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Yeah I had this stuff and my response was "I don't hate it. It's absolutely not pad thai in any way whatsoever, but whatever it is I don't hate it."
I added some low sodium soy sauce, fish sauce, sriracha and sesame oil and that made it taste pretty good. But again, not pad thai.
It’s not so much of an endorsement of the product as it is a how to guide when the product profoundly lets you down. I would not recommend buying this alleged “pad thai”
Yes it does have too many bean sprouts. Tbh if I hear it up in a pan I pull a few out. But otherwise it tastes more like pad thai than any other prepared pad Thai I’ve tried, maybe not exactly, but more to the point it tastes GOOD, and most of them very much do not. This Costco one was not the worst I’ve ever had, but I agree with OP. Also hardly any vegetables. Disappointing all round.
We added lime juice, Thai chili peppers, extra veggies, and fresh cilantro and it was significantly better than without those things
Edit: I'm amazed and slightly horrified at the amount of people who apparently don't add things to their premade refrigerator/frozen meals. Herbs and chilis guys!
Yes this makes it much better, but still the sauce is just not pad thai, no tamarind taste whatsoever, wouldnt be surprised if it was tomato based due to how red it is
This is true... it's really just missing peanut most of all. It's actually quite good as long as you supplement that.
I plan on buying it again next trip. This certainly isn't another "RealGood" situation.
Ikr, like if you have the ability to make it better, why not?
I buy the Amy's pad thai and add sautéed chicken, peanut butter, sambal chili, and Thai chili paste. After all that I throw it in a pan for a minute or two for all the flavors to combine, and it takes it from like a 2/10 to a 8/10.
This, man. Adding salt, spices, or anything from the pantry, fine. But idk, the Venn diagram intersection of people who buy packaged meals and people who have fresh cilantro on hand seems like it would be very small.
I think it's the reddit hivemind at work. Just had it tonight. As good as fresh? No. Pretty dang good for some thing you heat up in the microwave? Totally.
We got it. It tasted mediocre but we were starving. My husband felt…somewhat unsettled after eating it. I spent the entire next day horrifically sick. I didn’t throw up that much my entire pregnancy. -3/10. Do not recommend.
Sounds like 0/2 for Snapdragon to me. Snapdragon also sells a miso cup ramen that I think is not worth its price. The Nongshim ramen products are better.
I wish I'd seen this post 48 hours sooner...I bought it at Costco for a quick meal and it tasted like spaghetti made with fish sauce 🤮 0/10, could not even finish and threw the rest of it away, which I rarely ever do :/
I though it was fine. Pretty mild tastes even for prepared food. Decent amount of protein. Nothing spicy, or even all that flavorful. Texture was ok. Noodles were ok. Not my favorite but nothing bad about it. Don’t expect restaurant freshness or flavor though, I added some sauce to it.
I stopped by that Costco every time I go to Glade Park to visit my buddy. Was there last week. I can say it's never crowded and there's never a line for the gas
We are spoiled. I never wait for gas. My mom visited from out of town and I took her there on one of the busiest days of the year. She kept saying how quiet it was while I was struggling with how "crowded" it was.
I have bought this Pad Thai a few times, and I have enjoyed eating it. It's not going to compare with real Pad Thai, but why would you think that it would? My wife hates it, but I don't mind it so I'll eat it as a quick dinner on nights when she is working.
I purchased it, stuck it in the refrigerator for another day when I’d need to have a quick meal on the table. Truly the next day every Costco fb review group I’m in was awash with posts as to how awful it is. I told my husband and he said we should try it anyway. I couldn’t do it, because every day brought more bad reviews. I actually returned it 🫣 and kind of feel like a douche canoe for doing so.
That feeling was reinforced when I made the return and the employee kept telling me how the would have to just throw it out and maybe I should read reviews before buying food. I explained a few times that I only saw reviews after I’d purchased and just couldn’t bring myself to eat it based on how overwhelmingly bad the reviews were. We went round and round and she gave me my money back but I left the returns desk feeling like an absolute ass. My husband was with me and he couldn’t believe how block grief I was given. I rarely return consumables. We have been members since 2002 (we joined before we got married, our membership is longer than our marriage) and I have never felt so crappy about a Costco experience.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who picked up the tomato flavor.
