156 Carlton Rd. #202 . Charlottesville, VA . (434) 293-4302
http://padthaicville.com/index.html
Why Pad Thai?
While many “Thai” restaurants alter recipes to suit American tastes, Pad Thai offers real Thai home cooking — literally. Utaiwan Ouypron and her husband Santi make the same food they once served at an eatery they ran out of their home in Thailand, before coming to the United States in 2005. You can taste the difference. It’s no wonder so many top chefs are regulars. Among many excellent Thai restaurants in the area, Pad Thai remains a fixture in The Charlottesville 29.
What to Order
While the menu is stellar, we always like to ask the Ouyprons which of the daily specials they recommend. Below is a list of our recommendations, along with the Ouyprons’ favorites, as well as Pad Thai’s appearances in Five Finds on Friday, where area chefs and personalities have named a Pad Thai dish as one of their favorite in town.
Our Picks
- Grandpa’s Favorite
- Drunken Noodles
- Beef Tongue Pad Kapao (special)
- Swai Pad Numprikpao (special)
- Thai Beef Consomme Noodle Bowl
- Stir Fried Cabbage
Chefs’ Picks
- Bar Snacks
- Red Curry
- Clear Broth Noodle Bowl
- Chinese Broccoli with Pork Belly
Five Finds on Friday Picks
- Thai Beef Consomme Noodle Bowl — Andrew Silver (formerly, Zocalo), Josh Lowry (formerly, Zocalo), John Shanesy (formerly, Parallel 38)
- Clear Broth Noodle Bowl (fka Wonton Noodle Soup) — Vu Nguyen (formerly, Brazos)
- Tom Yum Noodle Bowl with Beef Tongue — Brian Ashworth (formerly, Ace Biscuit & Barbecue)
- Spicy Noodle Bowl — Phillip Gerringer (formerly, South Fork)
- Roast pork with shrimp wonton and wonton noodles — Ivan Rekosh (formerly, Zocalo)
- Drunken Noodles with Chicken, Spicy — Melissa Close-Hart (formerly, Palladio)
- Drunken Noodles, “Thai hot” — Ian Redshaw (formerly, Lampo)
- Drunken Noodles with Beef — Rachel Willis (Cakes by Rachel)
- Drunken Noodles with Tofu and Vegetables — Rebecca Edwards (formerly, Tavola Cicchetti Bar)
- Drunken Noodles — Lee O’Neill (Radical Roots Farm)
- Grandpa’s Favorite — Ben Jordan (formerly, Michael Shaps Wineworks)
- Grandma’s Favorite — Frank Paris (formerly, Miso Sweet)
- Tom Kha Soup — Jin Bang (Mochiko)
- Tongue, Tendon, and Trip Pho — John Meiklejohn (formerly, Yearbook Taco)
- Stir Fried Cabbage — Nina Promisel (Greenwood Gourmet Grocery)
- Som Tum — Brooke Ray (International Rescue Committee)
