Some popular types of ethnic foods include Italian, French, Japanese, Chinese, American, Cajun, Thai, and Indian cuisine.

Kaeng phet pet yang ( Thai roast duck curry ) is an example of early fusion cuisine of the Multiculturalism | cosmopolitan court of the Ayutthaya Kingdom ( 1350 CE to 1767 CE ) combining Thai cuisine | Thai red curry, Chinese roast duck and grapes originally from Persia

Thai cuisine is the national cuisine of Thailand.

The spiciness of Thai cuisine is well known.

As an acknowledged expert of Thai cuisine, David Thompson, explains in an interview: " Thai food ain't about simplicity.

Thai cuisine is more accurately described as four regional cuisines corresponding to the four main regions of the country: Northern, Northeastern ( or Isan ), Central, and Southern, each cuisine sharing similar foods or foods derived from those of neighboring countries and regions: Burma to the northwest, the Chinese province of Yunnan and Laos to the north, Vietnam and Cambodia to the east and Malaysia to the south of Thailand.

In addition to these four regional cuisines, there is also the Thai Royal Cuisine which can trace its history back to the cosmopolitan palace cuisine of the Ayutthaya kingdom ( 1351 – 1767 CE ).

Its refinement, cooking techniques and use of ingredients were of great influence to the cuisine of the Central Thai plains.

Thai cuisine and the culinary traditions and cuisines of Thailand's neighbors have mutually influenced one another over the course of many centuries.

The cuisine of Northeastern ( or Isan ) Thailand is similar to southern Lao cuisine whereas northern Thai cuisine shares many dishes with northern Lao cuisine and the cuisine of Shan state in Burma.

Dishes such as kaeng kari ( yellow curry ) and kaeng matsaman ( massaman curry ) are Thai adaptations of dishes originating in the cuisine of India and the cuisine of Persia.

Usually served in peanut sauce, Thai satay have various recipes, such as chicken, beef, pork to vegetarian variants that employs soy protein strips or tofu.

Vanessa Lewis is a black Vale Tudo / Muay Thai kickboxer with two completely separate moves sets that can be switched between on the fly, and Lei-Fei, a Shaolin monk, employs many stances that flow into one another.

The Chakkri dynasty under Rama I held the Burmese at bay, while Rama II and Rama III helped to shape much of Thai society, but also led to Thai setbacks as the Europeans moved into areas surrounding modern Thailand and curtailed any claims the Thai had over Cambodia, in dispute with Burma and Vietnam.

Amaranth greens, also called Chau lai ( Hindi ) and Chu or Chua ( Kumauni ), Chinese spinach, hinn choy or yin tsoi (); callaloo, dhantinasoppu ( ದ ಂ ಟ ಿ ನ ಸ ೊ ಪ ್ ಪ ು) / harive ( ಹರ ಿ ವ ೆ) ( Kannada ); త ో టక ూ ర ( Telugu ); Rajgira ( र ा जग ी र ा) ( Marathi ); ம ு ள ை க ் க ீ ர ை ( Tamil ); cheera ച ീ ര ( Malayalam ); bayam ( Indonesian ); phak khom ผ ั กโขม ( Thai ); tampala, or quelite ( Oriya ); Khada Saga, are a common leaf vegetable throughout the tropics and in many warm temperate regions.

Its hourglass-shaped leaves ( comprising the leaf blade plus a flattened, leaf-like leaf-stalk or petiole ) are widely used in Thai and Lao cuisine ( for dishes such as tom yum ), and Cambodian cuisine ( for the base paste " Krueng ").

The leaf of the tree has been traditionally used for its medicinal properties and is known as kratom ( Thai: กระท ่ อม ).

Its name derives from the Sanskrit word for " wheel " or " turning " ( चक ् र ं, pronounced in Hindi ; Pali: cakka चक ् क, Oriya: ଚକ ୍ ର, Malayalam: ചക ് ര ം, Thai: จ ั กระ, Telugu: చక ్ రo, Tamil: சக ் கரம ், Kannada: ಚಕ ್ ರ, Chinese: 輪 / 轮, pinyin: lún,, Wylie: khor lo ).

The khim is the name of both the Thai and the Khmer hammered dulcimer.

* Kaos, the name by which Thai film director Wych Kaosayananda is credited in the film Ballistic: Ecks vs.

