Thai Cuisine

Welcome back! This week I will be taking a look at Thai cuisine. Thai cuisine is extremely popular worldwide.

The first dish that I am going to look at is perhaps one of the most popular. This dish is Guay teow. Guay teow is noodle soup. This particular type of soup can be made with chicken, pork, or beef. The dish is also made noodles, which are either rice noodles or egg noodles. Vendors also usually add wontons or meatballs to the broth. This dish is rarely made vegetarian-friendly. Commons condiments for the dish are sugar, dried chili peppers, lime juice, and fish sauce. This dish is commonly eaten as a good late-night snack but can be eaten at any time of day.

Som tam is a dish that comes from Isaan in Northeastern Thailand. Som tam is a spicy green papaya salad. This dish is also one of the most popular dishes in Thailand. A classic some tam usually consists of shredded green papaya, tomatoes, carrots, peanuts, dried shrimp, runner beans, palm sugar, tamarind pulp, fish sauce, lime juice, garlic, and plenty of chilies. This dish is made using a mortar and pestle to amplify the flavours in the dish. This dish comes in a variety of styles, but I have listed the most common ingredients.

Pad phuk tong is a stir-fried pumpkin dish. This dish is one of the best vegetarian-friendly dishes in Thailand. This dish is often served with a plate of brown rice. It is a more difficult dish to find, but worth the search if you can find it.

As someone who is not a huge fan of spice, pad see eiw could be a good choice for me. This dish is often designed for those who cannot handle spicier dishes but want to expand from pad thai. This meal is a thick noodle dish. The dish is made with wide rice noodles that are stir-fried in thick dark soy sauce. The noodles are stir-fried with chicken, pork, or beef as well as either Chinese broccoli or cabbage. For those who want to add some spice, chili flakes and vinegar are good options to add.

Kai med ma muang is chicken with cashew nuts. This is a dish that I have tried at restaurants and absolutely loved. This dish is made with stir-fried chicken with cashew nuts, soy sauce, honey, onions, chilies, pepper, mushrooms, and basically any other vegetables the chef would like to add. This dish is very simple, but extremely delicious and I would highly recommend it to anyone.

A common dessert dish in Thailand is kao niew ma muang. This is mango with sticky rice. This dish is made with sticky rice, fresh mango slices, and sweet condensed milk. This dish is always a crowd-pleaser and is something that I would love to try.

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(Kai med ma muang) (Kao niew ma muang)