Thailand is blessed with abundant natural resources and becomes one of the world’s major exporters of seafood. Among those, cockles are the economic animal and chefs’ favorite ingredient when it comes to creating a seafood menu,

Passion fruit, a tropical fruit with exotic appearance, has a rough outer shell that conceals aromatic seeds surrounded by jelly-like pulp. The passionfruit comes in several varieties, and the most common are the yellow, purple, and orange passion fruits. They contain many edible seeds within a juicy pulp and are a good source of Vitamins A and C, lycopene, fiber.

Orange spotted groupers are ubiquitous, and they can be found near rocky shores and reefs. Due to its tasty texture, groupers become the main chef’s specialties, particularly in renowned Asian restaurants.

Known for its sweet and firm meat, blue crab becomes a popular ingredient in Asian cuisines and can be prepared using multiple methods: boiled, steamed, baked, sautéed, grilled, fried, and smoked.

African Pompano is a member the Greater Amberjack family. This mid-sized fish mostly live in warm waters at approximately 60 – 100 meters down in the ocean. The body is a silvery-metallic blue to blue-green color with the deepest point of the body located between the origin of the dorsal and anal fins and having the head and tail tapering either side.