Pad thai is made by stir frying thin flat rice noodles in garlic, chai poh (Chinese sweet-salty preserved radish), dried shrimp and tofu, with a sauce made of fish sauce, tamarind paste and palm sugar ...

Pad Thai may seem like an age-old dish, but it was invented just last century in a competition to find a national dish. Outside of Thailand, pad Thai is probably the most well-known dish in the ...

When Anajak Thai opened in 1981, most people who walked into the Los Angeles restaurant weren’t familiar with Thai cuisine. They just thought it was spicy Chinese food, said Justin Pichetrungsi, the ...

The wok is smoking even before Adam Cliff adds oil. The chef and owner of the popular Thai restaurant Samsen, in Hong Kong’s Wan Chai district, is showing how he makes pad Thai. The key is a hot wok ...

Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. The chances of a Thai person choosing pad thai as their favorite Thai dish are rare. In a vast and dynamic culinary ...