A spicy green papaya salad, the Som Tum is a wonderfully popular dish synonymous with Thai cuisine. The ingredients are fresh and simple and include a green unripe papaya, carrots, tomatoes, peanuts, long beans, chilies, lime juice, fish sauce, and palm sugar. Together these ingredients come together to create a dish backed with vibrant flavours; sour, salty, spicy, savory, and sweet. While this dish can be eaten on its own, it's best sampled with other Thai dishes for an explosion of flavours.