Thread: Thai foods we can't live without

Originally Posted by sabang

The selection is overwhelmingly biased towards the cuisine of the centre and south of Thailand, which makes it as biased, unrepresentative, and flawed as the politics of this once booming country.

Kudos at least for including the Lao/ Isaan dish of somtam. But what about larb? Or grilled chicken- which after all, served with somtam, is as ubiquitous a Bangkok office workers lunch as noodle soup. Or pad kha pao for that matter- I see a whole lot more of that eaten by the majority of the population of Thailand than the largely southern dish of gaeng som (very nice btw, to this farang).

Picture 10 in the OP, Sabang.

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Pad Ga Pow Moo Kai Dow

If a local Thai doesn't know what to order, it almost certainly comes down to pad ga pow. A stir-fried dish that can be trusted to turn out delicious and satisfying every time and at almost every eatery.
Chicken, pork or minced meat is stir fried in oil with garlic, chilies, small green vegetables like green beans and the vibrant basil that gives the dish its flavor.
It's fashionable to eat it over a pile of rice accompanied by a fried egg. Neighbourhood eateries tend to serve the best pad ga pow, though it's available almost anywhere.