Yeah, this is not a new issue.

Older Thais will tell you that over the years Thai food in general has become much more sweet.

Yes I've cooked Thai food myself using palm sugar as an authentic ingredient.

Yes I know sugar is served on tables for those who want to add it themselves.

It's my impression that when modern Thai food is overly sweet it's coming from white sugar.

In any case, I had a sad too sweet experience today.

I ordered food from a very local part of town so I know they didn't cook for f-rang palates but rather for Thai.

I had pad krapow and Northern Khao Soy coconut curry chicken soup.

Both were cooked with skill EXCEPT both were very sugary.

That's new to me in a pad krapow and it was the sweetest Khao Soy I've ever had.

Aside from health concerns (I'm assuming most Thais are not focused that) for me the dishes were ruined. I won't be ordering from them again. I suppose the pad krapow could be adjusted but I'm assuming the curry broth is pre-made.

i made it a habit of saying mai sai nam-taan with every order