Pad Thai in Vancouver, WA
Our most-ordered dish. Stir-fried rice noodles with tamarind, fish sauce, palm sugar, egg, bean sprout, scallion, and crushed peanut. Bright, balanced, and the way we make it.
Also written phat thai and pad thai noodles. These are the same dish — the menu lists it as Pad Thai.
312 W 8th St, Vancouver, WA 98660 · Facing Esther Short Park
- Mon – Thu11:00 am – 9:00 pm
- Fri & Sat11:00 am – 9:30 pm
- Sun11:00 am – 9:00 pm
What Pad Thai is
Pad Thai is a stir-fried rice noodle dish and one of the most widely recognised dishes in Thai cooking. It rose to national prominence in Thailand in the mid-20th century and has since become the dish most people outside the country meet first.
The character of the dish comes from its sauce rather than its heat: tamarind for sourness, palm sugar for sweetness and fish sauce for salt, balanced against each other. Rice noodles are stir-fried quickly over high heat so they stay separate rather than turning soft.
On the Tiger's Garden menu: Rice noodles, tamarind, peanut, bean sprout, egg. See Pad Thai on the menu.
Pad Thai, answered
- What is in Pad Thai at Tiger's Garden?
- Stir-fried rice noodles with tamarind, fish sauce, palm sugar, egg, bean sprout, scallion and crushed peanut.
- Is Pad Thai the same as phat thai?
- Yes. Phat thai is a closer transliteration of the Thai name; the menu spells it Pad Thai. They are the same dish.
- Can I order Pad Thai for carry out in Vancouver, WA?
- Yes. Tiger's Garden is at 312 W 8th St in downtown Vancouver, facing Esther Short Park. You can order online, or call (360) 693-9585.
- What does "pad" mean in Pad Thai?
- Pad means stir-fried in Thai, so the name describes the cooking method — a Thai stir-fry of rice noodles.
- What is the difference between Pad Thai and drunken noodles?
- Pad Thai is built on a tamarind, palm sugar and fish sauce balance with thin rice noodles. Drunken noodles are a separate dish, listed on the Tiger's Garden menu as Pad Khee Mao.