A dish of phad thai. It is commonly served with a fresh whole shallot and a slice of the banana flower bud.

Some of the ingredients of phad thai, namely (clockwise): eggs, broth, flat rice noodles, scraps of ginger, shallot leaves, slices of carrot, tamarind sauce, ground peanuts, cubes of fried tofu and dried shrimps. Not in the are the soybeans (fig.) and cooking oil.