Food Theory: The Undercover Mission of Thai Food!

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I love Thai food. It is always at the top of my list when we are choosing where to go eat or take out. Because of that, I've started to notice something. There are a LOT of Thai food places. In fact, they are popping up in more and more places. Don't get me wrong, I love the options and it makes it super easy to find my favorite dishes whenever the cravings hit me. What I want to know though, is why Thai food restaurants seem to be competing with Starbucks for most restaurants in an area. Well Theorists, I think it's time to do some eating - I mean RESEARCH!

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Credits:
Writers: Matthew Patrick, Justin Kuiper, and Luke Barats
Editors: Danial "BanditRants" Keristoufi and Tyler Mascola
Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy  
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman 

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[mel-overthinks]

No joke, this happened to my cousin. He went on a vacation to Thailand with his best friend quote: "to get a real taste of the food and culture there"
He always loved the food and spend like 3 weeks backpacking around eating and stuff

[shawnrosspeters]

I actually went to Thailand with my wife for a vacation about 6 years ago because her uncle was teaching English over there. I'd never really eaten Thai food before that trip but we wanted to go for all the ruins, elephants and beaches. Ever since our trip, I've been a huge fan of authentic Thai cuisine because it's awesome!

[chrys_rawr]

As an Alaskan who recently discovered how much I love Thai food, I feel called out! But they do have the best vegan options here in Alaska since we don’t have many options which is what brought me to having more Thai food in the last year.

[KurtisC]

This is what I call recognizing the value of an asset and capitalizing on it. The Thai government knows that their country has a unique, diverse cuisine, and giving people around the world a chance to experience it would predispose them to an increased interest in Thai-related things.

Thailand deserves to have its gastronomy on the map. It's delicious, and they are shrewd for having promoted it so effectively.

[Maddhatervideo]

I'm so happy to see my town being mentioned as the main example. It made me smile. We are such a small town and when a friend says "let's get Thai food" the common response is "from where". Also thank you theorist crew for not calling us not part of the US.

[robertrennie]

I don't know where Mat Pat found this theme song, but every time I hear it I feel like a 90s kid sitting on my Grandmas rug watching my favorite show eating some Mac & cheese

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

All puns aside, spreading Thai food around the world was a pretty genius economic plan

[magikarpkingdom]

Honestly, I respect the thai government. This feel like a positive way to not only get people interested into your country, but also deliver a positive experience with food. A win win on both fronts in my opinion anyways

[NathanMcMasters]

How do you make videos that are so engaging for an adult intellectually but also feels like I'm a kid watching cartoons again? Fantastic job Matt.

[japjustjap]

I'm Thai and live in Thailand right now, and I just wanna say that the puns at the start of the video are masterpieces, I'm not in the slightest bit offended

[shamylar]

Being half Thai myself, its great to see thai food becoming more and more popular. Its about thaime.

[madisonrose]

I'm from Malaysia, a neighbor country of Thailand and Tom Yum soup is in my top 3 favourite dish. I think the Thai government plan is so cute and wholesome. Love for food!!!

[iccyvallyne]

Im from Thailand, and most of my friends had to go back to their country because of covid. So whenever I eat Thai food, I have to do a live Mukbang in video call because they all crave Thai food 🤣

[Asianevermore]

As a Thai person and long Time sub (6years), I thank you.
You are an honorary Thai in my eyes.
Free thai tea when y’all come over!

[lailoveslemons]

Awe the picture of Oliver, Stephanie, and MatPat just made my day it was so cute.

[nicoletteroman]

THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE
I live in a really small area in Washington, like super small (the closet Walmart is almost an hour away, 10, 000 person population) but we have 3 THAI RESTAURANTS in our local downtown when we only have like 20 restaurants total and there's a whole program at the highschool to get kids to go to Thailand. I was always so confused about why Thailand and Thai food, it felt so random, but this makes sense

[nanikach]

As a Thai person whose parent immigrated from Thailand to spend the next 30+ years working/owning Thai restaurants... this makes sense. So does my childhood.

[bookwormx]

Soft power is hella scary. Just think about how much anime has affected art and entertainment outside japan. In fact, the anime Outbreak Company literally talked about this.

[vanvanvanyvan]

Thai cuisine is a kind of food that is so underrated yet sooo good!! And can domiate if they want to but so low key! Kudos to the thai people for bringing this unique food into the world! Nomnomnom from your SEA neighbor

[Viccinate]

This might be a bit late, but as a Thai seeing this covering in a food theory video is absolutely amazing. Never thought our food have reached palettes thousands of kilometers away. Much love from Thailand 🇹🇭