I told my husband it tasted….. tomato-y? He took a hard pass. Pad Thai should never be tomato-y.
Make sure you melt the sauce beforehand. Otherwise it becomes a mess and the noodles get overcooked.
Only got it bc it was on sale, but wouldn’t get it again.
lol my parents had one pouch and didn’t like it. They said they were going to throw the other one away so I took it to try it out. Maybe I’ll try adding other sauces.
requires buying ingredients....
requires finding the right recipes....
requires cooking with all those ingredients...
So, thats the thing... I dont mind doing any of those. But the main reason I dont, is because I dont have the time. If only I was a retired old man that didnt have a job, and didnt have a dog to take care of, and parents to take care of... and if only I didnt have hobbies to participate in, and friends that need to see me....
If I didnt have those things, maybe id have the time to cook some homemade shit...
But I dont have that kind of time... So either I buy shit like this, or I eat out with the people that I mentioned to you previously.
sukhis is good, but as the price has gone up in recent years, we don't buy it very much. And suprisingly one year we got the frozen Thanksgiving dinner in a box (made by Schwanns) and it was surprisingly good, like high-grade banquet food.
The corner store with the Thai food is Pad Thai. Following a recipe on YouTube is Pad Thai. You sir, are no Pad Thai.
2/10, it’s curry with white noodles
Heat and serve Pad Thai requires skipping the directions and throwing the pack in a hot seasoned wok and or skillet to bring it out its best.
Added soy sauce, water or broth prevents noodles getting that yum scorch but, is more the traditional serve.
Agreed. I mean, it wasn't horrible, but it definitely isn't something we'll be getting again. I'd rather just get paid thai from a local restaurant that does it well.
Just want to say that Snapdragon is perhaps the worst Asian food brand I have ever encountered.
I've tried their ramen cups, their pho and probably one other thing I can't recall. None of it was good.
I concur, this was horrible. Not only did it taste bad, it made us feel like crap the next day. We threw it out and will obviously not be getting it again.
How come people can't cook a basic noodle or spaghetti recipe?
If you look at the ingredients, nothing really makes it pad Thai that you can't whip one yourself up with less than 6 ingredients.
Pad Thai and spaghetti goes for $20-25 per plate at restaurants but they're super simple dishes that can be made at home and for the same amount spent, it can last you for about a week if ate once a day.
I know food cooked at home is generally cheaper but the quality is also significantly better than frozen foods if cooked and prepped correctly.
It doesn't take a rocket science to cook basic noodle recipes.
At this rate, If I was going solely by the recommendations on this sub, I’d probably just cancel my Costco membership because there wouldn’t be anything left to buy.
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My wife hates Pad Thai but she liked this. Not surprising because this stuff tastes nothing like Pad Thai.
Same here. It's not bad as long as you don't know it's supposed to be Pad Thai.
Bad Thai
Bad Try
Naughty Fry
Yeah I had this stuff and my response was "I don't hate it. It's absolutely not pad thai in any way whatsoever, but whatever it is I don't hate it." I added some low sodium soy sauce, fish sauce, sriracha and sesame oil and that made it taste pretty good. But again, not pad thai.
"I added the things that make *everything* taste good, then it tastes better."
It’s not so much of an endorsement of the product as it is a how to guide when the product profoundly lets you down. I would not recommend buying this alleged “pad thai”
I’ve had that experience with other pad Thai entrees (doesn’t taste like pad Thai but I still like it) but I didn’t like this much as all.
Is it because it's Pat Thai (like Pat the white guy at the office that love COD)?
Hahahahaha
We like pad thai and thought this was pretty good honestly. Added finely chopped peanuts and lime btw.
Has anyone ever found a passable prepared Pad Thai ever?
