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{{short description|Thai-Chinese noodle dish}}
{{About|the Thai–Chinese noodle dish||Ratna (disambiguation){{!}}Ratna}}
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{{for|the Lao version of the dish|lard na}}
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| country          = [[Thailand]]
| region           = [[Southeast Asia]]
| national_cuisine = [[Thai cuisine|Thailand]]
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| course           = [[Main course]]
| type             = [[Rice noodles]]
| served           = Hot
| main_ingredient  = [[Shahe fen]], meat ([[chicken (food)|chicken]], [[beef]], [[pork]]) or [[seafood]] or [[tofu]], sauce ([[Stock (food)|stock]], [[tapioca]] starch or [[cornstarch]]), [[soy sauce]] or [[fish sauce]]
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'''''Rat na''''' ({{langx|th|ราดหน้า}}, {{rtgs|''ratna''}}, {{IPA|th|râːt.nâː|pron}}; literally: 'topping'), also written '''''rad na''''', is a Thai-Chinese noodle dish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rasamalaysia.com/rad-na-recipe|title=Rad Na - Easy Delicious Recipes: Rasa Malaysia|date=13 April 2010}}</ref> The name of the dish is pronounced {{IPA|th|lâːt nâː|}} in Thai colloquial speech.

It is made with stir-fried [[Shahe fen|wide rice noodles]], a meat such as [[chicken (food)|chicken]], [[beef]], [[pork]], or [[seafood]] or [[tofu]], [[garlic]], and ''[[gai lan]]'' ({{langx|th|คะน้า}}; {{rtgs|''khana''}}). The dish is then covered in a sauce made with fermented soy beans and thickened with [[tapioca]] starch or [[cornstarch]]. It is seasoned with dark soy sauce, [[fish sauce]], and ground white pepper. In Thailand, people often sprinkle some sugar, fish sauce, sliced chilies preserved in vinegar (with some of the vinegar), and/or toasted, ground dried red chilies on the dish.

There are variants, including using rice vermicelli instead of the wide noodles, and using deep-fried thin egg noodles (''mi krop''), with the sauce poured on to soften them.<ref>{{cite web|title=Not-So-Famous Thai Noodle Dishes|url=http://www.templeofthai.com/asian-food-life/blog/thai-food/not-famous-thai-noodle/|website=Temple of Thai|access-date=1 August 2017}}</ref>

In areas where ''gai lan'' can not be easily obtained, broccoli or broccolini can be used as a substitute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panix.com/~clay/cookbook/bin/show_recipe.cgi?thai%20recipe252|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121129105809/http://www.panix.com/~clay/cookbook/bin/show_recipe.cgi?thai+recipe252|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-11-29|title=Clay's Kitchen}}</ref>

== History ==
''Rat na'' was originally cooked in China, prepared only in high-end restaurants where it became very successful.  [[Teochew people]] (Chinese people native to the [[Chaoshan]] region) began cooking and selling it to working-class people and its popularity spread to Thailand.{{Cn|date=March 2021}}

Originally, ''rat na'' in Thailand was made with a little extra sauce and covered with a banana leaf. Diners themselves cut the fat noodles, which were large and circular, as they ate.{{Cn|date=March 2021}}

The notable ''rat na'' (including ''[[Pad See Ew]]'') areas in Bangkok such as Tanao road in [[Phra Nakhon]] near [[Giant Swing]] and [[#Bangkok City Hall#Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|Bangkok City Hall]], [[Wang Burapha]] near [[Thieves' Market]] and [[Saphan Lek]], [[Sam Yan]] neighborhood in [[Pathum Wan]], or [[Yaowarat]] neighborhood in [[Chinatown, Bangkok|Chinatown]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Thairath]]|language=th|date=2012-06-11|title=ราดหน้ายอดผัก 40 ปี ศาลเจ้าพ่อเสือ|url= https://www.thairath.co.th/content/267246|first=ธนา|last=ทุมมานนท์}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinatownyaowarach.com/articles/42069081/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B9%8A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%99_%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81.html|title=เจ๊อ้วน ราดหน้ายอดผัก|language=th|work=Chinatownyaowarat}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wongnai.com/restaurants/18057uf-%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AE%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81-%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B2|work=Wongnai|language=th|title=เฮงยอดผัก วังบูรพา}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://topicstock.pantip.com/food/topicstock/2012/05/D12080096/D12080096.html|work=[[Pantip.com]]|language=th|date=2012-05-11|author=กินกะเที่ยว|title=๑๑๑๑๑.....ลุง[CR] ไปกินราดหน้าสุดอร่อย ร้านเล้งกี่ .....๑๑๑๑๑}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Lard na]] - Lao version of a similar dish

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{{Cuisine of Thailand}}
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