Southeast Asia is the lowest latitude region in Asia, the vast majority of which is located between the Tropic of Cancer and 10 ° south latitude, a tropical climate. Eating habits are also influenced by the climate. Because of the hot, humid climate. Resulting in their preference for heavy flavored food, with such a texture to stimulate the appetite. Sour, spicy is the main feature of Southeast Asian cuisine, whether it is dishes or soups, most of them are sour, spicy taste, directly stimulate the taste buds, so that people's appetite, want to refuse are very difficult.
The sourness of Southeast Asian cuisine is unique in the seasonings it uses. Located in subtropical Southeast Asia, there are many exotic flowers and plants, lime, lemon leaves are common sour seasoning. Southeast Asia's unique lemon because of its sourness, is rarely used as a direct edible fruit, but used to make lemonade drinks, beer flavoring agent, but the main use is still used to do the dishes of the seasoning. Thais, in particular, squeeze lemon juice into almost every dish, so that every dish exudes a rich, fruity fragrance, a flavor called Southeast Asian flavor.
The characteristics of Southeast Asian cuisine: Malaysia is known as the world's spice kingdom, rich in spices to achieve the Southeast Asian cuisine, even the European colonizers at the time, at first, in search of Southeast Asia, those magical spices not far away from thousands of miles to come. A wide variety of spices, rich natural products, as well as later by the Western colonizers brought the essence of Western-style catering, so that Southeast Asian cuisine has become the essence of the world's cuisine. Southeast Asian cuisine is very concerned about the mixing and use of sauces, also known as "sauce dishes", making Southeast Asian cuisine rich in color and flavor.
The characteristics of Southeast Asian cuisine: Thailand is a tropical country near the sea, green vegetables, seafood, fruit is extremely rich. Therefore, Thai cuisine is mainly based on seafood, fruits and vegetables. Thai food is brightly colored, red and green, excellent eye view.
The characteristics of Southeast Asian cuisine: Vietnam's signature dish "tooth car chopsticks", bright and colorful, is a must-order appetizer salad before the main course. In fact, it is a shredded chicken salad, all kinds of chicken cut into thin shreds, boiled water, and then mixed with a variety of shredded vegetables, dipped in fish sauce and then eat, extremely delicious. It is said that Vietnamese fish sauce is made by stuffing a large amount of fish in a tile jar, pouring salt, vinegar, wine, sugar, sauce and other seasonings over it, sealing the jar and letting it expose to sunlight to let the fish ferment and dissolve. After a month, the liquid poured out of the tank is fish sauce, which concentrates the essence of the fish and has high nutritional value. Because of this fish sauce, Vietnamese food is a bit of French cuisine.
Characteristics of Southeast Asian Cuisine: Burmese cuisine is heavily influenced by neighboring countries India, China and Thailand. Its curries are milder than those of India, its soups and meats cooked with herbs are very similar to those produced in Thailand, and its rice dishes have their own style.