Why Are There So Many Thai Restaurants?

Have you ever wondered why are there so many Thai restaurants and why so many of them have the same dishes on the menus? Thai restaurants and Thai food were made popular in America through a government campaign of gastrodiplomacy, but here's why Pad Thai isn't really a Thai dish and actual Thai people are frustrated.

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