Green papaya salad is a spicy salad made from shredded unripe papaya. It is of Lao original but it is also eaten throughout Southeast Asia. Locally known in Cambodiaas bok l'hong , in Laos as tam som or the more specific name tam maak hoong, in Thailand assom tam, and in Vietnam as goi du du. Som tam, the Thai variation, was listed at number 46 onWorld's 50 most delicious foods compiled byCNN Go in 2011.