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Top Thai specialties you should not miss
Pad Thai, an irresistible Thai specialty
Actually, Pad Thai is a Thai-style stir-fried noodle dish. For local people, this Thai specialty is the ‘national dish’ with a harmonious combination of sour, spicy, salty and sweet flavors, like a symphony that stimulates the taste buds.
This Thai specialty dish has many combinations with diverse ingredients, from shrimp, meat, fried eggs, bean sprouts and chives. Everything is stir-fried with soaked pho noodles, then mixed with a little smooth tamarind sauce and rich fish sauce, adding a little sugar for more flavor.
When serving to diners, the chef will sprinkle some crushed roasted peanuts and crispy fried onions on top. To enjoy, you just need to mix it well, squeeze in a little lemon and enjoy your meal leisurely.
Pad Thai is a “fascinating” symphony with a full combination of flavors
Giant tree rib tower
It will not be difficult for you to see the image of giant tree towers clustered together like volcanoes, surrounded by crushed green chili covering the surface. It can be said that giant ribs are one of the Thai specialties that attract the attention of many diners, making everyone want to enjoy them once.
Cooking this Thai specialty is also very complicated. The short ribs are left whole, and after being cleaned, they are stewed with white radishes, onions, galangal, lime leaves, cilantro, and various types of red and green chili.
Right from its appearance, this Thai specialty is enough to captivate any diner, even the most demanding ones. The stewed ribs are soft, the meat melts in your mouth, and the rich and sour broth below makes it even more delicious.
To be able to enjoy this Thai specialty, don’t be afraid of ‘losing your image’ but use your hands to hold it and slowly sip it. Sipping with a cold beer is even better, right?
The giant tower of tree ribs is a Thai specialty that attracts many diners
Grilled pork skewers
Grilled pork skewers can be found everywhere, however, to become a Thai specialty, these small meat skewers are not average.
Unlike other grilled meat skewers that use thinly sliced minced meat, in Thailand , local people will mince it finely, then mix it with spices and roll it into balls and skewer them onto bamboo sticks. The pork is grilled over charcoal and turned evenly so it doesn’t get black on the outside.
When enjoying, diners will clearly feel the spicy but at the same time very rich taste. Therefore, once you have eaten this Thai specialty, even though it is spicy, diners will not be able to stop.
Thai grilled pork skewers impress with its spicy and rich taste
Noodle soup
Noodle soup is truly the most memorable Thai specialty. Unlike other countries, Thai noodle soup has many types of noodles, from rice vermicelli, instant noodles, long vermicelli, and large soft pho noodles.
Another special feature of this Thai specialty is that diners can arbitrarily combine many types of ingredients together, such as pork, chicken, chicken thighs, pork intestines, beef, etc. Highlights of the dish Noodle soup has two types of broth, one is clear broth and the other is black broth cooked from spices and blood, which is very rich when eaten.
You can combine many ingredients to make Thai noodle soup
Tom Yum Soup
When mentioning Thai specialties, many people will probably think of Tom Yum soup first. The image of a bowl of soup with an eye-catching dark red color, fragrant with the smell of coconut milk and lemongrass, and when eaten, you can clearly feel the spicy, fatty and sour taste has gradually become more familiar in the eyes of those who love traveling to Thailand.
A bowl of Thai specialty tom yum soup is cooked from fresh shrimp, combined with lemongrass, pineapple, mushrooms and local lime leaves. This dish can be eaten alone or served with rice, it is also delicious. Tom yum even had the honor of being called one of the 50 most delicious dishes in the world by CNN. That’s enough to guarantee the taste of this Thai specialty, right?
It would be a pity to travel to Thailand and not enjoy tom yum
Som Tam salad
Som Tam is originally a simple and rustic papaya salad, however, through the skillful hands of Thai chefs, this dish has truly been upgraded into an attractive specialty of this land. .
