Thai Desserts: Tasting Sweets From a Dessert Cart

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When I was in Ubon Ratchathani, I tried some of the famous Thai desserts from a street food stall. Read more about Thai street food: One of the reasons you dont really see me eating many desserts in video here is because I really very rarely eat desserts, mostly out of just preference that I dont care for sweets very much. But when I was in Ubon Ratchathani, since I had received many request for snacks and desserts videos, I decided to go to a famous desserts cart called Khun Yai Udom, and try a selection of her Thai desserts. I started off trying khanom man sampalang, which is one of the signature Thai desserts at Khun Yai Udom, a sweet made with cassava. It sort of had the texture of a Japanese mochi, but it was a bit stickier, and it had a slight starchy component to it. What I really liked is how it was dipped and rolled in fresh coconut. The next Thai dessert I tried is called khanom tua paeb, a little dumpling style dessert that is made with sticky rice flour and covered in yellow mung beans. This dessert is popular throughout Thailand. The dessert is typically made unsweetened completely and its served with a little bag of sugar on the side that you add yourself. I decided to give it a try without any sugar, and it was quite plain and no sweet at all. I do like the yellow mung beans and again, the coconut. Next I tasted khanom dom, a little golf ball sized Thai dessert made with sticky rice flour, filled with a little nugget of palm sugar in the middle, and again, wrapped in coconut shreds. Although theres no chocolate in this Thai dessert, it tasted to me a lot like a Bounty candy bar. It had a real coconut flavor and it had sort of a caramel flavor as well. It was alright, but a bit too sweet for me. Khun Yai Udom ) was very nice, and as I kept eating, she kept handing me more and more Thai desserts to try and test - so I kept tasting. Next, I tried khanom kluay, a Thai dessert made with bananas, kind of like a steamed banana cake - like the steamed cassava cake, but made with bananas. It was pretty good and had that sour banana flavor. Next for the Thai sweets khanom tasting I tried kluay chuam, which translates to candied bananas in syrup. This was too sweet for me and the bananas had a honey flavor. I also tried the same thing, but candied cassava as well. Finally, I tried khao dom hua ngawk, and this is one of my favorite Thai desserts, especially eaten here at Khun Yai Udom. The rice was filled with ripe bananas, then steamed, and served with lots of fresh coconut on top as well. What I really like about khao dom hua ngawk ) is that its not cooked with any sugar, but just relies upon the sweet bananas for the sweetness - so its not too sweet and its natural. This was my favorite dessert of the day
Date: 2019-08-19

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Comments and reviews: 10

Pnoyride
Hi Mark and Ying I like sweets but not too sweet. I like the dessert especially the banana with sticky covered by a banana leaves looks so tasty. and covered with coconut love the coconut as well. Love this video Mark. something different. hope you can make more sweets video. Thanks again Mark and Ying for this sweet video Is ying likes sweets as well? Can't wait for the next video--Elwyn--
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Yi Lin Lai
I think the next time you have desserts, you can let ying do the commenting (and you can put the translation during the editing because from some of the videos I saw from before I think she likes a bit more sweet things than you do) I love sweet food but I feel kind of sad watching you eat desserts and making comments that make them taste bad.
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TheLicewine
I can feel your pain. I am also not into sweets at all. Sugar just makes me hyper and stuff. On the other hand, grandma calms me down, because she is sweeter than her desserts. I think you should go more often beyond your limits. I think only by defining the boundaries, you can find the center. Cheers, chris
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ellie jobe
Love watching you Mark eating all the food, big & I mean big mouthfuls of food. I am always amazed how much you eat in one bite but I noticed you did not do that with the desserts: . I will keep watching, in fact I come to youtube to look up something for school & end up watching you eat instead. :.
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Tea Smuggler
Have you tried putting those sugars into your tua paap afterwards? Because if you haven't, you're really missing it. Although they just look like a bag of sugar but they actually contain sugar, salt, and roasted sesame seeds. Those are the flavors and aroma of Tua Paap. You really should try it.
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BBV -Bea-
Im just coming around to see your videos now. By the looks of other dishes that you have absolutely loved, this didnt seem to be your favorite segment to do. I havent been too fond of Thai desserts yet, but this cart intrigued me. hopefully we can find it
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F
Hi Mark I love your videos keep up the great work, I got a good idea for a few videosDo you think you'll maybe make videos about in state foods? Like southern, mid-western, north and etc in the United States? And also I hope you'll go back to Vietnam soon
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Tess Cooks 4u
Mark and Ying, Oh yes, the banana and sticky rice together in the leaves. Yes, I would like that. I am like you, not much on sweets. The beautiful lady who made all the food looked like she really enjoyed your visit and watching you eat: )
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Priya Singh
Wow Thanks Mark, I loved this video. It is amazing to see how desserts around the words are kind of similar - The khanom man sam palang is very close to a steamed dessert you find in the Pacific Islands of Fiji called Vakalolo or Mandarai.
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Pizza and Ice Cream
Maybe Ying can review the desserts so you don't have to force yourself. Haha But only if she's comfortable doing so. This is just a suggestion. But based on your previous videos, Ying seems more of a dessert person than you. :D
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