What MUST I order at a Thai place?

[hisno1girl]

I'm excited to try a new place to eat!

[balletofangels]

I love pad thai. I usually get it with chicken. Yummm!

[MWOS]

pad thai with chicken!

[daisyheadmaizie]

I just had Thai for the first time over the weekend. I got chicken pad thai and it was really good. My DH got Spicy Jungle noodles, which were also tasty.

[hisno1girl]

NO FLAMES PLEASE!!!!

I've never had Thai (no restaurants in my area like that until now), but I LOVE spicy food.

What's pad thai?

I'm going to try the Temple Chicken (chicken, lime, green onion, cilantro and HEAT) and their summer roll sounds good (lettuce, matchstick veggies and rice noodles in rice paper).

[charlotte]

Ditto pad thai. I always get red curry with shrimp, 3 stars. Also, most places have this dish with either meat or tofu over a bed of spinach covered in peanut sauce. So good. Now I want thai food! If it's a truly good thai place though, you probably can't go wrong with anything.

[papie]

Thai fried rice!!! It is the most delicious fried rice ever imo.

[balletofangels]

Pad Thai is kind of like a stir fry. It has big noodles of deliciousness

[underwaterrhymes]

You chose wisely. Pad Thai is for amateurs.

[daisyheadmaizie]

Pad thai is thinner rice noodles with various veggies, chicken, and a fried egg cooked in Thai spices. You can usually have them adjust the amount of spice to your liking (mild, medium, hot).

[sara76]

Papaya salad!
My standard is Nam Sod salad. It's ground chicken cooked and tossed with lime juice, fish sauce, peanuts, red onions, cilantro, cucumber and tomato and served with fresh cabbage to use as an edible spoon. Heaven!
If I'm really hungry and want something that comes with rice I love ginger chicken, red curry chicken or basil chicken.
I love Thai food.

[alzi]

I love red curry:)

[hisno1girl]

Jul 5, 2012 19:16:03 GMT -5 sara76 said:

Papaya salad!
My standard is Nam Sod salad. It's ground chicken cooked and tossed with lime juice, fish sauce, peanuts, red onions, cilantro, cucumber and tomato and served with fresh cabbage to use as an edible spoon. Heaven!
If I'm really hungry and want something that comes with rice I love ginger chicken, red curry chicken or basil chicken.
I love Thai food.

OMG that all sounds delicious and :::squeeee::: at your baby for eating her toes!!!!

[underwaterrhymes]

Seriously, though. Pad Thai is good, but that's what most people order when they first try Thai. It's like the California Roll of sushi.

I love summer rolls, vegetable or shrimp thai basil, and pad see ew. H likes anything with peanut sauce.

[underwaterrhymes]

Ooh! And Tom Yum Goong soup is so freaking delicious.

[Deleted]

Do you have a link to the menu?

Pad thai is a staple for the less adventurous.

If you're not afraid of spice, and your Thai restaurant serves Northern specialties, go for something spicy. There is nothing like Thai spice. It will wreck your intestines, but it's worth it.

My favorites include:

Nam kao tod -- crispy rice with sausage, onions, chili, ginger peanuts, lime.

Larb -- ground pork, green chili, lime juice, cabbage.

Tom kah khai -- chicken and coconut milk soup, mushrooms, lemongrass, lime.

Hoh mok khai -- curry paste, coconut milk, protein (chicken, pork, beef, fish, or tofu -- fish, specifically sea bass, is my favorite), scrambled egg, cabbage all simmered in a bowl.

Drunken noodles -- pan-fried flat rice noodles, protein (my favorite is crispy duck), chili, basil.

Panang -- chili curry with coconut milk and basil, protein (my favorites are chicken and tofu).

Soft shell crab salad -- deep-fried soft shell crab, chili, lime juice, peanuts, cabbage.

Mango with sticky rice (perfect after a very spicy meal).

[Deleted]

Panang curry with tofu. Yum!!

With some Tom Ka Kai soup!

[iamgrace]

I love pad Thai. I don't care what anyone says! I also like cashew chicken. Mango salad is good too, unless the mangoes are underripe and then it's awful.

