Food writer Jonathan Ammons lets us in on his favorite dish du jour.
Drunken noodle (or pad khee mao) at Pon’s Thai Cuisine: I am a firm believer that the best places to consume spicy Thai food in this country are at roadside stands or gas station restaurants. The pad khee mao at South Asheville’s Pon’s Thai Cuisine is a perfect example. Named, as lore would have it, for drunkards pounding beers to try to beat the heat of the Thai chilies, drunken noodle is an ideal way to burn away the winter blues. And Pon’s take on the dish is as classic and good as it gets. Pon’s, which operates out of the Exxon station at the corner of Sweeten Creek and Mills Gap roads, reopened in late February after a month-long winter break.
— Jonathan Ammons
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