ผัดไทย (pad thai) เขียนด้วยตัวเล็ก ถูกบรรจุเข้าเป็นคำศัพท์สามัญในพจนานุกรม Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary และ Cambridge Dictionary แล้ว

✦ pad thai (pɑːd ˈtaɪ/ or /ˌpæd ˈtaɪ/; Thai: ผัดไทย, RTGS: phat thai, ISO: p̄hạd thịy, 'Thai stir fry'), is a stir-fried rice noodle dish commonly served as a portion of street food in Thailand as part of the country's cuisine.

✦ It is typically made with rice noodles, shrimp, peanuts, a scrambled egg, and bean sprouts, among other vegetables. The ingredients are fried in a wok. Once the dish is completed it is tossed in pad thai sauce, which gives the dish its signature tangy salty flavor with a hint of sweetness.

♦ History:

✦ Though stir-fried rice noodles were introduced to Thailand from mainland China centuries ago, the dish pad thai was invented in the mid-20th century.

✦ It was actually created in the 1930s in Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, who was the prime minister at the time. The dish was created because Thailand was focused on nation-building.
So he created this dish using Chinese noodles and called it to pad Thai as a way to galvanize nationalism."

✦ Another explanation of pad thai's provenance holds that, during World War II, Thailand suffered a rice shortage due to the war and floods. To reduce domestic rice consumption, the Thai government under Prime Minister Phibunsongkhram promoted the consumption of noodles instead.

✦ His government promoted rice noodles and helped to establish the identity of Thailand. As a result, a new noodle called sen chan (named after Chanthaburi Province) was created.

✦ Pad thai has since become one of Thailand's national dishes. Today, some food vendors add pork or chicken (although the original recipe did not contain pork because of the government's perception that pork was Chinese meat). Some food vendors still use the original recipe.
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