Thai Style Doughnuts (Pa Thong Koh)
These deep-fried dough sticks are popular at breakfast time and are particularly good taken with coffee. For foreign visitors who can’t get used to the idea of eating soup or noodles for breakfast, look out for the pa thong koh stalls which often set up in the morning. Pa thong koh consist of two dough [...]
Thai Dumplings (Khanom Jeeb)
Also written as ‘khanom jiip‘, these delicious treats originate from China (where they are known known as ’siu mai’). If you find that some Thai food is just too spicy for you, try some of the Chinese-style dishes such as khanom jeeb or salapao which are cheap and tasty snacks without the spice. These can [...]
Salapao – Chinese Steamed Buns
White steamed buns called ’salapao’ are a popular snack in Thailand. They are sold at hawker stalls and roadside eateries as well as Chinese restaurants. Fillings for the buns can be savoury or sweet. Savoury salapao usually consist of barbecued or minced pork. The filling in the picture is ’sai moo daeng’ (’moo daeng’ = [...]
Thai Food Could Help Fight Cancer
Thai food is often described as healthy, but new scientific research has revealed additional benefits from a spice used frequently in Thai and Asian cooking. Scientists have identified that the yellow spice turmeric, known in Thai as ka-min, contains an agent which can kill off cancer cells. The news will probably be no surprise [...]
Thai Cookery Books
If you’re not in Thailand and you are missing the taste of som tam or find yourself lusting for an authentic Thai green curry, you can always try making your own Thai food at home. With the spread of Thai cuisine, many of the required ingredients can now be found in Western supermarkets or can [...]
Thai Cuisine to Boost Tourism
Anybody who has visited Thailand can’t fail to have noticed just how important food is in all aspects of Thai culture. But food in Thailand isn’t just important culturally, it is also big business. The largest industry in Thailand is agriculture with food exports, particularly rice, crucial to the Thai economy whilst the biggest service [...]
Kin Khao Reu Yang?
Food plays an integral part in Thai culture and one way this is demonstrated is in the question used in everyday life, ‘kin khao reu yang?’ The phrase translates as ‘have you eaten yet?’ It’s a social pleasantry used between friends and acquaintances along the same lines as saying ‘how are you?’ or ‘how’s it [...]
