Tom Yum Goong or Hot and Sour Prawn soup is Thai cuisines’ most famous dish both within The Kingdom and in the many Thai restaurants around the globe. In Thailand, it is served in a charcoal steamboat and eaten with rice. Each region in Thailand has a different recipe for this ubiquitous dish but the version below originates in Bangkok and is probably the most common.

Many recipes for Thai Green Curry recommend making your own curry paste. But in multicultural Sydney, any Asian grocery will have a selection of packaged curry pastes, which can be used if you do not want to make your own.

However, some Thai dishes such as Green Papaya Salad with Prawns can be made with just a papaya shredder and a sturdy mortar and pestle.