Research & Article

The objectives of this article were to encourage Thai and related to give precedence to see the importance of Thai food and find some proper solutions in order to conserve and promote Thai food to stay with Thai people as long as possible. Thai food is an important cultural heritage of Thailand. From the evidence, it was found that Thai food has been developed since pre-historic era until now. The uniqueness of Thai food is its tastes, nutritious values, and decorations. Thai food can be categorized into 2 kinds; meat dish and dessert. From the present situation, it was found that Thai food is in a crisis condition such as fast cultural blending, food shortage, the reduction of Thai food consumption of Thai people, and the change from agricultural society to urban society etc.