Panang Curry (food): you gotta try this

I should say you gotta try this when you are in Asia. I had it once in the USA a long time ago and it was $15 and it didn't taste right either.

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Panang Curry is a very unique one, the taste is unlike any of the other dishes that I have had. I have heard the flavor gets its identity by having influnce from Myanmar, India, and Malaysia. It is also rumored the curry is named after Penang, Malaysia but since I have no idea if that is true or not I'll leave it alone. If it did originate in Penang Malaysia then I dont understand why after visiting Penang more than a dozen times in the past decade I have never seen it for sale anywhere.

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it is served a as a soup looking thing or with a reduced, thicker sauce like this one, i'm ok with either

Penang curry can be made very spicy, but generally speaking it is considerably milder than most curries served in Thailand. It relies on peanuts and coconut cream for its distinct flavor.

I can't say exactly what it is about Panang curry that keeps me ordering it over and over again. It is just a unique dish and I, and many other people, really enjoy it. Of course this is largely dependent upon who is cooking it because even this dish can be done wrong (like anything else.)

I recommend getting it with pork or chicken, the ones i have had with seafood in it just seemed weird and I can't say exactly why. This is likely just a personal preference. This is just one more reason to come to Thailand. I think it is kind of universally recognized that Thai cuisine is some of the best (or failing that, most unique) styles of food in the world and even though Panang may actually not be a Thai traditional dish, it is available all over the place.