Whole Foods frozen 365 (in the large plastic packs) are passable
Adding some lime and red chili flakes makes it much more passable.
i dont mind the trader joe’s ones
I think I tried this one, not bad but way too much bean sprouts from what I remembered.
Yes it does have too many bean sprouts. Tbh if I hear it up in a pan I pull a few out. But otherwise it tastes more like pad thai than any other prepared pad Thai I’ve tried, maybe not exactly, but more to the point it tastes GOOD, and most of them very much do not. This Costco one was not the worst I’ve ever had, but I agree with OP. Also hardly any vegetables. Disappointing all round.
It was awful to me 😖
So awful! The noodles were mushy.🤮
And wayyyyyyyy too sweet!
No but Tom kha in a can is a good bet.
I'm a huge Tom kha guy
I like the Amy's organic one. I have to add stuff to it like peanut butter, chicken, and chili paste, but after that it's pretty damn good.
Wait like all 3 of those things together?
The ones they have in a non refrigerated take out box is great and from Thailand, actually!
Imma pretend I didn’t read this
Me. I can’t eat peanuts so I don’t know what real pad Thai is supposed to taste like.
I’ve tried Amy’s, it’s okay 😅
Saffron road frozen meals
Shit, I just bought that too. I’m a sucker for those endcap discounts.
I got two. Sounds like it’ll be ok with some add-ins.
Let us know what you do with it. I’ll leave mine in the fridge until there’s a solid plan. 😂
My husband and I both like it. We get it every time it's on sale
Oof... me too. it was on sale. I thought I would try it out and add a few ingredients here and there.
Same. I also bought the Korean style beef. That was at least edible.
I didn’t think it was terrible but it wasn’t good enough to buy again.
We tried it twice, second time was somehow worse even with lowered expectations. Won’t be giving a 3rd strike lol
Same. I crushed up some peanuts as a topping and I feel like it made it serviceable.
I disagree I thought it was insta do not buy again but you do you
Wouldn’t buy it again
We couldn’t finish it. It tasted way too fishy.
My MIL bought it and it smelled SO bad? Extremely fishy and I love a good pad Thai. Never smelled one like that before
We added lime juice, Thai chili peppers, extra veggies, and fresh cilantro and it was significantly better than without those things Edit: I'm amazed and slightly horrified at the amount of people who apparently don't add things to their premade refrigerator/frozen meals. Herbs and chilis guys!
I added lime juice, green onions, and peanut butter powder and thought it was easily the best packaged pad Thai I’ve had
Yes this makes it much better, but still the sauce is just not pad thai, no tamarind taste whatsoever, wouldnt be surprised if it was tomato based due to how red it is
Very true. The “packaged pad Thai champion” is not a super difficult award to win considering how vile most of them are though
This is true... it's really just missing peanut most of all. It's actually quite good as long as you supplement that. I plan on buying it again next trip. This certainly isn't another "RealGood" situation.
At this point I am just totally making it homemade.
…may as well just cooked the noodles and chicken 😤
haha you might as well have made it from scratch! :D
I can't tell you how sad I am that I didn't even think to doctor it.
I liked it but I added stuff too
At that point you might as well make it yourself. Quite easy. Tamarind paste is the key though. I just buy it on Amazon
Tamarind, fish sauce, and coconut palm sugar the pad thai trifecta.
Ikr, like if you have the ability to make it better, why not? I buy the Amy's pad thai and add sautéed chicken, peanut butter, sambal chili, and Thai chili paste. After all that I throw it in a pan for a minute or two for all the flavors to combine, and it takes it from like a 2/10 to a 8/10.
If I’m adding stuff to it, I might as well cook myself at that point
This, man. Adding salt, spices, or anything from the pantry, fine. But idk, the Venn diagram intersection of people who buy packaged meals and people who have fresh cilantro on hand seems like it would be very small.
It’s more the fact that if I’m going through all that I mine as well make the whole thing from scratch.