During the reign of Rama III ( 1824 – 1851 ,) a Scottish trader had experimental coins struck in England at the king's behest, Though not adopted for use, the name of the country put on these first coins was Muang Thai, not Siam.

This is reflected in the country's modern name, Prathet Thai or Thai ‐ land, used since 1939 ( although the name was reverted to Siam during 1945 – 49 ), in which prathet means " nation ".

The Royal Thai Armed Forces ( is the name of the military of the Kingdom of Thailand.

One survey held in 2003 by the Kellogg School of Management and Sasin Institute showed that Thai cuisine ranked 4th when people were asked to name an ethnic cuisine, after Italian, French and Chinese cuisine.

** Siam officially changes its French name to " Thaïlande " ( English name to " Thailand "), having officially changed its Thai name to " Prated Thai " since 1939.

Aromatic rices have definite aromas and flavors ; the most noted cultivars are Thai fragrant rice, Basmati, Patna rice, Vietnamese fragrant rice, and a hybrid cultivar from America, sold under the trade name Texmati.

In the Thai solar calendar of Thailand, the name (" Waan Arthit ") is derived from Aditya, and the associated color is red.

The Thai name for the insect and the substance is " khrang " ( Thai: คร ั่ ง ).

The administration of these nagara was entrusted to members of the royal family, who bore the title of Bhre i. e. Bhra i, " lord of " ( the word bhra being akin to the Thai Phra ), followed by the name of the land they were entrusted with: for example a sister of king Hayam Wuruk ( r. 1350-1389 ) was " Bhre Lasem ", " lady of Lasem ".

The name of New Zealand's most celebrated thoroughbred horse, Phar Lap, derives from the shared Zhuang and Thai word for lightning.

Erawan (, from Pāḷi Erāvana, or Sanskrit Airāvana ) is the Thai name of Airavata.

Thai dishes use a wide variety of herbs, spices and leaves rarely found in the West, such as kaffir lime leaves ( bai makrut ).

Further often used herbs in Thai cuisine include phak chi, ( cilantro or coriander ), rak phak chi ( cilantro / coriander roots ), culantro ( phak chi farang ), spearmint ( saranae ), and pandanus leaves ( bai toei ).

Among the green leafy vegetables that are usually eaten raw in the meal or as a side dish in Thailand, the most important are: Phak bung ( morning-glory ), hōrapha ( Thai basil ), bai bua bok ( Asian pennywort ), phak kachēt ( water mimosa ), phak kat khao ( Chinese cabbage ), kra thin Thai ( ipil-ipil ), phak phai ( Praew leaves ), phak kayang ( Rice Paddy Herb ), phak chī farang ( Eryngium foetidum ), phak tiu ( Cratoxylum formosum ), phak " phaai " ( Yellow Burr Head ) and kalampī ( cabbage ).

Fresh Thai basil ( bai horapa ) is also one of the standard accompaniments for larb in Thailand.

Common additives are fish sauce, sugar, Thai eggplant, bamboo shoots, thai basil ( bai horapha ), and meat such as chicken, beef, pork, shrimp, frog, snake or duck.

Similar forms are found in the hovering winged disc and sacred trees of Mesopotamia, the caduceus wand of Hermes, the ubiquitous scrolled scallop shells in the canopy of the renaissance sculptural niche, originating in Greek and Roman sarcophagi, echoed above theatrical proscenium arches and on the doors, windows, wrought iron gates and balconies of palaces and grand houses ; the shell-like fanlight over the door in Georgian and similar urban architecture, the ' gul ' and ' boteh ' motifs of Central Asian carpets and textiles, the trident of Neptune / Poseidon, both the trident and lingam of Shiva, the ' bai sema ' lotus-petal-shaped boundary markers of the Thai inner-temple, Vishnu's mount, Garuda, the vajra thunderbolt, diamond mace or enlightenment jewel-in-the-lotus of Tibet and South-East Asia, the symmetrically scrolled cloud and bat motifs and the similarly scrolled ruyi or ju-i scepter and lingzhi or fungus of longevity of the Chinese tradition.

In Thai cuisine, the leaves are known as bai po

In Thai cuisine, the leaves of the Corchorus olitorius ( locally known as bai po ; ) are eaten blanched, together with plain rice congee.

This plant (; kra ) is mentioned in Thai literature.

Khanom chin is fresh Thai rice vermicelli made from fermented rice, well-known from dishes such as khanom chin kaeng khiao wan kai ( rice noodles with green chicken curry ).