Pad Kee Mao Has a New Noodly Rival
I have a habit of ordering the same thing every time I go to a particular restaurant. Why mess with a good thing, right? When I find a dish that I love, I’m sometimes reluctant to order anything else for fear that it might not be as good.
Almost every time I have eaten at the Thai House in Dunbar, I have ordered Pad Kee Mao. I just discovered (through the miracle of Google) that the name of this dish means “drunkard’s noodles,” so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that it’s my favorite. The brown sauce covering the broad noodles and mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, basil, and onions is to die for. It really is hard for me to order anything else.
But just recently, I finally decided to try the Pad Thai. To me, Pad Thai is the quintessential Thai dish. Just look at that photo - doesn’t it look luscious? In fact, it looked so good that when I was leaving the restaurant, a woman came up to me and asked me what I had ordered. After I told her, she then asked if she could take a peek at my leftovers! A strange request, but I obliged. I hope she liked it as much as I did. The Thai House’s Pad Kee Mao may be to die for, but the Pad Thai is to live for. (Oh, and I have it on good authority that even kids like it.)
– Jennifer
