Thai Cuisine
1. The evolution and culture of Thai Cuisine
1.1 History of Thai Cuisine
According to a celebrated stone inscription credited to King Ramkhamhaeng of Sukhothai, there are two mains of the Thai diet both then and now. Rice culture came with the earliest settlers. Fish were equally plentiful not only in the canals rives, reservoirs but also in the sea. So rice and fish are basic ingredient, were gradually added after a wide variety of cultures, some similar to China and India, some like Persia and Portugal. Those cultures were modified and defined into Thai cuisine, not quite like any other in the world.
Alone among the countries of southeast Asia, Thailand remained independent during the era of colonization, then few Westerners sampled it unique blends of not and sweet, sour and salty, so different from the dish of India, Malaysia and Indonesia.
For the most part only in private home could one sample delicate traditional dishes that resulted from hours of preparation by skilled hand, using methods that had been handed down for generations.
Now it was changed dramatically, Thai food has become an international. Western chefs find fresh inspiration in its flavor and techniques, and ordinary diners are discovering its remarkable diversity. In Thailand, regional variations are more available than before, and there are now elegantly decorated establishments specializing in the refined art of “palace cooking”
Thai food might be said to have entered a new era, one that will certain by bring an even wider appreciation of its many delights.
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