My failed dinner

[thistlechaser]

So sad! Last week I went to Thai food for the first time, and while I didn't hate it, I didn't like most of it... except one thing. The peanut sauce was amazingly yummy. Like crunchy peanut butter, just a little sweeter and a tiny tiny bit spicy. I couldn't stop thinking about it, so when in the supermarket, I grabbed a bottle. (I hadn't gone into this blind, I checked Amazon reviews first to find the best rated one.)

Today I bought some chicken so I could use it. Two things jump out at me:
1) It doesn't taste like peanuts at all. The heck? The sauce in the restaurant tasted just like peanut butter, only better.
2) It's way too spicy. It's not just spicy, it's tricky. When I first take a bite it seems fine, then a moment later my mouth is on fire.

As much as I hate wasting food, I find I have to throw mine out yet again. It's a wonder I even try cooking anymore!

That Thai restaurant wasn't too close to me, but I might have to go back just for the yummy sauce. :/

Comments

[teslanomaly]

I'm a fan of Thai food, but I don't like spicy food so I stick to just a few dishes. (My standard and favorite: Pad See Yew, sometimes spelled Pad See Eew, which is basically pan-fried noodles with egg and vegetables and tofu or a meat of your choice. It's in a sweet sauce and you can order it with no spicy-hot-stuff added.)

However, my experience has been that Thai food varies drastically from restaurant to restaurant. Some places I don't even like their Pad See Yew. I've had the same experience with Pad Thai; some places make their peanut sauce ridiculously spicy, and other places it's not peanutty at all, and then sometimes it is delicious and sweet and creamy and peanutty! The same with storebought brands of Thai sauces; they differ tremendously!

So yeah, maybe switching brands will help you find a peanut sauce more like the one you had at the restaurant. And if you ever go back and want to try something else, Pad See Yew is safe for the non-spicy-eater. :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the advice! That's an easy name to remember too, especially the Eew version.

Tonight I'm going to try to doctor the bottled sauce, add real peanut butter and soy sauce and see if I can make it work.