Pad Thai

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Pad Thai

              -This Pad Thai recipe is how you actually find it in Bangkok and comes from testing hundeds of different variations from food carts all over hter city. Pad Thai is the ultimate street food. While W"street food" may sound bad, food cart cooks are in such a competitive situation, with such limited space, ingredients and tools they need to specialize in a dish or two just to stay in business. The best of these cooks have cooked the same dish day-after-day , year-after-year , constantly perfecting it.
             Great Pad Thai is dry and light bodied , with a fresh , complex , balanced flavor. it should be reddish and brownish  in color. Not bright and oily like I've seen in the US. The ingredients listed below can be somewhat intimidating but many are optional. If you would like to make authentic Pad Thai just like in Thailand , use all the ingredients.
          Pad Thai is another perfect vegetarian dish, just omit shrimp and substitute soy sauce for fish sauce. Add more tofu if you like.
          From street carts, you can also often find and older, more traditional version of Pad Thai made with dried shrimp.