It was my birthday celebration this weekend; 26 years of life, 25.25 of them have been spent as a carnivore-glutton. I celebrated that fact with Saturday’s consumption of 2 hot dogs, 4 pulled-pork sliders, and half a hamburger. I definitely have upcoming blogs in devoted extensively to hot dogs and pulled pork (my ultimate favorite), but the real find of my weekend, was something called Prik Prow Noodle at this place.
The place combines Chinese, Thai, and Japanese food, as well as offering a great selection of insane choke-a-T-Rex-huge sushi rolls. But the Prik Prow Noodle is something I’ve never had before. Their menu describes the dish as “Stir-fried flat rice noodle, carrots, onion, bellpepper, baby corn, green onion and chili paste”, which is certainly delicious. My research tells me this is a Thai dish, given that “prik” is the Thai word I see in all the recipes that contain that chili-based sauce. I can’t find a recipe for it anywhere online, although I do see “Prik Pow” coming up in searches, which leads me to believe a mistake might have been made on Thai Oscar’s menu.
I chose the dish namely because it seemed like it would be a little zingy without making my mouth feel like I needed to make out with a fire extinguisher, and I liked all the vegetables mentioned. I wasn’t let down. It was flavorful, slightly spicy, and I was pleasantly surprised with the texture and size of the flat noodles. However, what put it over the edge was that my boyfriend had the brilliant idea to let them tag an extra $2.00 onto the order to throw some meat into that mess of stir-fried awesomeness. Why not? And furthermore, the choice made was BBQ pork.
And the ante was indeed upped. Simple equation kids:
BBQ Pork + stir fry = GREAT
And on one more unrelated note, I had a great conversation with a friend this weekend.
Me: Are you still a vegetarian or whatever?
Him: Noooo…hell no. I wasn’t going to stick with that. Know what changed me?
Me: What?
Him: BUFFALO WINGS.
Score one more for team carnivore.
