Which Thai curry is the best Thai curry?

There's fish sauce in green, probably in all of them I guess, standard Thai ingredient I thought

i made a red curry yesterday because of this thread. with paste from a can so nothing too involved, but was tasty enough. served with rice noodles, carrot, cauliflower, mushrooms and crispy baked tofu

Ain't no curry like a green thai curry cause a green thai curry don't stop

I wouldn’t vote for it, but jungle curry is something else. Thinner other curries and very sour, with whole green peppercorn clusters throughout. Yikes.

Than.

Jungle is what I usually order when I visit the good local Thai restaurant. I keep tins of green and red curry paste in the pantry, they make for quick dinners, and I suspect they're used by the bad local Thai restaurant.

My understanding is that many Thai people use Mae Ploy curry paste at home. Green curry benefits a lot from being made fresh but I think red curry paste is fine.

The other night I made the error of making a masaman from a jar of paste - instead of a rich, brown, cinnamon / anise experience it looked and tasted like a sweet red curry, even with a heavy lick of tamarind paste, a couple of star anise and some cardamom pods. I have no idea why it was so different but the times I've made it from scratch it's been amazing; this one was merely nice.
This is the good stuff - it's a lot more work but mmmmmmm: https://www.cooked.com/uk/Charmaine-Solomon/Hardie-Grant-Books/The-Complete-Asian-Cookbook/Thailand/Kaeng-masaman-recipe

Sorry guys, I'm gonna have to go with Steph.

To curry favor, favor curry.

What are your Thai cookbooks! I've always just referred to Vatcharin Bhumichitr, not by choice, but because it was the cookbook that was in the shared house I was living in when I got into cooking in like 2003 or so.

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*bites nails*

xxp i've got a few, including the big pink david thompson book that doesnt get a lot of use because it is so authentic and therefore so time consuming

Ah good tip, I'll check it out. I don't remember the exact wording but I love that moment when Steingarten said that in his time in Thailand, he ate dozens of meals and they were all of them diverse and different and all of them absolutely memorable. I've never been

Massaman is my fave.

If you are in SF, and have some money, try Kin Khao - a Michelin-starred Thai restaurant downtown. It's delicious! My only issue is that they make things hella-spicy, with no option to tone it down. I usually end up drinking way too much water when I go. But it's really good.

Hard disagree. There's lots of good-great Thai in SF though, Kin Khao is not one of them.

What are your faves?

voted massaman but they're all super good

i voted red because that is the one i make and it's rather good imo

What do we get if we voted for the winning curry?

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goddamn i was literally the deciding vote on this, and i changed my opinion after voting

You're the Jill Stein voter of this poll.

surely the jill stein voter is whoever voted "other"?

I voted for Hillary and khao soi (other)

Yellow and Massaman are my two favorites.

Ok time to investigate Penang, I guess!

thanks for the cookbook recs itt. ready to makemy own paste

fwiw when i was in culinary school we had a Asian food demo. class and i remember the instructor recommending mae ploy thai curry pastes. used to use the green one a fair bit and it's quite good. think i'm gonna pick up a panang since i've never had that. ime depending on where one lives and seasonality, procuring all the ingredients (like galangal and lime leaves, even lemongrass) can be a challenge