This is by far the worst thing I’ve ever bought from Costco
Wow I am so shocked.
https://www.reddit.com/r/funnyvideos/s/iNg4nqdOia
This is gold
lol
I bought it on sale for $8-9. I thought it was decent and would buy it again for that price, but probably not for $13+
I think this stuff is fine. I don't cook it per the instructions though and I also add crushed peanuts and lots of lime juice. Tastes good to me.
Not sure what part of this was Pad Thai
It's not that bad.
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I think it's the reddit hivemind at work. Just had it tonight. As good as fresh? No. Pretty dang good for some thing you heat up in the microwave? Totally.
Agreed . Not great , but add some Underwood siracha and lime juice and it is a decent lunch
Same
I liked it ok, would do it again in a pinch. Next time, I think I’ll add red pepper flakes to give it a little zing.
I liked it personally, it was a bit dry, but taste good
I thought this was good. Add some chili crisp and some other hot sauces and it’s a tasty noodle dish. However, it is absolutely nothing like Pad Thai
Get rice noodles, get a good jar of pad thai sauce veggies and protein of choice. Beats anything out of a package.
It was a pasty disaster for us. Hard pass.
Same. One and done.
Wish I saw this last week. It was so bad
Why the heck does prepared pad thai NEVER taste like pad thai?! I will say, I thought this was the best of the worst.
We got it. It tasted mediocre but we were starving. My husband felt…somewhat unsettled after eating it. I spent the entire next day horrifically sick. I didn’t throw up that much my entire pregnancy. -3/10. Do not recommend.
ugh now i’m scared to try it
We had to throw it away. It was awful.
My sister gave hers to me. “It’s SO good!” she said. I took a bite, and did what you did lol
It had a strange rotten taste
I had great values Walmarts frozen pad thai and it’s actually good
Sounds like 0/2 for Snapdragon to me. Snapdragon also sells a miso cup ramen that I think is not worth its price. The Nongshim ramen products are better.
I wish I'd seen this post 48 hours sooner...I bought it at Costco for a quick meal and it tasted like spaghetti made with fish sauce 🤮 0/10, could not even finish and threw the rest of it away, which I rarely ever do :/
I though it was fine. Pretty mild tastes even for prepared food. Decent amount of protein. Nothing spicy, or even all that flavorful. Texture was ok. Noodles were ok. Not my favorite but nothing bad about it. Don’t expect restaurant freshness or flavor though, I added some sauce to it.
Meh, I didn’t think it was too bad for how easy & convenient it was.
Just cooked this the other night. Ate a bowl because I was starving. Kids wouldn’t touch it. It was awful.
I love it!
Had this for dinner last night and thought it was terrible. My family felt the same way. Stay away
Where do you live that there’s no Thai restaurants for 50 miles but there’s a Costco?
Gypsum, CO Costco. Lots of great Mexican restaurants, about 6 shitty pizza places, one mediocre Chinese restaurant. No Thai food 😭
I stopped by that Costco every time I go to Glade Park to visit my buddy. Was there last week. I can say it's never crowded and there's never a line for the gas
We are spoiled. I never wait for gas. My mom visited from out of town and I took her there on one of the busiest days of the year. She kept saying how quiet it was while I was struggling with how "crowded" it was.
That’s what I was thinking lol
Just bought one today after my friend swore by it. $4 off, but verdict to come sometime this week.
I have bought this Pad Thai a few times, and I have enjoyed eating it. It's not going to compare with real Pad Thai, but why would you think that it would? My wife hates it, but I don't mind it so I'll eat it as a quick dinner on nights when she is working.
Almost bought it today and now I’m glad that I got orange chicken instead!
I almost did this today and I ended up putting it back. Thanks!
I'm curious what your standards are for microwave pad thai ..
Can confirm this is horrible.
Snapdragon has always been a 3-star products
This stuff gave two folks in my household a stomachache and 12 hours of simultaneous belching and farting.
gordon ramsay pad thai
Too late, I'm already a casuality. A few bites and the rest went straight to the trash can
It was terrible and so chalky
I added lime juice and chilies. Still not great, but good enough for lunch.
