| Thai cuisine refers to typical foods, beverages, and | | | | If you are looking for authentic Thai food, full of |
| cooking styles common to the country of Thailand in | | | | flavour and zing, we recommend you head straight |
| Southeast Asia. Thai Cuisine is well-known for being | | | | for Benjarong. |
| hot and spicy and for its balance of five fundamental | | | | Thai food goes down well with the Indian palate. The |
| flavors in each dish or the overall meal - hot, sour, | | | | spices used in Thai food or the number of |
| sweet, salty, and bitter. | | | | vegetables they use, could be the binding factor. |
| Although popularly considered as a single cuisine, Thai | | | | Benjarong has been renowned for authentic albeit |
| food would be more accurately described as four | | | | spicy Thai food in Chennai. |
| regional cuisines corresponding to the four main | | | | A recent food festival at Benjarong fine tuned their |
| regions of the country: Northern, North eastern, | | | | culinary skills, dishing out mouth watering delicacies. |
| Central, and Southern, each cuisine sharing similar | | | | The menu is a good mix of the old favourites and |
| foods or derived from those of neighboring countries. | | | | the new dishes. The succulent, well marinated Satay |
| Southern curries, for example, tend to contain | | | | for starters could well transport you to the floating |
| coconut milk and fresh turmeric, while northeastern | | | | market in Bangkok. The red and green curries come |
| dishes often include lime juice. The cuisine of | | | | with their own distinctive taste and flavours. These |
| Northeastern Thailand is heavily influenced by Laos. | | | | are best teamed with steamed white rice. |
| Many popular dishes eaten in Thailand were originally | | | | Thai food uses a variety of seasonal fresh |
| Chinese dishes which were introduced to Thailand | | | | vegetables and is a visual treat in terms of colour. |
| mainly by Teochew people who make up the | | | | Try the steamed veggies, sliced finely and smothered |
| majority of the Thai Chinese. Such dishes include jok, | | | | in a brown sauce. Health on a platter, indeed! The |
| kway teow rad na, khao kha moo and khao mun gai. | | | | whole mackerel is marinated in a variety of delectable |
| Thai food is known for its enthusiastic use of fresh | | | | sauces and flash fried to perfection. It retains both, |
| herbs and spices as well as fish sauce. Thai food is | | | | the texture and the flavour. |
| popular in many Western countries. | | | | The flavour of the season is the jungle chilly, which |
| Instead of a multiple main course with side dishes | | | | grows wild in Thai forests and is invariably eaten raw. |
| found in Western cuisine, a Thai full meal typically | | | | But the Benjarong variety comes to you like a |
| consists of either a single dish or rice khao with many | | | | mound of fried onion rings, liberally sprinkled with |
| complementary dishes served concurrently and | | | | garlic, ginger, peanuts and lime. Almost a meal in itself! |
| shared by all. | | | | Thai food is traditionally eaten out of small bowls, in |
| Nowadays, Thai food is eaten with a fork and spoon | | | | smaller quantities. There is a great stress on sauces |
| but traditionally, it was eaten with the right hand. | | | | and dips which add the zing to the food. The |
| Only noodle dishes are eaten with chopsticks and a | | | | Benjarong food festival is a delicious journey |
| spoon. | | | | indeed…. |