The highlight of this Thai specialty is the salad mixed in a hand mortar. Because the papaya fibers are pounded manually, the papaya fibers are not crushed. When eating, you can still clearly feel the crunchiness and chewiness. Combined with many spices, it creates a very attractive sweet, sour, spicy, salty flavor.
Som Tam salad is full of simplicity and rusticity but no less attractive and delicious
Goong Ten dancing shrimp
At first glance, this Thai specialty is only for bold diners. Because the shrimp will be kept alive, then mixed with spices to remove the fishy smell. When enjoying, diners will clearly feel the attractive crunchy, sweet and spicy taste.
With this Thai specialty, diners can rest assured because the shrimp are caught from hydroelectric dams, so they are very clean and safe to enjoy.
Goong Ten jumping shrimp is one of the unique specialties that you should try when coming to Thailand
Seafood
Thai seafood is no worse than other countries. All dishes related to seafood, through the skillful hands of the chef, are made even more delicious. In particular, grilled blood cockles, grilled fish and fried oysters with eggs are seafood dishes you must try when traveling to Thailand.
Grilled cockle dish conquers many diners thanks to its freshness and rich nutrients
Mango sticky rice
Mango sticky rice is the most memorable dish during the journey to Thailand. Mango sticky rice is made from ripe mangoes, very sweet when eaten. Eaten with sticky sticky rice sprinkled with rich coconut milk, sprinkled with crispy fried green beans, adds even more flavor.
Mango sticky rice is the perfect choice for the “sweet-loving” team.
ChaTraMue Milk Tea
Milk tea is considered a Thai specialty with eye-catching red and blue cups. Among them, ChaTraMue milk tea is the top choice of diners when they miss the rich, rich flavor.
ChaTraMue milk tea is considered a Thai specialty with a large cup
Thai specialties you can buy as gifts
Dried fruit
As expected of being the kingdom of dried fruits, this dish is popularly sold on every street in Thailand. There are many types of dried fruits, such as dried jackfruit, dried bananas, dried durian, dried rambutan, etc.
The bags of Thai specialty dried fruits are carefully packaged and have a very delicious taste, so they are suitable for you to buy as gifts after your journey.
Dried fruit is the top choice when you want to buy gifts for relatives and friends
Banana cake
Besides dried fruit, banana cake is also a Thai specialty that many people love and often choose to buy as gifts for loved ones.
Thai banana cake has two flavors: traditional and chocolate. The cake has a soft and smooth sponge crust, served with a filling of melted banana milk or rich chocolate milk. This Thai specialty is most commonly sold at supermarkets or convenience stores, even local markets, so you can easily find and buy it.
Banana cake is loved thanks to its soft and smooth sponge crust, eaten with a filling of melted banana milk or rich chocolate milk
Durian chips cake
This Thai specialty chip cake has a delicious and attractive flavor. When eaten, you can clearly feel the fat of fresh milk and durian. The cakes are packed into small bags, so if you buy them as gifts, you won’t have to worry about taking up too much suitcase space.
Durian chips come in small packages for your convenience to carry
Spicy squid bento
Spicy squid bento is a popular snack in Thailand. This Thai specialty dish has many flavors, from not spicy to very spicy so diners have more options. You can buy bento spicy squid as a gift, which is also quite reasonable.
Spicy squid bento is also a famous snack loved by many young Thai people
Thai Tea
Besides the rich cups of green and red Thai milk tea, this country also launches a series of packaged tea bags for people to conveniently buy as gifts. This Thai specialty tea mainly has two flavors: green Thai and traditional, and is commonly sold at supermarkets, Big C, and local markets so you can easily find and buy it.
Thai tea is the main ingredient to create delicious, flavorful cups of milk tea
Thai specialties have never disappointed people in terms of variety and quality taste. If you plan to explore Thailand but are still wondering what to eat or what season to bring as a gift, don’t forget to save this article from AsiaNewsDaily.Com in case you need it!