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Is pad thai overrated?

>> No.9717057

>>9717052
no

>> No.9717062

>>9717057
/thread

>> No.9717080

thai fried rice is better.

>> No.9719457

>>9717052
Yes, it's literally Asia's response to bolognese. Mediocre at best.

>> No.9719476

>>9717052
I think thai food in general is overrated. I'm not saying it's bad by any means and I actually make it regularly, but it seems like the people who make a huge deal about it are all middle-class white hipsters who want to seem more cultured than somebody ordering chinese or something.

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>>9719476
>I think thai food in general is overrated
>I actually make it regularly
Of course you think it's overrated. You're shit at cooking thai.

>> No.9719500

>>9719491
Even in my experience having it at restaurants that specialize in it I've never thought it was anything to rave about. It's good, don't get me wrong, but I think that people blow it out of proportion because they feel like they can look and sound cultured while staying within a comfort zone.

>> No.9719505

>>9719500
So in your expert opinion, as you obviously have a more cultured palate than anyone else, what is the best food?

>> No.9719520

>>9719505
Listen, my opinion is subjective and there's no need to get your panties in a bunch because I have different thoughts about a type of food than you do. I'm not claiming to be an expert. OP asked for an opinion, I gave mine. There's no need to get argumentative about it.

>> No.9719532

>>9719505
He was being pretty reasonable. After Chinese and Japanese became established, there was a period where Thai was the hot new Asian cuisine that you could talk about to seem trendy. Then later on Pho swooped in, but even now Thai is seen as more obscure (and thus cooler) than entry-level ethnic food like Chinese.

The irony is that all the best Thai dishes are adapted from Chinese cuisine anyway.

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>>9719520
>There's no need to get argumentative about it.
Yes there is, because you're WRONG.

Now tell us, soyboy, what cuisine is objectively superior to Thai in every single conceivable way?

>> No.9719539

>>9719533
>soyboy
cringe

>> No.9719540

>>9719533
McChickenese

>> No.9719541

>>9719533
How about instead of throwing a child-like tantrum you explain why you disagree with me. Please try to do so without throwing out buzzwords like "soyboy", if you can.

>> No.9719544
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9719544

it just looks like generic stirfry noodles. what's so special about it?

>> No.9719552

>>9719544
Pad Thai has incredibly unique flavors, very different from most other noodle dishes. I don't even like it, but it's not generic at all.

>> No.9719557

>>9719539
How big are your moobs?

>> No.9719568

>>9719539
i want to motorboat your hairy mantitties

>> No.9719572

>>9719532
This is pretty much what I was trying to say, thank you for helping to sum it up.

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>>9719544
he doesn't know...

>> No.9719598

>>9717052
Its fucking rubbish, if thats what you order when you get thai food kill yourself

>> No.9719599

>>9717052
Nah. I thought everyone knew it's just a good ol' standby and an entry dish for newbies

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>>9719593
>>9719552
well educate me about thai food then because the only thing about thailand is feminine penis.

>> No.9719632

>>9717052
Anything popular is overrated

>> No.9719663

>>9719539
soyboy detected

>> No.9719665

>>9717052
It really depends on how good the restaurant is/how much of the legit Thai shit you're willing to drive across town and get. People wax poetic about "authentic" Pad Thai they had while fucking tweens in Bangkok, but your average Thai joint is going to have better options.

Also pad se ew is always better, fite me irl

>> No.9719696

As a southern gook, anything stir fry in a hot wok is good shit.

>> No.9719780

>>9719621
>feminine
>penis
wut

>> No.9719826

>>9719457
Literally not like bolognese in any way other than containing tomato?

>> No.9719836

>>9719780

Lurk moar

>> No.9719837

>>9719665
I was in my 20s when I went to Bangkok, but why would you be mad about someone who had pad thai when they were a child?

>> No.9719855

>>9719665
>fite me irl

no.

Anyways I'd rather have a good panang curry. Comfiest Thai food by far.

>> No.9719881

>>9717052
It really depends on the tamarind sauce, the flavour of which can vary so much, it makes most most pad thai ok but a few are excellent.

>> No.9719888

>>9719663
haha i read my pol today, gimme big boy points

>> No.9719996
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Tamarind
Fish Sauce
Lime
Sugar

Rice Noodle
Bean Sprout
Garlic Chives
Tofu
Shrimp
Egg
Peanuts

Fruity, Salty, Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Soft, Crunchy, Firm, Crisp

Yes, it's amazing. I bet most of you wouldn't know what's in it, and wouldn't normally get what should be in it.

>> No.9720051

i always get some at my local thai buffet

>> No.9720780

>>9719500
>>9719500
I thought thai food was overrated for years until I had good thai food.
Turns out that the thai restaurants in the suburbs of philly that I was going to were just mediocre.

>> No.9720792

I realized the only thai food I really enjoy is their soups and spring rolls.

Curry and noodles get really boring and I feel like I can have fried rice in most other cuisines. Pad thai is especially boring after having it more than a few times.

>> No.9720803

>>9720780
This is why it really grinds my gears when people go

>hurr it's just a simple food for using up leftovers, stop acting like it makes a difference if it's not made of HFCS and cellulose slurry out of a cardboard box

when it comes to popular foods from other countries that have even the most tenuous connection to common ordinary peasant folk. Like poor Italian peasants 300 years ago had lives anything like poor trailer trash from present-day Indiana, or "convenience" 300 years ago was even meaningful against "convenience" in 2017

Those foods then get a terrible reputation and then everyone wonders why they're "such a meme"

Last week we had a thread where someone was like 'why is mole so popular even though it sucks' and it's obvious why - fucking retards go around saying no effort should ever go into anything and all food is the same.

