23 minutes ago, lindag said:Yesterday my friend and I had lunch at my very favorite restaurant, a Thai place with authentic Thai foods. There is no other such place anywhere around.
I had the shrimp pad tjai and she had the drunken noodles.
We were wondering why they are called 'drunken' noodles.
Anyway, she loved the dish and vowed that I'd order it on the next trip there.
I was told they got that name, pad kee mao, because they were frequently served from street carts, late at night, to patrons who'd been out on the town and needed some food in their bellies. So it's more the patrons who were drunk, rather than the noodles!
Edited to add: Scroll down on this page for a good description from Leela Punyaratabandhu and a recipe from her book in case you want to make them yourself.
