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No. 15 in the world · November 2026
Kai-Tod Decha
No. 15The one piece to order
Gai tod Hat Yai under the crisp fried shallots, with sticky rice
The best-known shop in the city that gave Thailand its most famous fried chicken: a coriander-root and white-pepper marinade, shallots fried golden on top. Halal.
Make it at home
Thai fried chicken (gai tod Hat Yai) with crisp shallots and sweet chilli
2 hr marinate, 45 min · 4, with sticky rice. Southern Thailand's fried chicken: a pounded marinade of coriander root, garlic and white pepper, a thin rice-flour coat, and a heap of shallots fried golden on top. Eaten with sticky rice, sweet chilli sauce and som tam.
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