Po Tak Seafood Soup

Where it comes from

A po is the staked fish trap Thai coastal fishermen have set in the shallows for generations; taek means it breaks. Po taek is the soup for the day the catch overwhelms the equipment — everything goes into a clear, blazing broth of lemongrass, galangal and Thai basil, with no coconut milk to soften the blow. Tom yum's leaner, saltier cousin: pure sea, pure herb, pure heat.