How common is peanut sauce in Thai restaurants in Pattaya?

[cdixon169]

Been there a few times, never saw it offered, but never asked for it either

[just hanging]

chicken/pork with peanut sauce didp

 

Panang curry

[Kreggerz]

Yes, satay sticks as above. Penang curry has peanuts sometimes. There are peanuts in Masaman curry. There are roasted peanuts in som tum. The closest thing to what is actually a peanut sauce is with the satay sticks.

 

You don't generally order it as a side dish. If you want some, order some satay. 

[xdrt33]

I think satay / peanut sauce is a Malaysian / Indonesian thing.

It often comes loaded with sugar, which puts me off rather.

[Not_Shameful]

Pad Thai generally has crushed peanuts. Western recipes for Pad Thai often use peanut sauce.

[Kreggerz]

In the west, making anything served in "Thai peanut sauce" is passed off as Thai food or more honestly as Thai Fusion food. But there isn't any main dish served in a peanut sauce like that in Thai food in Thailand ... it's a side dip for satay. The western peanut sauce used as part of main dishes is pretty much a variation of peanut butter sauce for sate sticks.  Yes roasted peanuts are also put on pad Thai.