LOL yes Sydney seemed to have nothing but Thai food last time I was up there and has since the 90s. Melbourne not so much. I mean we do - Thai is almost as ubiq as Chinese takeaway at this point. But Sydney is nuts.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 18 June 2024 06:04 (one week ago) link
whats the reason thai food is so big in the us but just hasn’t really taken off anywhere else in the world? is it literally just the government funding thing? — just matt (bar prep edition) (@questionableway) June 16, 2024
Thailand as well as Indochine neighbors Laos & Cambodia (including various minorities such as Hmong, Mien, et.al.) were allies to the USA during the VietNam war and were given safe harbor immigration to the USA as refugees if they met criteria and/or sponsorship.
Many of the "Thai" restaurants in the USA are run by these ethnic minorities, such as here in California some even identify as "Thai-Lao" or "Lao-Thai" as to call attention to their roots. Here in SF there is a similar distinction as quite a few of the "Mexican" taquerias are owned/operated by Salvadorans/Hondurans/Guatemalans/Nicaraguans serving a fusion of Mexican food and regional delicacies regardless of post-WWII border distinctions.
see also: Nepalese/Afghani/Pakistani-style "Indian" restaurants and other asian-fusion restaurants.
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Monday, 24 June 2024 00:42 (five days ago) link
but why hasn’t it taken off anywhere else in the world
― bae (sic), Monday, 24 June 2024 03:30 (five days ago) link
I agree that's the real question
― default damager (lukas), Monday, 24 June 2024 03:44 (five days ago) link
actually wait I don't think that's true
― default damager (lukas), Monday, 24 June 2024 04:08 (five days ago) link
It is true and strange. But maybe Ryan Reynolds will next buy a thai restaurant and show the world how it's done.
― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 24 June 2024 04:19 (five days ago) link
y'all in the wrong thread imho.
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Monday, 24 June 2024 04:37 (five days ago) link
^^American thing
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Monday, 24 June 2024 05:33 (five days ago) link
SpaceX launches
― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 24 June 2024 16:49 (five days ago) link
fannypacks
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Monday, 24 June 2024 16:49 (five days ago) link
military base Subway sandwich restaurant
― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 24 June 2024 16:50 (five days ago) link
Coney sauce
― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 24 June 2024 16:54 (five days ago) link
boar’s head
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 24 June 2024 16:55 (five days ago) link
pickle loaf
― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 24 June 2024 16:58 (five days ago) link
Mondo Squeezers
― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 24 June 2024 17:01 (five days ago) link
storm chasers (predominantly)
― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 24 June 2024 17:06 (five days ago) link
Trendy water bottles
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 24 June 2024 17:29 (five days ago) link
metal water bottles make me ia, i know plastic is very bad but the nalgene is and was the pinnacle of water bottles and cannot be improved upon imho
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Monday, 24 June 2024 17:47 (five days ago) link
^ bemusing american post
― bae (sic), Monday, 24 June 2024 17:52 (five days ago) link
boar’s headI know a small Gaulish village that would disagree
― bae (sic), Monday, 24 June 2024 17:54 (five days ago) link
tater tot option
― 145 feet up in a Jeffrey Pine (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 24 June 2024 18:05 (five days ago) link
is sic back in aus or just using a vpn to dunk on his host country now
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Saturday, 29 June 2024 05:04 (three hours ago) link