Vegan Black Metal Chef makes pad thai

This recipe looks amazing. Good to see the Vegan Black Metal Chef making Padh Thai with Tamarind instead of ketchup. Ketchup is just sooo wrong.

Does anyone know of a good Thai place that uses Tamarind to make yummy Padh Thai? I'd cook it up myself but it will never be the same after watching the badass Vegan Black Metal Chef.

ketchup and tamarind are used together all the time in Thailand even in the best restaurants and hotels you might be surprised.

I spent over six months in Thailand and the best Padh Thai I had was as street food where I watched them make it (with Tamarind, sans ketchup). It was made in about 5 mins, with few ingredients but rich with flavour. Actually it was fantastic and I often crave it.

I also had Padh Thai in highend restaurants and other places where they used ketchup. They do this to cater to Western taste b/c Thailand has become over-run by the Tourist industry. Maybe tamarind is an acquired taste, but it's used in my native Indian cooking so I'm used to it and love it.

Nice. they make a great phad thai on the street in bangkok but what you are seeing is not straight tamarind but phad Thai sauce, dark brown in colour and already has the ketchup inside (nothing to do with taste for farang it's for colour) along with palm sugar, pickled turnip, dried chilies and fish sauce...reduced to thicken. there's no way they put straight tamarind in phad Thai it would be too sour. Im not challenging you there is no challenge 6 months as a tourist vs 5 years as exec chef in Thailand. Worth noting that Thais love ketchup, put it on their pizza and pasta all the time and use it in sweet and sour sauces.

@Hank the tank: Yikes!!! Thanks for the detailed info! I was so wrong. I took some cooking classes in Thailand, but I didn't make Padh Thai. Can I ask some of your recommendations for Thai restaurants and for the best Padh Thai you've found locally?