I love Pad Thai – I often order it when we go out for Thai
food. So I would really like to find a
great frozen Pad Thai to eat at home. Sadly,
this is not it. It isn’t awful, but it
is nowhere near the taste of Pad Thai you get at a restaurant.
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| Try as I might, I could not get mine to look as pretty as it does on the bos |
I think part of the problem is cooking it in the microwave
(which is the first method listed on the packaging) – the noodles just get
gloppy and yucky. Even with a large
amount of stirring around it didn’t ever get “saucy” or appetizing. And let me just say – there is a reason “bean
sprouts” are listed first on the ingredients – this dish is chock full of ‘em. Sadly, they are sort of the
stringy sprouts, not the robust, tasty
ones. Drat.
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| Here is how it looks in REAL LIFE - after lots of stirring to try and make it prettier (and tastier). Note the Sriracha bottle... |
I used copious amounts of Trader Joe’s Sriracha (which got a
glowing review on day 45 of this blog) and that helped make the meal more
palatable.
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| Cheap lunch, but not that great |
In a nutshell – this will fill you up if you need to eat a
quick lunch, but it will not leave you begging for more.
Price – $2.69
Rating – 2.75
