Meanings
- pluralplural onlyA spicy Thai dish made with wide, flat rice noodles, meat, vegetables, and basil.
Could someone please post the receipe^([sic]) for a popular Thai restaurant dish called "Drunken Noodles" (I know it has fresh basil, chicken and noodles)?
[1991 June 5, Hillel Sommer, “REQUEST: Thai Drunken Noodles & Chinese Sesame Noodles”, in rec.food.recipes (Usenet), retrieved 03 Apr 20222 more examples
[…] that sometimes I get out of bed at night / and drive to town / for drunken noodles, three peppers hot, because I have to have them, / right away. […]
2007 August 28, Nancy Henry, “Even Though”, in Our Lady of Let's All Sing, Kennebunk: Sheltering Pines Press, →ISBN, page 65, second printingThey serve a mix of Thai and Hawaiian cuisines created by Chef Athiraj Phrasa-vath […] and feature fancied-up versions of classic street food dishes such as Drunken Noodles with yellow curry sauce, lobster, and, in an unusual touch of decadence, cognac.
2020 Spring/Summer, Marie-Ève Venne, “Best of Montreal: New Bars & Resturants”, in Luisa Tarantino, editor, Dress to Kill Magazine, number 48, Montréal: DTK Media, →ISSN, page 83Synonyms: drunkard's noodles, drunkard noodles, pad kee mao, pad kee mow
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA spicy Thai dish made with wide, flat rice noodles, meat, vegetables, and basil.
Origin
- Thaiผัดขี้เมา
- Englishdrunken noodles
Calque of Thai ผัดขี้เมา (pàt-kîi-mao).
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drunken noodles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drunken%20noodles
“drunken noodles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drunken%20noodles. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drunken noodles,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drunken%20noodles.
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