Thailand's Oldest Cafe, Bizarre Snacks, and Movie Sets: A Trip Northeast with

[@OTRontheroad]

A few notes, then location pins. 1) First: thanks to Gary Butler (@theroamingcook) for coming along and co-leading this shoot. Gary's been a great friend to the channel since we'd just started and helped "shout us out" when we had no subscribers- literally, I think we had less than 500 at the time- so please return the favor. Let's get Gary over 100k. Please visit his channel if you're into Thai food and exploration and show him some love. 2) On that note- if you haven't subscribed to our channel, please do as well; I'll do a big Livestream once we get beyond the next milestone coming up. 3) (EDIT) It seems like KZbin is taking forever to process the subtitles for this video. They're uploaded and should work at some point, but apologies if you click on this and don't see subtitles. Just taking longer than usual for them to appear. 4) All that said, here are the locations from this video: -Khong 12 (New) Market: maps.app.goo.gl/oJpe5XMC2od77KY3A -Boat Noodle Shop: maps.app.goo.gl/x1YLygLHTRTZpsoV8 (this pin appears to be for a snack cart but it's right there) -Tia Yong Lii Coffeeshop: maps.app.goo.gl/QvaPGTPPPwwWHXnHA -Movie Sets: maps.app.goo.gl/wbgzPY7A82p6dfNc7 (approx here, this side of the market) -Chicken Kebabs: maps.app.goo.gl/bVZphtKDfVKsvHC17 -Khanom Jeen: maps.app.goo.gl/UbbfetR54vorKLzTA Cheers!

[@KilanEatsandDrinks]

Road trips for food are always fun; complete with the inevitable getting lost! Great to see Gary on the channel. I didn’t realize boat noodles weren’t popular outside the region; they’re quite well-loved here in Indonesia and even more so in Malaysia. The coffee shop traditions of Southeast Asia are such a fascinating cultural thread. It’s amazing how similar the offerings are, stretching from Myanmar in the north to the southern islands of Indonesia: coffee beans grown in Java, first served by Chinese cooks to colonial settlers, then passed on by former cooks to the local masses. Low-quality brews sweetened with condensed milk, paired with half-boiled eggs and toast slathered with coconut-based spreads; each bite tells a story of adaptation and history. Hopefully, I’ll get to visit Tia Yong Lii someday. Thank you for shining a spotlight on this gem of a coffee shop northeast of Bangkok! Cheers from South Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia! ☕️

[@KMTDivision]

This is simply 44 min and 16 sec well spent for me. Great job you guys!!

[@eswillie]

Khlong 12 brings me back to the Thailand I remember. First off, the boat noodles would easily be my choice for breakfast with possibly an omelet, and I guess that's what I'll be trying to approximate that for tomorrow's brunch (we get up late these days). Next up was Tia Yong Lii. The whole place, the vibe, the structure, and the coffee reminded me precisely of where I use to eat and drink (Mekong whiskey) and have my daily fixes of oleang, down on the banks of the Chao Phraya by the ferry to Thonburi. Right down to the old school way of brewing the coffee. What I wanted to ask is, did he mention that when they roasted the beans together with the butter and sugar instead of pouring them over it later, that it was the original version of oleang? I thought I caught that in what he was saying. A bit surprised that none of you seemed to like that khanom with the mung beans, but I know that Thai desserts have some flavors that aren't geared to the Western palate. I actually enjoy them as a counterpoint to the regular meal dishes. Y'know, that whole Khlong 12 looked like a place I could be very comfortable in, and at 14 dollars a month rent I could see me learning from the old folks and keeping that place alive, just so long as it never got touristy. It's a thought that'll probably plagued my brain for a while. Thanks for this episode, and thanks also to Gary, who finds some of the best that Thailand has to offer. And, yes, that movie set version of the coffee shop just doesn't make it; the coffee strainers weren't even close to black like an old sock, which is how they should really look.

[@flashmygash7612]

I see OTR, I click like right away, fantastic video and great to include the roaming cook too!

