ok, I woke up at 06:00 today thanks to Sat/Sun farmer's mkts programming my stupid brain to wake me up panicked that I was 15 mins late (stoopid brain!) so that I couldn't go back to sleep, so I spent the last hour reading up on these.
I have to say it again - best TD yet since I joined THP. The remarkable part to me is the level you all took this to in terms of authenticity and presentation - as I went entry to entry I could imagine these all being served at a restaurant as part of a massive feast. Everything would work - and anyone lucky enough to be there would be in food heaven. Even the curry pizza, while perhaps not an "authentic" ethnic dish would fit right in for the flavors and textures.
This was a very, very hard vote to decide. Like THP, I am a HUGE curry fan. Thai is maybe my favorite of all ethnic foods, and I love all of the curries...yellow, green, red, musaman, etc, etc, etc.
And ordinarily the seafood dish would be unlikely to grab my attention ahead of the others - but in this one it did. Excellent use of preview pics to walk me through the preparation, terrific shots of the ingredients, and the seafood looked totally fresh and delicate. The seasonings used to compliment were perfect. And I am a total slut for Thai Basil. It is a flavor that I rank high in my preference list, and combined with the squid and lobster - man. It was a little shocking to me that I found myself going back to Pic1's entry again and again - I really like what DTS did with the Vindaloo, JayT's dish was on point too. Scovie's wings looks excellent, and while a different style than most here it sounded fantastic. Sum had a pretty awesome entry too and I think that was my "close second", though it's almost a tie with Megamoo. Mega's overall thang was tremendous, but I wasn't sure if I was voting on the dumplings or the curry or what - I would dive into that meal head first and never look back though - hell of a job Mega. I liked Stick's dish too, but again - almost too many things going on there. It looks like an awesome meal though! HHBH's beef curry pizza was an amazing and innovative dish and I really wanna taste that! I hope when I make it up to the PNW later this year she's willing to bust that out. heh. ColoradoRonin's was a sneaky good looking entry. More subtle and looked like an Afghani dish I get locally at a kabob place. keybrdkid's dish is something I wish I had in front of me right now for breffast, but wasn't as photogenic as the other dishes - that's a tough one because I'm sure it's delicious.
But in the end I kept coming back to this picture:
And of all the dishes here, this is the one that looks like I ordered it in my favorite Thai place, with the Sing Ha I would of course be drinking - with a fresh Sambal, just like I'd get at Thai Garden, served with a simple white rice on the side (to soak up all of that ridiculously delicious looking curry). I couldn't stay away from this - I am positive the red curry compliments the seafood beautifully, and all of that Thai basil would add the perfect flavor to top it all off.
Pic1 - you hit it out of the park. The winner of this TD is going to get some mad bragging rights, and in my book that's you. Well done.
Congrats to all on a spectacular TD.
Probs took more photos for this TD than any other (total of 4 finished and 14 others).
lol, na actually love the stuff when doing Thai
I rubbed a lot of folks the wrong way in the early TDs (my dislike of mushroom anything shined brighter than my praise for the dishes...) 
