Thai Oyster Omelet at Nai Mong Hoy Tod )

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Nai Mong Hoy Tod ) is a famous restaurant in Bangkok to eat a Thai oyster omelet known as hoy tod. Hoy tod ( also spelled hoi tod sometimes) is a very popular Thai street food dish, that's basically a shellfish omelet. Though it does include egg, it also usually includes some batter as well, so I actually personally think of it more as a pancake than a full egg omelet. Anyway, it's a famous Thai dish, especially as a tasty snack. There are many places throughout Bangkok to try hoy tod, and one of the most well known is Nai Mong Hoy Tod, located in Bangkok's Chinatown, or Yaowarat. There are two different versions that you can order, hoy malang poo tod ( ) is their version of an omelet with mussels in it, and hoy nang rom tod ( ) is with oysters. Now that's a pretty tough decision for you and I to make as food lovers, so it's best to just not make the decision at all, and order both of them. That's what I had to do. However, after eating them both, I can quite safely say that the oyster version was definitely better tasting in my opinion. Anyway, at Nai Mong Hoy Tod, they use some serious oil for their cooking. And I don't think it's just some light veggie oil, it's some heavy pork lard. So this is far from being a healthy hoy tod, but it's a treat to enjoy on occasion. One of the cool things is this restaurant in Bangkok has a customized kitchen with a heavy iron griddle that sits above a grill of hot charcoal - so they still use charcoal for cooking. The flames are always lit high, and there's a fan that blows the flames bigger when they really need to crispify the batter. So they start off by heating a spoon of oil on the pan. Then a mixture of batter, which I believe is made from sticky rice, is poured onto the griddle. After that's mixed up for a few minutes, in goes an egg, which is swirled around for awhile. The mussels version of the Thai omelet included the mussels within the batter. It was served over a small bed of bean sprouts, sort of to cradle it and maybe soak up a bit of the extra oil. The Thai oyster omelet (hoy tod) included a crispy fried pancake of dough set on a plate and the oysters, in a gravy type of sauce, placed over the pancake. The omelet pancakes were insanely crispy, and wow were they filled with extreme flavor. I liked mine with a sprinkle of pepper all over it, and many Thais also enjoy eating hoy tod ) along with sauce prik, which is like tangy tomato ketchup. Overall, and if I go back, I would definitely prefer the oyster omelet version over the mussels version. They were both insanely greasy, but indeed they were insanely tasty as well. If you're up for a greasy Thai street food snack when you're walking around Chinatown in Bangkok, you might check them out. Nai Mong Hoy Tod ) Address: 539 Thanon Phlap Phla Chai, Bombrab Sathupai, Bangkok Open from 10: 30 am - 9 pm everyday Phone number: 08-9773-3133, 02-623-1890 Prices: 70 THB per dish 539 . 08-9773-3133, 02-623-1890 10. 30 - 21. 00
Date: 2019-08-19

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Comments and reviews: 10

Adhyatma Evan
just about 3 days ago i randomly click any 'eating' video on youtube that looks 'wow, yummy' and found out one of yours and can't stop watching your videos until now xD. just wanna say that i really love your videos you've successfully makes me drool and hungry every single time i watched it LoL. oh, and i have one question mark. have you ever came to indonesia before? if you're not, have you ever consider it? thank you: D
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Wolfboyboy狼仔仔
The oyster omelet is just sinfully good. Mark's expression reminded me of my first taste of this heavenly food; wash it down with lime juice or ice lemon tea, it'll help neutralize the greasiness. You know what? If you're a real bad boy, squeeze some slices of lime into your ice-cold beer to go with it and oh. So bad, and yet sooo good: )
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Itthisak Rampaiyakul
Great video. Make me miss Thailand very much. I tried cooking hoy tod but can never have it as good as the ones in Thailand. That oyster version looks really awesome, never had it before. Next time I go I will definitely seek this place out. Keep up the good work. Loving your videos.
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Jeremy Der
This spot was a food highlight of my trip a few years back. I ate a ton of just phenomenal food over 7 weeks across SE Asia, but this dish for some reason just stands out so sharply in my mind. Great contrast in texture and explosive flavor. Oyster is definitely the way to go.
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Sweet y Salado
I wasn't sure what the liquid they were using to make the omelet was until you described it. I'm really not into fried food but I have to confess that some times food fried in lots of oil tastes much better and again, the dipping sauces look amazing.
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evogardens
Hey Ying & Mark, Love the video as always. Can you tell us how they get that Goopy consistency in the omelet? I think that after eating that greasy snack, you probably did some extra pushups & walking to burn it offRegards. Jim.
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Sherman Brown
The prices are simply amazing. 2. 15 for each plate is mind-boggling. We regularly visit several Thai restaurants in Seattle, WA & don't walk out without spending 30. 00 to 40. 00. That's it. I'm moving to Thailand. :)
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Niv
And yes thanks for subscribing to my channle. Can u make a shoutout video? Like those who had encouraged u alot etc. and good luck for ur upcoming videos. I will sure hit the thumbs up button for all ur videos thats for sure.
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Zen IR
Greet video dude. I hope you try my country food in Malaysia, the food names is char kuey teaw. So hard to speak yeah: p but its so delicous and you can try ABC or CENDOL PULUT. Reply me if you want to ask location: )
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ranvijay
that oil. and i'm just just using self control eating some ground nuts while watching this video when i have 16 eggs in the fridge and some half litre oil trying to change my mind: P
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