Thai food has been a firm favorite ever since I got permanently hooked on it via Jaiya Thai on 3rd ave in New York City. It's a great restaurant, small & cozy and is a mainstay for many a graduate student @ NYU school of medicine. The catch with something so exotic was that there is a mental barrier as to whether we can whip it up at home, and this is where the ready made pastes come in & make a killing! The disadvantage of using commercial pastes is that you get the same product each & every time (remember, home cooked food never tastes EXACTLY the same, similar, but there will always be variations depending on the fine tuning of ingredients used,\ which makes it delightfully unique to savor each & every time!)

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