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6 unusual facts about Thai cuisine


Bitterne Park

There has been a recent boom in take-away restaurants in Bitterne Triangle, including a fish and chip shop, a kebab house, Chinese restaurants, an American pizza house, Thai restaurants and an Indian restaurant.

Fold-Pak

Fold-Pak manufactures Bio-Paks, SmartServ, and Fold-Pak - which is commonly used for Chinese and Thai food.

Lisa the Tree Hugger

Bart, needing money for the new video game console Gamestation 256, takes a job hanging menus on doors for a Thai restaurant.

Ocimum

Thai basil (O. basilicum var. thyrsiflora) is a common ingredient in Thai cuisine, with a strong flavour similar to aniseed, used to flavour Thai curries and stir-fries.

Tommy Miah

In Bangladesh, Miah’s recipes for of any types of cuisine such as Bangladeshi, Thai, Indian and Chinese meals can be requested through text message from any Banglalink mobile phone.

William Scorpion

It comprises 12 stables for 12 horses, rooms for guests and a Thai-beef noodle restaurant called Kaew Noodles.


Galangal

The rhizomes are used in various Asian cuisines (for example in Thai and Lao tom yum and tom kha gai soups, Vietnamese Huế cuisine (tré) and throughout Indonesian cuisine, for example, in soto).

Kowloon Restaurant

After three generations of ownership by the same family the restaurant has grown several times and a large range of Cantonese, Szechuan, Sushi, Polynesian, Japanese, and Thai cuisines are served in several themed dining rooms and lounges.

The Cheesecake Factory

The Cafe offers, in addition to American and European-style food, Thai, Malaysian, Caribbean cuisine, and others.


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