Thai Salads
Yam and tam dishes — pounded or tossed, sour-forward, usually eaten with rice. 10 dishes.
Laab Moo
ลาบหมูHeat 4/5 · 60–120 THB
Laab Moo is minced pork Isaan salad — cooked pork dressed in lime juice, fish sauce, dried chilli, fresh mint, and the essential toasted rice powder (khao kua) that gives it a nutty crunch.
Larb
ลาบHeat 3/5 · 60–100 THB
Larb is a minced meat salad from Isaan and Laos, dressed with toasted rice powder, lime, fish sauce, and plenty of dried chilli. It's eaten warm, served with sticky rice, and is one of the most flavourful dishes in northern and northeastern Thai cuisine.
Nam Tok Moo
น้ำตกหมูHeat 3/5 · 80–150 THB
Nam Tok Moo is a waterfall pork salad — grilled pork sliced and tossed with toasted rice powder, shallots, spring onion, mint, lime juice, fish sauce, and chilli. Named for the dripping juices of grilled meat. A key Isaan dish.
Som Tum
ส้มตำHeat 4/5 · vegetarian option · 40–70 THB
Som Tum is a fiery green papaya salad pounded in a clay mortar with chillis, garlic, lime, and fish sauce. Originating from Isaan in northeast Thailand, it's bold, crunchy, sour, and genuinely hot.
Som Tum Poo Plara
ส้มตำปูปลาร้าHeat 5/5 · 50–90 THB
Som Tum Poo Plara is the most intensely flavoured regional variant of green papaya salad — made with raw pickled blue crab and fermented fish (plara) alongside the standard green papaya ingredients.
Som Tum Thai
ส้มตำไทยHeat 4/5 · vegetarian option · 40–70 THB
Som Tum Thai is the central Thai version of the classic green papaya salad, made with dried shrimp and peanuts — subtly sweeter and less fermented than the Isaan original. Pounded fresh to order in a clay mortar, it is crunchy, sour, salty, and fiery.
Yam Mama
ยำมาม่าHeat 3/5 · 40–70 THB
Yam Mama is a Thai instant noodle salad — a popular, fun street food where instant Mama noodles are tossed undrained with lime, fish sauce, chilli, minced pork, and fresh herbs into a lively, spicy salad.
Yam Neua
ยำเนื้อHeat 3/5 · 80–160 THB
Yam Neua is a Thai grilled beef salad — sliced beef dressed in a bold lime-fish sauce-chilli dressing with shallots, lemongrass, and fresh mint.
Yam Talay
ยำทะเลHeat 3/5 · 100–250 THB
Yam Talay is a mixed seafood salad — prawns, squid, and mussels tossed in a fiery lime and chilli dressing with lemongrass, shallots, and fresh herbs.
Yam Wun Sen
ยำวุ้นเส้นHeat 3/5 · 60–120 THB
Yam Wun Sen is a spicy glass noodle salad combining cellophane noodles with minced pork, prawns, dried shrimp, celery, and a sharp dressing of lime juice, fish sauce, and chilli. Light, refreshing, and intensely flavoured.