Thai green mango with sweet shrimp paste (มะม่วงน้ำปลาหวาน)

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It's easily more popular to eat sour green mangoes than sweet yellow mangoes in Thailand, and one of the most popular places to eat "mamuang nam pla wan (มะม่วงน้ำปลาหวาน)" is in Hua Hin at Ran Salee Kapi Boran (ร้านสาลี่กะปิโบราณ). You'll find Thai green mangoes with shrimp paste in Bangkok, but I've never tasted the quality as I did when we took a trip to the Hua Hin night market (you might remember that epic lobster, right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQlWzIpZIFM It's in the same market). Ran Salee Kapi Boran (ร้านสาลี่กะปิโบราณ) is basically just a glorified street food cart that's packed full of famous mamuang nam pla wan (มะม่วงน้ำปลาหวาน) and a huge assortment of different sweet shrimp paste concoctions to choose from. The owner is extremely kind and she allowed me to sample nearly everything before actually purchasing anything. I guess she knows that once you sample, you just can't resist ordering some to go. The Thai mangoes are picked extremely green, so they are crisp and have some extreme sourness to them. And even though it might sound bizarre to dip a piece of sour mango into a fermented shrimp paste sauce, it's actually genius. The sour mango contrasts yet compliments the fishy sweet sauce to make a brilliant combination in your mouth. Of course, if you're not too fond of fishy things, you probably won't like mamuang nam pla wan (มะม่วงน้ำปลาหวาน), but you should still give it a shot. It's surprisingly delicious! Each of the shrimp paste sauces tastes a

Published 2013-11-17 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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