Southern Thai food does not hold your hand. It is characterized by an uncompromising, aggressive approach to spice and umami ...

A detailed guide breaks down Thai curry pastes, highlighting the balance of herbs, spices, and aromatics that define each ...

Gaeng (or kaeng, or gang, or geng) curry tells a story of culture, trade, and regional identity that goes far beyond the familiar tricolor. Alexandra Domrongchai is a food and travel writer based out ...

Curry is something of a paradox. It's a word that was born of misunderstanding between cultures, and yet it has come to name and define dishes all around the world. Indian and Thai dishes are often ...

Thai curries often use pastes and fresh herbs, and the heat comes through sooner rather than later. They can be soupier thanks to the addition of coconut milk or water. And take your protein pick with ...

The best curry I’ve ever tasted was at a pop-up beer garden near the banks of the Mekong River on the border between Thailand and Laos. The proprietors had pieced together a kitchen from a series of ...

I’ve always loved Thai Fresh. The little neighborhood restaurant on Mary and South Fifth streets in South Austin has been the host of many lunch dates, book club meetings and post-library ice creams ...

The first time I wrote about Thai Avenue in Garden Grove, I said they didn’t serve curries. They didn’t, one of the owners told me, because they wanted to serve the food they eat at home, and they don ...

“Rarely do I order a curry that it so good I just want to drink it,” a friend said a few bites into a meal at the new Thai Mint restaurant near Chapel Hills Mall. He was leaning over a steaming bowl ...

In the dark days BPE — that’s Before Pearl Era — many of San Antonio’s most rewarding restaurants were Thai. And yet I have been guilty for a few years now of abandoning the subtle yet scintillating ...