This dish combines all the five tastes; sour, hot, salty, savory and sweet and mixes it well together. This dish can be translated into English to ‘green salads’. Thus, if you love green salad, you may sometimes not know this by its name. Thus, if you see a name written as ‘Som Tam’ then you will understand that it means green salad.Everywhere in Thailand, this dish is one of the staples of street food for cooking and dining. It is easy to prepare, fresh, and it tastes wonderful. There are again many different variations of this meal so you can choose your favorite according to your taste.