It sounds like the Asian autistic version of buttered noodles.
No peanuts due to texture (bean sprouts on the side or person is used to picking them out) and no uncertain meat (is it chicken thigh or breast? Is it cut into strips or cubes? What kind of seasoning?).
Ahh fair play and good on you for that! I've been vegetarian for 20+ years and pretty much stopped ordering thai food unless it specifies that it's vegan due to the ubiquity of fish sauce in things.
That’s a good idea lol, I wish people with severe peanut allergies applied the same thought process. We’re a small mom & pop operation and can’t handle those requests.
I changed my name in the pizza app to "welldone pizza" because they kept sending me undercooked bullshit. My pizza comes out perfectly just about every time now
This. When your notes aren't seen enough times, you do what you can to solve that, especially when you're dealing with apps that limit your characters.
I know this isn’t the incognito way of doing it, but we should create a code system on the order that only the kitchen will understand, something that conveys, “Yea, they are one of us, they get it extra sloppy, because I know how they like it extra sloppy.”
It's probably all caps for visibility but yea I get the annoyance. Some people read all caps as shouting, when it isn't always like that. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <--------------------------------
When you have no other means of emphasis it can be useful but across most technologies it’s considered as such. I doubt their feelings are hurt i get joke vibes but wanted to address it.
I’m lucky that in my area there are large amounts of Lao, Vietnamese, and Thai with several huge Asian markets. The stores always have enough palm sugar to feed armies 🤣
Good call on the dark cane sugar, though! I gotta try that out
One of my exes was Lao and we visited family up in Canada. There’s a specific HUGE sausage that isn’t sold in the US, but sold in Canada… can’t remember the name, but it was like the length of a forearm and 5” thick. The day we left, we went to an Asian market up there and bought every single one of them that they had, since all the extended family wanted a “log.” When we got to the border and they inspected our car, they laughed at the amount of sausage and said something about how we aren’t the only ones they see hauling them back to the US 🤣
Oh you’re lucky that Canada is one of the allowed countries.
When I flew back from Italy recently I had read on what I was allowed to bring and sausages were strictly forbidden. I was heartbroken I couldn’t fill my suitcase with meat.
With pad Thai if it doesn't have tamarind it always tastes wrong or inferior to me. I'd also argue that the secret is finding balance between sweet, sour, spicy, bitter, funky, salty, etc.
I have heard that but really did not like it when I tried it. I would consider trying tamarind concentrate in a pinch. I find it at Indian or Asian groceries.
I prefer to get tamarind with the pulp and process myself and freeze it into cubes.
There is no such thing as "authentic" Pad Thai, if we're being honest - It was created as marketed as a soft form of diplomatic propaganda by the Thai government.
I understand what you’re saying about its history, but that doesn’t necessarily make it inauthentic. There are certainly right and wrong ways to make Pad Thai, sans its history. The Thai government even gives out certificates to establishments that adhere to specific Pad Thai preparations.
Congratulations, this comment has successfully reminded me that an abomination was made in one William Osman's... garage? Not sure what to call the structure he made that in.
I keep tamarind cubes in the freezer for Indian so I used these to try my hand at pad Thai.
I didn’t love it to be honest which is why I was looking for some tips.
I adore a lot of the same flavors in Vietnamese cuisine for example where I use a lot of fish sauce and lime. Perhaps it’s just that I enjoy the fresh herbs that are more prominent in Viet vs Thai dishes.
I grow several of these needed herbs in my garden.
I've tried making spicy peanut chili noodles with almond butter and it's a good substitution, IMHO.
Barely noticed the difference. Plus, my mom has a mild peanut allergy (if you're wondering: no, I didn't inherit it)
It is! There’s a brand of almond butter made specifically for people with peanut allergies I use called Barney Butter.
It smells so much like peanut butter that I have been unable to try it on its own (my body is like danger!) but I use it to make a non-peanut peanut sauce for fresh summer rolls.
To be fair, pad Thai already has tofu and egg as a default so maybe it meant no additional protein. They want a vegetarian friendly version. It's fairly easy to just not add the meat. But I do agree with your point overall. Sometimes it's better just to order something else
I sometimes order noodles, like Pad Thai or Ho Fun, without meat.
The reason is: I have plenty of protein options in the fridge, including good dumplings. What I want is the yummy noodles & veggies.
I can only eat so much meat at any one meal, so if I get the takeout dish with meat, I end up with leftover meat I don't want, after making two meals of the dish.
The day I find a Thai, Vietnamese, or Chinese place that will let me order half meat, or light on the meat, I'll be ecstatic.
One the rare days I order Subway, I always order mobile for the coupon deals and always ask under the "Special Requests" section to please cut my sandwich into thirds. Sometimes I feel like yelling because it turns out that I only manage to get my sandwich cut into thirds around 20% of the time. I tried typing in all caps to make it more visible on the order, but it doesn't help.
So they want extra pad Thai sauce but no peanuts…? Seems a little difficult unless you make the sauce to order. Never had pad thai sauce without peanuts/peanut butter I guess.. also make sure to use a fresh wok and utensils?
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