One of the toughest things in Thailand is to stay fit. Here one starts gaining way at a wrap speed because of the temptations of the incredibly delicious and varied Thai cuisine. Behind every corner lurk restaurants with amazing meals and every week here are set up evening bazaars with myriad kiosks preparing food and festivals follow one after the other.

Could anyone resist these titbits made for the New Year’s Eve in the colorful city of Chiang Mai?

Traditional soup

King shrimps with various sauces

Crabs

 

Surimi fried in egg and breadcrumbs

 

Fried rice

 

Mussels cooked with butter and vegetables

 

Pad Thai – traditional noodles with seafood. The dish is prepared on a hot metal plate and is the most common type of street food

 

Omelette with seafood

 

Omelette with devil-fish

 

Lobsters

 

Durian – one of the most expensive tropical fruits. It has very strong and specific smell. It is considered a great delicacy and for most of the people who taste is for the first time it tastes bad. It is also aphrodisiac.

 

Dumplings stuffed with vegetables

 

King prawns

 

Soup with soya sprouts and meat

 

Sushi

 

Sashimi

 

Tom Yam – the famous Thai soup with noodles and prawns

 

Something fried and baked – delicious made of  unknown to us ingredients

 

Edible sea-weed from Mekong river

 

Red beans with fried vegetables

 

Ice-cream served in a coconut shell

 

King prawns