What is a makashnitsa and what kind of food is cooked on it

Makashnitsa is a special transportable or, more rarely, standing on the spot food cart, a small canteen, ready-to-eat mini-café on wheels. Typically, macashnas in Thailand are provided with the necessary appliances to handle the local food.

The macashnas in Thailand.

All macashnas can be divided into several types:

trolley, movable by man or car, as a trailer;
cart attached to a bicycle frame
small stationary snack bar with its own tables
motorbike dolly, the most common of all.

Makashnas are almost everywhere: just on the street, or even near bigger stores, famous restaurants and bars, near markets.

What you can try in macashnikhs

Makashtiki makes and sells quite a number of Thai dishes. Here are the most common ones:

- Som Tam is a classic salad made from the still greenish papaya fruit, peanuts and tomato, with the addition of lime. This salad is spicy, even if the tourist asks for a non-spicy dish.
- Saté is a miniature kebab of a variety of meats, served with a spicy sauce. That’s why it’s better to say “mai ped,” which translates to “not spicy”.

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Kwaityeu Nam is a traditional Thai noodle served with broth, herbs and sometimes chicken; it is usually non-spicy: pepper it yourself, as desired.
Pad Thai – already rice noodles cooked with shrimp or chicken (Pad Thai recipe).</li
Pad Kapao is a meat dish (the meat can be either pork, fish or poultry) with rice, eggs, basil and other ingredients. This is one of the favorite dishes of tourists (more about the dish Pad Kapao).
Rat Naa is a pork dish, sometimes spicy, so don’t forget the mai pad.
Kao Muu Daeng – pork and rice, never spicy.
You can also find “sticky rice,” which replaces bread, and roti, pancakes with stuffing.
Lots of fruit assortments, especially tropical delicacies: mango, pineapples, coconuts, guava and other tropical luxuries for farang.

How much does it cost to eat at macarangas

The prices at the mobile makashtuks are very democratic. “Bread” of rice, satay, fried wings and almost all fruits are about 15 baht, salads and any soups with noodles are more expensive – about 40 baht, and rice and noodles with additives are the most expensive – about 50 baht. Pancakes, by the way, are cheaper, any supplements will not cost more than 25 baht, chicken thigh – 25.

pain and rice are the most expensive – about 25 baht.

Prices in the macashnikas depend very much on the location. In the tourist centers, of course, it will be more expensive, in the suburbs much cheaper.