Say you ordered out for a Pad Thai

[oxcoug]

from a respectable NYC restaurant and it arrives and all of the rice noodles are short - like broken up - nothing longer than 3-4 inches, most like 2 inches.

Would you assume that they'd given you the bottom of the pot? Or that they had an accident in which they crushed all their rice noodles? Or that they actually make their Pad Thai that way?

Or would you think I was having a Larry David moment for even asking these questions?

[Drunk Tank]

if it tastes good, who cares, right?

[mtnbiker]

Speaking of Pad Thai, I had a business lunch a week or so ago, and one of the guys, who is narcoleptic, ordered Pad Thai. Something in it immediately kicked him into narcolepsy mode. Any idea what special ingredients in there would do that kind of thing?

[YOhio]

Speaking of Pad Thai, I had a business lunch a week or so ago, and one of the guys, who is narcoleptic, ordered Pad Thai. Something in it immediately kicked him into narcolepsy mode. Any idea what special ingredients in there would do that kind of thing?

Pad Thai sauce is basically tamarind, fish sauce, palm sugar and thai chili powder. Not sure if any of those are narcolepsy inducing substances.

[Katy Lied]

Texture and oral interaction are huge contributors to the enjoyment of a dish. I would definately not be happy with short choppy noodles. Do you know if they broke up because of the time it took to deliver the pad thai? That might be the culprit.

[cowboy]

from a respectable NYC restaurant and it arrives and all of the rice noodles are short - like broken up - nothing longer than 3-4 inches, most like 2 inches.

Would you assume that they'd given you the bottom of the pot? Or that they had an accident in which they crushed all their rice noodles? Or that they actually make their Pad Thai that way?

Or would you think I was having a Larry David moment for even asking these questions?

At the risk of stating the obvious, you really should have gotten a burger. Never trust a foreigner with something as important as dinner.

[filsdepac]

At the risk of stating the obvious, you really should have gotten a burger. Never trust a foreigner with something as important as dinner.

Where can you get a burger that isn't cooked by a foreigner?

[CJF]

Pad Thai sauce is basically tamarind, fish sauce, palm sugar and thai chili powder. Not sure if any of those are narcolepsy inducing substances.

Ugh. No wonder it makes me sick every time I eat it. I love it, but I'm allergic to fish sauce. Makes living in Asia a real adventure.

[oxcoug]

Texture and oral interaction are huge contributors to the enjoyment of a dish. I would definately not be happy with short choppy noodles. Do you know if they broke up because of the time it took to deliver the pad thai? That might be the culprit.

I can't quite see how they would have broken up that way because of delivery - I mean it seems like they would have been broken while they were dry to get this short and choppy.... like they came from the bottom of the bin or something.

But I definitely demand more substantial oral interaction with my Pad Thai.

[Non Sequitur]

Texture and oral interaction are huge contributors to the enjoyment of a dish. I would definately not be happy with short choppy noodles. Do you know if they broke up because of the time it took to deliver the pad thai? That might be the culprit.

Agreed. I'm currently boycotting Mimi's, because I ordered a Cobb salad there once and the lettuce was shredded. Everything else about the salad was great, but I could never get over that shredded lettuce.