This is my first Pad Thai review in a series of... a few. This one comes from the lovely freezer section of Trader Joes.
It says "Traditional Thai Style rice noodes in a peanut base sauce with tofu, scallions and carrots."
As you can see, the description is dead on:
There are a few chunks of tofu and some shaved carrot pieces. I really used to like this PT bowl, but I was disappointed the last two times I bought it. There needs more vegetables and sauce. When I heated this up I threw in about a cup of frozen (then cooked) pepper strips and also a tablespoon or so of peanut butter. It's really lacking in the flavor department.
Additionally, this pretty tiny bowl contains 600 calories. Really? For some noodles in sauce? That is pretty much half of the calories I would need in a day, only to be devoured within 5 minutes.
Needless to say, I would buy this again if I was craving Pad Thai really badly and was near a Trader Joes.
6 comments:
you only eat 1,200 calories a day? you must be starving! i like making my pad thai myself, but on occasion i like convenience foods. it's nice to know trader joe's carries these.
No, I don't actually eat 1200 calories, but I probably should. I eat way more and that is why my weight is steadily creeping up over the past year.
I agree that the TJ's pad thai is pretty lackluster.......
And nobody should eat only 1200 calories!
I guess you guys are right. It should be more like 1400 calories. But still! Close enough to 1200.
I've always been shocked by the calorie content on that Pad Thai!
Word... dead on about TJ's Pad Thai - I used to like it a lot more. I haven't even bought it recently due to poor results. I think TJ's is just being more honest in their calorie counting - most vendors would list this as 2 servings @ 300 cal each.. at least TJs knows you are going to pig out & eat the whole thing!
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