Chiang Mai Restaurants Articles by hotelATM 2010-03-30T03:48:45+00:00 hotelATM http://hotelATM.com/info/about.htm no-reply@hotelATM.com tag:hotel-travel-chiangmai.com,blog-92 1 1 25 Thai Food and Cuisine tag:hotel-travel-chiangmai.com,blog-92.post-203 2010-03-30T03:48:45+00:00 Thai food is generally spicy and uses a lot of chili, ginger, garlic, pepper, cumin seed, lemon grass, basil leaves, knob khaa, coriander, and manglak. These are used along with curry past, biachan, nam prik, and nam pla to flavor various dishes. A lot of seafood is used in Thai dishes, whether it's simply a meat dish or an elaborate salad made for the main course.