Salads

Salads are a crucial part of a Thai meal. For a well-balanced Thai meal, I recommend that you always have a salad on the table. Why? Thai salads are light has no oil in the dressing, and always has tart and bright flavours. This makes them the palate cleanser of the meal, which is especially important if you have richer dishes on the table such as curries.

Here are some popular Thai salads to get you started but do explore some lesser known salads below:

• Green papaya salad. Also explore its no-papaya sisters such as the corn and cucumber salad.
• Laab is absolutely iconic. There several versions, but chicken laab, and pork laab are the classic.
• Yum woon sen is a glass noodle salad that is a crowd pleaser.