Food in Phuket
Thai food in Phuket - as exotic as it is - no need introduction.
Nowadays you can find at least one Thai restaurant in most western towns but
Thai food in Thailand
itself is a whole new experience. The juxtaposition of sweet, sour, hot and
salty flavours is what makes Thai cuisine so distinct and nowhere is it more
noticeable than in the Thai national soup tom yam. Thai chefs are extremely
talented in appropriating foreign dishes and making them their own - such as in
a typical noodle dish. Forget green salad for a while - enjoy a hearty papaya
salad, otherwise known as Papaya Pok Pok, while Thai green curry is as distinct a dish
as they ever get. Enhance your stay in Thailand with its yummy food.
1.
Tom Yam Goong
This is the national aroma
of Thailand,
thanks to the generous use of fragrant herbs. Lemongrass, lime leaves,
galangal, and shallots provide the memorable smells, with chilis and fish sauce
providing the kick.
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| Food in Phuket (Tom Yum Goong) |
Substance comes in the form of jumbo shrimp (goong) and
mushrooms. The flavour is a unique combination of spicy hot and sour and makes
for an ideal start to a meal, or - when paired with rice - a worthy main dish.
2.
Pad Thai
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| Pad Thai |
Thailand's calling card to the
rest of the culinary world, pad Thai doesn't need an introduction. There are an
infinite number of variations on this timeless tradition, but usually noodles
are dressed up with tofu, bean sprouts, onion, and the brilliant final touch:
peanuts ground to near dust.
Pad Thai is a diner-participation meal; you put on
the finishing touches of fish sauce, sugar, chili powder, and crushed peanuts
to suit your taste.
3.
Kuay Tiew (Noodle Soup)
Brush up on your chopstick
skills and get your slurping muscles ready, noodle soup is a quick-and-easy
staple of the Thai eating experience.
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| Noodle Soup |
Variations in ingredients mean ten
different vendors could serve it ten different ways ' making it nearly
deserving of its own top ten list. Noodles ' usually thin, occasionally broad '
are served up in a broth with just about any edible meat: pork, chicken, beef,
duck, and seafood being the most popular. One sample and you may not stop until
you've tried them all.
4.
Som Tam
Som tam ' spicy papaya
salad ' comes from northeast Thailand,
but it's reached near-cult status throughout the rest of the country. Slight
regional differences in ingredients means placement on the sweet-or-sour scale
may vary greatly between restaurants.
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| Som Tum |
Common to all recipes is shredded green
papaya and a healthy dose of heat. Barbequed chicken and lumps of sticky rice
are the perfect companions.
5.
Gai Med Ma Moung (Chicken Cashew Nuts)
Roasted cashew nuts. Sweet
soy sauce. Honey. Garlic. And, of course, chilis ' it would be Thai food
without a little enjoyable pain. Three cheers for the clever soul that figured
out nuts and chicken were a good mix.
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| Chicken Cashew nu |
A dish this popular must be more than a
little good. Phuket raises the standard with a vast supply of some of the
world's best cashew nuts, and they're grown locally.
6.
Geng Kheaw Wan Gai (Green Curry Chicken)
So what gives green curry
its colour? Green curry paste. Sorry, not an exciting answer, but it is an
exciting dish. Of all the curries, and there’s plenty of them, the one that’s
the colour of
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| Green Curry Chicke |
American money is among the spiciest. It’s also the least like
Indian curry; Thailand
has a way of making borrowed food distinctively Thai. The proof is in the
coconut milk.
7.Tom
Kha Gai
Possibly the world's most
refreshing soup, tom kaa gai (boiled galangal chicken) combines coconut milk
with lemongrass, galangal ' ginger's Asian
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| Tom Kha Kai |
sister ' and chicken. It's a sweet,
tame twist on tom yam goong. On a table filled with delectable Thai dishes, tom
kaa gai stands out; your spoon will return to this bowl time and again.
8.
Kao Phad (Fried Rice)
good old fried rice.
On first sight, kao phad appears to be little more than a big heap of rice; you
call that a meal? But try it.
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| Fried Rice |
Augmented with your choice of meat ' shrimp and
chicken being the most popular ' and egg, onion, cilantro, garlic, and
tomotoes, this is rice with hidden secrets. Spice to taste with chili sauce and
enjoy.
10. Khao man gai - chicken and rice
This
is Thailand’s
answer to British fish and chips – an ubiquitous meal served mostly during the
daytime (while stocks last) at special khao man gai dedicated stalls and
restaurants.
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| Chicken Rice |
The chicken is gently boiled until it is tender then the water is
used in boiling the rice. This means that khao man gai – apart from being yummy – is high in cholesterol. Served with a chicken broth and yummy
sweet and spicy sauces, it’s the perfect midday snack.
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