Thai Cuisine and its sturcture

By geographical area

By source of cuisine: Court cuisine Vs popular cuisine

By how we eat it…

National cuisine; Dishes that are branded Thai through

different approaches Regional ( popular cuisine): food that

attached to land and people Court cuisine: Food that cooked and served in courts.

Pad Thai; result of the political revolution and nationalism

Tom yam gung: by its popularity and marketing

Popular dishes known by others

Four Regions: North, North Eastern ( Issan), Central Plain and South.

Distinctively different in characteristic of food;

flavour ( tasting notes) & ingredients

Abundance Natural resources; River & land: Fish and Pork Share boarder with Chinese, Myanmar

and Laos Sticky rice: ( Reduced version) Pork, Nahm Buu, Tua nao Not too many coconut based dish

Limited Resource Long dry season Intense flavour = preserved food/

less food more rice Insects Fermented Fish Dried Chili Toasted rice Grilled dishes

Marine Resource: preserved seafood product

Malays, Islamic, Chinese Influences The blend of three cultures Extremely Spicy Jasmine rice Heavily used of turmeric Pungent greens Fish Guts

Abundance of natural resource Agricultural heart of Thailand Fruits, Farm and fresh local fish CENTRAL especially Bangkok is just

like Paris;It is the Port where all the good produces

from over Thailand sent to. Quite diversify

Eastern cuisine: Trad, Rayong, Chantaburi

Western Cuisine: Kanjanaburi, Rajburi, South Western Cuisine: Samut

Songkram-Sakhorn

Khmer’s influence of God-like King The symbolic value of food in serving

King Ceremony associate with the King and

royal Family; hence special food served The cultures in having poly….. The amount of labour available in

cooking and developing recipe

Central gateway of Siam and Thailand Rare and best quality produces Hired foreign Chefs to served the court and

royal guests The competition in wining the kings’ heart;

new creation from different palaces The amount of labour available in cooking

and developing recipe; elaborated craving etc.

Attach to land Simpler and Easier Check out David Street Food.

The Ingredients The Flavours The method of Cooking The eating way

In group, discuss Sharing between groups