Chef Nat cooks a pad thai at The Pad Thai Stand at San Diego's STREET FOOD MARKET

The already visitor- and resident-friendly Port of San Diego is undergoing a massive, multi-year redevelopment project. In addition to the floating museums, tour boats and restaurants, there are public spaces – with more to come. I discovered that on Sundays there is a marvelous STREET FOOD MARKET located directly across the street from where the cruise ships dock, at the corner of Harbor and Broadway.

On Sundays a carefully selected variety of food vendors – the best of their respective specialties, based on popularity – prepare delicious offerings.

I observed the cooking taking place at “The Pad Thai Stand.” Chef Nat explained that pad thai is basically a pan-fried noodle with a tamarind sauce, but that the flavors vary greatly depending upon the place in Thailand where it originated.

One style of pad thai that he prepares originates from Central Bangkok. It is the most common style of pad thai, and is found from coast to coast in the U.S.

Also prepared there is a curry or peanut sauce pad thai from the Northern Region. Pad thai from the South has lime roasted coconuts, roasted shallots and roasted chili peppers.

I prefer sweet rather than spicy flavors, so the pad thai that the chef prepared for me was more sweet than spicy. It was delicious.

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