Thai Food Article | Top 10 Thai Food
The Office of the National Culture Commission announced the top ten Thai dishes best liked by foreigners. In cooperation with the Ministry of Foreigner Affairs, the Office had conducted a survey of Thai restaurants all over the world to find out ten favourite Thai dishes of foreigners. In the survey 1,000 Thai restaurant around the world were asked to fill in a questionnaire. However, only 500 restaurants which have Thai chefs and offer the authentic Thai food were qualified for being taken into consideration.
The results were the top ten Thai dishes which are listed below in order of their percentages of popularity:
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Spicy Soup with Prawns and Lemongrass |
1. Spicy Soup with Prawn and Lemon Grass
[tom yum koong] 99%
[kang kaew wan kai] 85%
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Green curry with chicken |
3. Stir-Fried Rice Noodle with Shrimp
[pad thai koong] 70%
4. Fried Meat with basil leaves
[pad ka-prao] 52%
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Fried Chicken with Basil Leaves |
5. Red Curry with Roasted Duck
[kang phed ped yang] 50%
6. Coconut Milk Soup with Chicken
[tom kha kai] 47%
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Coconut Milk Soup with Chicken |
[yum neur yang] 45%
[moo or kai satay] 43%
9. Stir-Fried Chicken with Cashew Nuts
[kai pad med ma-manug] 42%
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Panaeng Curry |
10. Panaeng Curry
[kang panaeng] 39%
