Thread: Thai food for dinner, thoughts on Pad thai

So, I'm a Pad Thai fiend. I'm getting fantail shrimp wrapped in bacon for a side.

Around here, all of the Pad Thai sucks. Tastes like the restaurants make them with Spaghetti-O sauce. Back in the 90's, the few Thai places in the Atlanta area got it right. All of a sudden everyone is serving this swill. I suspect that since some of them are multi-nation places (i.e. Chinese, with a menu page of japanese and page of Thai) they are using a common source or recipe. How to fix? Where to go in Atlanta area? I've found one place that gets it right, one place near me that gets it close.

Have you had pad thai in Thailand? I've yet to eat at a Thai resto here in the US that does it exactly like back in their homeland.

It's a guilty pleasure. A couple places do it nicely in nashville But it doesn't help my bodyfat %

Originally Posted by fusionstorm

Have you had pad thai in Thailand? I've yet to eat at a Thai resto here in the US that does it exactly like back in their homeland.

haven't had the pleasure, but between rice noodle and the dark sauce, peanut, bamboo shoots, lime, chicken, etc.....

OR

flat noodles, Spaghetti sauce, swanson's canned chicken.....


My preference is the first one.


And...where i heck can I get some Mei Crab (spelling)

Originally Posted by GrossmanSheepdog

haven't had the pleasure, but between rice noodle and the dark sauce, peanut, bamboo shoots, lime, chicken, etc.....

OR

flat noodles, Spaghetti sauce, swanson's canned chicken.....


My preference is the first one.


And...where i heck can I get some Mei Crab (spelling)

What I had on numerous occasions in Bangkok years ago were a lot lighter, yet more complex, than anything I've had here in the States. That, and the typical preparation was almost like an omelette. A very thin egg sheet similar to an omelette in style would be the base for the pad thai, then folded over into a half circle and served to you. No thick gobs of sauce, either.

I've had Pad Thai cooked for me by a native Thai woman. No restaurant compares, the 'americanized' pad thai dishes are all way too sweet.

Unfortunately, every one is selling "pad thai" now. Unfortunately, that "americanized" version is what's catching on. So sad...

I remember ATL had some good Thai places. Can't remember which ones though. I'll have to make some calls for you.