TasteAtlas has namedkhao soi as the number one soup in the world, and the internet has so many questions. Us included. This is why many are confused by khao soi getting the #1 spot.
According to Cambridge Dictionary, a soup (n.) is a usually hot, liquid food made from vegetables, meat, or fish. What about Oxford? They describe it as “a liquid food made by boiling meat, vegetables, etc. in water, often eaten as the first course of a meal.”
That’s very understandable. When we think of soup, we think of liquid food. Most of the time it’s hot, but there are also cold soups, such as gazpacho and chilled soups. It can be sweet, sour, savoury, salty, and made with vegetables, various kinds of meat, or sometimes even fruits. There are so many kinds of soups with different variations in every corner in the world, served in your homes or cafes, to fine dining. But one thing’s in common: they’re basically liquid food.
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What’s the deal withkhao soi being named the world’s best soup?
Now let’s take a look at khao soi. It’s a bowl of rice noodles over a broth made with various ingredients, including coconut milk. It’s sometimes described as akin to massaman curry with thinner consistency, and there’s a lot of variations spread across Northern Thailand, as well as neighbouring countries.
In the case of TasteAtlas, it comes down more to a cultural difference. We understand that there’s a broth under all the ingredients in khao soi, but it’d be rare to find a local who actually calls it a soup.After all, we treat khao soi as a main course, not a starter, and we see it as an iteration of a noodle or a curry dish. The dish on its own would never fall into the soup category. Furthermore, there are also variations such as the khao soi noi songkhrueang, which contains no broth part at all. In fact, it is almost always the rich noodle part we think of when we think of khao soi.
Rant aside, this is cause for celebration. Thai cuisine is inarguably one of the big things people associate with our country, and one of the things we are most proud of. Especially as Northern Thai cuisine is sometimes overlooked, it’s nice to see a dish likekhao soi get the spotlight.According to TasteAtlas, khao soi holds the #1 spot, being the best soup in the world, with tom yum in the 12th spot, and tom kha gai following closely in the 13th.
When you’re taking your next trip to the North, pop by some local places and try the khao soi. But if you’re craving some for tonight, we have a list of places in Bangkok, too. Whatever you do, see how the chef feels when you tell them you think this world-renowned “soup” is sublime. It’ll be an interesting social experiment. Thanks TasteAtlas.
(The information in this article is accurate as on the date of publication.)
We understand that there's a broth under all the ingredients in khao soi, but it'd be rare to find a local who actually calls it a soup. After all, we treat khao soi as a main course, not a starter, and we see it as an iteration of a noodle or a curry dish. The dish on its own would never fall into the soup category.
The name means "cut rice" and is derived from the Tai-Kadai language family. In Myanmar, it is known as "khao swè", an adaptation of the original name.
Meet khao soi, the Thai creamy noodle dish that topped an online ranking for world's best soup. Last month, khao soi beat 99 other soup dishes from around the world to top the rankings on TasteAtlas, an online food guide for travellers.
Tom Yum Noodle Soup is a spicy and sour soup full of flavor. It is made from rice noodles, shrimp, chicken or pork, mushrooms and is flavored with lemongrass, camphor lime leaves and galangal. Tom Yum is a popular Thai soup and the addition of noodles makes it even more filling.
It's popular because its a very approachable dish for first-timers and for those who've had Thai food before (and obviously because it's delicious). However, khao soi is very different from other northern Thai dishes with its inclusion of non-local ingredients like coconut milk and wheat noodles.
Khao soi is a fragrant coconut milk based soup that's popular in Southeast Asia, hailing from Myanmar and Northern Thailand. Sometimes also spelt as khow suey, khow soi, or khao suey, this is one of those recipes that has a hundred variations which all have one thing in common — incredible flavour!
Laksa vs Khao Soi: The two dishes are similar but not the same. Laksa is often served in a large, cavernous bowl with lots of toppings, two types of noodles (hokkien and vermicelli) with cubes of deep fried tofu and seafood with a coconut milk based soup.
Khao Soi is traditionally eaten with chopsticks (as noodle dishes are in Thailand) and a large soup spoon. You can find it most anywhere throughout Thailand, but the best can be surely found up north in Chiang Mai at a variety of different restaurants and food stalls.
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Tom Yum soup – everybody's favourite Thai soup is finally here! Choose from the classic clear Tom Yum Goong, or make the creamy Tom Yum version – both are made with the same broth. Simple to make using whole fresh OR peeled frozen prawns / shrimp, this is astonishingly easy to make once you've gathered the ingredients!
Tom Yum is often considered the national dish of Thailand. It is eaten everywhere by everyone. It is a staple meal in Thai culture, and is a firm favourite with tourists as well.
Khao Soi has often been likened to Thai Yellow Curry, Massaman Curry and even Laksa. However, while this dish is creamy, it has a thinner more soup-like consistency in comparison to typical Thai curries.
khao means rice and soi means to julienne. It's an interesting name because there is no rice involved in the process. Some say this is because the dish used to use rice noodles made by julienning sheets of dough.
Khao Poon uses rice vermicelli noodles whereas Khao Soi uses egg noodles. Khao Poon makes use of both ginger and lemongrass as part of it's broth, whereas Khao Soi makes use of ginger and garlic it's flavoring.
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