Hopefully this is the best section to put this review. A year or so ago I bought a single pouch of the Mountain House Pad Thai with Chicken on a whim and it has set on a shelf almost forgotten. Yesterday for lunch I looked in the fridge and didn’t see any leftovers, so I decided to make the Mountain House Pad Thai. I followed the preparations instructions exactly, and of course those were simple and easy. Pour in boiling water to the pouch, stir, reseal and let it sit for a specified time, open and stir again, reseal, and let it sit for another specified time. Then open and eat from the pouch.
Short Review: The general texture and taste was passable as Pad Thai. Certainly not restaurant quality. The noodles were chopped too short and it was a bit on the sweet of the sweet/sour spectrum. The chicken was a bit chewy but okay. After adding some crushed red pepper for heat it was good to eat. It was the perfect amount for a lunch for me. If I was doing a serious hike or eating it trying to survive the apocalypse, it would just barely do as a full meal.
I rate my long term food storage items by comparing it to Dinty Moore Beef Stew. Why Dinty Moore Beef Stew? It’s what we ate on occasion as kids when we went camping or if there was nothing else to eat in the house. This is where I learned the value of Tabasco sauce! Dinty Moore is a C- in my book. I don’t stock Dinty Moore in my preps, but if hungry I would be happy to have it. Taste wise the Pad Thai was a C, so a bit better than Dinty Moore. Would I stock the Pad Thai? No. They currently only sell in the individual pouches or in packs of six, both for about $10 a meal. Its way too expensive for my purposes to store as a prep. Unfortunate, as it is a bit better than Dinty Moore beef stew and a good diversion from the normal things I store.
Short Review: The general texture and taste was passable as Pad Thai. Certainly not restaurant quality. The noodles were chopped too short and it was a bit on the sweet of the sweet/sour spectrum. The chicken was a bit chewy but okay. After adding some crushed red pepper for heat it was good to eat. It was the perfect amount for a lunch for me. If I was doing a serious hike or eating it trying to survive the apocalypse, it would just barely do as a full meal.
I rate my long term food storage items by comparing it to Dinty Moore Beef Stew. Why Dinty Moore Beef Stew? It’s what we ate on occasion as kids when we went camping or if there was nothing else to eat in the house. This is where I learned the value of Tabasco sauce! Dinty Moore is a C- in my book. I don’t stock Dinty Moore in my preps, but if hungry I would be happy to have it. Taste wise the Pad Thai was a C, so a bit better than Dinty Moore. Would I stock the Pad Thai? No. They currently only sell in the individual pouches or in packs of six, both for about $10 a meal. Its way too expensive for my purposes to store as a prep. Unfortunate, as it is a bit better than Dinty Moore beef stew and a good diversion from the normal things I store.
| Calories/Per Pouch | 490 |
| Total Fat | 14g / 18% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g / 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0g / 0% |
| Cholesterol | 40mg / 13% |
| Sodium | 1120mg / 49% |
| Carbohydrate | 70g / 25% |
| Dietary Fiber | 3g / 11% |
| Total Sugars | 13g |
| Incl. Added Sugars | 9g / 18% |
| Protein | 20g / 18% |
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