There are a few things you might be thankful for in life: supportive family, good friends, your significant other, a prospering career and the list goes on.

And you might want to add Thai cuisine to that list because these next few dishes are full of delicious Asianic flavours that reflect Thailand’s rich history.

Brace yourself ’cause you’re about to drool over these.

5. Tong Thai Sampler

Start your Thai journey with this vibrant sampler filled with your favourite appetisers – purple flower dumplings, vegetable spring rolls, prawn cake and papaya salad, which is ethnic to the Lao people and is popular in Southeast Asia because it helps lower cholesterol and helps in weight loss.

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Delicious and good for you? Yes please!

This is a perfect combination for the group that can’t decide what to nibble on before ordering the mains.

4. Tom Yum Kung Soup

The words “tom yum” are derived from the two Thai words – tom is the boiling process, while yum refers to a Thai spicy and sour salad.

You can usually find prawns, mushrooms, tomato, and lemongrass in the soup, which are fundamental to the Thai cuisine.

This clear-base hot and sour soup is so light, you’ll probably order seconds so grab yourself this Thai specialty in the last few weeks of winter in Dubai.

3. Gang Kiew Wan Gai

Oh this green chicken curry calls for all curry-lovers and is filled with all a tasty mix of flavours – coconut shoot, thai egglant and sweet basil that will leave your tastebuds wanting more.

Different from Indian curry, Thai curry typically uses coconut milk and oil that have been proven to enhance brain function and the immune system.

Also, you can totally boast the nutritional value of your fav curry by loading it up with a variety of veggies and it makes it even more yum. (Craving some Indian curry? Check out Lovin Dubai’s Top 10 Indian Restaurants)

2. Phad Thai Kung Sod

You didn’t seriously think pad thai wouldn’t make the cut, because this is the ultimate Thai food classic.

Pad thai uses a Thai culinary tradition, which targets all five tastes – salty, sour, sweet, spicy and bitter. And this might explain why pad thai feels so rich on your taste buds because it fires all of them.

And this noodle-dish has just been revamped with delicious seafood flavours and includes stir-fried noodles, prawns, eggs peanuts, bean sprouts and tamarind sauce. Go on tastebuds, get fired up! (You HAVE to try these 7 Restaurants Where The Food Is As Incredible As The View)

1. Mango with sticky rice

Thailand may be famous for its delicious savoury dishes and not so much for its desserts, but this thai dessert proves otherwise.

To finish the list, you need to sweeten your tastebuds with a non-traditional dessert and what better way than to try coconut sticky rice pudding with mango – called “khao niew ma muang” in Thailand.

If you truly want to embed yourself in the Thai culture, then you need to dine as you would in the country and this is a dessert must have over there!

And don’t worry, you won’t have to go all around Dubai to try all of these fab dishes, because you can get all of these at Tong Thai in JW Marriott Marquis.

A thousand times yes!