4 Levels of Pad Thai: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- We challenged chefs of three different skill levels - amateur John, home cook Natasha, and professional chef instructor King Phojanakong from The Institute of Culinary Education - to stir fry us their preferred Pad Thai recipe. Once each level of chef had finished and tasted their final product, we asked food scientist Rose to explain their choices from an expert's perspective. Which Pad Thai take the prize in your eyes?
Check out the level 3 recipe here on the ICE blog: www.ice.edu/blog/pad-thai-recipe
Keep up with John at @johndlopresto
Follow Natasha at @natashajanardan
Chef King is on Instagram at @kumainn_uminom
Follow Rose at @rosemarytrout_foodscience
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4 Levels of Pad Thai: Amateur to Food Scientist | Epicurious - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
King is like the older more refined version of Lorenzo..
Hehehehe
King is the evolved form of Lorenzo
But Lorenzo is funny
kind of true
King Lorenzo
King: ''I wish these prawns were alive''
also king in the next shot: 'Now we TWIST THEIR HEADS OFF".
It means he want it fresh i thing
@@ripal4619 no, he craves the feeling of power when beheading living crustaceans muahahaha 😈
@@karlcarlsburg9641 😂😂😂😂
when you have an idea for a comment but the top comment already says it
I wish I could kill something with my bare hands, so I can taste its heart beat on my palate. MUHAHAHHAHA.
I'm reading several comments on King's choice of adding Chinese sausage to his pad thai. Guys, he's Thai/Filipino. I'm sure he knows what is traditional and what is not. He never claimed his recipe was traditional. As a level 3 chef, i think he's expected to add his own twist on the dish.
I think the sausage, regardless of authenticity is an awful choice both as texture and flavour. The fried prawn is also dumb. The egg wrap form factor is sus, but I'd willing to try it.
@@johnyaya1041 So yeah, you a chef now?
Amateur follows the rules, experts breaks the rules.
@@johnyaya1041 it may not be authentic, but if it tastes good then it tastes good.
@@theshriekinghominin1760 my point is I don't think that is going to taste good
I'm Thai people and I love to cook and I'm satisfy to see all 3 version of this. I don't care if it a traditional ways It's hard for foreigner to find the ingredient that can bought easily in Thailand, Just cook the taste the you love That's all!
Everyone needs a boyfriend/girlfriend that looks at you and talks about you the way king looks at fish sauce
If she doesn’t look at fish sauce the same way, she ain’t worth it
wtf did you remember that th-cam.com/video/fjqmsBDxQQE/w-d-xo.html
but doesn't smell like one
🤣💀
S. And everyone deserves a boy/girlfriend that doesnt smell like a fish sauce xD, this thing has one mean character :D
Low key king acts like a cool history teacher
He seemed surprised by the fact that he knew what he was doing.
My cool high school history teacher was Ms. King
teacher need s to see that th-cam.com/video/fjqmsBDxQQE/w-d-xo.html
@@aae67888 ok but who the f asked?
hi I'm the 1000 like :)
King: “I wish these prawns were alive.”
Prawns: “Man… me to.”
And he twisted the head off the dead one, what was he planning to do to an alive prawn D:
💀💀💀
🤣
as a Thai here, Natasha's Pad Thai is the closest one to a traditional Pad Thai and it looks so good🤩
Couldn't agree more 5555
I'm just confused about why she didn't want to add real fish sauce... and then adds eggs? Those aren't vegan, honey...
@@DrAElemayo vegetarian does not equal vegan, that's why :D
Dr. A. Elemayo she wasn’t making a vegan pad Thai? She was making a vegetarian one - they’re different things.
@@DrAElemayo before you commented this did you even think that maybe she’s not vegan? 😱😱😱
The Thai chef that roasted Gordon: LVL 9000
The aunties in Thai market: LVL 9001
LMAOLWKSQLFBDIWLWJFLEJRLQB
The aunties level is OVER 9000
That is not Pad Thai
Which video r u referring to? Would u mind sharing?
thank you
king has a very smooth way of talking? idk how to describe it but he’s kinda relaxing to listen to lmao
Probably because he's a chef instructor for a living
spongebob slipping and falling the dulcet tones of king
Man I was looking for a way to describe it, and this is it
I'm thai and I want to say the second chef is the best one she make Pad thai in very same traditional
I ate a ton of pad thai in Thailand and the second chefs reminded me of that.
2nd chef does have more traditional feel but I would much rather eat kings own
@@jrue8664 same, traditional doesn't mean best
As I'm Thai, Natasha's Pad Thai "looks" the most authentic.
and King.. We don't eat pickles with Pad Thai.
