Miang of river prawns and pomelo (miang som oo)

This popular Thai street snack is designed to be eaten in a single bite – the salty, sweet, sour and spicy flavours combining in one sublime hit. At its simplest, miang is a snack of dried prawns, shallots and ginger mixed with tamarind and palm sugar, but the variations are endless and the one I choose depends on what’s good at the market and the mood I’m in.