Grinner wrote:
> About fifteen or so years ago, Thai food became very popular here in Aus.
> Was it just here or was it a world wide phenomenon?

Yes, Thai food became wildly popular around that time here on the West
Coast too. We certainly had Chinese food here and I remember
occasionally going to Vietnamese restaurants way before Thai was a blip
on the radar screen, but for some reason Thai took off. It's not a
"trend" anymore here, it's an integral part of the food scene.

> It certainly changed the way people viewed Asian food and stir fries.

Oh, in what way? I welcomed it as a change from Cantonese (Hong Kong
style), but didn't experience any gustatory epiphanies.