On a day to have something that spice things up, try this spicy clear Tom yum soup from Sawadee Thai! Served in a claypot that still has fire burning at the bottom to keep the soup boiling hot, there’s no lack of herbs to give a strong outburst of spicy, sour, herbaceous flavours. Especially when there are stalks of lemongrass, chopped chili padi and kaffir lime leaves. First sip sent fire down my throat, but my friends and I all agreed that as we drank more, it was easy to get used to the spiciness and subsequently addictive.

Even in the small portion ($12), there were more than enough prawns, mushrooms, squid to feed the 3 of us. The claypot reminded me of a rather traditional way of presentation, like the one I recently had at Krabi’s night market. Being instagrammable is one thing, but watching it bubble in the claypot was actually comforting, as though extra flavour was added to the soup.

Thanks to #burpplebeyond, we had this as the free main!