My Name Is Andong

I heard you guys!! After uncovering the dark history of PAD THAI in my latest video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe3LC...) you guys wanted a recipe, and a recipe you shall have. I'll try next week, but it might have to wait until the one after that... Now which spin should I put on it?? Since "authentic" is not an option imo; should I make it fancy? Easy? Or just next level? :D What are you looking for in a good Pad Thai recipe, what is a Pad Thai problem you have never been able to solve?

4 years ago | [YT] | 864



@grizzlybearpoo

I think a simple recipe with suggestions on how to make it fancy/extra special would be great! :)

4 years ago | 53

@neji687

Why not start simple, to fancy, to NEXT LEVEL!!

4 years ago | 137

@noob19087

Since I've never even had pad thai, for me the most interesting thing would be knowing all the options of what you can put on it, rather than some specific recipe.

4 years ago | 29

@Frickes

I always like your easy "weekday cookable" recipies the most. 😊

4 years ago (edited) | 14

@johnj5011

Would love to see different stages of easy to normal to complicated. Great vid BTW! Definitely learned something new.

4 years ago | 11

@yannsaint-germain4527

I want a pad thai "à la Andong". Your creativity is an asset you ought to capitalize on. Cheers!

4 years ago | 8

@evanpyne4729

Knowing you I think we can expect some german version of pad thai with asparagus and spreewalder gurken😂

4 years ago | 26

@JanPROSE

Kinda struggled a bit with the noodle handling when making pad Thai in the past. It can be hard to incorporate them evenly and they can overcook easily. I think it's mostly the overcrowded pan/wok though.

4 years ago | 32  

@bemusedindian8571

Pad Thai has an official recipe. The thing to get correct are the ingredients and technique. At most home cooking set-up’s you can cook only one portion at a time. I think that is something most people miss. Also there is a vegetarian version, which does not try to replicate the original, but takes it to a slightly different, but satisfying end product.

4 years ago | 7

@MrRugaan

Would not the funny option be to make german/european-style pad thai? XD

4 years ago | 4

@Fists91

At first I thought simple sounded good since I'm lazy and cheap but I'm pretty curious to see what a next level Pad Thai could be

4 years ago | 2

@tubamonkey1

There are a lot of good authentic recipe videos from Jet Tila, Pailin Chongchitnant, and Just One Cookbook. What I want to see is some sort of local variation, similar to what you did with ramen!

4 years ago | 2

@sanguinesomnambulist

My favourite Pad Thai is always the most loaded. Not necessarily the most fancy, but the most comfort-food-esque. Lots of thin slices of chicken and tofu, a few big shrimp, sprouts, generous egg, and sliced spring onion on top. Personally I'm a fan of both crushed peanuts on top, and peanut sauce mixed in with the tamarind sauce. There's a Viet/Thai place near me that does a rich peanut saucy pad Thai but they skimp on everything else.

4 years ago | 0

@feverdreams736

Easy please, I'd like to be able to cook it myself 😅. Maybe you can make another fancy version for the more experienced

4 years ago | 1

@FunkyFreshFood

So many vegetarian versions say to sub fish sauce for soy sauce. I'd like to see a version that uses unexpected vegetarian ingredients to replace the flavour of shrimps and fish sauce.

4 years ago | 7

@serjicalforce

Looking forward to your recipe! I just watched your ramen rice video today as well and had my mind blown. Your videos are inspiring! Love your history videos so much! The sausage one was also so fascinating! Great work! Best wishes to you and your crew!

4 years ago | 0

@Prouder_Doubter

I’m curious how restaurants make the typical, orange-colored, greasy Pad Thai. There’s still something special to me about that style, because it was my first Pad Thai experience.

4 years ago | 0

@kaiwangle5003

Fancy please :) While I will happily watch an Andong take on pad thai, there's a thousand recipes out there already but few which dive into the origins of the dish like yours. I really appreciate your culinary history lessons and please keep making them! I always love the deep dives even when you don't resurface with a recipe :) As far as pad thai problems go, the biggest is noodle clumping but I already know the answer will be rinse excess starch before cooking and don't be timid with the oil.

4 years ago | 0

@Ermude10

Something I would be interested in is a "Westernized" version. There are millions of recipes of Pad Thai already out there, but it's more interesting to me to find the "essence" of the dish, and then try to recreate that based on other ingredients to create a new, but similar dish.

4 years ago | 1

@finnfielding9233

Some ideas on best subs for hard to get ingredients (dried shrimp, tamarind paste, etc) would be awesome!

4 years ago | 1