Wide noodles with slices of seasoned pork. Fried pork belly in a fishy broth. Grilled meats or squid on skewers. Quail eggs, fried food, pastries and fresh fruit. In most entrees, the primary flavors are lemongrass, ginger or galangal, cilantro, garlic, and hot peppers.
Coconut milk shows up often in rice dishes.
Meats include pork, chicken, and occasionally, beef. Unfortunately, a body gets full and you find you have to move on and do something else. The shopping is good in Bangkok. Knock-offs of Western designer brands are easy to find, and just about everything produced by human hands or machines is less expensive here. Gold jewelry stores show up about every other block, featuring the dark, very yellow gold favored in the Asian market.