[Deleted]

Mmm...drunken noodles.

[lucky513]

this is what I order
Pad Se Ew beef
Nam Sod
Chicken coconut soup
mango sticky rice

[hisno1girl]

Jul 5, 2012 19:22:49 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Do you have a link to the menu?

Pad thai is a staple for the less adventurous.

If you're not afraid of spice, and your Thai restaurant serves Northern specialties, go for something spicy. There is nothing like Thai spice. It will wreck your intestines, but it's worth it.

My favorites include:

Nam kao tod -- crispy rice with sausage, onions, chili, ginger peanuts, lime.

Larb -- ground pork, green chili, lime juice, cabbage.

Tom kah khai -- chicken and coconut milk soup, mushrooms, lemongrass, lime.

Hoh mok khai -- curry paste, coconut milk, protein (chicken, pork, beef, fish, or tofu -- fish, specifically sea bass, is my favorite), scrambled egg, cabbage all simmered in a bowl.

Drunken noodles -- pan-fried flat rice noodles, protein (my favorite is crispy duck), chili, basil.

Panang -- chili curry with coconut milk and basil, protein (my favorites are chicken and tofu).

Soft shell crab salad -- deep-fried soft shell crab, chili, lime juice, peanuts, cabbage.

Mango with sticky rice (perfect after a very spicy meal).

They don't have a menu on line yet and I love spicy food.

I would eat every single thing you listed. I'm supposed to go on Saturday, so I'll report back about my experience.

Thanks!

[lucky513]

Sometimes I get Larb instead of Nam Sod

[VeryViolet]

Jul 5, 2012 19:22:49 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Do you have a link to the menu?

Pad thai is a staple for the less adventurous.

If you're not afraid of spice, and your Thai restaurant serves Northern specialties, go for something spicy. There is nothing like Thai spice. It will wreck your intestines, but it's worth it.

My favorites include:

Nam kao tod -- crispy rice with sausage, onions, chili, ginger peanuts, lime.

Larb -- ground pork, green chili, lime juice, cabbage.

Tom kah khai -- chicken and coconut milk soup, mushrooms, lemongrass, lime.

Hoh mok khai -- curry paste, coconut milk, protein (chicken, pork, beef, fish, or tofu -- fish, specifically sea bass, is my favorite), scrambled egg, cabbage all simmered in a bowl.

Drunken noodles -- pan-fried flat rice noodles, protein (my favorite is crispy duck), chili, basil.

Panang -- chili curry with coconut milk and basil, protein (my favorites are chicken and tofu).

Soft shell crab salad -- deep-fried soft shell crab, chili, lime juice, peanuts, cabbage.

Mango with sticky rice (perfect after a very spicy meal).

Miso I think I love you (like in the creepy way )

I second drunken noodles as a good beginner Thai dish if you like spicy. I get this awesome spicy dish with minced chicken and a fried egg over rice that I have only seen at the Thai place I go to. Really as long as it is a good restaurant you cannot order wrong.

[weelass24]

pad se ew. OMG. so good!!!!
fried tofu
thai iced tea

[sara76]

Jul 5, 2012 19:36:52 GMT -5 lucky513 said:

Sometimes I get Larb instead of Nam Sod

I get nam sod weekly. H is actually walking in the door with it for me right this minute. Should I try Larb for a change sometime?

[ooglie26]

I always get Kao Pad, which is like Thai stir fried rice. We can choose vegetarian, shrimp, chicken, beef, or pork. We also get to choose how "hot" we get it...the Thai Hot is super spicy, I think they put extra Sriracha in it or something. We also get the Sticky Rice. Yum!

[lucky513]

I like Nam Sod better because it usually has ginger and peanuts
but other then that and the type of ground meat I think they are almost the same


now I want Thai

[hankmoody]

Chicken Pad See Ew
Wonton Fries... best things ever!

[pittsmcgee]

I love Thai! I second pad Thai, drunken noodles, and chicken satay

[karmasabiotch]

I know I'm spelling it wrong, but I love Pad See Ew with tofu. You can get it with chicken if you don't like tofu. Very Yummy!