I get asked regularly by Thais, " What are my favourite Thai dishes ? "

It took an hour to come down to approx 10 dishes and now I've sorted it to my top 5

I deliberately excluded the venue/s that way the focus / comments are on the meal itself.

Exclusions are Japanese Chinese and other Non Thai cusine.

These are not in any favourite order

1 - Khao Soi Gai - Chiang Mai curry chicken noodles

2 - Larp - Duck, Chicken, Beef, Fish ( no offal ) fresh and dry chillis, rice powder, fish sauce, purple onions and spicier the better. Could also add Nam Tok as its the same receipe.

3 - Gang Som Cha Om Goong - Spicy soup with egg ommlette and prawns )

4 - Poo Phat Pong Curry - Sweet curry sauce with crab / stir friend egg and vegetables

5 - Pad Krapow Gai - Chicken with chilli, spicy basil and fried egg on a bed of steamed rice.

Durian season now...So when my wife Nok make me Massaman Curry WITH DURIAN...man that's my favvo Thai/Issan dish.

1. I'd agree with the Pad Krapow but I generally have it with pork, while more fatty it has more flavour.

2. I'm a man of simple taste and my local noodle shop is hard to beat for simplicity. The fact it's remained open for years and outlived other attempts in the village says a lot.

3. I like BBQ'd chicken with sticky rice as well, again we have our favourite vendor not far from the new Tesco.

4. I forget the name of the curried noodle dish but the eggs noodles served are hard and crispy with veg.

5. Larb dib I believe is the name of the raw beef larb. Larb tartare! A favourite of the family so I eat quite often again with sticky rice.

Khao Mok Gai Moo Nam Tok Khao Soi Som Tam Kapoad Yam Pakboong Tort

Fair call, Tam

Only discovered Som Tam Kapoad on my last trip to Bangkok. Damn fine eating. Chicken & Cashew nuts, Massamun Curry and Chicken Kapow about pull me up.

Baz

Quitill with loksin (Noodle Soup with meat balls)
Krapow Gai or Pork
Glutinous Rice, Nam Pic and Larp Beef - Larp Venison during Venison season when we were living in the U.S.
Chicken Soup My wifes Thai Recipe
Thai Rice Soup with ground chicken
I like everything my wife cooks.

Yum pla duk fu
http://shesimmers.com/2010/09/thai-cris ... d-duk.html

Cashew chicken
https://thaifoodmaster.com/preparation/ ... VIOXY7frb0

Mango and sticky rice
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/150313/tha ... o-mamuang/

Pla sam rod
http://thailandintrigue.blogspot.com/20 ... m-rod.html

Yum tua plu
http://www.realthairecipes.com/recipes/wing-bean-salad/

My five favourite Thai dishes are Nom, Nee, Meow, Chum & Porn.

Pad Kaprow Moo......
Moo & Cashew Nuts....
Massaman Moo....
Pad Thai Gung.....
Fried Vermacelli Gung or Moo.....

Sea Bass ma now
Sea Bass Choo Chi Plah
Pad Grapow pork mince with fried egg
Pork Panang
Chicken red curry

In my early days visiting Thailand I once went on a mission to order krapow moo(pork) but by the time I reached the favourite little family restaurant moo had became maa. Needless to say I never got what I asked for and I never asked for it again once I returned with the krapow moo and the Mrs had explained what I'd actually asked for.

I wonder if I'd pronounced it as หมา or ม้า, being very new to the language I never knew there was a difference back then.

It's fair to say Thai food has much to choose from with very varied flavours. I don't think I've seen as much variety in any other national cuisine, certainly outside Asia anyway.

Nam phrik ong

Soup hang uwa

Pad mee Korat

Larp hed

Pad ped phrik yuak

For me most non-soup noodle dishes as long as not to spicy and does not have sea food. Also mango with sticky rice, cashew chicken fried rice and Thai Style sweet and sour chicken