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PRACHIN BURI, Thailand (Reuters) - “Giggling bread” and “joyfully dancing salad” aren’t the usual dishes on a menu in Thailand, but one eatery is hoping its cannabis-infused cuisine can lure foreign tourists and take the taboo out of the recently legalised leaf.
The restaurant at the Chao Phya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital in Prachin Buri started serving its own happy meals this month, after Thailand de-listed cannabis as a narcotic, allowing state-authorised firms to cultivate the plant.
“Cannabis leaves, when put in the food or even a small amount . it will help the patient to recover faster from the illness,” said Pakakrong Kwankao, the project leader at the hospital.
Thailand hospital rolls out cannabis meals Monday, 25 January 2021
From spicy “happy” salads to soups sprinkled with cannabis shoots and deep-fried marijuana leaves a Thai hospital restaurant 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 ploughed 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, which means licensed providers like hospitals can now use its leaves, stems and roots in food.
"Giggling bread" and "joyfully dancing salad" aren't the usual dishes on a menu in Thailand, but one eatery is hoping its cannabis-infused cuisine can lure foreign tourists and take the taboo out of the recently legalised leaf.