ปูม้านึ่ง (Pu ma Neung) : Steamed Crabs Serve steamed cracked crabs with nam prik kiga. A little practice will enable you to remove the meat from the crabs with minimal difficulty. You will need a small, heavy, sharp kitchen knife and a mallet. You’ll find the meat in the body sections where the legs attach [...]
หอยนางรมทรงเครื่อง (Hoi Nang Rom Sod) : Fresh Oysters with Dipping Sauce If you like to eat fresh oysters, the recipe above is the way Thai people eat. The horse tamarind tree top can make the fresh and cold oysters unbelievably sweet. Eating the uncooked oysters, you should be very careful and make sure they are [...]
ส้มตำไทย (Som tum Thai) : Papaya Salad Som-Tum What is Som tum? For those of you that don’t know what this yummy dish is, it’s basically a lip smacking, spicy, tangy, and salty papaya salad. Except this salad is not tossed, but smashed up in a mortar with a wooden pestle. Its origin is North-eastern [...]
ผัดไทยกุ้งสด (Pad Thai Goong sod) : Thai fried mixture of fresh shrimp Pad Thai is now one of the world’s favorite noodle dishes, and luckily it’s easy to make at home with these delicious Pad Thai recipes. Choose from chicken pad thai to shrimp or vegetarian pad thai – they’re all chewy-sticky wonderful!
หอยลายผัดน้ำพริกเผา (Hoi Lai Pad Nahm Prik Pow) : Stir fried clams with roasted chili paste
ปลาหมึกชุบแป้งทอด (Pla meuk tod) : Squid Tempura
ทอดมันปลากราย (Tod Man Pla Krai) : Thai Fish Cakes
ต้มยำกุ้ง (Tom Yum Goong) : Spicy Thai Shrimps Soup Tom Yum is a spicy soup made from chilli, lime leaves and lemon juice, ‘Gung’ is the shrimp form of this soup. ‘Tom Yum’ is what people think of when they think of Thai food, it is the poster dish you must learn to cook to [...]
หอยชักตีน (Hoi chak teen) : Dog Conch – King of Krabi shellfish This is one of the ‘very Krabi tastes’ that should apparently be experienced here, and you’ll see small mountains of these shells at various beach-side locations being grilled or boiled for a messy but flavour-filled finger food……………….you guessed it, plain old shellfish dipped in sauce.
น้ำพริกกุ้งเสียบ (Nam Prik Kung Siap) : Num-Prik with dried Shrimp Similar to the above but featuring whole, dried shrimps and eaten with various vegetables as an appetizer. Among the spiciest dishes in Thailand. Most restaurants that prepare food according to order as opposed to little shops serving only a set menu make Nam Prik Goong Siab. The [...]
