Do Thai People Eat Pad Thai?
And Your Other Burning Questions!
Sawaddee Ka 🙏🏼
The most recent video is an AMA - Ask Me Anything. I love doing these because my viewers never fail to submit great questions, and I love answering them. I chose some serious questions that will be helpful for your cooking, and some non-serious questions that I think make for an entertaining video. 😉
One of the questions I loved most in this video is the one in the title: Do Thai People Eat Pad Thai (if they have other choices)?
I had to laugh when I read this because of what the question implies. The asker obviously thinks that somehow pad thai is NOT something that Thai people eat…if we have other choices. I wonder where this idea came from!
I WILL say, and this I did not mention in the video, that 95% of the pad thai in N. America is not anything like pad thai in Thailand. So if the question was “Do Thai people eat the ketchup-laden pad thai that is served in American Thai restaurants?” Then the answer is no. 😂
I have gotten similar questions about pineapple fried rice. Many people seem to think that this is not a real Thai dish. (Spoiler: It is. It’s not a popular one, but it certainly exists.)
Are there dishes that you see in restaurants that you have a feeling might not be a real Thai dish? (There certainly are some!) I’d love to know what you think those are!
Since going to Thailand in 2017 and realizing what real Thai tastes like, oh my gosh! Such amazing flavors! I never was a huge pad Thai lover but that’s because I never had a true pad Thai. Now I only eat at Thai owned restaurants so that I know I’m getting the best true flavors
Just found your recipes. I moved from the Los Angeles area back to western NY and only 1 edible decent Thai food in Rochester area. Tried a new one today and sugary and inedible. I guess I’ll go back to cooking! Now for a market here….