Cultured Palate: Dishes from Thailand
| May 3, 2017
Khao Soi
This dish also borrows from Lao cuisine, and is primarily found in northern Thailand. Khao soi is a delicious noodle soup, made up of a coconut milk curry broth which hides a pile of often-homemade noodles and stewed meat. It’s a popular street food, frequently topped with a flourish of deep-fried noodles for crunch, and a handful of shallots. This dish truly has to be the best of both worlds for Thai cuisine — a delicious curry mixed with coconut milk, plus eminently slurpable noodles.
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