Popular the globe over, iconic Thai dish honoured as a “favourite with many diners”.

 

TAT Newsroom

 

Bangkok, 17 January, 2022 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is delighted to report that tom yam kung (spicy shrimp soup) – one of the most famous of all Thai dishes and a perennial favourite around the globe – has been included in CNN’s list of the world’s 20 best soups.

 

Mr. Yuthasak Supasorn, Governor of TAT, said “The ongoing international recognition of tom yam kung and other signature Thai dishes, displayed in the awarding of such titles, perfectly supports the inclusion of gastronomy tourism in the destination marketing of Thailand in visitor source markets everywhere.”

 

Gastronomy tourism is a key element of the ‘Visit Thailand Year 2022’ campaign showcasing the amazing and diversified culinary scene prevalent throughout Thailand.

 

The fifth edition of The MICHELIN Guide in Thailand was launched at the end of 2021, featuring the newly added destination of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya. It lists a total of 361 eateries in Bangkok and surrounding provinces, Ayutthaya, Chiang Mai, Phuket, and Phang-Nga.

 

“Sweet, sour, spicy, and salty, this soup’s magnificent broth is the ideal foil for sweet, tender shrimp. Aromatic ingredients include galangal, lemongrass, and lime leaves, while slivers of bright red bird’s-eye chillies add additional heat” is how CNN describes tom yam kung.

 

In terms of its global popularity and profile, tom yam kung is up there with other famous soups of various different cuisines; such as, French onion soup, Japan’s ramen, China’s wonton soup, Italy’s minestrone, and America’s chowder soup.

 

Tom yam kung is far from the only Thai dish to be honoured with such international recognition, something that’s hardly surprising when considering Thai cuisine itself is so immensely popular with diners in all corners of the world.

 

Thai dishes are regularly included in the ‘world’s best’ and ‘world’s favourite’ listings, the most recent accolade also having been bestowed by CNN Travel – in April 2021 – when it once again named Thai massaman curry the No. 1 dish in the world.

 

Source: https://www.tatnews.org/2022/01/tom-yam-kung-listed-among-cnns-20-best-soups-of-the-world/

 

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I agree it belongs in the top 20.  But the list is a failure if it doesn't include Khao Soi. 

 

Does anyone watch CNN ?

My first meal in Thailand, 20 years ago on KS road, which took me an hour and a bucket of sweat to finish. The waitress told me it was spicy, but what did I know about spicy food. 

I'm vegetarian, but I did have a flaming bowl of tom yam het (straw mushrooms) at a restaurant.  They must have had a half-dozen or more fresh chili peppers in there.  Fortunately they were not finely chopped.  I like the flavor of Thai chilies and I don't need the extreme heat or somewhat evil flavor of Habaneros and the like.  We did grow some Thai peppers one year in the USA.  Perfect conditions I guess.  They were so hot even my wife wouldn't eat them.  Gave them to a crazy Laotian refugee family.

my first meal in thailand was just ต้มยำกุ้ง ! it tastes best where locals eat. if you are a farang and can't stand strong chili pepper, let the chef know when you place your order...

3 hours ago, Willy Wombat said:

Does anyone watch CNN ?

i do from time to time

Tom kha gai should be at the top of the list, but then again most of what CNN says is rubbish. 

Thai comfort food. One of my favorite. 

3 minutes ago, Capella said:

Tom kha gai should be at the top of the list, but then again most of what CNN says is rubbish. 

Why? Because they didn't put your personal favourite soup at the top of their list?

1 minute ago, JayClay said:

Why? Because they didn't put your personal favourite soup at the top of their list?

Yeah, where is the Heinz Tomato?

 

6 minutes ago, JayClay said:

Why? Because they didn't put your personal favourite soup at the top of their list?

No, because most of what they say is rubbish. Tom kha isn't my personal soup either. Look at the menu of any Thai restaurant. 

Liars.. Best soup is Mama noodles. Everybody knows, even in Burundi. ????

I had Sicilian shredded chicken soup for breakfast just now.

Just right on a chilly morning.

Yeah, now if we could just get that 1997 financial crisis renamed?  วิกฤตต้มยำกุ้ง

 

"No soup for you!"

 

The soups...

 

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/worlds-best-wellness-soups/index.html

 

 

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5 hours ago, webfact said:

Popular the globe over, iconic Thai dish honoured as a “favourite with many diners”

Doesn't look like that on my street corner.

19 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Doesn't look like that on my street corner.

The picture is, I believe, of /tôm yam náam khôn/, a variant of the traditional soup, invented in the 1980s which includes evaporated milk or non-dairy creamer.  (The traditional soup is clear.)

5 minutes ago, Oxx said:

The picture is, I believe, of /tôm yam náam khôn/, a variant of the traditional soup, invented in the 1980s which includes evaporated milk or non-dairy creamer.  (The traditional soup is clear.)

My local vendors looks like thin pink slop.

1 hour ago, Capella said:

No, because most of what they say is rubbish. Tom kha isn't my personal soup either. Look at the menu of any Thai restaurant. 

Menus at restaurants don't rank soups by "best to worst"...

39 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Doesn't look like that on my street corner.

 

And not Jay Fai's version (clearish, no coconut milk/cream) at a cool 600 baht.

 

 

4 minutes ago, JayClay said:

Menus at restaurants don't rank soups by "best to worst"...

Alphabetical? Is that even a ranking? Are menus usually "ranked"? Learn something new every day.

9 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

 

And not Jay Fai's version (clearish, no coconut milk/cream) at a cool 600 baht.

 

 

600 baht... you're welcome.

2 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

600 baht... you're welcome.

So the crab meat omelette at 1,000 baht is not up for discussion? ????

 

 

More of a celebrity/food vlogger joint. Never been.

 

 

 

 

Good luck to the Thais and their famous soup, and to CNN with their worthy search, but for me that soup is inedible - tried once out of curosity ... never again.

8 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

So the crab meat omelette at 1,000 baht is not up for discussion?

Ha ha... not today, or tomorrow, or the next day...????

13 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

More of a celebrity/food vlogger joint. Never been.

Was she diving for some cockles?

But is it an mRNA soup???    We should be told...

Looking at the list would say Thailands Tom Yum Kung is the top number 1 followed by the Georgian Kharcho and Moroccan Harira.

 

Suprised none of the US range of canned Campbell soups did not make in on CNN list.

 

 

Great Tom yum can be sublime. I have found that it is all about the quality of the chili paste, among other factors. This seems to be the best chili paste around, and it is fairly easy to find in the supermarkets. Do not even consider any others. None are of this quality, and it is nearly impossible to make a truly great Tom yum without it. 

 

 

Tom yom kung from the soi? Blecchh, no thanks.

From a decent restaurant? ok

When my wife cooks it at home? Hell ya, more please.