Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love tom yum except the bad smell/odor. what is it, fish sauce?

You should not be able to smell fish sauce. It is a flavoring that transform the dish by giving an umami taste, but if you are able to smell and taste the fish sauce then you are doing it wrong.

Agree so much. I hate fish and all things fishy, but when I find a pad thai place that does it right, it's amazing. There are plenty of places that do this wrong.

Anonymous wrote:Is it coconut milk or coconut cream? I never know the difference or which to buy.

Milk.

Anonymous wrote:I love tom yum except the bad smell/odor. what is it, fish sauce?

You should not be able to smell fish sauce. It is a flavoring that transform the dish by giving an umami taste, but if you are able to smell and taste the fish sauce then you are doing it wrong.

Super common in Thai food and delicious!

Is it coconut milk or coconut cream? I never know the difference or which to buy.

It is south east asian.

I use it a lot in curries and soups.

One of my favorite fast and easy dinners is a bok choy and frozen dumpling soup that uses Thai curry paste and coconut milk to make a broth soup base. It’s pretty good!

I love tom yum except the bad smell/odor. what is it, fish sauce?

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the book recommendation! I was thinking of Thai soup I've had in restaurants, but only the broth. I wasn't sure if it was a thing. Glad I asked!

Tom kha gai has broth and coconut milk. Tom yum is just broth.

https://hot-thai-kitchen.com/tom-ka-gai/

Another is khao poon which is a Laotian dish. It’s coconut milk, curry, chicken, noodles, etc. PaDaek, a Lao and Thai restaurant in Falls Church has it.

Thanks for the book recommendation! I was thinking of Thai soup I've had in restaurants, but only the broth. I wasn't sure if it was a thing. Glad I asked!

I make both Tom Kha and Tom Yum Thai soup.

I learned Thai cooking by following recipes from "The Elegant Taste of Thailand: Cha Am Cuisine" This is one of the best cookbooks I found and teaches you how to cook from scratch. Once you learn that, you can improvise easily.

Anonymous wrote:Yum. Yes.

Tom yum

Yum. Yes.

Does anyone ever make coconut milk and broth soup, with spices? (Is this an odd question?)