if you love food look no further than southeast asia it is perhaps the only region in the world that loves its hawker fare as much as we do in india coming months are ideal to head to one of these five destinationsthai treatthere is a hawkers market in every major city of thailand the variety of street food options here can be overwhelming some of the most popular dishes are fried rice satay raw papaya salad tom yum soup and pad thai most thai street food dishes are made in fish oil with local spices such as sweet basil or thai basil bangkok alone has multiple hawkers markets such as the giant chatuchak weekend market with over 8000 stalls selling just about every possible street speciality floating markets such as damnoen saduak and amphawa floating market are an experience exclusive to bangkok chiang mai night market is another mustvisit option wash the food down with iced tea and fresh coconut watermalaysian mixmost malaysian markets are truly multicultural and multiracial just like the country the street food is a representation of this diversity with malay indian chinese and portuguese influences kuala lumpur and penang are the main street food hubs lined with hawker stalls and coffee shops foodies should head to jalan sultan and jalan alor jalan stands for strolling or hanging out in penang fast food served at the jalans has shaped the culinary scene of the city everything is served to be eaten on the go on banana leaves or disposable plates the most popular street food dishes are assam laksa or rice noodles in fish soup rojak or fruit salad batu maung satay chee chuang fun or rice noodle rolls and mee goreng popular beverage teh tarik or pulled teahanoi hogthe rush in vietnam is similar to india in their markets two and fourwheelers stacked with fresh produce local herbs meat and poultry dot the streets vietnamese cuisine can tickle all your senses with its sweet salty sour and spicy flavours hanoi is now actually being spoken of as one of the food capitals of the world pho the popular noodle soup that has made it to menus of restaurants around the world has to be the most popular vietnamese culinary export you can enjoy the authentic pho with other noodle delights such as bun cha and hu tieu along with sticky rice and bbq chicken at popular sidewalks round off with the most popular local beverage an iced coffeekhmer funhawkers markets dot every city in cambodia and each one has multiple options to be explored cambodians love eating all through the day most popular markets are angkor night market in siem reap which is surrounded by two other markets and a central market in the capital phnom penh some of the popular street food dishes to be tried are grilled roasted bananas called som ang cambodian sandwiches called num pnag rice noodle soup nom bahn chok mi char or fried noodles and fried spiderssingapore suppersingapore