School lunches in Thailand: surprisingly awesome or shockingly spicy?
If you think school lunch means soggy sandwiches and mystery meat, Thailand can blow your tastebuds away. At my school, lunch is a proper cooked meal - rice with a rotating line-up of soups, stir-fries, and curries that range from "mmm, not bad" to "someone get me a fire extinguisher." One minute you're enjoying mild massaman curry, and the next you're sweating through a deceptively innocent-looking green curry that could strip paint. And yet, it’s all part of the charm. Whether you're scoffing fried chicken with sticky rice alongside your students or sneaking second helpings of khao pad with a runny fried egg, Thai school lunches are a daily adventure. Sure, you might keep some emergency snacks in your desk drawer (we all do), but more often than not, the school canteen serves up something far better than expected. Spicy? Sometimes. Awesome? Way more often than you'd think.
Annette
