A soup made from tamarind broth flavoured with pineapple, tomatoes, chilli, okra, beansprouts, fried garlic and spring onions (US: scallions, salad onions), coriander (US: cilantro) and other herbs and spices. It may then have added to it prawns or chicken of beef.

A soup of chicken with sour leaves that grow wild on bushes in the countryside.

Chinese bellfower. A plant of the Campanula family indigenous to South East Asia. In Korea, where the root, either dried or fresh, is often used in salads, gimchi and the like, it is more commonly found with white bells than with the blue bells found elsewhere.

A smoky flavoured dish of aubergines (US: eggplants) with spring onions (US: scallions) stewed in sunflower oil.

Pangasius sanitwonsei. A catfish which can grow to 3 meters length, but more usually found at just over a meter. It is less useful in cooking than many of its relations, being high in fat.

A version of spring rolls prepared without frying. Grated carrots, onions and shredded cloud ear mushrooms are wrapped in egg rice paper, rolled, and served with a dipping sauce.