PUBLISHED: 4 Dec 2024 at 08: 18
Tom Yum Kung shrimp soup was named one of Thailand’s intangible cultural heritage early on Wednesday night according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
According to Culture Minister Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol, the Unesco’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage ( IGC-ICH) decided to list Tom Yum Kung on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The decision was reached in Asuncion, Paraguay, at 4.10pm on Tuesday native day, or 2.10am on Wednesday Thailand period.
Four of Thailand’s cultural ethnicities have already been listed as society’s intangible cultural heritages especially Khon face party, Nora party, Thai massage and the Songkran event.
Tom Yum Kung is a food that people in rural river agrarian societies in the Central Plain eat to satiate their life. Its materials are obtained from local resources, and the locals use them to make nutritious meals, according to Minister Sudawan.
Shrimp are cooked in boiled water with natural vegetables from the area, such as galangal, cardamom, and kaffir lime leaves, according to her.
” The soup’s lead taste is acidic from salt, followed by salty flavour from water or fish soup, spicy flavor from pepper, beauty from shrimp and little hatred from the herbs”, the secretary said.
” Tom Yum Kung is an important soft power food piece of Thailand and an internationally renowned food,” she said.