This is the first time I tried making this beef salad in Thai-style. However, I have eaten other kinds of Thai salads several times before, so I get the typical flavor out of Thai salads. Still, I was amazed at the great flavor out of this dish. It gave me a refreshing feeling and I craved for more.

This salad is the combination of beef and other kinds of vegetables, plus some Asian herbs, which are typical especially for South East Asia. These herbs and fish sauce are the main ingredients that create a distinctive taste to the salad. For me, I am quite familiar with this kind of combination of the salad dressing with the herbs since many salad dishes in Vietnamese style also call for this combination. This similarity between Thai food and Vietnamese food (maybe mainly because both nations use fish sauce very often in cooking) reminds me of the homely flavor.

Try, I bet you will like this. I follow the ingredients in one of the cookbook "Bowl Food" that I do reference quite often.

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My friend who has been studying her undergraduate in Germany said after I posted this salad that this dish is one of the most popular salad in German style. She really loved this salad and often made it at home. I didn’t know about the origin of this dish, however, just like my friend, this salad did make me surprised by its wonderful taste and flavor.

I had some cleansed baby potatoes so I decided to use them in this salad. Making this salad is quite simple once you have all the seasonings which are typical for Western salads in your cupboard. For me it is not so simple. It does take some time for me to gather all Western seasoning ingredients since I spotted one recipe I wanted to do. However, it’s worth the effort.

This salad brings out a dominant creamy taste due the the cooked potatoes and the hard-boiled eggs mashed into the salad. However, the fresh celery and parsley still gives a fresh feeling, plus the olives that create a good texture to the dish.

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