The word “Salad” we translate as“Yum” in Thai but the taste and its looks are not the same as your salad which is variety of vegetables served with different kinds of dressing, while we add many kinds of herbs and it’s spicy.

We call “Yum” for "Spicy Salad". Most of our yum-type dishes are sour and spicy but you can adjust the taste as your flavor. There are many kinds of yum. Yum usually consists of a type of meat or seafood and basically lemon juice, fish sauce, chilies and other vegetables. If you make a good taste of seasoning then you will have a great yum.

Thai people usually eat yum as an appetizer. Some people use it as a type of food which you eat along while drinking. It’s not common to have yum as a part of main meal but for me, I can eat it with rice.