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A soup so important they named an economic crisis after it.

Tom Yum isn't just Thailand's national dish — it's a 600-year case study in how food absorbs history. Buddhist dietary laws. Portuguese colonizers. Royal kitchens. A financial meltdown that nearly crashed the global economy. And now, UNESCO World Heritage status.

This is the full story.

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📑 CHAPTERS
0:00 — The Mystery
3:30 — Buddhist Origins
7:00 — The Ingredient That Changed Everything
10:30 — The Tom Yum Goong Crisis (1997)
13:30 — UNESCO Recognition (2024)
16:00 — What It All Means

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🔍 KEY FACTS FROM THIS VIDEO
Tom Yum's origins trace to Buddhist riverside communities who avoided killing large animals
Chili peppers — the soup's signature ingredient — came from South America via Portuguese traders in the 1500s
The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis was nicknamed "The Tom Yum Goong Crisis" in Thailand
In December 2024, UNESCO inscribed Tom Yum Kung as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
It's the first and only Thai food on the UNESCO list

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