Thai food is known for its balance of three to four fundamental taste senses in each dish or the overall meal: sour, sweet, salty, and bitte. In the many dishes, there are different kinds of protein, or combinations of protein, can be chosen as ingredients, such as beef , chicken , pork , duck , tofu or seafood.

Vegetables, herbs and spices

Thai dishes use a wide variety of herbs, spices and leaves.Kaffir lime leaves are frequently combined with garlic, galangal, lemongrass and/or Thai lemon basil, turmeric and/or fingerroot, blended together with liberal amounts of various chillies to make curry paste. Fresh Thai basils are also used to add spice and fragrance in certain dishes such as Green curry.Other vegetables which are often used in Thaispice are green beans,Bean sprouts bamboo shoots, tomatoes,cucumbers, squash, corn, cabbage, asparagus etc.

Rice and noodles

Rice is a staple grain of Thai cuisine, as in most Asian cuisines. jasmine rice is naturally aromatic long-grained rice grows in abundance in the verdant patchwork of paddy fields. Steamed rice is accompanied by highly aromatic curries, stir-fries and other dishes. Sticky rice is a unique variety of rice that contains an unusual balance of the starches present in all rice, causing it to cook up to a sticky texture. Sticky rice, not jasmine rice. Noodles are popular as well but usually come as a single dish, like Pad Thai, Dunken noodle or in the form of a noodle soup.Noodles are usually made from either rice flour, wheat flour or mung bean flour and include six main types. wide flat noodles,thin flat rice noodles,and rice vermicelli is round and thin. Bami is made from egg and wheat flour.

Pastes and sauces

Fish sauce is a staple ingredient in Thai cuisine and imparts a unique character to Thai food. Fish sauce is prepared with fermented fish that is made into a fragrant condiment and provides a salty flavor. Thai shrimp paste, is a combination of fermented ground shrimp and salt. It is used, for instance, in red curry paste. Curry Pastes are prepared by crushing together chillies with various ingredients such as garlic and shrimp paste using a mortar and pestle

If you have been waiting for the right flavors and alternated tastes to challenge your mouth; you don’t have to wait any longer. THAIspice Restaurant has many delicious meals to offer that will be remembered; Thai food with traditional tastes from appetizer to dessert that can make your mouth watering again and again.