It's so lame to eat Pad Thai with pickles
เอามาแทนไชโป๊รึเปล่า
@@monjaros โป๊มันหวานนะคะ ไม่ได้เปรี้ยว แล้วในผัดไทมีไชโป๊ด้วยเหรอคะ
@@user-ty1jr8hy7e มีครับ เป็นไชโป้หวาน
Absolutely agreed
Level 1: Stir-fried chicken noodle (No one adds pepper here in Thailand)
Level 2: Western Padthai version (Thais don't add sprouts in padthai. We place them on the side of the plate like the sliced lime.)
Level 3: Egg-wrapped padthai with plentiful of high quality ingredients
Level 4: Thai auntie selling street food padthai using 4 ingredients
never underestimate 4 ingredient thai food, learned that from my Thai mom
Ikrrrrrr lol 😭
It's always more than 4 for Padthai though.
Noodles, Egg, Tofu (yes, the traditional one is tofu), Bean Sprout, Garlic Chive, and Sauce.
@@kaizerkoala and the sauce is 4-5 more ;)
@@pavel9652 Exactly!
As a Thai person. I understand why Italians hates to see pineapple on pizza 😭
Yes this TH-cam video makes me cringe.
I’m not thaï but I have a Thai restaurant in Paris and all of the chefs are thaï so I have seen a lot of of Thais being made and none of this versions are good.
Any Thai can see it from miles away just by the color of the noodles .
Can you elaborate please..just want to know how is the authentic one supposed to be
@@DarkaireZ développe ? C'est quoi le soucis des recettes
คนไทยด้วยกัน เข้าใจเลยครับ5555
แต่สัปปะรดอร่อยนะะ!!!
as a thai people myself, it's really interested me to see how others cooking our food, well mostly thaifood is not fixed ingredients, use what you prefer, as long as the base taste is there, but this one really surpirsed me, well still good job.
ps : dont be afraid like you are gonna hurt the food, put your back and muscle into it.
I’m wondering what the traditional recipe is?
The fact that John didn't use a bottled pad Thai sauce shows that he is actually above level 1 chef 🥺🥺
Bruh he use the wrong noodles. Its not even padthai. Its like using chicken and calling it roast duck, close but not really the same
@@pathaweerattanasang6545i think what OP means, is that hes more advanced than the other level 1 chefs.
Honestly I love how kings personality is showing here! Actually just generally the lvl 3s have been getting better in terms of personality.
I agree. Some of the past Level 3's had a condescending tone that I personally can't stand. I'm not gonna mention any names, but I'm gonna say King is great, he has humble personality and a soothing voice!
Acc, I disagree, I prefer the older level 3 like frank and penny, but these new ones are good too
@@Habibalhoque frank yessss others are boring
@@Habibalhoque yeah frank is love frank is life I’m just talking about the other boring lvl 3 chefs before
Penny was awesome too, she was the one in the cookie episode wasn't she?
Everything King says feels like a hug
King is like a leveled up Lorenzo. Those two together would be hilarious!
I'm Thai and I think Natasha is the one that make Pad Thai look like Pad Thai 😂
I totally agree with you
As a Thai, I need to say that the level 1 chef’s dish isn’t a Pad Thai but a Pad Mhee 😂 but it looks like a very yummy Pad Mhee 😇
Level 2 chef did a very good job! That’s a Street food Pad Thai you can find in Thailand! Level 3 chef elevated Pad Thai looks sooooo goooooddd I wanna taste it 😍
To be precise, Level 1 is making Taiwanese rice noodles
The comment I was looking for
Can you explain the difference between Pad Mhee and Pad Thai?
@@bscutajar If i'm correct pad mhee use the noodle type that chef level 1 use its call เส้นหมี่ but pad thai usually use pad thai noodle
Ask: What makes a pad thai, “pad thai”?
My man John representing us level 1s with dignity. He’s literally cooks the recipes no regular level 1 would even attempt.
He’s leveling up! Level 1.5 John now
Watching lvl 2 cook is low key therapeutic
I’m Thai. I never had Pad Thai which added bell peppers or sausage or jalapeños in it. I don’t complain about that. Please don’t get me wrong.
Like a hawaiian pizza italians told that weird too
i lived 8 years in thailand im 12 years old now I love that food
i love how the lvl 3 dish is definetly higher end but still makeable?? like anyone can make it at home and i love that
Yeah. It's street food. Besides the prawn most of the ingredients are accessible.
