1. Tom yum / tom yam

Famous tom yum goong.

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It is a type of soups originated from Thailand and it is a very famous dish. You can easily find this dish in many Southeast Asia countries where hawkers of other ethnics, especially Malays, are good in preparing this dish. Its uniqueness is of its distinct hot and sour flavors with fragrant herbs and ingredients like lemon grass, lime juice, fish sauce, tamarind, mushrooms (straw or oyster mushrooms), chilies, coriander leaves, and so on.

There are various types of tom yum including tom yum goong (prawn), tom yum gai (chicken), tom yum pla (fish), or tom yum talay or tom yum po tak (mixed seafood). There are also other less popular variety of tom yum like tom yum nam khon which broth is added with coconut milk and tom kha which is dominated by galangal flavor.