Spices and various plants used in Thai cooking are herbs, which have medicinal properties that can heal illness. The benefits of herbs used in Thai food may not always be obviously known, so the following are examples of herbs used in Thai cooking are cited for reference below.

Corey, of the blog "See Corey Run," recounts her two runs of the evening, which were capped off with some tasty Thai food! ;-)

They have 50% off in ALL their maki rolls from 4-7pm during weekdays. Wow.

KHAO PHAD MU YANG 1 cup cooked rice 100 grams pork with some fat, 1 egg 1 spring shallot, cut into short lenths 1 cucumber, 2 spring shallots 2 tbsp. sliced onion, 1 sliced lemon 1/2 tsp. ground pepper 1 tsp. chopped garlic, 1/2 tsp. sugar 1/2 tbsp. fish sauce 1/2 tbsp. oyster sauce 1 tsp. light soy sauce 3 tbsp. cooking oil

Click here to check out what Penn alum doctor and actor Roy Vongtama (C'96) told us from his appearance from this week's episode of Style Network's "Hot Guys Who Cook".

Street food is food obtainable from a street-corner vendor, often from a makeshift or portable stall. While some street foods are regional, many are not, having spread beyond their region of origin. The food and green groceries sold in farmer's market may also fall into this category, including the food exhibited and sold in various gatherig fairs, such as agricultural show and state fair. Most street food is both finger and fast food. Food and green groceries are available on the street for a fraction of the cost of a restaurant meal and a supermarket.Concerns of cleanliness and freshness often discourage people from eating street food. Lack of refrigeration is often construed as a lack of cleanliness or hygiene; on the other hand, street food often uses particularly fresh ingredients for this very reason.Street food is intimately connected with take-out, junk food, snacks, and fast food; it is distinguished by its local flavor and by being purchased on the sidewalk, without entering any building. Both take-out and fast food are often sold from counters inside buildings. Increasingly the line is blurred, as restaurants such as McDonald's begin to offer window counters.With the increasing pace of globalization and tourism, the safety of street food become one of the major concerns of public health, and a focus for governments and scientists to raise public awarenesses , , , . FSA hence provides comprehensive guidances of food safety for the vendors, traders and retailors of the street food sector . Other effective ways of curbing the safety of street foods are through mystery shopping programs, through training and rewarding programs to market stallers, through regulatory governing and membership management programs, or through technical testing programs , , , , .