@@QuickQuips prawns are readily available where I live
I feel like it needs an insane level of skill to make it that good. I think the chef just makes it look easy when its not.
@@DrAElemayo oh no obviously itll be impossible to have it as good as his, however its easier for a normal homecook to follow his recipe, while it wont be AS good, itll still be similar, you know?
@@QuickQuips go to your local Asian store. They will have those big prawns.
I’m going to try level 3 because he didn’t make his own noodles. Finally someone on level 3 that’s kinda reasonable 😃
Rice noodles are far more tricky to make than your regular ones
@@Bojoschannel so true! Rice flour is so starchy. It's hard to handle.
lol
I agree.
@@ruvin7023 hhh rice noodle is truly made by rice flour but no that way as making pasta. It would like a rice purée, flowing into the hot water through a small hole, then it would be set. When it cool down and dry out all the moisture, then it would become the one that king used.
" I CAN COOK YOUR SHOE, BUT I JUST CAN'T OPEN A CAN" - KING 2021
As a Thai I'm literally screaming and crying while 3 of them are cooking.
Now you know how Italians and Mexicans feel.
I'm not remotely thai I'm with you
@@fcplop98 as a Mexican; YES, EXACTLY.
me too i lived 8 years in thailand im 12 years old now
There's something calming and soothing about Natasha's sluggishly slow paced cooking.
I hate it
I agree, she sounds serene. Then she talks about her drinking habits in this video and I realize she could be a party animal outside the kitchen.
@@Chatoyancify 😂 shes high in this video
and her drinking meals!
Looks like Le Festin was playjng while she was cooking 😌
King talks like he has no stress in his life!
He's attained a level of chill that cannot be measured by modern science.
@@Guzwar I liked that
I made my Thai wife watch this, she kept thinking their ingredient choices were "weird".
Like a hawaiian pizza italians told that weird too.
NATASHA COOKING IS JUST SO CALM.. IDK I FEEL LIKE SHE IS CHILL WITH IT
"It's funny cooking at the right height"
all us under-5-foot folks like 🙋🏽♀️🙋🏽♀️🙋🏽♀️🙋🏽♀️
Fr
Imagine being under 5 ft 🤣
@@sirenss imagine thinking you're cool because you're taller 😂
I'm 5 ft even and I completely get it.
Here!
King! He just makes me feel happy, I would watch him cook a shoe.
And it would be the best tasting shoe you'd ever eat! =)
He is the King of chefs
I’ve just found out about King’s passing. RIP 😢
GUYS! Frank has his own TH-cam channel called ProtoCooks with Chef Frank.
Why has Lorenzo disappeared? He hasn't appeared in so long
he went super saiyan and now he's level 3 in this episode
He used one percent of his power to get to level 4
@@tiberionx wait really?!
@@evan.5967 bruh
He has his own channel now
Level 100: Thai grandma
Me as a thai person: WHEEZE
The only acceptable version
how original
Actual lvl 100: a street food vender in Bangkok
😭😭 I miss my grandma’s phad Thai. Bloody covid ruining my vibes
The tamarind paste is really important in getting a proper Pad Thai flavor. John added citrus in the form of lime, which is just not the same.
A lot of people don't like tofu because they don't know how to work with it. Straight out of the package, tofu has very little appeal in flavor or texture. However, properly frying the tofu is one way to really improve the texture, and tofu is a flavor sponge. It takes up the flavors that you cook it with. Seasoning the oil with some salt, pepper, and chili flakes alone will make a big difference, and give it a little time to drink in the Pad Thai sauce flavor to get it to peak.
When I see the chefs put bell peppers, carrots and chinese sausages in Pad Thai, I wanna cry...
i also wanna cry TT^TT
I love King's energy. Over 2 decades of cooking and you can tell he still loves cooking and working with food
3 decades as of 2022
Okay hear me out: 3 levels of level 3s. King, frank, and penny all show us their individual twist on a dish.
Meh, the three’s fields are kinda different. I doubt if that would work.
What about Saul?
@@itpaynesme 4 levels of level 3s so Saul can be there
Rewatching this to remember chef King 😥
Natasha's dish is almost similar our traditional pad thai. Everyone make a great dish. Love to watch this!
"Dump it all in, mix it up, call it a day" is my kind of cooking level
John: *finishes eating his Pad Thai*
Natasha: *finishes eating her Pad Thai*
King: “BUT... we’re not done yet.”
level 3 chef: “i wish these prawn were alive”
literally two seconds later
“so we’re just gonna twist the head off...”
