But unlike tom kha, tom yum is a seafood-forward soup with whole shrimp and shrimp paste, packing bold seafood flavor and major chile spice. Tom yum also often includes nam prik pao paste (aka ...

The stinging chiles, bright lemongrass and tart zing typically found in tom yum soup are reimagined as a luxurious sauce for seafood, served over grilled colossal river prawns. It’s part of ...

My love for Thai cuisine came unexpectedly. I was served, by accident, a red-hot bowl of seafood tom yum at a traditional, family-style restaurant in Bangkok. It was so spicy, I had to alternate ...