I love Pad Thai but I’ve never heard of it made with bees. Thai food has a lot of curry dishes and they love to include peanuts...yummy! I grew up with a bottle of nuc mam on the table. That’s what happens when both of your parents spend years in SE Asia. My Dad went kind of native in VN as he was there as an advisor in ‘62 and didn’t come back for good until about ‘69 or ‘70. If you ever get to StLouis give me a holler and I’ll show you the best places(most of them, we’ll be the only “round eyes”).