While traditional catering options like pizza and wings may satisfy guests, they often lack variety. Thai food catering provides an abundance of flavors sure to delight.
Thai cuisine blends the tastes of sweet, sour, salty, and spicy in its dishes to provide an array of cuisine styles suitable for various diets – offering many vegetarian or vegan choices.
Dishes
Thai cuisine offers bold and vibrant flavors – making it an excellent choice for catered events that want something memorable. Thai curries vary from mild to intense in their intensity of taste, offering something delicious for every region across Thailand.
Tom Kha and Tom Yum are two world-renowned soups made of broth; Tom Kha contains creamy coconut milk, while Tom Yum can feature chicken or shrimp as the primary proteins. Phad See Iew offers another fantastic option with black soy sauce mixed into its egg noodle base to create an addictive curry-flavor experience.
Another popular one-plate lunch or dinner choice is Pad Thai. A traditional stir-fried dish featuring noodles with your choice of tofu, chicken, beef, or pork meat and an irresistibly fragrant combination of garlic, basil leaves, peppers, onions, or shallots as its base, often garnished by an egg fried on top!
Thai culture is known for its love of snacking and light side dishes, such as spring rolls. Additionally, rice-based salads like Som Tam are another favorite snacking option and come with ingredients including green papaya, red chilies, fish sauce, lime juice, tamarind pulp, and palm sugar for an irresistibly tasty combination that is guaranteed to have guests returning for more!
Appetizers
Thai cuisine is famous for its combination of balanced flavors that appeal to a range of palates, whether salty, sweet, savory, or any combination. Catering events provide an ideal opportunity to introduce guests to these flavors through appetizers – the perfect way to start a celebration and introduce guests to Thai cooking!
Thai appetizers include the popular khao soi, chicken satay, and miang kham dishes. All three words can be easily prepared and mass-produced for buffet settings. Slow cookers provide an effective method for creating these warm appetizers that are sure to please.
These dishes can be found at traditional Thai bars and restaurants and street corner vendors throughout Thailand. These delicious offerings in small paper containers include sun-dried squid, meats on skewers, or even salapao (Thai-style steamed buns).
Sate kai is one of the most iconic Thai catering dishes, featuring marinated chicken skewers grilled over charcoal for an appetizer served with cucumber salad and peanut sauce. Kaeng tai pla is another delicious option that blends spices with vegetables such as cabbage, long beans, eggplants, and bamboo shoots into an aromatic stew dish served in a bowl or plate and is often consumed with a spoon.
Desserts
Thai sweets differ from many Western desserts in that they tend to be enjoyed as small snacks rather than full meals, usually full of filling ingredients like sticky rice, palm sugar, and coconut milk; tropical fruits and herbs; as well as being either fried or steamed and sold at street food carts or markets – perfect for satisfying sweet tooths while sharing on social media!
One of the most beloved sweets in Thailand is mango sticky rice, an indulgence made of sticky rice soaked in coconut milk and covered with slices of fresh, ripe mango. A must-eat dessert when visiting Thailand! Rich, flavorful, and distinct, it will leave an impressionful impression with Instagram followers alike!
Khanom Bueang is another amazing Thai dessert made of mung beans, rice flour, peanuts, and starchy ingredients like lotus seeds or taro. After being wrapped in banana leaves and steamed, this is one of nine auspicious Thai desserts often given as wedding gifts.
Yummy Thai Flower Mound is an intriguing dessert made of black glutinous rice and coconut milk, presented as an appealing round mound on your plate and served with sweet ginger soup – it will catch your attention! Perfect for those seeking something out-of-the-ordinary.
