
Origin Story: Crab curry is a classic Thai dish, so it makes for a perfect fit for the Thai Taste series that Lay’s has been rolling out in Thailand in recent months. According to Thaifoodmaster, the original (non-chips version) was originally brought to Bangkok by Chinese chefs.
http://laysaroundtheworld.com/2019/09/09/crab-curry-thailand/


I spend a lot of time eating my way around Queens, in New York City, a borough where a subway fare card might as well be a passport. We’ve got Thai food, Szechuan food, Indian food, Japanese food, and Georgian food (the country, not the state). Name a nation: It’s repped in Queens. 

Recently I was wandering an aisle of Sugar Club, a Thai market and snack emporium in Elmhurst, one of the borough’s biggest Thai enclaves, when I chanced upon a whole new selection of potato chips from Lay’s Thailand.
Because Lay’s Thailand makes some of the tastiest potato chips ever, I was intrigued—especially because the packaging looked decidedly non-Thai. 

Instead of typical Thai iconography such as a Muay Thai fighter potato, these chip bags were different. One bore a picture of the Union Jack next to Stonehenge and a sliced ham. Another was emblazoned with the Mexican flag and an Aztec pyramid. 

What was going on here?


Turns out the chips are part of a campaign called Lay’s World Wonders, a contest featuring the worldly chip quartet that launched in October of last year and ended two months later. Rather than design their own flavors (as happened stateside), contestants voted to decide the tastiest “World Wonder” flavor, choosing among China, Mexico, England, and Italy. 

Lays Thailand’s chips have been available at Thai markets here for quite some time. And although the “World Wonder” chip contest was in Thailand, I was surprised to see these oddball flavors alongside their more traditional cousins.  

Typically Lay’s Thailand chips channel the culinary culture of that nation. Think: Hot and Spicy Crab and Meng Kum Pla. The former packs a wallop of chili-laced maritime flavor, and the latter neatly recalls the popular drinking snack of lime, chili, dried baby shrimp, and ginger wrapped in betel leaves. 

Clearly a World Wonder taste test was in order, so my hopes were high when I gave these a whirl. I ranked each on a scale of 1-5, with “5″ indicating a chip experience nonpareil.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/lays-thailand-world-wonder-chip-taste-test-113261815811.html


Long story short, Lays Thai Taste is global. Any country you visit will probably have some sort of potato chip flavor associated with it. I'm not sure I can depend on a worldwide conglomerate to boil down a cultural experience into a potato chip, but hats off to them for trying!


My little filam fam loves the crab curry flavor, but I'm quite partial to the