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Interesting information about Pad Thai - LP 265

NOV 8,2017.

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Interesting information about Pad Thai.

Pad thai is a stir-fried rice noodle dish commonly served as a street food and at casual local eateries in Thailand. It is made with soaked dried rice noodles, which are stir-fried with eggs and chopped firm tofu, and is flavored with tamarind pulp, fish sauce, dried shrimp, garlic or shallots, red chili pepper and palm sugar and served with lime wedges and often chopped roasted peanuts.

It may contain other vegetables like bean sprouts, garlic chives, pickled radishes or turnips and raw banana flowers. It may also contain fresh shrimp, crab, squid, chicken or other proteins.

Many of the ingredients are provided on the side as condiments such as the red chili pepper, lime wedges, roasted peanuts, bean sprouts and other miscellaneous fresh vegetables. Vegetarian versions may substitute soy sauce for the fish sauce and omit the shrimp.

About the original source of this food, many people said that It was introduced by Chinese merchants and developed to reflect the traditional Thai flavor. It is also suggested that it originated in Vietnam.

In World War II, Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram has promoted this dish, helping to develop a part in the identity of Thailand.Pad thai is listed at number 5 on list of World's 50 most delicious foods readers' poll compiled by CNN Go in 2011.

On November 7, 2017, a Google Doodle featuring pad thai was displayed in the U.S., Canada, Cuba, Thailand, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, and several countries in both Europe and South America. Google celebrated it as an initiative of Doodler Juliana. While she was researching how to prepare it, she aimed to show all the ingredients up close and with a colourful animation.

In general, Pad Thai is a classic Thai dish consisting of stir-fried rice noodles, and it is commonly served as street food.