Condiments

Thais love condiments. The usual places one would see these are noodle stalls and congee/rice porridge shops.

For noodles, the standard condiments are dried ground chillies, sliced green chillies in vinegar, ground peanuts and sugar. Non-Thais are usually appalled at the thought of adding sugar to noodle soup. There is also some fish sauce (nam pla) available.

For congee the choice of condiments is less uniform. This would may include chopped up coriander and spring onions, pickled vegetables (tang chai), fried vermicelli, slivers of ginger, ground white pepper, deep fried shallots and garlic, and sliced chilles in vinegar. A favourite of some is deep fried pork skin, hmm yum.