Desserts in Southeast Asia

The video above largely demonstrates the common desserts in general. Common desserts shown in the video include cakes, cookies, fruits, pastries, ice cream and candies. As such, desserts in Southeast Asia can be considered as unqiue in terms of cultural rationality, national identity and the ingredients used.

Desserts in Southeast Asia are usually not consumed at the end of the course. There are several reasons in the consumption of desserts in Southeast Asia. Desserts participate in events like celebration of festive seasons, wildering off bad luck in replacement of achieving succes, wealth and good life and identification of particular ethnic group.

Desserts in Southeast Asia are a form of national identity. For instance, when we mention about the traditional desserts red ruby and ice kacang, it is easily identified that they resemble the states of Thailand and Singapore respectively. These desserts are originated from their respective home countries and became formerly known in every countries as part of the tourist attraction.

The ingredients used in Southeast Asia's desserts distinguishly segregated themselves from the Western desserts. The common ingredients include coconut, lemon grass and tropical fruits. These ingredients are naturally grown in the Southeast Asian countries and thus commonly used in the creation of Southeast Asian desserts.

After a brief introduction of Southeast Asian desserts, let's move on by clicking on the countries on the map to explore further on the traditional and famous desserts in each individual Southeast Asia countries.