Thai Restaurants Quick Guide

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Thai Restaurants Quick GuideWhat to Eat When Dining at Thai RestaurantsFrom Jennifer R. Scott, former About.com Guide

Updated January 10, 2010

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See More About:healthy restaurant choicesthai foodthai restaurants Thai restaurants offer a variety of flavorful dishes that combine flavors like spicy, sweet, bitter, and sour. Vegetable- and noodle-based dishes -- such as yum salads, which are rich with vegetables -- and steamed foods are among good choices; others, such as curries prepared with coconut milk or deep-fried foods, are less preferable. Here is a quick guide to healthy choices at Thai restaurants:

Good Choices:yam or yum salad (vegetables and noodles)larb (meat-based salad)nam pla (as a sauce or dressing)soup (e.g. tom yum koong or tom yum kai)steamed dumplingsseafood-based dishes (e.g. steamed mussels)

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