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post #16 of 30
6/24/09 at 12:05am
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Originally Posted by hamish5178 View Post
Lo Mein is like what you get in the food court. I have no clue where I'd go to find good Lo Mein, but I can get good Pad Thai at several restaurants within 10 miles of bumblefuck.
Yeah.. I think Chow Fun is a better example of Chinese noodle... and when done correctly (preferably with beef tendon), it is WAY better than Pad Thai
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post #17 of 30
6/24/09 at 12:10am
Chow Mein>Pad Thai>Lo Mein
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post #18 of 30
6/24/09 at 12:19am
Pad Thai all the way
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post #19 of 30
6/24/09 at 12:25am
For me it is a thai. And why must we chose? Can't we live in a world with both?
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post #20 of 30
6/24/09 at 1:03am
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Originally Posted by Texasmade View Post
Chow Mein>Pad Thai>Lo Mein


but

pad kee mow > chow fun > chow mein

I like the texture of flat noodles better, but as always, only if they're easy on the grease.

i have incredibly fond memories of both, but thai food is trendier these days or something and it seems easier to find good thai restaurants. chinese restaurants have become so ubiquitous and seem to have taken on more of a quick and easy junk food identity for the average american. Of course you can always find good examples of both but i take pad kee mow over pad thai every time.
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post #21 of 30
6/24/09 at 1:44am
Pad Thai.. no contest!
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post #22 of 30
6/24/09 at 2:14am
pad thai, but not the americanized kind (they made it oily so it could be delivered and still bear some semblance of freshness). the original is not oily and it has to be eaten immediately.
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post #23 of 30
6/24/09 at 4:29pm
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seafood lo mein with veggies!

not the typical buffet style lo mein
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post #24 of 30
6/24/09 at 4:36pm
I've had both and voted for lo mein. I've had "authentic" pad thai (I have some Thai people in my family and they made it) and restaurant pad thai.

Having said that, I don't think either is very good.
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post #25 of 30
6/24/09 at 4:37pm
Pad thai in a heartbeat.

The textural contrast with the noodles and crushed peanuts is perfect. One of the real vegetarian pleasures in the world.
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post #26 of 30
6/24/09 at 4:43pm
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Originally Posted by odoreater View Post
I've had both and voted for lo mein. I've had "authentic" pad thai (I have some Thai people in my family and they made it) and restaurant pad thai.

Having said that, I don't think either is very good.

I prefer lo mein, because I prefer the egg flour type noodle better than rice noodles used for pad thai

and lo mein is more satisfying, sometimes they make the sauce in pad thai too sweet and use too much sugar and the soggy rice noodles are too wet and stuck together.

lo mein keeps better and you dont have to hurry and eat it right away, lo mein has more variety and meats

Singapore style over thin crispy noodles is also very good

or Filipino Pancit Lo mein with thick noodles

tomato & beef lo mein when tomatoes are in season is also good
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post #27 of 30
6/25/09 at 8:45am
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Originally Posted by edinatlanta View Post
For me it is a thai. And why must we chose? Can't we live in a world with both?

I'm embarrassed to admit I lol'd...
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post #28 of 30
6/25/09 at 11:28am
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Originally Posted by amnesiac View Post
I like the texture of flat noodles better, but as always, only if they're easy on the grease.

Pad Thai, but like Amnesiac, there are a bunch of other things with those awesome wide flat noodles, that I'd rather have.

Crap, now I'm hungry.



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post #29 of 30
6/25/09 at 11:28am
Spaghetti cacio e pepe
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post #30 of 30
6/25/09 at 2:23pm
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Originally Posted by bolo View Post
sometimes they make the sauce in pad thai too sweet and use too much sugar and the soggy rice noodles are too wet and stuck together.

the noodles are supposed to cling together, to some extent. i hate it when they screw up the noodles, or put too much sugar.
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