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Northern Thailand
Northern Thailand is known for its vegetable dishes due to its fertile land and cooler climate  The meals are milder than in other parts of Thailand. In the North food is mild or hot salty and sour but never sweet. People use a lot of condiments but not many spices. Two most well-known kinds of local chili paste are nam phrik ong (chili paste with minced pork and tomatoes) and nam phrik num (green chili paste). Roots and herbs have a strong presence and there are many sour and bitter flavors, especially apparent in the soups, such as Kaeng ho, a soup made with pickled bamboo shoot. 
Famous Northern curries (kaeng) are kaeng hang-le (northern-style pork curry), kaeng om (spicy curry of entrails) and kaeng khae (spicy curry of vegetables). Noodle curries include
khanom chin nam ngiao (Thai rice vermicelli with spiced chicken curry) and khao soi (chicken/ pork /beef curry soup with noodles). Noodles are so popular that there are many street shops selling only this noodle dish, which is normally eaten for lunch by local people.

These curries, however lack coconut cream in their curries.
Some of the modern hotels of today serve a khantok meal.  This meal comprises of sticky rice, kaeng hang-le (northern-style pork curry), kaeng ho (spicy curry of bean vermicelli), kaeng om (spicy curry of entrails), sai ua (Chiang Mai sausage), lap (minced meat, half cooked and highly seasoned), nam phrik ong (chili paste with minced pork and tomatoes) served with khaep mu (crispy pork rinds) and khao soi (chicken/ pork /beef curry soup with noodles). Traditionally this meal was eaten with the right hand -  a hanful of of sticky rice is scooped from a bamboo basket and diped into the curry or chili paste.  Dessert selections include khao taen (of fried sticky rice covered with caramel), khiyo cigars and fermented tea, which is chewed to help digestion.

Northeast Thailand also called E-Saan Food
Northeastern food is fiery hot. Their favorite foods include papaya salad (som tam) sour chopped meat salad "koi" sour minced meat salad (larp). Their meals generally consists of sticky rice and nam phrik pla raa accompanied by a lot of vegetables. A popular dish is
Somtam (papaya salad) made with green (unripe) papaya mixed with sliced tomatoes chopped garlic and chillies to which are added finely pounded dried shrimp plus lemon juice. Other specialties include Laab (spicy meat salad) with chicken, pork, beef, or fresh blood, grilled fish or chicken, Jaew (dipping sauces), and Plara (Northeastern-style anchovy). Grilling is the preferred cooking method.

Central Thailand
In the central region food is mild salty sweet and sour. Food here is decorated very artistically with finely cut vegetables that look like flowers.. The most popular dish here is chicken green curry served with a salted egg and Thai salad.
Popular here are various kinds of curries, soups and salads.

Southern Thailand
On the other hand food in the South is renowned for being the most fiery and pungent of Thai food. Lots of spices are used in the South and many condiments are served.   Here curries are very popular and are made hot and spicy. Red meat is rarely eaten in southern Thailand.  Muslim communities of the deep south are partial to all kinds of curries and yellow and red curry is popular here.  Fish and seafood are very popular here and is coated with a mixture of turmeric and various herbs and spices then deep-fried and served with an aromatic sauce.
Famous curries of the South are Kaeng Luang (yellow curry), Kaeng Tai Pla (fish viscera curry), Nam Boodoo (dipping sauce) which becomes Khao Yam when eaten with rice. Nam Boodoo is rather salty and generally eaten with various kinds of vegetables.

All over Thailand
Chicken is the most popular meat in Thailand. Rice is the mainstay of every Thai meal.  Thai meals consist of five or six or more dishes. Vegetables play an important part in Thai cuisine and there are abundant vegetables in the Thai markets.Salads are refreshing in the hot climate and balance hot Thai food and are a must in all meals

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