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It seems like yesterday that Nongkran Daks beat celebrity chef- restaurateur Bobby Flay in a pad Thai throwdown held at Thai Basil, her restaurant in Chantilly. Va. Today, candid photos of the 2009 event dot the walls at seated-eye level. "When he pulled out the Kikkoman (soy sauce), I knew I had him," she says. Daks's pad Thai does not cut corners and remains the best rendition I've tasted.
The diminutive 70-year-old dynamo put this steamed dish on the menu when she opened Thai Basil 13 years ago, and she has been making it ever since. It is a favorite at her house "when we don't know what to make," she says.See the full content of this document
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Prawns with Noodles Can Be a Go-to Dish
It can be cooked in a ceramic (clay) pot or in a small, deep- sided saute pan with a lid. Korean and Vietnamese clay pots look slightly different but work the same way: Lay...
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