G. Keenan wrote:Thai food is great but Vietnamese is where it's at.
I do not agree with this.
They're similar, but instead of, say, wacky thai peanut butter drizzle, you get lemon grass. This is not a good trade.
Thai is my favorite kind of food. And pad thai is great, but I feel like I'm chickening out if I go to a thai place and I get pad thai. It'd be like going to a Mexican place and getting a taco. I've never been disappointed, either, when I've strayed off the menu.
Snayke, pad thai is a great starting place, but your next item should be chicken satay.
I don't know that I've ever ordered Pad Thai from a restaurant, and I know my aunt never cooked it. What she did cook alot is a dish called Laap, and I have seen that in restaurants. Cucumber salad with the cucumbers cut in strips was also a staple, and there was a beef and pepper dish.
But mostly I got the impression that she just went with the flow and improvised. My Dad caught a huge Northern Pike once in Canada, and my aunt was with us and would not let us throw it back. She ended up using the whole fish, and made Northern Pike fish head soup - something that tasted very Thai but I'm pretty sure there are no Northern Pike swimming around.
edit - Ok, had the Pad Thai instant lunch and I like the Red Curry better.
G. Keenan wrote:Thai food is great but Vietnamese is where it's at.
I do not agree with this.
They're similar, but instead of, say, wacky thai peanut butter drizzle, you get lemon grass. This is not a good trade.
Thai is my favorite kind of food. And pad thai is great, but I feel like I'm chickening out if I go to a thai place and I get pad thai. It'd be like going to a Mexican place and getting a taco. I've never been disappointed, either, when I've strayed off the menu.
Snayke, pad thai is a great starting place, but your next item should be chicken satay.
Don't worry, geen is just passively bragging about how well-traveled he is as it was explained to us in the stuffwhitepeoplelike blog.
True. But I thought this before I ever went to those places too. Vietnamese spring rolls are unbeatable. Can't be beat so don't tell me they can. Also, Vietnamese has a lot of BBQ going on which is extremely delicious. Plus, lots more things in dumpling form, which I dig.
jim wrote:
G. Keenan wrote:Thai food is great but Vietnamese is where it's at.
My Aunt was actually from right on the Cambodian/Thai border, and I was told by my uncle that it had a strong Cambodian influence. I don't know what the difference between Cambodian and Thai food is, but maybe there was a Vietnamese influence?
All I know is that her food was insanely hot. I'm not talking about normal Thai hot, which is generally referred to as insanely hot, I'm talking that bumped up an order of magnitude. Hotter than anything I have ever had anywhere. I don't know if that's the Cambodian influence my uncle was talking about it. I know I've gone to Thai restaurants and have had discussions with the owners who swear they are fixing it as hot as they would in their homeland, and it's nothing like my Aunt's food.
I think Cambodian food is pretty distinctive. It's more influenced by old Khmer and Indian traditions than Vietnamese. Vietnamese food usually isn't that spicy. And I agree, the Thai restaurant owners always lie when they say there are making it as spicy as they would at home. No matter what you say, you can't convince them that you truly like it spicy.
I ate this tonight. Didn't think I'd be able to pick it up in this area, but I got the Peanut Noodles. What a strange but delicious concoction. So spicy, so sweet.
Although I messed up cooking it so it wasn't as good as it could've been.
GatewaySnayke wrote:I ate this tonight. Didn't think I'd be able to pick it up in this area, but I got the Peanut Noodles. What a strange but delicious concoction. So spicy, so sweet.
Although I messed up cooking it so it wasn't as good as it could've been.
With the crummy microwaves at work, I'm finding that I do this about 1/2 the time. When the noodles are mushy it loses some appeal.
G. Keenan wrote:Thai food is great but Vietnamese is where it's at.
I do not agree with this.
They're similar, but instead of, say, wacky thai peanut butter drizzle, you get lemon grass. This is not a good trade.
Thai is my favorite kind of food. And pad thai is great, but I feel like I'm chickening out if I go to a thai place and I get pad thai. It'd be like going to a Mexican place and getting a taco. I've never been disappointed, either, when I've strayed off the menu.
Snayke, pad thai is a great starting place, but your next item should be chicken satay.
Don't worry, geen is just passively bragging about how well-traveled he is as it was explained to us in the stuffwhitepeoplelike blog.
True. But I thought this before I ever went to those places too. Vietnamese spring rolls are unbeatable. Can't be beat so don't tell me they can. Also, Vietnamese has a lot of BBQ going on which is extremely delicious. Plus, lots more things in dumpling form, which I dig.
jim wrote:
G. Keenan wrote:Thai food is great but Vietnamese is where it's at.
My Aunt was actually from right on the Cambodian/Thai border, and I was told by my uncle that it had a strong Cambodian influence. I don't know what the difference between Cambodian and Thai food is, but maybe there was a Vietnamese influence?
All I know is that her food was insanely hot. I'm not talking about normal Thai hot, which is generally referred to as insanely hot, I'm talking that bumped up an order of magnitude. Hotter than anything I have ever had anywhere. I don't know if that's the Cambodian influence my uncle was talking about it. I know I've gone to Thai restaurants and have had discussions with the owners who swear they are fixing it as hot as they would in their homeland, and it's nothing like my Aunt's food.
I think Cambodian food is pretty distinctive. It's more influenced by old Khmer and Indian traditions than Vietnamese. Vietnamese food usually isn't that spicy. And I agree, the Thai restaurant owners always lie when they say there are making it as spicy as they would at home. No matter what you say, you can't convince them that you truly like it spicy.
Wait a doggone minute. You know about Cambodian food but not about '60s Cambodian rock?
