Cuisine / Thai Dishes

Khai egg

Khai luak soft boiled egg

Khai tom hard boiled egg

Khai dao fried egg

Khai tot omelette

Khai tot sai mu omelette filled with pork

Khai yat sai omelette filled with meat, onions and sugar peas

Po pia an egg roll containing bean sprouts, pork and crab meat (not fried)

Po pia tot an egg roll containing bean sprouts, pork, crab meat (fried)

Fried Dishes

Khao rice

Khao phat fried rice

Pla tot fried fish

Kai tot fried chicken

Kai phat phrik fried chicken and chillies

Kai yang roasted chicken

Kung tot krob crisp fried prawns

Priao wan sweet and sour pork with vegetables

Phak kung phat Thai fried vegetables made with morning glory stems and leaves

Hae kun thin slices of shrimp eaten with a side order of Chinese syrup

Mi klob crisp thin noodles (vermicelli) with bits of meat, shrimp and egg and sweet and sour sauce

Nua phat nam man hoi fried beef with oyster-flavored sauce and green onion

Dok kalam phat mu (kung, kai, nua) fried pork (shrimp, chicken, beef) with cauliflower

Miscellaneous

Pla prieo wan sweet and sour fried fish

Kam pu tot fried crab claws

Kam pu nung steamed crab claws

Salad nua san roast beef salad

Pla nam khao stewed fish in white sauce

Rice Dishes

Khao rice

Rat khao any dish served over rice; ordinary Thai restaurants sell their dishes either in portions big enough for several eaters or as rat khao, a serving over rice portioned for one person

Khao man kai sliced chicken served with plain rice

Khao na pet sliced roast duck with plain rice

Khao na kai sliced chicken with bamboo shoots and spring onions in a gravy over plain rice

Khao mu daeng sliced cooked pork with egg and gravy over plain rice

Khao mu tot sliced fried pork over plain rice (can be ordered with khai, egg, added on top)

Khao rat na nua fried vegetables and beef in a gravy over plain rice

Noodle Dishes

Nam literally meaning water, is used to indicate a soup dish

Haeng literally just meaning dry, is used to indicate that a dish is without broth

Kuai tiao rice noodles

Ba mi wheat and egg noodles

Kuai tiao lat na wide white noodles with meat, vegetables and gravy placed on top

Kuai tiao haeng white noodles flavored with a small amount of meat, vegetables (preferably bean sprouts) and spices

Kuai tiao nam same as above, but with a broth added

Kuai tiao phat Thai thin white noodles fried with bean sprouts and a small quantity of many other ingredients including meats

Kuai tiao phat si iu sai khai noodles fried with Chinese sauce, meat, vegetables and egg

Ba mi nam boiled wheat and egg noodles with broth

Ba mi haeng same as above but without broth

Ba mi na mu (nua, kai, kung, pu) fried yellow noodles with pork (beef, chicken, shrimp, crab meat)

Ba mi na phak same as above, but with vegetables

Ba mi krob rat na kung crisp fried yellow noodles with shrimp

Ba mi krob rat na mu same as above but with pork

Ba mi krob rat na kai same as above, but with chicken

Kieo nam wanton (meat ball) soup

Kieo haeng wanton with bits of vegetables and spices

Thai Sweets

Eggs, mungo beans, rice flour, glutinous rice, lotus seeds, palm sugar, cassava roots and coconuts are common ingredients of Thai sweets. The Thais prefer their desserts to have fragrance. Accordingly, they soak Jasmine and other aromatic flowers in water and use resultant scented water to make a syrup.

Bland seeds or beans are cooked in the syrup to make liquid sweets. Aromatic candles are often burned next to cakes or cookies in closed containers to impart scents, or desserts are placed next to fragrant flowers overnight. Cookies are sometimes garnished with slivers of gold leaf.

Sang kha ya custard

Sang kha ya kha nun jackfruit custard

Ma phrao sang kha ya coconut custard

Fak thong sang kha ya squash custard

Thong yib sweet egg petals

Thong yot sweet egg drops

Foi thong sweet egg shred

Lot chong nam ka thi rice drops in sweet coconut sauce

Kluai buat chi banana in sweet and salty coconut cream

Luk tan chuam palm seeds cooked in syrup

Wun whan sweet jelly

Wun nam chuam jellied syrup

Ta ko gelatin topped with coconut cream

Khao nieo kaeo glutinous rice cooked in coconut cream and sugar