Thai Flavor

We went for a Thai lunch in Kuala Lumpur and enjoyed a very interesting first course. This plate comes with betel leaves which you wrap into a cone shape. There is a sauce which you put into the cone followed by peanuts, dried shrimp, coconut, ginger, onion, chili peppers & lime.

When your cone is prepared, you put the whole thing in your mouth at once for a burst of flavor unlike any other. This dish (I can't remember the name) is said to contain all seven types of taste that the tongue can distinguish (salty, hot, sweet, etc.) It is completely true. And despite the odd sound of the combo, we all had seconds (and thirds).