Tom Kha Gai

Looks like a thai green curry, but not exactly. Taste wise, quite close to a tom yam but much less spicier. This thai coconut chicken soup is a good choice where there are times we decide to break off from the spicy stuff and just relax on a savoury soup.

Chicken chunks, oyster mushrooms, lemongrass, galangal and bits of chopped red chillis dip in the coconut soup ending with little little coriander leaves.

One might assume the hero of this might be either the soup or the chicken chunks. But oh no, main star of this dish are the oyster mushrooms. You know, Batman? The oyster mushroom is Batman. The soup will be Robin.

Goes so well together, the mushrooms absorbing the coconut soup and just melts in my mouth. Almost got me dancing around the coconut tree. Also every ingredient plays a part, chicken chunks goes well with rice and the soup, those herbs including the galangal and lemongrass just brings out the flavour elevating the dish even further. So like tom yam, there is sour, savoury but a level one or two spicy.

Another one goes to Thailand, or my wife, rather.

4.3/5 Stars