Come and learn to make the famous Thai Tom Yum Soup in a Thai cooking class at our studio near Laguna Phuket. It’s not as complicated as you fear. Check out our next available classes here!
Now, about the “soup”…
There is no such thing as a ‘soup course’ in Thailand. No fish course, or salad, or meat course, or any course-by-order for that matter. There is only one “meal time”.
Everyone gets a plate of steamed rice, or sticky rice, which is a staple of northern and northeastern Thailand. In the middle of the table we have a mixture of dishes that compliment one another. There is usually a soup, a spicy and aromatic curry, maybe something deep fried, a stir-fried plate, or Nam Prik, a dip with assorted cooked or raw vegetables. And we eat everything with rice.
The only exception to the no course rule is that we do follow savory dishes with desserts. The dessert in Thailand is an art form in itself and an essential part to all meals. It can also be as simple as a pantry sweets, or fruits, to clear the palette from all the sensational savory flavors. A perfect way to end a spicy meal.
A bit like the classic English teatime, Thai’s love to enjoy a quick snack as well but we don’t limit this to the afternoon only; it can be at anytime during the day! It could be savory, or sweet, or mixtures of both in a quick bite.
Exceptions do happen when friends get together nowadays at restaurants and order a quick appetizer / starter / amusedbouche sort of dish to share before getting onto the main rice meal. This is to either accompany a round of drinks, to hold off a pang of hunger or simply because ‘why not?’
