A DIFFERENT SORT OF KICK The Abhaibhubejhr Spa Cuisine restaurant is drawing crowds because of its weed-inspired menu, which includes the deep-fried bread topped with pork and a marijuana leaf. —PHOTOS BY AFP
PRACHIN BURI, THAILAND—From spicy “happy” salads to soups sprinkled with cannabis shoots and deep-fried marijuana leaves—a restaurant at a Thai hospital has rolled out a weed-inspired menu, which has curious customers flocking to sample its euphoria-inducing offerings.
Since becoming the first Southeast Asian country to legalize medical marijuana in 2018, Thailand has plowed ahead on the extraction, distillation and marketing of cannabis oil—eager to capitalize on the multibillion-dollar industry.
The plant itself was finally removed from the kingdom’s narcotics list last month. Many marijuana clinics have opened, and licensed providers—like hospitals—can now use its leaves, stems and roots in food.
This marks a return to Thailand’s culinary past, said Pakakrong Kwankhao, a doctor who heads the Center of Evidence-based Thai Traditional and Herbal Medicine in Chao Phya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital.
“Putting cannabis leaves in the food is our culture,” she said. “In the past before cannabis was banned, … we put small amounts as seasoning herbs and we also use[d] it as a herbal…
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A DIFFERENT SORT OF KICK The Abhaibhubejhr Spa Cuisine restaurant is drawing crowds because of its weed-inspired menu, which includes the deep-fried bread topped with pork and a marijuana leaf. —PHOTOS BY AFP
PRACHIN BURI, THAILAND—From spicy “happy” salads to soups sprinkled with cannabis shoots and deep-fried marijuana leaves—a restaurant at a Thai hospital has rolled out a weed-inspired menu, which has curious customers flocking to sample its euphoria-inducing offerings.
Since becoming the first Southeast Asian country to legalize medical marijuana in 2018, Thailand has plowed ahead on the extraction, distillation and marketing of cannabis oil—eager to capitalize on the multibillion-dollar industry.
The plant itself was finally removed from the kingdom’s narcotics list last month. Many marijuana clinics have opened, and licensed providers—like hospitals—can now use its leaves, stems and roots in food.
This marks a return to Thailand’s culinary past, said Pakakrong Kwankhao, a doctor who heads the Center of Evidence-based Thai Traditional and Herbal Medicine in Chao Phya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital.
“Putting cannabis leaves in the food is our culture,” she said. “In the past before cannabis was banned, … we put small amounts as seasoning herbs and we also use[d] it as a herbal…
