Pad Thai. Ep. 1 

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I'm surprised this exists!! You should announce on it on your channel Pailin!

Joining in on the conversation here- I grew up in Thailand and actually ate very little Pad Thai (if at all) until I came to the US. Pad Thai is everywhere in Thailand, but it’s seldom made at home. People in Thailand would have Pad Thai when they eat at a restaurant or at a street food stall. Our family didn’t eat out much, so we didn’t have that much exposure to the dish even though we were in Thailand. Your postulates on the origin of Pad Thai are interesting. While I cannot back this up with any evidence, I think any noodle dish you find anywhere in Asia today originated from Chinese traders and/or emigrants who naturally combined the culture of their birth place with that of their new homes over time, resulting in something that’s both familiar and locally accessible to them. Big congrats on your first episode! Hope to see and learn more from you two lovely ladies!

I stumbled upon the short for this featuring Pad Thai history. I’m obsessed with Thai food and am excited to hear more of your informative conversations!

Wow - what a nice idea making that podcast. Cant wait to hear all episodes. Of course I will spread the news of that podcast to all my connected Thaifood groups.

I took a home-based cooking class in Bangkok taught by a restaurant chef. She told us very sternly that without the sweet pickled radish, it wasn't real Pad Thai. But we all do what we can. ;-)

I'm excited for this podcast. I want to hear more of Pailin's thoughts on whatever she feels like talking about.

Great podcast with Pailin. Great information to have, just leaves me with more things to cook! As an aside, I just checked for the Pad Thai sauce and it is already sold out - only took 1 day?? !! Great marketing. Looking forward to the next production.

Great podcast! I learned a lot and I'm looking forward to the next one! Thank you!

What a great idea! I really enjoyed your first episode and I am already looking forward to your next - hopefully very soon! Thank you so much and greetings from Germany!

Thank you both so much for this! I’ve been looking for a Thai Food Podcast for a couple of years now

Thank you for joining our conversation. And thank you for listening :)

Super interesting story on the history of the dish and best practices on preparing at home!

I love it you both a great pair, with lot's of information and love of Thai food

Amazing podcast! Looking forward to more :)

Thai food lovers, LET'S GOOOOO!!!! Thank you both, subscribed!

Hello, great video

Love this!!

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Very nice. I'm not sure I remember eating pad Thai when I lived in Chiang Mai in 1974-75. I lived with my family as my dad was working on a UN multiple landuse project up in the mountains around Chiang Mai. We had a cook but I later learned she was actually Burmese not Thai so I'm not sure how much of what we ate was truly Thai or not. We did eat noodle dishes though and sometimes it may have been pad Thai. Regardless I came to love Thai food but didn't learn to cook it then. I have truly enjoyed watching Pailin's videos and learning how to cook the dishes I do remember eating. Thank you!

😂 khaosan road chicken pad thai.. been there done that. I love this new podcast! You guys touched on it for a second but I would love to see an episode dedicated to explaining not every single thai dish is meant to be spicy! I think it's so common to see disappointment when people order a dish and it's not spicy enough.

Lovely talk and love to know more about Thai dishes! 🤗 Thai food is much appreciated in the West, but I have the impression that most folks generalize/limit it for 'only' being Pad Thai, curries and mango sticky rice. There is nothing wrong with this, but there is so much more about Thai cuisine to discover

Thank you for your first shared podcast with Pailin, whom I've been following for several years. I loved the discussion of Pad Thai (which, in my memory, wasn't even a thing when I spent time in Thailand back in '69 even in the food stalls, and markets back then). I have been trying to recreate my experience of Thai food over the decades over here in the Northeast US, and with the explosion of Asian ingredients in this country I've amassed a good deal of the basics such as curry pastes, sauces and other condiments in our pantry, all except for the extras like fresh vegetables and herbs so I do sometimes substitute. I look forward to a continuation of this podcast/vlog in the coming days, and I'm happy that I have one more inspiring thing to add to my views, and to my library of Asian and particularly Southeast Asian cookbooks. You both hit on the main point of it all, which is that food brings people and cultures together, whether through necessity or choice, and what counts is that it tastes good, it satisfies, and it makes you smile. As my friend has said for years, "Food is life, food is love", and that's what energizes me when I make dishes off the top of my head (but with the whole concept of balance always directs my actions). Once again, thank you both, Kopkun Ka, and Choen, tam sabai.

Love the podcast! Thanks for coming up with the great content! I’d love to see if you can invite Marion Grasby to your show and interview her and her point of view on Thai food!

I think I read about the prime minister's pad thai from Thai novel 'Rom Chat' (ร่มฉัตร) by Thomyantee (ทมยันตี) or her other works. But I'm quite sure it's from a novel because I don't read historical books.

Wow, really? Cuz that story is definitely popular in thailand. I even feels like I heard it in history class-- I mean, social study class, lol. Gotta wonder why it's called Pad Thai.

My theory what's the origin of Pad Thai is pinned down to stir fried Pimai noodles.The history of noodle could traced back more than hundred years ago.At that time people in Pimai made the noodles for barter trade to nearby villages for rice,spices or fish sauce.

But the rice noodles can be made out of broken rice grains - maybe they encouraged the ppl to eat more rice noodles ?