THAI KITCHEN brand - the container is a LIE!

[mondo joe]

Poor me.

I've spent almost 20 years working in an area surrounded by dozens of independently owned little restaurants and cafes. My new job has me working in a more desolate area with no restaurants so I have to learn to BRING MY LUNCH TO WORK!

I bought a package of THAI KITCHEN "instant" noodles. The container makes it look lunch sized, but in fact it's a piddley little amount of food.

And the cooking instructions are insane - you're supposed to fill the container with boiling water, then put the lid (with holes) back on and use the lid as a colander! Good luck not scalding your fingertips off.

Thai Kitchen is a lie!

[AlCzervik]

1. I use Thai kitchen stuff all the time but i've tried the "Instant" kind

now i won't.

[mondo joe]

2. The cooking products might be okay - but I'll be overpriced

I'm lucky enough to be in a city with plenty of ethnic restaurants, so I keep buying coconut milk and fish sauce in containers with barely a word in English on them.

But my favorite is COCK brand fish sauce. Y'know, like rooster.

[AlCzervik]

3. oh, not like "Penis" brand fish sauce?

:D

[mondo joe]

4. See for yourself!

It's always PROMINENTLY displayed in my kitchen. :-)

[CO Liberal]

6. That's Better Than The "Ass In The Bucket" Hot Sauce....

...I found in a farm market here in Colorado a few years ago. We gave it to my then son-in-law, who was from Peru and said he liked spicy food. From what my daughter told me, he tried it once and that was it....

:-)

[KyndCulture]

5. I MUST get some of that!

Cock fish sauce! Love it!

And about the Thai Kitchen stuff... the noodle bowls taste like ass... waste of money.

[Charlls]

7. when was the last time you _actually_ cooked?

I mean, chopping veggies, frying pan, throwing a steak, etc. _real_ cooking? :wtf:

[mondo joe]

8. Pretty much daily, though my spouse does more of it.

But sometimes it's just not convenient to cook something for work, and sometimes there aren't leftovers.

[SidDithers]

9. They have a few varieties of ramen-noodle type soups...

made with rice noodles, which have been a godsend for us. My daughter has celiac disease and almost all of the Thai Kitchen products are gluten-free.

http://p2.hostingprod.com/@thaikitchen.com/gif/productitems/instantricenoodles/bangkokcurry.gif

Empty in a bowl, add water and the flavour packets, and microwave for 2 minutes.

Sid