About fifteen or so years ago, Thai food became very popular here in Aus.
Was it just here or was it a world wide phenomenon?
It certainly changed the way peple viewed Asian food and stir fries..

Grinner wrote:
> About fifteen or so years ago, Thai food became very popular here in Aus.
> Was it just here or was it a world wide phenomenon?

Yes, Thai food became wildly popular around that time here on the West
Coast too. We certainly had Chinese food here and I remember
occasionally going to Vietnamese restaurants way before Thai was a blip
on the radar screen, but for some reason Thai took off. It's not a
"trend" anymore here, it's an integral part of the food scene.

> It certainly changed the way people viewed Asian food and stir fries.

Oh, in what way? I welcomed it as a change from Cantonese (Hong Kong
style), but didn't experience any gustatory epiphanies.

"sf" > wrote in message
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> Grinner wrote:
>> About fifteen or so years ago, Thai food became very popular here in Aus.
>> Was it just here or was it a world wide phenomenon?
>
> Yes, Thai food became wildly popular around that time here on the West
> Coast too. We certainly had Chinese food here and I remember
> occasionally going to Vietnamese restaurants way before Thai was a blip
> on the radar screen, but for some reason Thai took off. It's not a
> "trend" anymore here, it's an integral part of the food scene.
>
>> It certainly changed the way people viewed Asian food and stir fries.
>
> Oh, in what way? I welcomed it as a change from Cantonese (Hong Kong
> style), but didn't experience any gustatory epiphanies.
>
The ingredients differ, more coconut milk, ginger and chilli than yer
average beef and black bean sauce, sweet and sour or singapore noodles
recipe.

Certainly more Thai restaurants in UK now than there were 10 years ago.
One pub and one hotel in Luton now have Thai owners and serve Thai food

Steve

Grinner wrote:
> About fifteen or so years ago, Thai food became very popular here in Aus.
> Was it just here or was it a world wide phenomenon?
> It certainly changed the way peple viewed Asian food and stir fries..
>
>

"Steve Y" > wrote in message
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> Certainly more Thai restaurants in UK now than there were 10 years ago.
> One pub and one hotel in Luton now have Thai owners and serve Thai food

I guess it makes a difference to yer token chcken masala. A Thai pub? Now,
that'd be different !
We have a lot of Vietnamese bakeries but I'm yet to find a good, crusty,
dry Vienna bread that doesn't come from a Eurpoean delicatessen. Horses for
courses I guess.

Grinner wrote:
> "sf" > wrote in message
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> > Grinner wrote:
> >
> >> It certainly changed the way people viewed Asian food and stir fries.
> >
> > Oh, in what way? I welcomed it as a change from Cantonese (Hong Kong
> > style), but didn't experience any gustatory epiphanies.
> >
> The ingredients differ, more coconut milk, ginger and chilli than yer
> average beef and black bean sauce, sweet and sour or singapore noodles
> recipe.

Oh, ok... I was already used to those ingredients via filippino and
mexican cooking. So for me, they weren't new ideas - they just came in
a new package.