Som Tum Phooh |
Som Tum or Green Papaya Salad is very popular with both Thai and foreigners. When you visit here green papaya, salad is recommended taste. Green papaya salads have three majors type. Green papaya salad with dried shrimp and peanuts is called som tum Thai.
Som Tum photo is another type of ingredient green papaya salad with salted crab. The last one is green papaya salad with salted crab and pickled fish called Som Tum Lao.
Besides the main ingredient from each of Som Tom types, the majority of ingredients are the same like tomato, fish sauce, chills, garlic and sugar. You can have Som Tum easily in Bangkok from the vendor along the street to the high-end restaurants. Moreover, if you cannot resist the taste of chili nor cannot much spicy you can order whatever taste you like.
Normally foreigners order Som Tum Thai because the taste of it like sweeter and not much spicy. Now you know the majority of Som Tum or Green Papaya salad, then you know how to order it. Let's try how much it is delicious.