Here are a couple useful words that might help you get what you're looking for in a restaurant. Truth be told, in most cases and in most places, English will get you by. If you're off the track though, or if you want to build your language skills here is a start:
| Fried rice – cow pat | Rose Apple – chompuu |
| Fried rice with egg – cow pat kai | Banana – kluay |
| Chicken/pork fried rice – cow pat gai/moo | Coconut – ma prow |
| Fried veggies over rice – cow pat pak | Grapes – a-ngun |
| Fried noodles with veggies – ma ma pat | Mango – mamuang |
| | Papaya – Malakor |
| Papaya salad – som tam | Pineapple – sapparot |
| Fried noodles – pad thai | Pomelo – som-oh |
| | Watermelon – taeng mo |
| (Not) Spicy – (mai) pet | |
| Delicious – arroy | |
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| Water – nam plao | |
| Ice – nam kaeng | |