Oyster sauce(nham man hoi)

Bean thread noodles, made from mung bean starch, were not considered by Thai people as a type of noodles until recently. It is best to buy the ones made from 100% mung bean starch. Products with less than 80% mung bean starch will soggy rapidly after cooked. Another product from mung bean starch, gaining popularity in recent years, is the mung bean sheets cut into bite-sized rectangles, and misleadingly named "Shanghai noodle" or kuaitiao shanghai.

Essential Ingredients pad thai

Oyster sauce(nham man hoi)

Oyster sauce(nham man hoi)

Borrowed from the Southerm Chinese, this oyster flavored sauce is extensively used in Thai cooking as a seasoning for fried noodles and stir-fry dishes.
The modern oyster sauce is simply made from sugar, salt or soy sauce, and water, thickened by cornstarch and flavored with a little oyster extract. It is said that the Thai brands of oyster sauce taste better and less salty than the Chinese brands.