Exotic Pad Thai
By hereandthere
@hereandthere (45645)
Philippines
May 20, 2017 12:06pm CST
We had home-cooked pad thai the other night. It's a popular Thai dish that's similar to Filipino pancit (stir-fried noodles), but the noodles are translucent, wide and flat. This version had shrimp, chicken, eggs, tofu, peanuts, and green onion, then you squeeze lime on it before eating.
It's nice when someone cooks exotic dishes once in a while.
Who in your house cooks exotic dishes? Or do you prefer to go out and eat them onsite?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Pad thai Pad thai from a street stall in Chiang Mai Alternative names phad thai, phat thai (also with the capitalized T) Type Rice noodles Place of origin Thailand Associated national cuisin
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
30 May 17
how nice to have a chef in the family. does he cook during special family occasions?
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
31 May 17
@ShifaLk i'd rather be the assistant, too. so who washes all the dishes, pots and pans afterwards?
@ShifaLk (17817)
• India
30 May 17
@hereandthere oh yes... he does... and I'm his assistant :)
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
24 May 17
@hereandthere Yes, you should have put them all in , since there are lots of sahog. Most bijons or pancits becomes delicious when the sauce is so tasty. That's because the sauce is what seeps in into the noodles.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
24 May 17
@SIMPLYD i don't know why she didn't. maybe she thought half of the pack of thai rice noodles was enough.
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
24 May 17
there's some noodles left so looked at the label on the pack. it's six fortune rice noodles ho fan 375g. i think she should have used it all up because there was a lot of "sahog."
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
22 May 17
@MGjhaud best location. everything fresh.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
20 May 17
if only there was a way to grill without the smoke. we grill on the stove now.
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
31 Aug 17
I remember last Christmas holiday my brother who loves cooking made a Pad thai too. I didn't like it I don't like the peanuts on it. Did you like the taste
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
31 Aug 17
@hereandthere He watched online for cooking instructions. He uses lots of ingredients and I see the unique noodles they are thicker
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
31 Aug 17
i'm not fond of peanuts, too, but yes, i liked it. how/where did your brother learn to cook pad thai?
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
22 May 17
i'd rather eat out, too. when you feel like eating out,what cuisine do you like?
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
24 May 17
@JudyEv same here. not too adventurous, can't eat hot and spicy food, either. chinese is always a good choice here.
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@JudyEv (342168)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 May 17
@hereandthere I'm not very adventurous and don't really like anything that is too hot and spicy. I like Chinese though so there is always a good choice.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
31 Aug 17
it's nice that you're allowed to have a rice cooker and cook rice at your workplace. some only allow microwave.
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@thelme55 (77164)
• Germany
31 Aug 17
@hereandthere it is the rice cooker and a sack of rice of the owner. They have microwave, too.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
24 May 17
the first time she made it here we liked it, so it was nice to have it again.
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@prashu228 (37521)
• India
20 May 17
Never heard about this dish, it looks yummy delicious..hope you had a great time
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
20 May 17
that's okay. yes, it was good. are there thai restaurants in your area?
@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
22 May 17
My husband fancies himself good at cooking Chinese stir fry. Sometimes it's good. Sometimes not. But it's always better than mine! 
@LeaPea2417 (37381)
• Toccoa, Georgia
10 Jun 17
That looks so tasty. My husband will cook exotic dishes like that on occasion ( he cooks better than I do), then other times we will get food like that out at restaurants.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
11 Jun 17
i'm not really a foodie and i'd rather have them at restaurants, too. but it's also nice when someone in the house is adventurous enough to make them because you get introduced to new dishes.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
20 May 17
because i know you as someone who is very adventurous when it comes to food and cooking. what's the latest dish you cooked or restaurant you went to?
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
26 May 17
it's an exotic dish because it's a thai dish (not filipino) but it's similar to our pancit.
do you try dishes from other countries, either cooking it or eating out?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 May 17
@hereandthere when i was in Kuwait, i tried some dishes from Thailand, Korean food, the kebabs and shawarma from that Arab state, Indian food like curry, chapatti, biryani, but no, i did not learn how to cook any of these dishes.
@much2say (56087)
• Los Angeles, California
20 May 17
I love pad thai!!! But I have not been able to recreate it at home like they do in restaurants. Hubby and I used to go to a small house looking restaurant where we first had this . . . they used noodles that were more like pancit noodles . . . and now all pad thai's we compare to that (no one does that with the thin noodles though). The restaurant changed owners and the menu and the way they cook Thai food - so we don't go there anymore.
My husband is the more creative cook - he will cook out of his head. But as far as exotic meaning from another culture - I guess that would be me. I would love to find the perfect pad thai recipe (to our taste) . . . restaurants tend to be too syrupy sweet! And I would use the thin noodles even though I know that is not the correct way . . . that's just from our sweet memories of that little restaurant we loved!
