@michelleloh168OnNoiseApp 28 May 2022

Had a plate of Som Tam the other day. It reminds me of the Thailand trip I went back in 2018, and my friend brought us to try out the local Som Tam. It was my first time trying it and I remembered it tasted really good! Sweet, sour, savoury all on point! Som Tam is a Thai style of Papaya Salad. It uses green papaya (unripe papaya) and is usually added with palm sugar, long beans, shredded carrots, chillies, tomato cubes, lime juice, tamarind juice, fish sauce, dried shrimp and peanuts. So when I saw this at the hawker stall the other day, I suddenly craved for it. The first mouthful in, it was fresh, crunchy.... and suddenly... FIREEEEE burning on my tongue! 🔥👅They added too many chillies!!! 🌶🌶🌶 After which, my tongue is numb and I couldn't feel anything else aside from the spiciness. No sour, no sweetness, no savoury. Just PURE SPICYNESS. 😂 I thought to pack it back home to save it (It was RM10 per plate 😭). I added more sugar, in an effort to "reduce the spiciness". But to no avail. It is still VERY spicy. No one at home couldn't stand the spiciness, not even my mum who has a higher tolerance for spicy food. I managed to eat 30% of it. But too bad I had to throw the rest away... 😅