The Best Pad Kaprow In The World...Ever!

[somtamslap]

Bought, paid for and devoured all in the confines of a petrol station.

Firstly, take a look at the egg. Cooked to absolute perfection if you like your kai mai sooked - which I obviously do. You know when you cut through the centre of that bad boy, a stream of yoke will compliment the rest of the ingredients on the plate..making for an unrivalled dining experience.

Next, note the liberal smattering of cucumber, which I thought was abundant enough to merit a drizzle of chili vinegar..



After carefully removing the egg and placing it to one side, the main protein of the dish is revealed - BEEF! Succulent, juicy minced beef flavoured with a smidgen of oyster sauce and a clove or two or garlic - devine, simply fucking devine.
Also note the generous helping of the long green beans, adding a crunchy texture and earthy flavour to the ensemble. And of course, the holy basil from where the name of the dish derived, cunningly woven into the tapestry, stoically labouring in every spoonful.



I finished the plate savouring every mouth full, paid the whopping 37 Thai Baht price tag which incidently included a glass of iced water and let the old lady in the kitchen know that, 'That, my love, was the fucking dog's nuts!'.

37 baht! What would you get for that back in the West? Use of the bogs in Waterloo Sation?

[Marmite the Dog]

'That, my love, was the fucking dog's nuts!'

Looks more like a dog's dinner.

[somtamslap]

The pics don't do it justice - forgot the larger of my close range lenses, didn't I..

But it was very tasty, indeed. And that's high praise coming from a pad krapow connoisseur like myself - I reckon I've eaten more than 1000 of them..

[peterpan]

- I reckon I've eaten more than 1000 of them..

Pussy, I've been eating it for 19 yrs, since i arrived here, est[at] 5 times a week, nearly 5000.
Best is my old ladies, but close are the golf club near udon and the guys who makes it in a Baan Chiang Restaurant opposite the old bones Museum.

[Rural Surin]

High quality silverware...

[somtamslap]

5 times a week, nearly 5000.

Same protein or do you mix it up? I'll occasionally go for shrimp or squid but generally d=beef or chicken - although I find that chicken is the hardest for the sellers to perfect, tends to come out a little dry.

High quality silverware...

Yep, by the time I'd finished that little repast, it looked like Uri Geller on amphetamines had been dining..

[Anteak]

High quality silverware...

Ros Dee give-aways if I'm not mistaken. They do the job though all the same. I make a mean Pad Kaprow myself but the fumes from garlic in the hot oil in the beginning always make me cough like a 40 a day man.

[peterpan]

Same protein or do you mix it up? I'll occasionally go for shrimp or squid but generally d=beef or chicken - although I find that chicken is the hardest for the sellers to perfect, tends to come out a little dry.

My real favorite is squid or prawns, then chicken, do have pork or beef once a week, even have goat on odd occasions.
My only worry is the sodium content , the fish sauce and oyster sauce, but it doesn't taste the same as salt reduced version.

[Marmite the Dog]

even have goat on odd occasions.

Where do you buy goat in Udon, Pete? I fancy doing a goat curry.

[peterpan]

I get it in Baan Chiang killed and butchered to order, buy the Goat off a neighbour and the pristine abattoir does the rest

[Marmite the Dog]

I'll have a lump the next time you buy, mate.

[somtamslap]

even have goat on odd occasions.

Now that sounds tasty!

[Simon43]

Do you get weird looks in the restaurant when you take photos of your food????

Simon

[peterpan]

I'll have a lump the next time you buy, mate.

Sure, you can also buy it in Makro as well.

[Stinky]

Do you get weird looks in the restaurant when you take photos of your food????

He only gets those when he leans in and takes photos of other people's food

[somtamslap]

Do you get weird looks in the restaurant when you take photos of your food????

......Yep.......but I also get weird looks when I walk down the street so I don't really give a shit..

[Marmite the Dog]

I'll have a lump the next time you buy, mate.

Sure, you can also buy it in Makro as well.

You can also buy puff pastry in Markro, but I can never find it.

[peterpan]

Makro is quite easy to find, its got the biggest sign in Udon

[Bobcock]

My wife makes awesome phad khaprow.....I love kung sap the best and then chicken.....yummy and she does the egg exactly the same way as the OP....divine....

[koman]

That plate looks almost Royal Daulton bone china....but I expect it's actually platic, made in China...right? Good looking egg too....they usually overcook the egg so it ends up with the consisency of a hockey puck. Strange thing, but I've always had the best Kaprow at roadside service stations....wonder why...maybe they add a bit of diesel fuel....

[sunsetter]

pad krapow moo grop, kai dow for me, the crispy pork is just sublime, theres a woman that does it in a lil soi that leads to the river taxi in ramkhamheang, soi san saeb i think, best ive ever had, ordered pet pet, lovely!!!!!!!!!

[The Fresh Prince]

I think the secret to a good street style krapao is to turn up mid to late lunch time when the wok is starting to get really shitty and full of flavour. Get there too early and you'll find yourself with dish that's a bit too clean and tasteless for my liking. My favorite is pad krapao neuuererere! (spelling)

take a look at the egg. Cooked to absolute perfection

egg exactly the same way as the OP....divine....

Good looking egg too

It sounds to me like it's time for the annual Teakdoor group eye test.

Its not bad for an egg, but don't cream your pants over it. It's got no black pepper on it for starters.

[somtamslap]

It's got no black pepper on it for starters.

I think the road side shed adjoined to a petrol station which proudly boasts, 'last gasoline for 500 miles' was fresh out of cracked-black pepper and sea salt, FP..

[somtamslap]

pad krapow moo grop, kai dow for me,

Me too mate, but I'm trying to exercise some self control. Here's one of my earlier conquests..

[SEA Traveler]

I'm hungry even though the Mrs just made me some Green Chicken Curry with Rice.