Shredded papaya salad (som tam) is some great stuff. It's also prepared somewhat differently depending on which restaurant you're at, so we enjoy trying it at different local places we go to.
Generally, it has shredded papaya, lime, chili, sugar, and fish sauce. Around here there are often peanuts, and sometimes there are some fermented fishy bits (e.g. crab). The fishy version often throws me because it can taste 'off', but if you order 'som tam thai' around here you often get one that isn't quite so fishy.
You typically can choose how many chilis to put in - we like it spicy, so at least two is what we like to say.
Som tam - good eats!
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