{"id":10822,"date":"2025-12-01T15:39:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T07:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=10822"},"modified":"2025-12-01T15:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T07:46:04","slug":"tasting-thai-at-pad-thai-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/tasting-thai-at-pad-thai-express\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasting Thai at Pad Thai Express"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>One of the reasons why Thai food is good is its consistency \u2013 i.e. you may be in Bangkok, eating off those house-turned-restos to serve lunch-going employees in residential area-based offices; or in an eatery off the main tourist roads of Pattaya; or ordering from ambulant food vendors somewhere in Phuket\u2026 but the food tastes similar somehow. Yep, there would be slight differences (perhaps due to availability of goods, contexts of the actual locations, and so on), but a Pad Thai is a Pad Thai is a Pad Thai.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@outragemag\/video\/7578788727120497941\" data-video-id=\"7578788727120497941\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" >\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@outragemag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@outragemag?refer=embed\">@outragemag<\/a> <a title=\"lgbt\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/lgbt?refer=embed\">#LGBT<\/a> checking Pad Thai Express\u2019s treatment of <a title=\"thai\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/thai?refer=embed\">#Thai<\/a> cuisine as <a title=\"fastfood\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fastfood?refer=embed\">#fastfood<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound  - Outrage Magazine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-Outrage-Magazine-7578788781512903432?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound  &#8211; Outrage Magazine<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This trait, this consistency, is what\u2019s tricky when Thai recipes are prepared outside of Thailand. Because it makes it extremely easy to detect what claims to be Thai food, but doesn\u2019t taste like Thai food at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway\u2026 we checked one of the branches of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/padthaiexpress\">Pad Thai Express<\/a>, this chain of Thai restos all over Mero Manila. How was it for us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Una<\/em>, there are many branches of this business already, so you\u2019re bound to find one that\u2019s accessible to you. The one we visited is located inside Pilar Village in Las Pi\u00f1as City, which has its own private security, meaning you may be mandated to leave an ID just to visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ikalawa<\/em>, the actual place isn\u2019t grand\u2026 but it more than suffices since: it\u2019s clean <em>naman<\/em>, has enough seats, and the air-conditioning was working during our visit. <em>May<\/em> parking <em>pa nga eh<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ikatlo<\/em>, attentive <em>ang<\/em> staff \u2013 e.g. an admin officer was there when we visited, and she shared info <em>pa<\/em> on the owners, their branches, and so on. With small restos, kindness of staff matters as this always leaves a good impression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pad-Thai-Express1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10824\" src=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pad-Thai-Express1-575x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pad-Thai-Express1-575x1024.jpg 575w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pad-Thai-Express1-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pad-Thai-Express1-768x1368.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pad-Thai-Express17-862x1536.jpg 862w, https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pad-Thai-Express17.jpg 1138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ika-apat<\/em>, how was the food?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The \u20b1220 Thai Green Papaya Salad didn\u2019t taste like <em>som tam<\/em> at all, as if some key ingredients were left out in the making of the sauce.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The \u20b1370 supposedly highly-recommended Shrimp <em>Tom Yum<\/em> was okay <em>naman<\/em>\u2026 albeit the soup was on the watery side. At least <em>malaman naman siya<\/em>, with the shrimps not rubbery, so you know care was given in preparing this.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The \u20b1225 Satay Chicken was\u2026 somewhat overcooked, so it was chewy, so that it tasted like BBQ bought from some street vendor (sorry\u2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The \u20b1345 Mixed Pad Thai was okay, though not something you\u2019d write home about. Similar to the <em>som tam<\/em>, it tasted like a key ingredient was left out, so \u2013 while it\u2019s supposed to be sweet, sour, salty, and savory with a hint of spice and nuts \u2013 this one wasn\u2019t all that.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Yung<\/em> gist, the name of the business ought to tell you the approach to Thai food here \u2013 i.e. \u201cexpress\u201d. This isn\u2019t necessarily bad. But at least it\u2019s a reminder to lower your expectations when here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But off we go to search for more <em>lafang<\/em> venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Pad Thai Express &#8211; Pilar Village, Las Pi\u00f1as Branch is located at Unit 4B of PDC Commercial, Pilar Rd., Las Pi\u00f1as City, 1740 Metro Manila.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s consistency in the taste of #Thai cuisine, so you can quickly tell the good from the bad. 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