Pad Thai

Tofu

Wrap up a hunk of tofu in a towel...

then press it overnight.

It now looks like this.

Marinate in soy sauce and five-spice for an hour or so.

Noodles

Steep in near-boiling water for an hour or so.

Tamarind

While that's going on, boil up some tamarind...

then pull out all the seeds from the meat.

Get ready...

Tamarind's in the pot on the far right with fish sauce, palm sugar, and rice wine vinegar. There's also garlic, scallions, egg, bean sprouts, kimchi, dried shrimp, lime, and peanuts.

Go!

Fry the tofu, then pull it out...

Fry the garlic and scallions...

scramble up the eggs and learn that things cook too quickly in a wok to take pictures. Toss in most of the bean sprouts, the kimchi, dried shrimp, and most of the peanuts, then the noodles, then the sauce, then cook it all together for a bit.

Finished Plate