Thai food enjoys an international reputation and the sheer number of Thai restaurants around the world indicates that it is here to stay. At the same time, interest in the therapeutic value of herbs and spices has also helped to popularise Thai cuisine.

Thai restaurants are becoming more and more popular among people in the United Arab Emirates too, with spicy tom yum goong among the most popular dishes, says Khalid Mohammed Sharif, director of the Food Control Department, Dubai Municipality, United Arab Emirates. Mohammed Sharif was in Bangkok recently to attend the ThaiFex World of Food Asia 2008 event at Impact Exhibition Centre.

Main Dishes

Tom Yum Goong soup are 100 times more effective in inhibiting cancerous tumor growth than other foods.
For years, zesty Tom Yum Gung soup has been a mainstay of Thai cooking. And now researchers are thinking it just might have cancer-fighting ingredients as well as good taste. "Tom Yum Goong is Thailand's most favorite soup," according to Chef Rolf Schmitz of the Regent Hotel's Spice Market restaurant. "It's a shrimp soup with herbal ingredients like coriander, lemon grass, lime leaves and even galangal roots." Also called hot-and-sour soup, the dish often includes straw mushrooms and a variety of chilies.

Som Tam
(Green Papaya Salad )
A popular Northeastern spicy papaya salad, served with vegetables and sticky rice. Papaya salad is almost as much a staple part of my diet as rice is.

Kaeng Khiao Wan Kai

Chicken breast and eggplant in green curry.

Pad Thai Noodles

Stir-fried rice noodle Thai style.

Dessert

Cho Muang

Flower shape dumplings, filled with minced chicken.

Kao Neuw MaMuang

Eating this Mango with coconut sticky rice was like heaven on earth. I love the combination of fresh and sweet mangos and slightly savoury sticky rice.

Drink

Coconut Juice

Cold coconut juice on a hot summer day is so refreshing. The young coconut is green outside and have soft white coconut inside. After you drink the juice, the bonus is the young coconut meat inside.

Mango Juice

Mango Juice is famous juice for foreign. And now, Mango Juice is popular in Thailand. This beverage menu for vegetarian, it’s diet beverage and makes you relaxing and good for health. That juice is delicious for everyone.

Starfruit Juice

PineApple Juice

Banana Juice

Apple Juice

Watermelon Juice

Papaya Juice

Orange Juice

Thai Food

Thai food is internationally famous. Whether chilli-hot or comparatively bland, harmony is the guiding principle behind each dish. Thai cuisine is essentially a marriage of centuries-old Eastern and Western influences harmoniously combined into something uniquely Thai.

With great food, a tropical climate, fascinating culture and great beaches, Thailand is a magnet for travellers the world over.

Fruit

Durian ('thoo-rian')

We regard durian as the king of fruits. Some visitors, on the other hand, are deterred by the potent smell and never actually sample the creamy golden flesh hidden within the spiny exterior - thereby missing one of the truly great pleasures of fruit eating. "The more you eat of it the less you feel inclined to stop."

Mangosteen ('mang-khut')

Southern Thailand is the home of the mangosteen, which appears on markets in May and continues through most of the rainy season. This delicious fruit has a thick, dark-red skin, inside which are creamy white segments with a sweet, slightly tart flavor; as a general rule, the more segments a mangosteen has, the fewer seeds one will find. A knife is used to slit the skin around the middle, after which it opens easily and the flesh can be eaten with a fork as a memorable after-meal treat.

JackFruit ('kha-noon')

Jackfruit or "Khanun" in Thai, contains many vitamins and minerals, and offers numerous health benefits. The fruit's isoflavones, antioxidants, and phytonutrients mean that jackfruit has cancer-fighting properties.

Banana ('gluay')

Bananas are perhaps the most popular of all tropical fruits, and Thailand has about 20 different varieties, ranging from fragrant, sweet little "finger bananas" to large specimens with thick golden skins. The fruit is also among the most versatile and turns up at Thai meals in numerous forms besides fresh at the peak of ripeness.