If there’s something Patti was good at, it was giving the people what they wanted. My mom knew that as she introduced Thai food to Nashville there might be hesitation from folks who had never heard of, seen, or tried Thai food. These broccoli noodles were her solution because the beef and broccoli combination had already been introduced through Chinese American cuisine. I see this as a simplified version of pad see eiw, and it fared well in the steam table at International
