Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)

Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)
Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)

Friday, September 25, 2009

My Top 5- Thai Dishes

1. Chicken Chili and Basil Stir-Fry

2. Chicken Green Curry

3. Beef Panang Curry

4. Beef Massaman Curry

5. Chicken and Cashew Nut Stir-Fry

8 comments:

onlinesoph said...

YUM. Love thai. My top five:

1. chicken pad thai
2. Beef Pad See Eiw (sp?)
3. Massuman curry
4. Chilli and basil stir fry
5. Red chicken curry

Ben McLaughlin said...

Is it just me, or do the ladies seem to prefer the noodly dishes?

onlinesoph said...

mmm, never thought about that! Now that you mention it, I do tend to choose noodles while sam has rice dishes. However, Sam's favourite asian dish is singapore noodles. so that breaks the theory a little.

Ben McLaughlin said...

I'm frightened to delve for fear of offending, but I think it's true, at least as a general stereotype.

If you got a group of 20 girls together and they all ordered their first choice, I bet well over 10 would order pad thai.

And while I'm making sweeping generalisations, I reckon this trend extends beyond Thai. For example, the Indian equivalent would be butter chicken.

I'm going to be quiet now.

onlinesoph said...

I have a scientific basis for your theory ben! Apparently girl tongues are more attuned to sweet tasting flavours, whereas men prefer savoury/stronger flavours. That would make sense of why girls might go for pad thai and butter chicken, which in my mind at least, are more mellow tasting asian dishes.

Okay I may have made that up so "scientific" is a stretch, but I'm sure I heard that somewhere.

Ben McLaughlin said...

Sounds like science to me. I like it.

This would also explain why girls seem to care a lot more about their dessert than their main.

onlinesoph said...

...and crave things like chocolate.

Right, could really go for a pad thai followed by chocolate pudding right about now.

goldy said...

I don't go for noodly. But I never seem to fit most female stereotypes either.

My favourite is chilli basil as well. Pad thai boring.