King is such a delight to watch, so sweet and so excited about food! Love it
Watching John makes me hurt so much that’s not even Pad Thai that’s just stir fried noodles with chicken 😭😭😭
He's a level 1 chef what do you expect 😭
The tongs with the non stick pan as well😭😭
@@juzahyodo3706 I've seen level 1 chefs do the bare minimum, John doesn't deserve to be a level 1, maybe a level -1
What makes a pad thai?
@@alexsabillon1478 Yeesh he said he barely started making it himself. He makes it the way he likes it 🤷🏽♀️ From what I’ve seen in the comments only King’s was the most accurate
New drinking game: Take a drink evey time King says fish sause
I am eating food sorry :/
Oof ☠️☠️
Does anybody actually do this? Did you do this?
@@julianaojeda3425 what no I'm 16
Then follow Natasha's advice to have pad thai before and once you're hungover! 😂
Absolutely loved these three chefs they're such happy energy. King is such a delight!
None of them are authentic but I’ll tell you what. I’m damn sure that last one, taste so much better than an authentic plate or bowl of Pad Thai. Man added so many flavors, textures, and the presentation looks amazingly delicious.
Epicurious should do a series titled “the many ways to use [food item, spice, veggie, fruit, seasoning, etc.] in cooking”. So, for example, “how to use tomatillos in cooking” would cover how this veggie is traditionally used in Mexican cooking...
Upvote this im a fan!
Yes pleasee
please do!!! its so useful to know how to use ingredients but also get new ideas
Suddenly i'm thinking of 4 levels of Nasi Goreng 🤔
How about Nasi Lamak with ayam goreng.
@@AA123TD photo
@@AA123TD Nasi Goreng more wide known. But they already have a fried rice episode soo...
@@sjneow It's basically the same thing hahaha
Nasi goreng is fried rice right??
I love these videos so much! The science, the camaraderie and silliness and creativity. Love it and thank you!
This series is wonderful, glad you can keep it going during Rona. Looking forward to the next ones!!
"fish sauce equals winner 🏆" the King 👑 has spoken
It’s nice to see King here as the professional chef for this episode because he really has a great personality and he really seems like he loves his job. It’s kind of upsetting to see how many people really disliked his formation of the dumplings in the previous video, but it was true, his dumplings did not look very good. I think it’s also really interesting to see the level 2 chef making a vegetarian version of Pad Thai, I do not see that very often at all. As for the level 1 chef, he has a very goofy personality, but he definitely has a lot to learn in terms of making a Pad Thai because his Pad Thai was very simplistic and he did not really include all of the flavor and texture components of one like the lack of tofu, peanuts, palm sugar, and tamarind paste, but he did not do that bad of a job.
Really? I thought his dumplings were really good! Xiaolongbao dumplings are so hard to make, so it's impressive to see him make them without them breaking and in a good shape. I think everyone was just more biased to Level 2's dumplings because they're much more common and traditional (which is good though).
My man really wrote a whole paragraph
Presentation is nice but I will go for ugly good tasting food over beautiful and yuck any day
I was wondering if eggs count as vegetarian since lvl 2 added them at the end. I've been told that since they aren't fertilized they can be put in the same category as milk but idk if that's true or not.
I also love King, fish sauce is best sauce!
He really likes fish sauce
S/o to King for the Filipino representation! Also missing Lorenzo, love seeing my people :)
Can I just say that the editing and transitions in between people here is like incredible.
I did a doubletake at King's, reminded me a bit of my beloved omurice.
No Frank is not here. Stop it with the hackneyed Frank comment and let’s focus on how King is a true chef king 👑
For real...
We would but Frank’s not here....🤣
Agree my man King is true chief!
But Franks is god ;-)
Frank is in thailand sourcing his stuff
i love the chef's energy, so positive
Oh god.... i do scream in my heart with those suspicious, alien ingredient. Carrot? Pickle? Rice vinegar? OMG
As a native Thai, I find these dishes a little too complicated. The best padthai I've eaten was from Yaowarat, Bangkok's Chinatown, and guess what it cost only 1.3 dollars (40 baht). The female cook used only a few ingredients such as peanuts, tofu, sugar, and soy sauce. The crucial step in making padthai delicious is using wok - not a regular or teflon pan.
That’s what I thought, far too many ingredients and flavors going on
Sawadee. Arroooy ma!
American kitchens aren't equipped to handle woks.
@@elreydelmundo1343 American that has a wok here. Why do you say that? Mine fits in lovely with my other pots and pans and works great on my gas flame stove.
