SEPTEMBER 2014: Pad Thai

This is the place that serves the yummy Pad Thai that I keep coming back to:

photoed by D. Liongson

Love that goodness of rice sticks (noodles) --firm to the bite-- with its special sauce, succulent prawns, and topped with spring onions, and your choice to add tangy lime, chilli flakes, white sugar, and crushed peanuts. My, what richness in color (and flavor too)! Feast your eyes before munching away. 

photoed by D. Liongson

Speaking of munching, I recommend to eat this slowly at one bite at a time, and explore the flavors and textures in your mouth before digesting. Take it easy with the chilli flakes; otherwise, the burning sensation will keep you watering it down with glasses of chilled drinks-- obviously this will kill the pleasure of eating this meal.

This can be enjoyed with chopsticks or a fork.  

I usually grab most opportunities to eat with chopsticks. I learned to eat with them when I was little. The motivation was either to learn to eat with chopsticks or don't eat at all. And thus began my quest to eat with them... Learning to eat with chopsticks was more of a fun experience and less of a chore.

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If you are somewhere in Broadbeach, have a go with Boonchu Thai. They serve more great food choices than just Pad Thai. (I have no clue what the other dishes are like. Worth a try perhaps? Pardon me for not exploring the other meals because I look forward to eat Pad Thai whenever I am there. Mmm-mm...)

--D.L.

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D' HAIKU

A meal from Thailand:

Rice sticks, sauce, prawns, and flavors

That's delish Pad Thai!

--D.L.