When cooking, people in this region like to use spices, such as dried red pepper, onion, garlic, galangal, lemon grass, bergamot, sweet basil, and turmeric. Also widely used is coconout cream, which gives a special flavour to the food. Among the most popular dishes using it are kaeng khiao wan (green chicken curry), tao chiao lon (brown-bean saue dip), tom kha kai (chicken in coconut soup), and tom kathi saibua (stems of lotus in sour coconut soup)