pad thai

[ paht tahy, pad ]

noun

, Cooking.

1. a Thai dish of stir-fried rice noodles, fish sauce and other seasonings, and usually tofu, shrimp, bean sprouts, and peanuts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pad thai¹

First recorded in 1975-80; from Thai phàtthai, equivalent to phàt “stir-fry, stir-fried, stir-fried food” + tai, thai “Thai”

Example Sentences

If that’s not your speed, Siam Station is a beloved local Thai street food spot where you can tuck into a hearty pad thai or khao soi, while Helmsman Ale House has fish and chips, wings and a short rib sandwich.

From Los Angeles Times

A restaurant gives me a plastic bin for my pad thai?

From Slate

With restaurants closed to in-person dining and takeout’s ability to turn “a lethally depressing Saturday night into a lethally boring Saturday night with pad thai,” as “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver recently put it, apps like GrubHub and DoorDash experienced a surge of new users and global revenue for the industry skyrocketed from $90 billion in 2018 to $294 billion in 2021.

From Salon

The menu is a wide range of Thai classics: larb gai, pad thai, tom yum soup and more.

From Seattle Times

The Strahan family continued its celebrations at a nearby Thai restaurant, where Isabella indulged in pad thai, the vlog shows.

From Los Angeles Times