Category: Thai Food
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American Fried Rice: a Thai Dish You Can’t Find in America
In Thailand, there is a pantheon of food with foreign-sounding names that have nothing to do with their supposed countries of origin. We have, for one, the Kanom Tokyo, a folded crepe that few Japanese would be able to identify. Or take the Lod Chong Singapore, another dessert that would mystify Singaporeans. One that I…
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Why Pad Kaprao is Thailand’s Real National Dish
In Berkeley, California, one of the most popular Thai restaurants is a little place called Thai Basil. It is popular probably not because of the taste — with my admittedly picky Thai taste buds, most of the dishes are decidedly mediocre, except they do cook a glorious Pad See Ew — but because it sits…
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Pad Thai is Fascist
Since coming to the United States from Thailand, one of the earliest things that I’ve realised is the prestige of Pad Thai in the eyes of Americans. I’ve never really cared about Pad Thai (it’s fine, I guess, but it is hardly the pinnacle of Thailand’s culinary achievement) and so I watched with amusement as…
Ken Mathis Lohatepanont 