Jan. 25, 2012 at 12:39pm with 7 notes
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thediscography: I wrote about Pok Pok Wing for Capital New York. If you live in NYC and eat poultry, you have to go, srsly. Chef Andy Ricker: “Every Thai restaurant in America uses the words ‘authentic’ and ‘traditional,’ either in the name of their restaurant or on the menu. We don’t do that all, because it’s such a loaded term. How can you argue with somebody that the kind of pad kee mao [drunken noodles] that you get here is traditional? There is such a thing as pad kee mao in Thailand, but it bears very little resemblance in the true form to what you get here. So you start using the words ‘authentic’ and ‘traditional,’ you’re fucking around with stuff. “But I would say this: I’m very much a traditionalist in I don’t feel like the Thai food needs to be fucked with.”

thediscography:

I wrote about Pok Pok Wing for Capital New York. If you live in NYC and eat poultry, you have to go, srsly.

Chef Andy Ricker:

“Every Thai restaurant in America uses the words ‘authentic’ and ‘traditional,’ either in the name of their restaurant or on the menu. We don’t do that all, because it’s such a loaded term. How can you argue with somebody that the kind of pad kee mao [drunken noodles] that you get here is traditional? There is such a thing as pad kee mao in Thailand, but it bears very little resemblance in the true form to what you get here. So you start using the words ‘authentic’ and ‘traditional,’ you’re fucking around with stuff.

“But I would say this: I’m very much a traditionalist in I don’t feel like the Thai food needs to be fucked with.”

  1. snakeyb reblogged this from capitalnewyork and added:
    Best Wings Ever! can’t wait for Pok Pok NYC!
  2. imathers said: I devoutly hope this place is still around next time I’m in NYC.
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