One of the best things about Thai cuisine is the abundance of snack foods on street

In the 1998 Farrelly brothers cult-classic film There's Something About Mary, Cameron Diaz (while eating a corn-dog), mentions to Ben Stiller that "there are not enough meats on sticks." The two continue their conversation by concocting visions of waffle ice cream cones filled with chopped liver. Well, you might not find the cone full of chopped liver, but if Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz had spent much time in Thailand, they would have found a whole new world of "meats on sticks" to satisfy their appetite.

One of the best things about Thai cuisine is the abundance of snack foods sold by street vendors. Many drive motorcycles / side cars around town selling meatballs, sausages, barbecue and other tasty treats. There is an incredible variety of meaty snack foods which are either roasted on a sticks or sold with long toothpicks which are meant to be used as forks.

One can stroll through the market and find moo bing which is grilled pork. The pork is marinated is special sauces with spices and grilled over hot coals. These cost a mere five baht per stick. Eat them with sticky rice and you have a fantastic late afternoon snack. These same vendors will also most likely have skewered intestines, pig's heart, liver and kidneys.

Saigraw Isaan and saigraw woon sen are delicious sausage snacks. Saigraw Issan are small round sausages stuffed with pork, rice and spices. There is a regular and a sour (briow) variety. Vendors usually have long chains of these sausages tied together. They will grill many at one time and cut them into pieces for you. For only one baht per piece, these are a must. Eat these with pickled ginger and fresh Thai chilies for a bit of zip. Saigraw woon sen are longer, beefier sausages, which are stuffed with pork, rice, woonsen noodles and spices.

Loog Cheen are Thai meatballs. These can be made of beef, pork, chicken, squid, fish or crab. They are grilled or fried and served with either a sweet or a spicy sauce, fresh cabbage and cucumber to help lessen the spiciness. Thai usually eat these at work just before going home at the end of the day.

There is no shortage of barbecue either. You can find barbecued pork or beef skewered with pineapple, chilies, tomatoes and onions. The meat is usually basted with butter and coconut milk as well as salt and paper to give it an incredibly savory flavor. It's great with grilled sticky rice.

All of these are eaten by Thais as a late afternoon snack, or consumed together with alcoholic beverage. Be adventurous and order something from the vendor just outside your hotel, then write a letter to Cameron Diaz and tell her what she has been missing.