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The Oddly Autocratic Roots of Pad Thai – Gastro Obscura

The sweet and salty noodle dish started out in a prime minister’s kitchen. S WORLD WAR II APPROACHED, Thailand was in a precarious position. For years, the country’s leaders had clutched their independence closely, worried about the French and English, who had colonized neighboring Cambodia, Laos, and Burma. Now, Japan was …