pad thai

noun, often capitalized T \ ˈpäd-ˈtī , ˈpad- \

|Updated on: 16 Jul 2018

Definition of pad thai

: a Thai dish consisting of rice noodles stir-fried usually with any of various additional ingredients (such as bean sprouts, peanuts, chicken, shrimp, and egg)

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Recent Examples of pad thai from the Web

Start with the spiralizer, and make a colorful no-cook pad Thai by swapping out the pasta for a bowl of colorful vegetable noodles.

— terri milligan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Keep your cool: No-heat cooking keeps you comfortable and the food fresh," 5 July 2018
The Thai side of the menu veers away from the blunt instrument of tradition with an engaging consommé-style shrimp tom yum soup and a balanced and good sweet-and-sour pad thai.

— mike sutter, San Antonio Express-News, "Review: Dominion spot Kin Thai & Sushi makes sushi and Thai a happy couple," 24 May 2018
This is especially good for dishes such as pad thai and sandwiches.

— the washington post, OregonLive.com, "How to start teaching your kids to cook: an age-appropriate guide," 12 June 2018
This year’s vendors will be selling everything from pad thai and spring rolls to pierogies and gyros and everything in between.

— hayley harding, Courant Community, "Here's Everything You Need To Know For Celebrate! West Hartford This Weekend," 6 June 2018
BLD’s Cafe serves 10 Chinese and Thai specialty dishes, including lo mein, fried rice, kung pao chicken and pad thai.

— pam kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Craving Asian food? At local casinos, you're in luck," 29 Apr. 2018
According to a comment on the post, Ford ordered papaya salad, pad graprao, pad thai and fish cakes.

— robert philpot, star-telegram, "Looks like Harrison Ford is checking out Fort Worth restaurants again | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 18 May 2018
According to Ricker, the Las Vegas menu will closely resemble Southeast Portland's Pok Pok Wing, only with the possible addition of pad Thai, khao soi or some other noodle dish.

— michael russell, OregonLive.com, "Pok Pok Wing joins Lardo with new Las Vegas location," 1 May 2018
There’s a kids menu, too, with smaller pad Thai and fried rice portions, should your offspring not be like ours, who opted for the chicken nuggets and fries.

— anna caplan, star-telegram, "It's difficult to choose a favorite dish at the impressive Thai Orange | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 1 May 2018

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