Food in Southeast Asia ---- Thai Food

By Eos Lan

Food in Southeast Asia is very different from other types of food in rest of Asian region. Southeast-Asia food is famous of its unique taste, which is a perfect mixture with spicy and sour. Usually, Southeast-Asia food is colorful, indicating the breath of tropical feeling. One of typical Southeast-Asia countries is Thailand. And we will choose its famous dishes to introduce.

Thai food widely uses various kinds of seasonings and curry. Cultures of Thai food are influences both by Eastern and Western cultures. Tastes of Thai food could be different depended on chefs, consumers and even cooking places. Consumers have great freedom to make their Thai food more fitted with their own eating habits, for example mild or spicy.
Thai food is famous for its balance of three fundamental taste senses in each dish or the overall meal: sour, sweet and spicy.  Thai meals typically contain either a single dish or rice with many complementary dishes and shared by all. It is customary and respectful to serve more dishes than the actual number of guests at a table. Food materials are all mainly used fresh agricultural products. Thai seasonings are unique and more flavorful, such as lemongrass, galangal, lemon, red onion, small chili. Famous Thai dishes are papaya salad, Thai shrimp soup (also known as Tom Yum Kung), green curry coconut chicken, crispy rice noodles, Thai fish cake, pork satay and so on.
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