The video consists of a heavy metal kiss look alike cooking with sacrificial bowls and stirring with a mace rather than a spoon. Imagine a heavy metal voice yelling "STIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIR THEEEEEEE BOOOOOOOOOWL!!! RAAAAAARGGGHHHHHHHH" it's highly amusing and i suggest everyone check it out. I originally just though it was good for a laugh but then found myself wanting to try the meals he was cooking.
The recipe itself is easy enough, the most un-supermarket friendly thing would be the Tamarind which my supermarket had anyway so all the ingredients were pretty easy to get. The chef doesn't use measurements anywhere in the recipe he says that "Recipes intimidate people and take away your aspect of creation." I can honestly say this is what i hate the most about the recipe, i was originally excited to try a recipe that had no measurements and just relied on me guesstimating everything i'm usually so intimidated by cooking but being in control took away that intimidation, however my pad thai turned out incredibly sweet and it was rather gross at first so even though he says in reference to the amount of sugar that all you need is "A whole f***ing lot" I can assure you approximately 1 cup worth is way too much. But I also think i didn't add enough tamarind puree because once i served the bowl and found it was too sweet i added tamarind puree directly to the bowl of pad thai and then it turned incredibly yummy and perfect so thankfully it was a very easy fix. I also added some dried shallots that i found in the asian section of my local supermarket and it added a really yummy texture to it, plus i'm a bit of an addict when it comes to dried shallots.
ANYWAY! use this recipe if you want to impress people because it really is yummy and incredibly easy. I ate it the next day as left overs and it was still incredibly good (provided i added the extra tamarind)
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Betheney
