Would you rather have a pizza from Italy or a dish of Pad Thai from a food stall in Thailand?

Would You Rather Wednesday!

Pizza:

Richard has always loved pizza. When we travelled through Italy, I learned that I also love pizza. Wait, not just any pizza. The thin crust pizza with minimal, yet fresh from the market toppings, baked on a light thin crust in a wood-fired oven. We tried them all: margherita, anchovy, spicy sausage, etc. We fell in love with one pizza in Milan. Let me set the scene for you. Just the two of us seated at a small table with a checkered table cloth on the side of a cobblestone street. A candle on the table, and a few street lights glimmer in the night. We are sipping wine of course...and our pizza is delivered. It is a four cheese pizza. The cheese is bubbling as they place it down on the table. It is likely a bad idea to take a bite when it is this hot, but we do. It's amazing! We are in love!

Pad Thai:

I love ethnic food, spice, and anything that is booming with flavour. We have had some good Pad Thai in North America, but I often found it a little too sweet for my liking. In Thailand there are many options for street food, and we loved almost everything we tried (chicken feet were a no). We ordered a dish of Pad Thai from a street vendor in Phuket. We topped it with crushed peanuts, lime, and cilantro, all which were carefully cut and available on the side of the food cart. We walked down to the beach to enjoy it. We sat there using our chopsticks to enjoy this noodle dish as the waves crashed in and the sun was setting. The spices, the warm evening sun on our backs, and the view of the ocean really made this a memorable meal and dish.

So which would you rather? Pizza or Pad Thai?

Our choice:

Pad Thai! A dish made by a local using only the equipment within their food cart and a likely passed down, traditional recipe wins in our books!

Pad Thai
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