Restaurant Reviews

Photo Essay on street food in Bangkok

December 24, 2015 // 0 Comments

During the project of eating my way true Bangkok, I have both been tipped and have stumbled over quite some noteworthy street food vendors. Sometimes the faces have been there for a lifetime, sometimes the face belong to the third generation, cooking the speciality of their grand parents. The same [Read more]

Traditional and full flavored food at Khao Tom Jay Suay

December 19, 2015 // 0 Comments

Khao tom or boiled rice is excellent in combination with a a set of other dishes. It normally comes in small bowls with a watery rice. I have a couple of favourites when it comes to khao tom restaurants in Bangkok, one in the Thong Lor area and this one, Khao Tom Jay Suay, in Chinatown. It’s [Read more]

Roti Mataba – perfect roti on historic ground

December 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sometimes 70 years of practice can be tasted. Roti-Mataba is a small Muslim restaurant in Banglamphu district that opened their doors in 1943. They still make a difference on their good days. A blend of Indian, Thai and Malaysian tastes. An added bonus is the Phra Sumen Fort, built in 1783 to [Read more]

A grumpy auntie and fried noodles with chicken

December 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

No phone number, no reservations and no name. Just a hard working husband, a grumpy auntie and a daughter, hidden away in one of those tiny alleyways you normally just pass by. Unless you know what meets you inside. They have no name but prefer to call themselves “Golden Wok Chicken [Read more]

Excellent stuffed flat noodles along Yaowarat road – Guaythiew Lod

November 26, 2015 // 1 Comment

One of Chinatown’s better street food stalls is to be found close to the design hotel Shanghai Mansion on Yaowarat Road. They have a very good fish maw soup too, but stuffed flat noodles with pork is the dish to choose if you only have room for one dish. The rice noodles comes with bean [Read more]

Jek Pui – Delicious curry and a temple on the go

November 4, 2015 // 2 Comments

If you stroll along the beginning of Mangkorn Road, close to the famous Leng Noei Yi Temple in Chinatown, you will be surprised by a crowd of people queuing or sitting on small, red plastic chairs without a table. That’s Jek Pui and you should do as the locals, find yourself a red chair [Read more]

Good Duck Noodles at Sala Daeng Soi 2

October 31, 2015 // 0 Comments

Duck isn’t an easy find in the area around Convent Road. So if you’re a duck lover you know where to head. The broth is murky and savory, but has a light flavorful taste. It comes with some vegetables, but the noodles and the duck is stealing most of the attention. Noodles with duck [Read more]

Swim bladder or fish maw and other dishes to die for

October 24, 2015 // 2 Comments

Sometimes food can really surprise you to the extent that you have to pinch yourself to believe it. Ah Ou Bangrak looked like any other street food vendor, and even without a lot of competition in the area. But it was anything, but ordinary. It was Thai-Chinese excellence all the way, and it [Read more]

Chicken wing soup with cowslip flowers – a treat not to miss

October 12, 2015 // 3 Comments

Braised chicken wing is definitively tasty stuff. Not to forget the drumsticks, in other words the more boney parts. Guaytiaw Pik Gai Sai Nampung is one of the best Thai food vendors in the Asok area, well known for their chicken wing soup (Gow Low Pik Gai) sprinkled with cowslip flowers (dok [Read more]

Khao Mok Gai or Chicken Biryani at Convent road

October 7, 2015 // 3 Comments

One of the best chicken biryani (khao mok gai) in Bangkok is served from a street stall along Convent road in the Silom area. It’s the central business district of Bangkok, meaning masses of people. Translated into Thai language that means lots of food, especially at lunch hours on [Read more]