Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Why is Thailand's national dish mainly popular with tourists? And aren't stir-fried rice noodles Chinese, not Thai?

0:00 - Introduction
2:01 - How is Pad Thai Made?
3:08 - Pad Thai History (Part 1)
5:38 - How Did the Original Pad Thai Taste?
7:17 - Pad Thai History (Part 2)
8:52 - Is Pad Thai Just for Foreigners?
13:25 - Is Pad Thai…Chinese?

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Restaurants Showcased:
Yod Pad Thai
Pad Thai Nana
Boonlang Chicken Noodles
Saengchai Phochana
Sukhothai Noodles Banglamphu
(All Bangkok, Thailand)

Additional video credits:

1. Inwook
youtu.be/2UeMNp2QLmg

2. Travelling Yearbook
youtu.be/fgl4LRMJroA

3.Gary Butler - The Roaming Cook
youtu.be/-N3-JbamQFg

4. YO Sutee!
youtu.be/eSF6Kf7jLu0

5. I am from Siam 1930
Film Archive Thailand (หอภาพยนตร์)
youtube.com/watch?v=PFowT6u6xU8

6. Unlocking Historical Maps of Southeast Asia Series: Circulations
yalenuscollege
youtu.be/AFeR9qoR7pA

7.Bangkok 1980s Nostalgic Footage | ชีวิตกรุงเทพฯ ยุค 80s
KungKIT
youtube.com/watch?v=677Gb9D5Vjc

8. Historic Archival Stock Footage WWII - Americans Take Aachen
Buyout Footage Historic Film Archive
youtu.be/6c51mCr1vvo

9. Raw Uncut Vietnam Footage
SNIPERPOWNAGE
youtube.com/watch?v=8K7Fc1uFCNk

10.Thailand, old Bangkok some years ago. Early 1960ies
Thomas Jojo
youtu.be/ciOqLAF1QH0

11. Adolf Hitler: Speech at Krupp Factory in Germany (1935)
British Pathé
youtu.be/FJ3N_2r6R-o

12. งานวันชาตะ นายพลตรีหลวงพิบูลสงคราม 2484
Film Archive Thailand (หอภาพยนตร์)
youtu.be/uMMPwezU7oU

13. ธงชาติไทย - Thai Flag Waving in Slow Motion 16
Janhom
youtu.be/TAwgPMnMvGg

14. สารคดี เหมา เจ๋อตง | จากจุดเริ่มต้นถึงจุดจบ (Mao Zedong)
The Watcher
youtu.be/lKxwi16Jtgw

15. Phuket Patong 1993
Lars Bindholt
youtu.be/4fiQZLPlCwY