How to relish the best of Thai food?

Having Thai food is a heavenly experience and when you are in Thailand, you have a vast range to choose from. To make sure that you get to experience all the wide varieties of Thai cuisine along with not compromising on your health, you can follow these tips:

Go for the lighter, stir-fried dishes and the fresh spring rolls instead of fried spring rolls.

Steer clear of heavy sauces and deep-fried entrees.

Ask that your meal be cooked with vegetable oil rather than coconut oil or lard.

Choose chicken over duck, but limit meat, poultry and seafood portions.

Limit dishes with coconut milk, which is high in saturated fat.

Avoid soy and other sauces if you are watching your sodium intake, and ask that MSG be left out.

Choose srit-fired dishes instead of dishes with coconut milk. Say for example, go for Tom yam goong (hot and sour shrimp soup) instead of Tom ka gai (chicken in coconut milk soup with mushrooms and lime juice).

Go for steamed rice instead of fired rice. Say, Khao newo kaew (sweet sticky rice) instead of Gluay kaeg (banana slices dipped in coconut batter and fried).

When you are out on a holiday try to keep in light on your stomach, coz it may take some time to adjust to the new climatic conditions and cuisine.