> the flavor of Thai food While we're at that subject: The national administration of Thailand has for the last, well, more than twenty years, been very active

> the flavor of Thai food While we're at that subject: The national administration of Thailand has for the last, well, more than twenty years, been very actively pushing a big gastrodiplomacy and economy program (with certifications/labels, loans/subsidies and lots of other measures) to expand the number of Thai restaurants all over the world… and to standardize the recipes that are considered traditional "Thai cuisine". On the positive side, that does help to guarantee some quality standards… but on the negative side, it did also have a strong effect of homogenization and reduction of diversity within "Thai cuisine".