Food Photo: Som Tam Thai (ส้มตำไทย)

By Mark Wiens

Som Tam Thai (ส้มตำไทย)

One of the Thai dishes that never gets old is a fine plate of freshly pounded green papaya salad.

I devoured this marvelous plate at graveyard Isaan restaurant in Silom.

Food Photo: Squid Eggs on a Stick

Squid eggs on a stick, at Amphawa Floating market near Bangkok.

An ice cream lovers treat extraordinaire, sticky rice, peanuts, and fragrant coconut ice cream ไอติมกะทิ.

Gaeng Laos is kind of a mishmash of various herbs, mushrooms and other vegetables boiled…