Small Talk Thai Language Class

Rian Paa-Saa Thai Sanuk Mak Mak Kha

Good Morning for all my friends!!

There are thousands of different Thai dishes, and only perhaps a few of them are considered Thai breakfast only dishes, meaning exclusively available in the morning for breakfast.

If there’s one food that immediately pops into my mind as a Thai breakfast dish, it’s the thick rice congee porridge known as Joke (โจ๊ก).

Joke (โจ๊ก) is very similar to the Chinese style of congee, rice boiled until it dissolves, and forms a thick porridge that’s almost the consistency of instant oatmeal.

It is served piping hot, usually with an egg cracked in the middle, some pieces of minced pork made into meatballs, sometimes a few pieces of liver, and finally garnished with thin slices of ginger and cilantro. When I eat Joke (โจ๊ก), I like to then load it up with black pepper and sq**rt in a few drops of sauce Maggi.

Perhaps if there’s one morning meal in Thailand that would be the rough equivalent of a Western style bowl of cornflakes and milk, Joke (โจ๊ก) would be it, a classic dish that everyone enjoys in the morning from time to time, if not frequently.