Pat Mee Khorat
Common in its namesake province, and rare everywhere else, most Thais have heard of pat mee khorat (ผัดหมี่โคราช), but few have ever eaten it. It’s a spicy stir-fried rice noodle dish often compared to pat thai. Popularized during a period of nationalism and rice shortages in the 1930s, pat thai’s origin story is well-documented, but just who created the dish and how is unknown. While pat thai’s Chinese influence is… Read More