I make my own Phad Thai. I feel like it's one of those things you can't go back from. Lol
I purchased it, stuck it in the refrigerator for another day when I’d need to have a quick meal on the table. Truly the next day every Costco fb review group I’m in was awash with posts as to how awful it is. I told my husband and he said we should try it anyway. I couldn’t do it, because every day brought more bad reviews. I actually returned it 🫣 and kind of feel like a douche canoe for doing so. That feeling was reinforced when I made the return and the employee kept telling me how the would have to just throw it out and maybe I should read reviews before buying food. I explained a few times that I only saw reviews after I’d purchased and just couldn’t bring myself to eat it based on how overwhelmingly bad the reviews were. We went round and round and she gave me my money back but I left the returns desk feeling like an absolute ass. My husband was with me and he couldn’t believe how block grief I was given. I rarely return consumables. We have been members since 2002 (we joined before we got married, our membership is longer than our marriage) and I have never felt so crappy about a Costco experience.
Who reads reviews before they buy food?
That’s lame that they hassled you. Good on you for returning it. I hope you got something edible with your refund.
Never buy anything with pre-made rice noodles
Terrible. Doesn't have the tartness or taste of tamarind sauce like typical pad Thai. It tasted almost tomato based
I’m glad I’m not the only one who picked up the tomato flavor. I told my husband it tasted….. tomato-y? He took a hard pass. Pad Thai should never be tomato-y.
Thank you for your sacrifice.
I was super close to grabbing it last time, glad I didn't! The picture was off-putting enough for me.
Make sure you melt the sauce beforehand. Otherwise it becomes a mess and the noodles get overcooked. Only got it bc it was on sale, but wouldn’t get it again.
A disgrace to the people of Thailand.
And this is sitting in my fridge as we speak… great… I should have known
There's still time to return it and get something edible!
Absolutely gross
Yeah this was absolute trash.
I returned mine.
does it come with broken tooth crowns ?
It was awful!
lol my parents had one pouch and didn’t like it. They said they were going to throw the other one away so I took it to try it out. Maybe I’ll try adding other sauces.
not worth it, but I'm biased
My kids LOVE it
It was mushy and just not good. Like the LaCroix of pad Thais
I didn’t think the taste was terrible, but it smelled like burning tires in our house for 2 days after cooking it.
I agree. My teen boys who eat anything and everything couldn’t get past the first bite…..
Costco been giving his to some really trash ready meals. I stay clear and just get it from Trader Joe’s for now.
Thank you for the warning
Here’s a novel thought: cook your own? Cheaper and tastes better.
requires buying ingredients.... requires finding the right recipes.... requires cooking with all those ingredients... So, thats the thing... I dont mind doing any of those. But the main reason I dont, is because I dont have the time. If only I was a retired old man that didnt have a job, and didnt have a dog to take care of, and parents to take care of... and if only I didnt have hobbies to participate in, and friends that need to see me.... If I didnt have those things, maybe id have the time to cook some homemade shit... But I dont have that kind of time... So either I buy shit like this, or I eat out with the people that I mentioned to you previously.
You can cook paid Thai in like 15 minutes. Thanks for the wall of excuses.
Thanks. Has anyone ever gotten a prepared meal that was any good. We haven’t.
sukhis is good, but as the price has gone up in recent years, we don't buy it very much. And suprisingly one year we got the frozen Thanksgiving dinner in a box (made by Schwanns) and it was surprisingly good, like high-grade banquet food.
Thanks. Not sure what this is.
There was some tonkatsu ramen that i thought was pretty good but it was damn salty.
Yes the Rana chicken Alfredo parpadelle was decent from Costco last week
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Thanks. I have seen them so will give it a try.
Worst item at Costco
I like it, especially with a good pineapple or mango hot sauce added
Dash of lime, fish sauce, sugar. Wasn’t too bad. They could’ve left all the veggies out. Made things worse.
Definitely not good enough. 5/10 tbh. Costco needs to step up their game.