@@doobleedoom our regular stove tops don't get hot enough to get the wok as hot as it should be. That's why restaurant pad thai tastes more smokey
John using metal tongs on the nonstick pan really irked me XD
I winced everything I heard a clank 🤢
Yes! I was cringing every time it touched the nonstick pan. Level 1 should've borrowed Level 2's tongs!
I came to comment this.
Him cutting that chicken irked me 🤣🤣
My mom gonna kill me if I did that lmao
None of these are traditional and that slightly hurts the Thai part of me (Italian/Thai person here though so this isn't coming from a traditional Thai), but I came to terms with this vid and I love that a) people care this much about Thai culture/food (same thing really) and b) the ingenuity of elevating the original, from amateur to pro. Traditional doesn't always mean correct and I'm happy with that. Besides, what Thai cooks like their neighbour anyway.
King's voice is the equivalent of a Hawaiian dad shirt
The middle lady cooks with the enthusiasm of Squidward at the Krusty Crab
Everyone forgot the most important ingredient : dried shrimps
and dried sweet radish
Exactly!
One of them is vegetarian so only 2 of them forgot
Omg yess
Very underrated comment. Regrettably at 69 likes so i cant give you more.
The level 3 chef just brought back a memory from my year abroad in Thailand I had forgotten. The best pad thai in Bangkok was served by a couple with their grill/supplies hooked up to a motorized scooter. Once a week they parked by the university and they served their pad thai in an omelet, just like that! 30 baht ($1) per plate!
I think level 2 chef's Padthai is the best one.
ก็เอ็นดูว์ในความที่เขาเอาอาหารบ้านเราไปทำ แต่แอบอยากให้เชฟที่บอกว่าตนอยู่เวลสามนั้นทำตามแบบต้นตำหรับไทยแท้ๆ เพราะสุดท้าย ฝรั่งชอบผัดไทยรสชาติต้นตำหรับมากกว่าที่เอามาดัดแปลงให้เข้ากับรสปากคนตะวันตก
When she said for the hangover it took me back to Thailand lmao. Used to wake up, walk down the street and get the chicken and shrimp pad Thai with some chicken broth for the hangover. Worked like a charm
Hehe, as a Thai person watching this clip... I appreciate their interpretation of Pad Thai ;) ... It's just close to, but not Pad Thai we cook and eat in Thailand...
That was the most pleasant and calming lineup of Chefs
Epicurious: We're doing 4 Levels of Pad Tha next.
King: *My time has come*
Natasha had a blunt before she started cooking.
😎😎😎
Natasha and King have become 2 of my favorites.
All three of those people made a good pad thai. But that expert had the most fun. Maybe that's the secret to a good pad thai, PASSION!
Has King ever thought of doing audiobooks? Asking for a friend.
i liked how calm natasha was :) and have to say king's looked amazing, he's always got such happy energy!
the level 2 chef is the cutest person ive seen in my life
Level 1 chefs have also their own different levels. There's John who is near level 2, Emily who cooks quick meals (typical for any level 1),and then there's Stephen who made ice cream sundae from commercial ice cream.
It's called King's pad Thai for a reason
I feel like Lorenzo would be an awesome duo with King!!! Both so energetic and yet organized way of talking
king's voice is so calming i love it
Love this show
7:34 first time seeing someone drizzle sauce like that. Interesting technique
Is john using metal tongs in a non-stick pan?!?! 😲
Level one and all...
I saw that and all I could hear was Uncle Roger going HAAAAIIIIIYAAAAA
@@sephiraskye9606 I know right.
HAAAIIIYAAA "You f#cked up!" Lol
I’m sooooo glad that my country’s food got into this show hahahh
Just for the info the like very tradition Pad Thai was with no shrimp or chicken in it but the tofu and we put the little dry shrimp instead. And for the scallion part, we use the cousin of it which called chives. And lastly, the traditional one will add the chili flake into it for the hit and the lime juice after finished before we dig in it.
Ps. King nailed it with the fish sauce Lmao
I like King's character development here lol. He was so quiet in the fried rice episode. I want to see more King!
I love King! You can feel his passion for cooking
John: **Adds bean sprouts and a bell pepper into the pan**
Me, a Thai: V A F F A N C U L O ! ! ! M A M M A M I A ! ! !
now you understand our pain
🤣🤣🤣
Sooooo happppyyyy seeing Natasha - Vegetarian Alternatives! 🥰🥰😋
There are a few protein choices for Pad Thai, chinese sausage is not one of them.
P.S. I'm Thai
The Level 2 and 3's noodles were so beautiful
King loves fish sauce as much frank loves salt
King is so cool, super positive guy!
Natasha cooks like she doesn't want to hurt the food. love her