Southeast Asian cuisine
Pho and satay
Southeast Asian cuisine encompasses the food traditions of countries like Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
These cuisines share characteristics: fresh herbs, rice or noodles as staples, fish sauce, coconut milk, and balancing sweet, sour, salty, and spicy elements.
We ordered Southeast Asian cuisine for the office lunch.
Regional variations are vast, but the cooking emphasizes brightness and aromatic intensity over heavy sauces.
- stir-fryingRapid high-heat cooking
- wok heiSmoky stir-fry flavor
- pad thaiSoutheast Asian stir-fried noodles
- lemongrassFragrant tropical culinary grass
- fish sauceFermented anchovy condiment
galangal · spring roll · shrimp paste · fish ball · coconut milk · palm sugar · tamarind · pho · nasi lemak · jasmine rice · banana leaf · rendang · fermenting · adobo · steaming · chili peppers · mortar and pestle · sticky rice
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