When I go to a Thai restaurant, I don't go out of the box... at all- as a vegetarian, tofu Pad Thai is about all I order. As far as Brown Sugar, I would say this is a pretty generic Pad Thai. The flavor is sort of sweet, but there is nothing special about this Pad Thai. The color is also off, my Pad Thai was completely white in color, which I've never seen before from a restaurant. The Pad Thai also didn't have any steamed vegetables, every noodle dish needs a little something extra, which this sourly lacked. On the plus side, the portion sizes were quite large and the price was right for the meal.