>> No.9721447

>>9719826
it doesnt contain tomato soyboy

>> No.9721651

>>9721447
sometimes it has ketchup in it depends whos recipe it is, yes even in thailand.

>> No.9721927

>>9719780
>he doesn't know

>> No.9722630

no

>> No.9722641

>>9720780
That's pretty funny because I actually live in West Chester. Maybe if I try somewhere different I might change my opinion. Do you have any suggestions?

>> No.9722645

>>9721447

I wish they'd ban you fucking idiots. Gotta turn every board into a childish shitfit.

>> No.9722933

>>9722641
sadly the really good thai food i had was on a visit to San Francisco.

among nearby places I like Sa Bai Dee (I believe it's lao owned but they serve the typical thai dishes) in upper darby, but it's just solid, not mind blowing, probably not worth driving all the way from west chester for desu

>> No.9722945

>>9722933
I commute between West Chester and Philly at least twice a week anyway, so Upper Darby isn't too much a hike. I'll at least note it for next time I feel compelled to make a stop. Even if it's not mindblowing I wouldn't mind comparing it to what I've had in the past.

>> No.9722950

>>9722645
You realize posts like that are clearly violating global rules and the janitor will take action against it, right?

>hurr but dere inept

If you're never going to report cancer you're never going to

>> No.9722963

>>9722950

I don't get involved with this shithole of a community. It can live or die by its own feces eating.

>> No.9723026

>>9719532
Pretty much all this.

That said, Thai food is actually really good, especially the less authentic adapted stuff (hey, popular for a reason.. authentic doesn't necessarily mean better..).

Now pho, that's overrated. Actually I feel like Vietnamese food in general (authentic or not) isn't all that great.

>> No.9723055

Yeah it's pretty shit compared to other thai dishes

>> No.9723139

>>9722950
Thanks for the lesson in good manners Ms. Marple. Don't you have a farmers market to be policing to make sure someone isn't selling chickens that weren't slaughtered and brought to the market in a USDA/FDA approved refrigerated truck?

Buzz off you fucking dried up husk of a busybody.

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9723212

I think so, there are a lot better thai dishes. I've pretty much perfected tom yum gung, but I've been working on the curries from scratch. This was my first attempt at a red curry chicken and mushroom that I'm going to attempt to improve as soon as I finish my leftover venison chili.

>> No.9723220

>>9723139
FYI, I'm the guy who you told to jump in front of a bus, and that poster is a different person. Anything you want to get off your chest tonight, anon?

>> No.9723249

>>9723212
Pad Thai is probably objectively better and more complex dish than say, a chicken curry, but I just can't resist a good curry.

I've gotten ok at making it myself, but I can't get it nearly as good as my favourite thai place. Part of that is probably that I don't have a proper wok setup (and am doing it on an electric stove..).

>> No.9723279

what are some good thai curry or pad thai recipes?

>> No.9723281

It's glorified hamburger helper.

>> No.9723336

>>9723279

Easy mode:
Buy some pre-maded curry paste, some "thai chilis" (birdseye chilies), a can of coconut milk, jar of fish sauce, box of chicken stock, can of bamboo shoots, some chicken thigh, lemon grass, and lime leaves. You can skip the last two if you can't find `em.

Slice up the chicken thighs really thin and fry `em a bit, remove, add a little coconut to the pan and fry the paste a bit, then add a decent amount of milk, about 1/3 of the amount of chicken broth, bring to boil then simmer for like 10 mins or so. Add the meat and everything else and simmer for another 10 minutes or so.

.. honestly that's an oversimplification, but that's really the gist of it. Google for a real recipe but they're all along the same lines... it's a fairly simple dish. If you're feeling ambition you can make your own paste (mortal and pestle if you want to be traditional, spice grinder if you don't have the time for that bs), but honestly you can buy some pretty good pre-made pastes and making your own doesn't make that much of a difference in my opinion.

>> No.9723359

>>9723026
>Now pho, that's overrated. Actually I feel like Vietnamese food in general (authentic or not) isn't all that great.

Unless you live in a heavily Viet area like Garden Grove and Westminister, most Vietnamese food is mediocre.

>> No.9723369

>>9723281

How do you people even live long enough to type into a computer? You're genetic mistakes.

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>>9723336

Imo the Thai basil and kaffir lime leaves make it. If I didn't have at least the basil then I wouldn't even bother.

I've made a green Thai fish curry out of pic related and it was delicious.

>> No.9723510

>>9723424
Ah yes, forgot basil!

And I agree you definitely need the lime leaves and lemon grass for it to even approach proper, but if it's your first time attempting the dish I think the results are ok enough without them. Of all the ingredients listed, lemon grass and kaffir leaves are the only things you may not be able to easily find at a grocery store.

(also forgot to mention adding a good tbsp or 2 of the fish sauce.. which I'd also argue is kind of a mandatory ingredient).

>> No.9723760

>>9723220
>I'm the guy who you told to jump in front of a bus,

Wtf? I've never told anyone on any board or forum to jump in front of a bus. In fact, I'd argue that's a relatively childish or millennial thing to say.

>> No.9724906

>>9719826
Are you retarded? He means its the Asian equivalence of bolognese

>> No.9724914

>>9723760
You type a lot like this guy
>>9723178
>>9723190

>> No.9724920

>>9717052
It is better than hamburgers or pizza or other food you can get in fast food places (less oil less fat, harder to hide crap it is made from etc.). For me in category of "Fast food" this is best. In category of all food possible it is just slightly above meh level.

>> No.9724931

Anything is overrated if you eat it regularly. There's no food that is "underrated" forever.