Dishes

Tom Yum

tom YUM

Also Known As Tom Yam

Citation Formats

General Reference

Food and Drink Atlas. "Tom Yum." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-food.interactiveatlas.org/dishes/tom-yum.

APA Style

Food and Drink Atlas. (n.d.). Tom Yum. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-food.interactiveatlas.org/dishes/tom-yum

BibTeX

@misc{foodanddrinkatlas-tom-yum,
  author = {Food and Drink Atlas},
  title = {Tom Yum},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-food.interactiveatlas.org/dishes/tom-yum},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

A hot and sour Thai soup built on a broth infused with lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, chili and lime juice, most commonly prepared with shrimp as tom yum goong.

Facts

Disputed

Origin Period, To (Year)

to 1980 1

the subject's own accountMarks the 1980s emergence of tom yam nam khon, the creamy variation now common internationally; the plain clear-broth tom yam kung is older and already established by the Rattanakosin era.

Origin Period, From (Year)

from 1782 1

the subject's own accountMarks the start of the Rattanakosin Kingdom, the era Wikipedia credits tom yam kung's origin to.

Origin Regionthe subject's own account

Central Thailand 1

Cross-Tradition Connections