Thai Food in The US. and more

Thai food in the U.S.

Eating Thai Food
Matching Thai Food With Drinks
More About Thai Food

Thai cuisine, so delicious and varied in its tastes, is a true gastronomic art. It presents an enormous range of dishes and a subtle blend of flavors. Creativity in cooking stems partly from the Thais' love of good food, and partly from the wealth of ingredients available.Thai food is not always hot and spicy, as many believed. The perfect combination of ingredients offers an astonishing array of delights.

In the United States, where thousand of Thai restaurants are operated all across the nation, in such major cities as Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, and Boston. One of the main reasons that it's getting more and more popularity beside its great taste is that Thai food is also considered one of the healthiest and most nutritious around. For example YUM-NUA (Beef Salad) and TUM-YUM KOONG (Spicy shrimp soup) which are very low in fat and crab compare to those of western style which loaded of cream. And because of it's poppularity there are many so call Thai restaurants which are not, operated by other Asian people. Their foods are far from real Thais.

Eating Thai Food

Thai food is eaten with a fork and spoon. Even single dish meals such as fried rice, or main course like chicken basil are served in bite-sized slices eliminated the need for a knife. The spoon, with the help of fork to gather food, is used to convey food to the mouth. Chopsticks are used with food which served in bowls such as noodle or rice soup.
Traditionally all foods on the table are shared among people at the table, each one order one or more dishes, so there will be a varieties of foods for everyone.
The ideal Thai meal is a harmonious blend of the spicy, the subtle, the sweet and sour, and is meant to be equally satisfying to eye, nose and palate. A typical meal might include a clear soup (perhaps bitter melons stuffed with minced pork), a steamed dish (mussels in clay pot), a fried dish (fish with spicy three flavor sauce and basil), a hot spicy salad (beef salad) and a variety dipping. This would be followed by sweet desserts and/or fresh Thai fruits such as mangoes, durian, jackfruit, papaya, grapes or melon.

Matching Thai Food With Drinks

You couldn't go wrong having Thai food with beer and whisky & club soda(or water), that the way Thai people having their meal. Difference story to the Americans, most of whom love drinking wine.
There are thousands of wines in the world, and each of them is different. Certain kinds of food react in predictable ways with certain kinds of wine. Since many but not all Thai dishes are hot spicy and some are a little sweet.

In general:

Tannic wines such as Cabernet Sauvignon including Bordeaux, Barolo and Barbaresco and other which have become tannic form aging in new oak barrels could diminish the perception of food sweetness,and can taste astringent,or make your mouth fell dried when drunk with hot spicy food.

Sweet Wines like White Zinfandel, Riesling, Mateus Rose can taste less sweet and make salty foods more appealing and go well with sweet foods.

Acidic wines like Italian white wines Chablis, red Rioja, dry Rieslings and other Sauvignon Blanc that are fully dry can taste less acidic when having with slightly sweet foods.

High-Alcohol wines go well with slightly sweet foods.
People has difference taste difference palate for me in summer I prefer white wines like Pinot Grigio, Mateus Rose and for the less of time Merot, Bordeaux. However as a Thai my first choice is beer all year round.