“What often passes as a salad in North America can be depressing, whether it’s a heap of wilted vegetables or noodles smothered in mayonnaise.” Thus begins the salad section inn Kalaya’s Southern Thai Kitchen.

To prove this point, the section opens with Yum Woon Sen Talay, a glass noodle salad with various fixings.

Besides bouncy noodles, chewy shrimp and squid, this modest platter contains savory pork, zesty scallions, cilantro, Chinese celery, tomatoes and it is pumped with… Gird your loins! — as Nigel warned:
— 1/4 cup of garlic fried in oil
— 3 Tbsp fish sauce
— 8 fresh Thai chilies
— 2 Tbsp chili flakes
— 1/2 cup lime juice
— 2 Tbsp fried shallots
— 1/2 cup roasted cashews

There’s also 1/2 cup of Nam Jim which adds another 10 Thai chilies, another 1/4 cup of now fresh chopped garlic, salt/sugar, more cilantro, more fish sauce, and more lime juice.

And here’s the cherry on top — deep fried dried shrimp. People, if you have not tried it — don’t. You’ll go broke. Dried shrimp are expensive. Once you deep fry them for the topping, you’ll end up picking out these crunchy savory bits from the top of the salad until someone stops you. Like Tom, when he asked if I was going to leave any for him.

The salad holds beautifully for a leftover lunch warm, room temperature of straight out of the refrigerator.

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