Isan Cuisine

Abstract

Isan cuisine represents the local food culture, with uniqueness in flavor and taste from natural ingredients, few condiments, and simple cooking processes, due to the rushed lifestyle of the population of the region. Categories of Isan cuisine include Kaeng/Om (curry), Tom (soups), Larb/Koi (meat salad), Jaeo (dips), steamed/roasted/grilled/Mok, Som Tam (papaya salad)/fruit and vegetable salads. The use of sugar is suppressed, but sweetness is complemented by natural ingredients