[@EarthCamper]

I am blown away....what a great history. Thank you for sharing the video 🙏💯

[@JBWanders73]

Ah, this is very much my stomping ground. Very enjoyable video. I've wandered around here a few times (in fact, i invited Gary to more than once haha). It's very close to Wat Puet Udon, one of the maddest, kitschist heaven/hell temples. There's also a very cool church nearby. Also very close is Reignwood Park, a MASSIVE new 'town' being built by a large Chinese company (golf course, international school and allsorts). That area, from around Khlong 12-14 back over to Khlong 10 and Nong Chok is full of great people, farming and awesome food. Thanks for this vid x

[@BellasBone]

I love you guys and the immersive experiences into food and culture and I’ve long maintained that there’s very little in little wrong in life that a warm bowl of noodles can’t solve . the home made coffee brewed lovingly by people who clearly have a passion for what they do is just icing on the cake and boy don’t I wish i could’ve been there to enjoy the experience with you. Thank you 🙏

[@andrewdunbar828]

I've been in the back of many a pickup truck in Thailand (-: (and a few other places) - Great stuff! More random adventures please. You're always going to find something to eat that will have a story behind it.

[@ChineseKiwi]

the plot twist of a local wanting to help and questioning where you are going - the great thing of exploring LOL (I won't ruin it with a timestamp)

[@smac3662]

I appreciated the coffee history. There's much more than most people know about coffee cultures and how it effects our history.

[@Niksg9424]

Love coming home from work to some OTR. gives me the energy to cook a nice breakfast to sit down and watch with

[@chatchaweewong1071]

Another fantastic adventure, OTR team! your storytelling makes us feel like we’re right there with you. Keep up the amazing work, and here’s to many more road trips and discoveries! Ps. Thanks Gary, we love you too!

[@ChineseKiwi]

I LOVE these local markets at say 6:36 - The ones only the locals go to, no tourists except yourself, all locals - great food - bliss. I befriended a local in Sandakan, Malaysia who wanted to show me around and we went to one. It was great. Simple seating like the video. The joys of unexpected happenings when on holidays and exploring eh? I befriended him while finding something to eat while getting my washing done! LOL

[@SamsonOhsem]

Thailand lots of incredible hidden gems

[@NornChaver]

Thank you so much for the vid Adam!

[@jesshumphries3745]

This was GREAT!!! - I love this freewheeling format.

[@alexsmith9617]

Love this episode! I grew up in the Bay Area and constantly found places that I had never been to before. I had a game I played with friends and coworkers : this week you pick a place to eat and I pay. Next week, I pick a place and you pay. I can’t tell you how many remarkable places I got to experience. My favorite was Bambi McDonald’s Basque Bed and Breakfast on the edge of Chinatown in San Francisco. I’d love to be doing what seems to be daily life for you. Encore!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@deviancepurplehaze6045]

Wow! I live closed to there! Would have been very cool if I met your team lol Glad that you found good stuffs there!

[@smac3662]

Wouldn't it be wonderful if all the great coffee and food shops stayed around that long? It's unheard of before this video. 🎉

[@nick.tintapura]

Watching this in bed before sleeping is not a good idea lol. Keep up the great videos, they really help me learn about my own country.

[@Your.Uncle.AngMoh]

I’ve said it before, but I love your videos. I share a lot of them on Facebook and hope you get a few views and subs from that. The level of research you do is truly admirable and there must be a lot of interesting information that gets left out for the sake of not having your videos running an hour. Although I, for one, wouldn’t complain about the odd OTR video running sixty minutes! Further to the point of coffee shops being a focus for learning and discussion: In the 17th century, coffee shops in London had the nickname “Penny Universities”. For the cost of a penny customers had access to coffee, newspapers, and conversations with good company. The minimal cost brought together people from different social classes and economic backgrounds. As with the Muslim world, political dissent would probably have been fomenting in British coffee shops. Tea shops would probably still been a little highbrow. The story- one of many- that I heard about how coffee was introduced to the Malay peninsula is an interesting one. The Dutch and the British would have introduced it to the area. Long before it became a buzz concept in business that the way to succeed is to copy the successful, the Chinese in Malaya wanting to advance themselves and be like the “roundeyes” would copy the things that Westerners did. They would often eat western food with western cutlery, drink beer, wine, and spirits such as brandy and whiskey, and swapped their traditional tea/cha for coffee. Coffee was expensive due to the cost of freighting the beans. Even though the Dutch were growing coffee in the East Indies from the turn of the 17th/18th centuries, the landed cost was prohibitive for all but the wealthiest of Chinese and Baba-Nonya. Coffee beans, however, were transported in hessian sacks and these sacks would tear under general use allowing some of the beans to fall out in transit. The locals would sweep them up and wash off the dirt. But if they couldn’t afford the cost of the beans, they certainly couldn’t afford the equipment to roast them. The solution was to “roast” the beans in a wok using a little coconut oil and some sugar. Either that, or margarine and sugar as the uncle in your video said. This is kopi Ipoh- Ipoh coffee- in Malaysia. I’ve drunk coffee that has been through this roasting process and, it might just me my imagination, but I swear there is a tiny hint of coconut sitting on the top of the flavour profile. Before people started getting all fancy and “artisanal” over anything and everything to do with food, coffee was served in one of four ways in Malaysia/Singapore: • Kopi kosong. ‘Kosong’ is the Malay word for ‘nothing’ or ‘zero’, so this is straight black coffee. • Kopi-O. This is black coffee with sugar- most likely gula melaka. • Kopi-C, with the “c” pronounced “seh”. This stands for Carnation and refers to Carnation brand evaporated milk. Seeing as refrigeration was non-existent for the most part, you needed a dairy product that was shelf stable in the Southeast Asian heat and humidity. I noticed that the raw eggs (?) you were having in the old coffee shop were served in Carnation branded glasses. • Kopi susu. ‘Susu’ is the Malay word for ‘milk’, but in this case it’s sweetened condensed milk. Your coffee is poured black and a sizeable glug of SCM gets poured into your cup or glass mug and you stir it in to your desired level of sweetness. A 250 ml glass mug (‘kopi susu gelas’) of this gives you a monstrous hit of both caffeine and sugar (SCM is around 50% sugar) so that you feel you could jog from KL to Bangkok! Day trips away and, for me, not playing “tourist” has given me some of my best travel experiences no matter where I’ve gone. Bumping into an Indian uncle who had a sweets stall in the main pasar malam (night market) in Kota Bharu in northeast Malaysia, for instance. I told him I was Australian (my YT monicker is a Singaporean inside joke) and I lived in Singapore for a couple of years as a kid in the early 1970s, as my dad was in the army. He came back with him having been a driver for the British at one of their military bases during the 1960s. When the British decamped over the course of 1971, he was out of a job and had a sizeable family to support. I remember that story even though it was over twenty years ago. Again, thank you for your videos.

