| Thai food offers many delicious dishes flavored with | | | | chicken or fish. |
| spices, lemon-grass or coconut - although different | | | | - Red curry - A very hot curry made with plenty of |
| regions of Thailand, each tend to have their own | | | | red chillies. |
| preferred ingredients - for example, coconut milk and | | | | - Yellow curry - A curry that is colored using fresh |
| tumeric in the South, and lime juice in the Northeast. No | | | | tumeric (hence its yellow color), and also containing |
| matter what part of the country a dish is from, all Thai | | | | black mustard seeds, cumin, nutmeg, brown sugar, |
| dishes or meals aim to achieve a balance between | | | | kaffir lime leaves, lime juice, coconut milk and fish |
| fundamental flavors common to the cuisine: spicy hot, | | | | sauce. |
| sour, sweet and salty, as well as optionally bitter. | | | | - Gai pad khing - Fried chicken with vegetables and |
| Rice forms an important and fundamental part of Thai | | | | sliced ginger. |
| food, and jasmine rice (which is native to Thailand) is | | | | - Tom yam - A hot and sour soup made with seafood |
| used in many dishes as well as being served plain. | | | | (often shrimp) or chicken. |
| Some other popular Thai dishes include: | | | | - Som tam - Grated papaya salad. There are several |
| - Pad Thai - Fried rice noodles with fish sauce, sugar, | | | | variations: the salad can be served with salted black |
| lime or tamarind, peanuts and egg, mixed with chicken, | | | | crab, with peanuts, shrimps and palm sugar, or with |
| tofu or seafood. | | | | salted fish, eggplant, and long beans. |
| - Pad see ew - noodles stir-fried with thinly sliced pork | | | | - Satay - Originally from Indonesia, Satay has also |
| or chicken, and flavored with fish sauce. | | | | become a popular dish in Thailand. Satay is grilled meat |
| - Green curry - A curry flavored with coconut, green | | | | (usually chicken or pork), usually on skewers, served |
| chillies, and Thai basil, containing vegetables and | | | | with cucumber salad and a peanut sauce. |