Som Tam - Thai Papaya Salad

I have heard of this dish for a long time ...saw it numerous time while watching Channel 703 at Astro ...and saw it in my Thai cookbook ...but never tasted it myself ...until last Sunday!

it was marvelous - a hint of hot and spicy, a bit sourish ...and some crunchy papaya, tomatoes and peanuts ...and it is supposed to be eaten with raw cabbage, and raw long beans ...and with a choice of plain bee hoon or sticky rice ...i chose the former ...

very plain ....but when you combined it with som tum, it becames really flavourful ....loves it!!!!

I ended up having som tum again the night before we left Bangkok ...this time I bought it from a street vendor in from of the Victory Monument Station ...about 5 minutes walk from our hotel ...it was, again, really tasty!

this is where i bought it ...only 25 baht ...that is a really huge mortar ...where they pounded the papaya and all the ingredients all at once without spilling anything out in a messy manner ...perhaps I should get this type of mortar and pestle in order to make great papaya salad ...emmm???