CNN Travel lists seven Thai dishes among Worlds 50 Best Foods

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Thai dishes take fourth, fifth and sixth places in the listing of the world’s best foods

The readers of CNN Travel have listed seven Thai dishes among the World’s 50 Best Foods on its Facebook poll. The list is a reformatted and republished version of the original article published in 2011.

 

Mr. Yuthasak Supasorn, TAT Governor said, “We’re thankful for all the votes – a testament to the already solid reputation of the Amazing Thai Taste, which is part of our foodie tourism initiative to motivate tourists and foodies to embark on a culinary journey to taste signature Thai dishes in renowned venues across Thailand as the way to explore Thainess through food.”

 

The latest CNN Travel World’s 50 Best Foods list was compiled based on the votes of 35,000 readers via a Facebook poll. The seven Thai dishes in the list are Tom Yum Kung in fourth place, Phat Thai (fifth), Som Tam Papaya Salad (sixth), Massaman Curry (10th), Green Curry (19th), Chicken Fried Rice (24th) and Mu Nam Tok or spicy minced pork salad (36th).

 

According to CNN Travel writer, Tim Cheung, the original World’s 50 Best Foods article, which was released in 2011 “stimulated some impassioned debate about the conspicuous lack of French dishes and the merits of ketchup over mayonnaise” and so the online publication “threw it open to a vote on a Facebook poll.”

 

Mr. Yuthasak said, “The seven Thai dishes voted into this influential list shows how Thai Cuisine is increasingly perceived as a world-class culinary experience and Thailand a great destination for foodie tourism.”

 

TAT plays a large role in promoting Thai Cuisine through several initiatives, including launching the Amazing Thai Taste campaign in 2016, publishing several publications about Thai dishes and ingredients and the best places to find them, and sponsoring a large number of food-based events around the world.

 

This year, TAT has entered into a partnership with Michelin Travel Partner to publish a Michelin Guide Bangkok as well as with Gault & Millau to publish a bilingual Thailand guidebook in the Gault & Millau Belux 2018 edition. In May 2018, Thailand will host the UNWTO Conference on Gastronomy Tourism.

 

See more at TAT Newsroom

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/Travel_log/30321601

 

 

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Chicken fried rice is the 24th best dish in the world?  Is this list compiled by backpackers?

Obviously this list was compiled by people with a very limited knowledge of the Thai culinary arts. Have they never heard of pad thai over stuffed butterfly wings ?

Wait for it.....wait for it...

 

Minister of Tourism says "

Thailand Wake Up, Get With The Times, CNN is FAKE NEWS

3 hours ago, phantomfiddler said:

Obviously this list was compiled by people with a very limited knowledge of the Thai culinary arts. Have they never heard of pad thai over stuffed butterfly wings ?

Was told by an old gent who was a food distributor that many Thai dishes do not get made any more because they take too much time and effort.  Would be rather sad to lose such things. 

 

Never heard of pad thai over stuffed butterfly wings .

love Thai food. but best dishes worldwide? what an ambitious undertaking to compile such list. is there anywhere a link to the full list?
Chicken fried rice can be comforting. but to make it on that list is pathetic.

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It was a Facebook poll. 'Nuf said.

13 hours ago, StefanBBK said:

love Thai food. but best dishes worldwide? what an ambitious undertaking to compile such list. is there anywhere a link to the full list?
Chicken fried rice can be comforting. but to make it on that list is pathetic.

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http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/world-best-food-dishes/index.html

 

Link with pictures and commentary

http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/world-best-food-dishes/index.html

 

List with pictures and commentary

Thanks cereal - I almost fell over when I opened the list and found No. 50 as buttered popcorn.  Then I did fall over when No. 48 was potato chips ( crisps, not lovely fat, double fried chips).

22 hours ago, Cereal said:

http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/world-best-food-dishes/index.html

 

List with pictures and commentary

Thank You Cereal.

 

What a load of crap. Don't even want to discuss further.

Perhaps we can make our own TV list. I am sure it will be better.  

Was this list created by Thais living abroad?