Originally Posted by
Mama
I will not eat at street stalls in Thailand either.
I ate seafood at a lower-end air-cond restaurant with friends once in Chinatown. I had serious diarrhea afterwards. The restaurant was very popular among Thais and it was crowded. You would think there should not be any problem.
I've had food poisoning twice in the 24 years of experience with Thailand. The first time was actually the first day I was ever in the country. I think I got it from a Thai Airways flight from Muscat via Karachi.
The next time was probably from street food but as I was eating 7 meals or more from the street per week for that entire year I think it was decent odds. After all I have had food poisoning from several restaurants here in the US.