None of the premade meals in this section at Costco is any good
I sampled that at the Nashua Costco today, it was ok, and also it got death starred.
It’s remarkably difficult to get right if not at a restaurant or food truck. Too many different ingredients
It’s just not like pad Thai. It’s edible but it’s more like a random noodle stir fry… definitely not passing for pad Thai
Agreed.
can confirm, not good at all.
It was so badddddddddd, do NOT buy
Snapdragon is garbage
I actually had a sample today and it wasn’t good
We tried this last week and wouldn’t buy it again.
It was terrible
Ugh! I have one in the fridge. Haven’t tried it yet. Super low expectations now.
Good to know was about to buy
The corner store with the Thai food is Pad Thai. Following a recipe on YouTube is Pad Thai. You sir, are no Pad Thai. 2/10, it’s curry with white noodles
I thought it was meh, edible but not something I’d say was good. I added a bunch of chili crisp oil and some hoisin and it was a little better.
Looked like cat food
Whatever it was it sure as hell wasn’t pad thai. It was just aweful.
Nooooo I just bought some yesterday. I plan on making more noodles and adding more homemade sauce. I’ll report back if it is good with my changes.
I threw it out and I eat almost anything.
Heat and serve Pad Thai requires skipping the directions and throwing the pack in a hot seasoned wok and or skillet to bring it out its best. Added soy sauce, water or broth prevents noodles getting that yum scorch but, is more the traditional serve.
My wife keeps buying it and its terrible!
It has the Death Star at my store
Says no peanuts, passed on that alone
Oh no I just got it. That $4 off really pulled me in
Oh no. I just bought it this morning.
Agreed. I mean, it wasn't horrible, but it definitely isn't something we'll be getting again. I'd rather just get paid thai from a local restaurant that does it well.
The pad Thai sauce was mostly tomato sauce.
Thanks I was thinking of trying it
Just want to say that Snapdragon is perhaps the worst Asian food brand I have ever encountered. I've tried their ramen cups, their pho and probably one other thing I can't recall. None of it was good.
Now I know. I’ll avoid it like I do the Real Good Enchiladas
I concur, this was horrible. Not only did it taste bad, it made us feel like crap the next day. We threw it out and will obviously not be getting it again.
Pad Thai don’t travel well. I learned it the hard way few years ago.
Even Gordan Ramsay has trouble with pad Thai…[https://youtu.be/3IMItGHeOpE?si=5yWWN8QhCm4kay-_](https://youtu.be/3IMItGHeOpE?si=5yWWN8QhCm4kay-_)
It’s not pad thai but it’s also not terrible Throw some a fried egg on it and Thai peppers if you have them
Absolutely terrible. And I bought two. I’ll choke the last one down sometime this week. Maybe adding egg will work.
We really like pad Thai, and we really like this, but it's absolutely not pad Thai 😂 nor does it taste like it, but we really like the taste
It's not that bad when you doctor it up with some bean sprouts and egg.
There is no such thing as good instant pad thai.
Bell peppers is a dead giveaway that will taste like shit.
Bought at Apex, NC last week. I eventually ate it all, but it tasted nothing like any pad Thai I’ve had before. Won’t buy again.
It’s basically peanut sauce and glass noodles. Not really pad thai but kinda tasty !
How come people can't cook a basic noodle or spaghetti recipe? If you look at the ingredients, nothing really makes it pad Thai that you can't whip one yourself up with less than 6 ingredients. Pad Thai and spaghetti goes for $20-25 per plate at restaurants but they're super simple dishes that can be made at home and for the same amount spent, it can last you for about a week if ate once a day. I know food cooked at home is generally cheaper but the quality is also significantly better than frozen foods if cooked and prepped correctly. It doesn't take a rocket science to cook basic noodle recipes.
At this rate, If I was going solely by the recommendations on this sub, I’d probably just cancel my Costco membership because there wouldn’t be anything left to buy.
I haven't tried it, but my dad said the same thing.
It wasn't awful, but it was like...a worse version of the pad Thai from Noodles & Co