Category: Our Food

Tom yum kung is the most famous of all Thai soups. Bold, fragrant, filling, and altogether the perfect lunch or dinner, it features all four of the famous Thai flavors: salty, sour, sweet, and spicy. Contrary to popular belief, authentic tom yum kung is made without coconut milk. It’s found everywhere in Thailand, and it’s…

This dish, known as pad kra prow (‘stir-fried with holy basil’) in Thai, is something of a national dish, available at street food stalls and in restaurants all over Thailand. We sometimes call it ‘no idea’, because if you have no idea what to order, you often just order this – it’s so good you…

Pad thai is one of the most popular dishes ordered at a Thai restaurant but is easy enough to make at home—especially with this recipe, which doesn’t call for tamarind paste. In fact, the original pad thai didn’t contain tamarind at all (the makings of pad thai being brought to Thailand via the Chinese). This recipe is based…