Thai food is one of the world's truly great cuisines. It offers an enormous range of dishes and a subtle blend of flavours. Creativity in cooking stems partly from the Thais' love of good food, and partly from the wealth of ingredients available. The country possesses an abundance of vegetables and fruit, herbs and spices, succulent seafood and fresh farm produce, and all are wonderfully used in the near unlimited recipes of the Thai culnary art.

Although Thais generally prefer hot, spicy food, not all dishes are equally fiery. Thai food is never bland, but it can be modulated to please most palates. Moreover, such are the richness and variety of ingredients and methods of preparations, that no matter how often you dine on Thai food, there is always some fresh, delicious discovery to be made.