Hostel kitchens are a goldmine if you time it right

I spent my first six months backpacking buying street food every night in Bangkok and wondering why my budget was shot. Then a German guy at my hostel in Chiang Mai showed me he cooked a whole week's worth of meals for like $12 using the shared kitchen. Have any of you figured out the best times to hit those kitchens before the crowds show up?

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zara44726d ago

The 7-Eleven toastie maker trick saved my budget in Vietnam, I'd hit the hostel kitchen around 2pm when the lunch crowd was gone and dinner people hadn't showed up yet. I'd cook up a big batch of pasta or stir fry then reheat it for two days straight, which beat paying $5 for pad thai every night. Timing it right is honestly half the skill, the other half is not being afraid to ask someone to move their stuff off the stove.

kai65726d ago

That kitchen timing thing took me forever to figure out. I used to just grab food whenever I was hungry and never thought about crowds being a problem. But after getting stuck waiting for a stove for 45 minutes in a busy Lisbon hostel, I started going in at off hours and it saved me so much time and stress.