| rdfs:comment | - Thai food offers a variety of flavours and tastes. Culinary inspirations in Thailand come from China, India, Laos, Malaysia, and Burma. The subtle mixing of herbs and spices and market-fresh ingredients makes dining a special culinary experience. One can find soup of some kind, curry, steamed or fried dish, salad and one or more basic sauces. Desserts may consist of fresh fruit or one of the many traditional Thai sweets.
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| abstract | - Thai food offers a variety of flavours and tastes. Culinary inspirations in Thailand come from China, India, Laos, Malaysia, and Burma. The subtle mixing of herbs and spices and market-fresh ingredients makes dining a special culinary experience. One can find soup of some kind, curry, steamed or fried dish, salad and one or more basic sauces. Desserts may consist of fresh fruit or one of the many traditional Thai sweets. rice, fish and vegetables flavoured with garlic, black pepper, and nam pla (fish sauce), comprise the basic diet of Sukhothai. Different foods are served in the different regions of Thailand. In north glutinous rice is popular. In central Thailand the fragrant plain variety, most commonly steamed. Beside fresh-water fish there is seafood from the Gulf of Thailand, as well as a wide range of fresh vegetables. Chinese-Thai food is popular in cities like Bangkok. These foods are generally served in the form of numerous noodle dishes. In addition, Lao cuisine is predominant in the northeast region of Thailand called Issan. Issan regional cuisine includes traditional Lao dishes like larb salad and papaya salad. Another favourite regional speciality is a spicy Pork Sausage called naem. The traditional form of meal is called a Kantoke dinner during which diners sit around a small low table. Other well known Thai cuisines are a "hot" yellow fish curry - (gaeng lueng), jad (cucumber pickle), ahi with thai dipping sauce, ajad (fresh cucumber pickle), ajad (cucumber salad), ajar, petai, Thai rice noodles and sauce, aromatic lemongrass patties and Thai alad with jeffery, Asian grilled-Beef salad, asparagus and Thai crab mayonnaise toast, asparagus Thai-style with chilies, aubergine fritters, aubergine with lentils, baked garlic quail, baked prawns and mungbean noodles.
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