Som tam grated papaya salad, pounded with a mortar and pestle. There are three main variations: Som tam poo with salted black crab, and Som tam Thai with peanuts, dried shrimp and palm sugar and Som tam plara from north eastern part of Thailand (Isan), with salted gourami fish, white eggplants, fish sauce and long bean.

sour salads containing meat, onions, chillies, roasted rice powder and garnished with mint.

marinated, grilled chicken.

The northern Thais consume glutinous rice as part of their main diet, as do the Laotians. Some of the older Thais prefer glutinous rice to other rice varieties.

Northeastern-style hot & sour soup

dipping sauce made from roasted eggplant, green chillies, and garlic grounded together in a mortar and pestle.

general name for any type of sour salad, such as those made with glass noodles

 Central Thai Shared Dishes