[@OTRontheroad]

Thanks for taking the time to write such a great comment. Cool story at the end!

[@martyhandley4456]

Pretty neat time travel episode. What a cool thing to experience. I love how the coffee was roasted with butter and sugar . Was it a real departure from what we know as coffee flavor?Now I want to try it....need toorder some green beans and give it a shot

[@หวัดดีชาวโลก-ข4ฦ]

❤welcome to thailand❤ 😊ขอให้ทุกๆคนเดินทางปลอดภัย😊

[@jim.pearsall]

Near there, I had one of the stranger Thai dishes… แกงไข่ผำ | green algae spicy curry. You should give it a try some time! 😊

[@ChineseKiwi]

The 'On The Road' part of OTR in this vid!

[@ChineseKiwi]

I was going to go to sleep but OTR time! :o

[@ilakya]

15:53 That's the homestay the first interviewed lady talking about selling kebab.

[@OTRontheroad]

keep watching, we visit for the kebabs later on

[@maximilianswansson1264]

34:04 i think the tv series "bangkok rose" was partly filmed there. Cool

[@OTRontheroad]

Ah good call. I was trying to find video clips filmed there to throw in as B-roll but I had no idea where to even start.

[@ชัยพฤกษ์ชัยนิคม]

Thanks you so much From Thai Barrister-at-law56

[@TubersAndPotatoes]

Makes me wonder if that Tia Yong Lii Coffeeshop got any recognition for being the oldest coffee shop in Thailand by their government. You'd think they'd get some Royal Stamp of approval or something.

[@Phikatchai]

❤

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Like deployed 👍

[@dammeedee]

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[@matthewbro4732]

Who did you meet fro the Grateful Dead?

[@OTRontheroad]

It's from our Pattaya video- Matthew Kelly, the so-called "unofficial member" who played hundreds of live shows on harmonica

[@Best-SiLenZ]

First 100 viewer of this vid!

[@rashkavar]

I'm curious: how solid is your source on "tips" as an acronym for "to ensure/insure proper service"? It sounds like a thing that could be real - after all, the usual meaning of tip (ie: the point of your sword) is probably more likely to be something given to a servant with exceptionally *poor* quality service (yes, that's casually murdering people for not doing their job well enough, but look up the kind of stuff people got into armed combat over in Britain in history if you think that's unlikely...but it also could very easily be a backronym.

[@wkbk2156]

Please have subtitles, thanks.

[@OTRontheroad]

Check my first pinned comment- as always I uploaded subtitles with the video yesterday night but KZbin seems to have some major delay in processing. Apologies. They’re coming but who knows when KZbin will finally add them to the video.

[@pingnick]

I wonder if viewstats would have important thumbnail etc pointers behind their paywall for you!? I definitely think geared towards less niche content but!?!?