A bit of a rant here but there you go. I'm sick to the back teeth of people saying how much they like Thai food, why, how, what's wrong with you? It has to be one of the worst cuisines in the entire world.
OK, as an occasion Tom Yam Talay, or Tom Kah Gai can be enjoyable but most Thai food is 'edible only because it's cheap'. Maybe I don't have an issue with the taste of Pad Ga Pow for example, I can eat it, but it brings no enjoyment. The one exception being Moo Ga Ta, I do enjoy this.
Pla ra, Gaeng Thai Pla and all the other fermented <deleted> is vile to put it lightly. Rice noodle used far too often when egg noodles are far better, everything eaten with hideous jasmine rice when basmati rise is so much more palatable.
When I moved here I didn't even have to contemplate Thai food, but they were different times when Thailand was actually cheap.
To name a few foods far better than Thai;
Indian
Mexican
All European from Portuguese to French, Italian to Spanish
Chinese
Japanese
American
UK, pie and peas, can't even buy mushy peas here, anywhere, even a shockingly put together steak and kidney pie beats the most refined Pad Ga Pow
Middle Eastern
Brazilian
Infact most South American
Mozambican
And the list goes on.
If you do enjoy Thai food, and claim it to be a favourite (yes there is a u in favourite as much as my Thai computer settings tell me otherwise) why?