Thai Food

Kai Med Ma Muang

Pardon the pun, but tourists go nuts for this stir fried dish. Perhaps it's the wildly contrasting textures of a dish that saut's chicken alongside roasted cashews, sweet soy sauce, onions, chilies, pepper, carrot and mushrooms. Perhaps it's the sweetening dash of honey that appeals. Do you really care? The important thing is that this dish works: it's simple but scrumptious, a little bit tame and yet still totally Thai.

My Opinion : Nuts and nutrients from chicken protein.

Pat Kraphrao

Phat kaphrao is a fast, easy and spicy dish which is popular with the people of downtown Bangkok. The dish comprises beef, chicken or seafood stir-fried with the aromatic herb holy basil (bai kaphrao), chilies and garlic, and served on plain boiled rice. Depending on the customer, a fried egg is often added too.
Holy basil is widely used in Thai and South Asian cuisine as well as in various herbal treatments. It is used in ayurvedic remedies for colds, headaches, stomach disorders, inflammation, heart disease, certain types of poisoning and malaria. The plant also exhibits anti-bacterial and insect-repellant properties and is a sacred plant in the Hindu religion. Phat kaphrao is definitely worth trying.

My Opinion : Stir basil with many nutrients such as chili, meat and vegetables that contain vitamins.

Spicy beef salad

If there was such a thing as a 'Salad Hall of Fame', Thailand's zesty own breed, or 'yam' as they are known here, would surely take pride of place. Unconvinced? Experience the fresh, fiery thrill of yam nua - with its sprightly mix of onion, coriander, spearmint, lime, dried chili and tender strips of beef - and you won't be. It perfectly embodies the invigorating in-the-mouth-thrill of all Thai salads, the yummy-ness of yam.

My Opinion : There was pork protein and vitamins from the vegetables.