Famous Thai Food – Som Tam, Khanom Cheen, Khao Mok Khai

Posted on September 19, 2011 in International Cuisine

Traveling and food is a combination which one cannot ignore. If you are traveling to Thailand you must know the cuisines such that traveling is made more enjoyable. Thai food is renowned for it being hot and spicy. It is prepared with the basic ingredients such as shrimp paste, fish sauce, lemon grass, lime juice, garlic and coriander.

Thai food is very famous because of its wonderful blend of five basic flavors like bitter, salty, sour, sweet and hot. This is best described as amalgamation of flavors of four different regions of Central, Isan or Northeastern, North and Southern.

Thai food is mostly influenced by the Chinese stir fried food and Indian curries and yet managing to hold its native flavors. It is also well known for its considerable use of the fresh spices, herbs along with the fish sauce.

Famous Thai Dishes:
Following are some of the famous Thai dishes which are worth going out of your way to experience during the tour. You don’t find these served in most Thai restaurants overseas.

Som Tam: This is a northeastern Thailand dish and most consider it as Thailand’s national dish. It contains thin slices of green papaya along with vegetables, peanust and dried seafood. These all are mixed with spicy salads which is eaten with fresh grilled chicken and sticky rice. This is very tasty but spicy too.

Khanom Cheen: This is a famous Chinese breakfast. It contains a plate of rice noodles which is covered with the spicy fish flake curry and is served with the plate of fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs.

Khao Yam: You must have this dish. It is a plate of rice with shrimp paste (kapi).

Khao Mok Khai: This is a fragrant yellow rice which is served along with chicken. This is usually served with lunch. This consists of roasted chicken on the bed of the saffron rice and mixed with the ginger that has been slightly fried for making it crispy. This is not a spicy dish until you dip the chicken in the sweet hot sauce provided.

Hokkien Mee: This is a Chinese dish. It is a yellow noodle soup served along with shrimps. This can also be served as a soup or dry noodle dish. This is also served as fried noodles or Hokkien Mee Phat.

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