a salty fish sauce the sour notes of lemon and the spicy heat of chillies. cuisine is definitely spicy hot as he wished we had many dishes that have some heat to them but they aren't just spicy they all have their own distinct flavor combinations because we also use a lot of herbes and spices this is an illusion cooking that we tend to use many more ingredients than in european cuisine and it tends to be more expensive. because the herb's aren't as widely available so they do cost more. so is where