The Thai Cuisine became famous all around the globe in the last decades. In opposition to the cuisines of India, Thai food is mostly made from fresh ingredients, herbs and spices. As many people think Thai food is always devilish hot, there is a wide selection of not hot noodle and rice dishes around. Most well-known are the hot & spicy Thai curries, the hot & sour shrimp or prawn soup Tom Yum Goong, the delicious coconutmilk soup Tom Kha Gai and the Thai salads Yum. Commonly the cuisine of Thailand is divided in 4 different regions: the cuisine of North Thailand, well-known for its spicy Nam Prik, chili pastes, the cuisine of North East Thailand (Isaan), the cuisine of Central Thailand and the devilish hot cuisine of South Thailand. Key ingredients are lemongras, kaffir lime leaves, limes, galingale, ginger, coconut milk and to replace salt, fishsauce.