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Tom yum or tom yam (UK: / ˌ t ɒ m ˈ j æ m,-ˈ j ʌ m /, US: /-ˈ j ɑː m /; [3] Thai: ต้มยำ, RTGS: tom yam [tôm jām] ⓘ) is a family of hot and sour Thai soups. The strong hot and sour flavors make it very popular in Thai cuisine. [4] The name tom yam is composed of two words in the Thai language. Tom refers to the boiling ...
Tom yum kung as served in a hot pot in Rayong, Thailand.. Tom yum kung, [4] [5] [6] or Tom yum goong, [7] (Thai: ต้มยำกุ้ง RTGS: tom yam kung) is the Thai spicy and sour shrimp soup—a variant of Tom yum, combined with many of Thailand's key herbal and seasoning ingredients, often served with a side of steamed rice, sometimes with a dollop of chili paste and a splash of lime ...
In Thailand, tom yum is usually made with chicken (tom yum gai), prawns (tom yum goong), fish (tom yum pla) or mixed seafood (tom yum talay or tom yum po tak) and mushrooms - usually straw or oyster mushrooms. The soup is often topped with generous sprinkling of chopped coriander leaves.
Originating in Thailand, where it was known as the Tom Yum Kung crisis (Thai: วิกฤตต้มยำกุ้ง) on 2 July, it followed the financial collapse of the Thai baht after the Thai government was forced to float the baht due to lack of foreign currency to support its currency peg to the U.S. dollar.
The head of the Muay Thai Stunt team (previously known as P.P.N. Stunt Team), he is best known for his work as a martial arts and action choreographer on the 2003 film Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior and 2005's Tom-Yum-Goong (known as The Protector in the US), starring Tony Jaa, whom Panna mentored.
Tom-Yum-Goong (Thai: ต้มยำกุ้ง, IPA: [tôm jam kûŋ]) is a 2005 Thai martial arts film directed by Prachya Pinkaew and stars Tony Jaa in the lead role. Pinkaew also directed Jaa's prior breakout film Ong-Bak. As with Ong-Bak, the fights were choreographed by Jaa and his mentor Panna Rittikrai.
According to Thai chef Bo Songvisava, the broth includes a sour ingredient such as sour tamarind (som makaam), bilimbi (taling pling), nipa palm vinegar (nam som jaak), or roselle flowers (dok krajieb sod) in a chili paste including krill paste (kapi), coriander root, fish sauce, and shallot. [1]
According to the article, Tom Yum Nam Khon is a less popular sub-variety of Tom Yum that includes coconut milk. However, in your photos you appear not have made this distinction, as both the photos are captioned simply as "Prawn Tom Yum" but the on the right one clearly contains coconut milk, while the left one is (more authentically) clear.