Pad Thai ($5)!
A hawker plate of pad thai: thin rice noodles tossed with prawn, bean sprouts and garlic chives, with crushed peanuts, chilli flakes and lime on the side. $5.
A tasty Thai hawker lunch, a plate of Pad Thai for $5. 😋
What we had:
- Pad Thai: thin rice noodles tossed with prawn, bean sprouts and garlic chives, with crushed peanuts, chilli flakes and a lime wedge on the side
Pad thai is one of those dishes a good hawker stall often does better than a restaurant, and this plate was a solid one. The thin rice noodles came glossy and orange-tinged from the tamarind sauce, that classic sweet-sour-savoury balance from tamarind, palm sugar and fish sauce, with bite rather than going gummy.
There were plump prawns tucked through, sweet and snappy, plenty of bean sprouts for fresh crunch and garlic chives for that green, oniony fragrance. The little piles on the side are what make it: crushed peanuts for nutty crunch, chilli flakes to dial up the heat, and a wedge of lime to squeeze over (non-negotiable in my book, the citrus lift balances all that sweetness).
Mix it all in, squeeze the lime, scatter the peanuts, and you have a bright, tangy, savoury plate that eats really well. Great value at $5.
Overall: 4.4 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Tangy tamarind noodles with sweet prawns, crunchy peanuts and a good squeeze of lime. Would re-order.
