DINING OUT AND COOKING:

One of the greatest joys of Thailand and especially Phuket is it's superb cuisine. Seafood fresh from the Andaman
sea is abundant and
combined with the
large variety of
European
restaurants,
the choice
is immense.

   
 

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Cooking techniques and Flavorings
Kaeng: Curry
Phead: Red curry paste made with red chilli and coconut milk
Kiew Wan: Green curry paste made with green chilli and coconut milk
Par: Red curry Hot Thai Curries
Som: Spicy and sour soup
with tamarind juice
Panang: Dry aromatic peanut
curry
Grathiam
Prig Thai:
Fried with garlic and
Hot Pepper
Kee Mow: With kaffir lime leaves and chilli
Praew Wan: Sweet and sour
Prik Gaprow: Fried with chilli and basil leaves
Yang: Barbecued
Yam: Spicy and sour
Phad: Sauteed
Ob Mor Din: Steamed in a pot

Cooking Techniques Meats & Seafood Vegetable Rice
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Meats & Seafood
Gai: Chicken
Moo: Pork
Nuea: Beef Fish, crabs and squids
Ped: Duck
Pla: Fish
Hoi: Shellfish
Goong: Prawn
Pla Mueg: Squid
Poo: Crab

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Vegetables
Grathiam: Garlic
Khing: Ginger
Hed: Mushrooms Different vegetables
Fuk Thong: Pumpkin
Pak Kard: Lettuce
Kalumpree Cabbage
Pak Chee: Parsley
Tang Kva: Cucumber
Thua Ngork: Bean sprout
Phad Pak: Sauteed mixed vegetable

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Rice
Khao Suay: Steamed rice Lemongrass and Banana seed
Khao Tom: Boiled rice
Khao Niew: Sticky rice
Khao Pad: Fried rice
(with chicken,
pork or seafood)

Cooking Techniques Meats & Seafood Vegetable Rice
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Starters
Mee Grob: Sweet crispy noodles
Kiew Grob: Little flatted pastry cases filled with minced pork
Popia: Spring rolls filled with shredded meat or fish and glassnoodles
Tod Mun: Deep fried fish /crab or shrimp cake
Grathong Thong: Minced meats with herbs in pastry shells

Cooking Techniques Meats & Seafood Vegetable Rice
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Salad/Soups
Gaeng Jued: Clear and mild soup
Poh Tak: Spicy mixed seafood soup with lemon grass
Tom Kah: Sour and spicy soup with coconut milk (usually chicken)
Tom Yam: Sour and spicy soup with coconut milk (usually chicken or prawn)
Som Tam: Papaya salad
Larb: Minced meats with Thai herbs

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Noodles
Guang Thiew: Noodles
Sen Mee: Rice vermicelli
Ba Mee: Egg noodle
Woonsen: Glass noodle
Phad Thai: Fried noodle Thay style with stuffed egg

Phad Si-iew:

Fried noodle with meat in soy sauce
Radd Nah: Noodle in light gravy

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Sauces
Nammun Hoi: Oyster sauce, strong and salty
Nam Prik: Thai sauce (dip with shrimp paste and chilli)
Nam Pla: Fish sauce (sometimes with chilli and lime juice)

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Fruits
Saparot: Pineapple
Ma-muang: Mango
Kluey: Banana Roseapples and oranges
Ngor: Rambutan
Ma-prow: Coconut
Mala-kor: Papaya
Som: Orange
Champoo: Rose apple
Noi-na: Custard apple

Cooking Techniques Meats & Seafood Vegetable Rice
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Drinks
Fruit juices: mango, pineapple, orange, coconut
Fruit shakes: banana, papaya, mango, pineapple, mixed
Coconut: Coconut milk straight from the shell
Softdrinks: Coke, Fanta, Sprite, 7up
Mekhong: local whisky
Sangtip: local whisky
Local beer: Singha, Chang, Leo, Phuket Island
Imported beer: Carlsberg, Heineken

 
 
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