TH.13.0001
Larb Isaan — Toasted Rice Minced Meat Salad / ลาบอีสาน
Isaan larb is a warm minced-meat salad — served at body temperature, not cold — dressed with toasted…
Isaan (northeastern Thail
TH.13.0002
Larb Mueang — Northern Spiced Larb / ลาบเมือง
Northern larb (larb mueang, larb Lanna) is a completely different dish from Isaan larb despite shari…
Northern Thai (Lanna) — t
TH.13.0003
Larb Ped — Duck Larb / ลาบเป็ด
Duck larb is the most richly flavoured of the larb family — the rendered fat from duck skin and the …
Isaan and Northern Thaila
TH.13.0004
Miang Kham — Betel Leaf Wraps / เมี่ยงคำ
Miang kham is a single-bite flavour composition: a cha-plu leaf (Piper sarmentosum, wild betel leaf,…
Central Thai — considered
TH.13.0005
Nahm Jim Jaew — Isaan Grilled Meat Dipping Sauce / น้ำจิ้มแจ่ว
Nam jim jaew is the roasted-chilli dipping sauce of Isaan — served with grilled chicken (gai yang), …
Isaan (northeastern Thail
TH.13.0006
Nam Tok — Waterfall Beef / น้ำตก
Nam tok (waterfall) is larb's grilled-beef cousin — where larb uses minced cooked meat, nam tok uses…
Isaan — a companion dish
TH.13.0007
Nham — Isaan Fermented Pork Salad / แหนม
Nham is a lightly fermented pork product — minced pork and pork skin fermented with cooked glutinous…
Isaan — pork fermentation
TH.13.0008
Pla Goong — Prawn Salad with Lemongrass / พล่ากุ้ง
Pla goong is a hot-sour-herby prawn salad — the prawns are cooked briefly (poached, grilled, or flas…
Central Thai and coastal
TH.13.0009
Som Tam — Green Papaya Salad Mortar Technique / ส้มตำ
Som tam is the most eaten salad in Thailand — 40,000+ restaurants sell it in Bangkok alone — and it …
Isaan and northeastern Th
TH.13.0010
Som Tam Pla Raa — Fermented Fish Papaya Salad / ส้มตำปลาร้า
Som tam pla raa is the Isaan version of green papaya salad — made with fermented freshwater fish (pl…
Isaan — pla raa som tam i
TH.13.0011
Yam Neua Yang — Grilled Beef Salad with Chilli & Lime / ยำเนื้อย่าง
Yam neua yang is the Bangkok restaurant version of grilled beef salad — more refined than the Isaan …
Central Thai — Bangkok re
TH.13.0012
Yam Wun Sen — Glass Noodle Salad / ยำวุ้นเส้น
Glass noodle salad (yam wun sen) combines soaked-then-briefly-cooked mung bean vermicelli with mince…
Central Thai — glass nood