A little interesting story: Trust me, I am all for eating food from random roadside stalls because I believe they can be incredibly underrated hidden gems. But my first experience with pad kee mao from one of those stalls was quite frankly, horrid. All I could taste was salt and chilli. However, when my Thai friend told me that her favourite local food was (surprise, surprise) drunken noodles, I thought I had to give it at least another chance. And I was glad I did. This pad kee mao had great wok hei, and its chewy kway teow noodles were still moist and bursting with savoury basil goodness. It came with a good serving of seafood too. Carried a good amount of heat and best enjoyed with a cold can of Chang beer.

Oh, and this was dinner for 2. It was a valiant effort, and we very nearly finished it.

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