What types of food are available in Thailand? 

Several type of specialized cuisine restaurants belonging to different region of the world such as, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Mexican, Indian food are found mainly in large cities. Whereas, Thai cuisines are found all over in Thailand .

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What's Special about Thai food ? 

"Thai food offers a variety of flavors and tastes. The subtle mixing of herbs and spices and market-fresh ingredients makes dining a special culinary experience."

Eating ranks high on the Thai scale of pleasures, and meals are informal affairs. The staple is rice, either ordinary or glutinous, accompanied by a variety of dishes that can be eaten in almost any order, and seasoned to individual taste with several condiments such as fish sauce and chilli peppers. Most often there will be a soup of some kind, a curry, a steamed or fried dish, a salad, and one or more basic sauces. Desserts may consist of fresh fruit or one of the many traditional Thai sweets.
There are several popular Thai dishes namely: the green curry ( kaeng khieo wan ) to which is usually added poultry or fish; a hot curry known as kaeng phet , and a milder version called kaeng phanaeng all are based on coconut milk. Tom Yam , the famous hot and sour soup, a creamy coconut milk soup made with chicken called tom kha kai. Yam , the tangy salads, is a Central invention. Haw mok , little banana leaf cups of a soufflé-like mix made from red curry paste, egg and coconut milk, with seafood added, are a popular snack item. Phat pet is a stir-fry with basil and curry paste. Som tam , the spicy green papaya salad highly popular in the Northeast. Khao soi , a curry broth with egg noodles and chicken, pork or beef; Khanom chin nam yaa is soft thin rice noodles with pork rib, tomatoes and black bean sauce.

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How should Foreigners Greet Thai people?

Hello (Male speaker): Sawasdee Krup, Hello (Female speaker): Sawasdee Kaa

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  I would like to learn Thai Cooking. Are there any intensive cooking courses?

 Most of the major hotels that have their own in-house Thai restaurant will offer cooking classes, either as intensive hands-on sessions or as watch-and-eat events. In addition there are cooking schools that provide basic skills sufficient to prepare a Thai meal in your own home, or even training to professional standards.
The major institutes include: The Thai Cooking School at The Oriental Hotel, Benjarong Cooking Class at the Dusit Thani, Modern Women Cooking School, Nipa Restaurant at The Landmark Hotel, UFM Baking & Cooking School, Chiang Mai Cookery School, Silom Thai Cooking School, Samui Institute of Thai Culinary Art, Culinary Workshops at The Boathouse, BAN ING NAM Health Resort & Spa.
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  I would like to learn Thai. Are there any intensive language courses?

As the country takes its place on the international stage, its influence grows around the world. Increasingly, people take Thai language lessons for business and educational purposes, or simply build a short language course into their stay in the country for fun. As a result, a number of commercial Thai language centers catering for expatriates and visitors have emerged to give people an insight into the language.