Thailand is a land of contrasts. The bustling, chaotic, and fast paced metropolis of Bangkok often seems a million miles away from the peaceful, easy going countryside. Wealthy businessmen cruise around in luxury European cars alongside those risking their lives in the pollution and traffic on bike, and palatial, air conditioned shopping malls tower above [...]

This is a great, quick and easy Thai style salad which is ideal as a starter or as an accompaniment to a Thai banquet meal. You can experiment with many different variations such as mixed seafood, grilled beef, cold duck etc. [...]

Here’s our favorite Thai spring rolls recipe at Chantra Authentic Thai. They taste great and are easy to prepare. Basically there are 2 parts to the cooking process: 1. First you need to stir-fry the stuffing 2. Second part involves wrapping them up and deep-frying them. Here are the things you need: 5 cloves garlic, [...]

Fried Rice is a common dish in Thailand and can be found in almost any market, restaurant or food hall. Although it is a simple dish, the variety of different ingredients which can be used make it a dish which never grows old.  This is one of my favourite recipes for fried rice made with [...]

Tom Yam soup is without doubt one of the iconic dishes of Thailand. It is available at almost every Thai restaurant, both in Thailand and abroad. There are two variations, one with coconut milk and shrimp paste (ต้มยำน้ำข้น) and one without (ต้มยำกุ้งน้ำใส). As with most Thai dishes, it is [...]

Thailand is famous worldwide for its food and anyone who has sampled the delights of real Thai food will agree that it ranks amongst the most delicious cuisines in the world. Thai food is sometimes sweet, sometimes sour, sometimes salty but almost always spicy. Here is an overview of some of the types of food [...]