Stir-Fried

Porn Lamai – Legendary street stall continues to deliver

May 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

Porn Lamai is a legendary street food vendor. A volcanic hot plate is put in front of you before they start pouring the gravy over a stir-fried egg where it all continues to cook. It’s fancy, it looks good and the rad na phu khao fai tastes great. In addition, Porn Lamai is a rather [Read more]

Knock out from Pad Thai Sala Daeng

January 21, 2018 // 3 Comments

It’s not difficult to point to Pad Thai Sala Daeng in the Silom ara as one of the absolute best plates of Pad Thai in the city of angels. It’s also a personal favorite. They only serve pad thai and the chef Pranee Thanee have been consistant as long as I have visited her, meaning about [Read more]

Bo.Lan in Sukhumvit Soi 53 is worth a visit

January 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

Thai-born chef Duangporn ‘Bo’ Songvisava and Australian-born chef Dylan ‘Lan’ Jones runs the kitchen at Bo.Lan. The guide Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, sponsored by San Pellegrino and Aqua Panna, have them on the list, and they recently got a Michelin Star. They serve delicious food [Read more]

Michelin Guide Bangkok 2018 – Jay Fai the Big Star

December 7, 2017 // 4 Comments

The most important aspect in the Michelin Guide Bangkok 2018 is that the 73 year old street food vendor Jay Fai in Maha Chai Road is awarded a star. I wrote in my 4 May article that it “would be a crime not to recognize (Raan) Jay Fai at 327 Maha Chai road a star“, and they did. The [Read more]

Pad Thai Mae Am

September 22, 2017 // 1 Comment

Many considers Pad Thai Mae Am close to the Khlong Toei Market one of the cities best choices if you’re in for a plate of Pad Thai. I limit my self to say it is a good choice and I wouldn’t hesitate to sit down again at Mae Am. Pad Thai Mae Am Mae Am is good old school, and that is [Read more]

Lek Seafood Silom is all about crabs

September 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

In Asia, I have a crush for crab dishes, especially yellow curry crab and pepper crab. Of course onlye when the kitchen is doing their job. And Lek Seafood Silom is delivering a very good curry crab. The curry crab at Lek Seafood Silom Crab is an expensive treat no matter where you are in the [Read more]

Yong Lee is a Sino-Thai classic in Soi 39

July 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

Walking into a classic shop house in Bangkok is always a bit of an excitement these days. Is the the older generation still running the show, has the younger generation taken over and how do they perform? At Yong Lee, a hundred meters into Sukhumvit Soi 39, the older generation is still [Read more]

Excellent Pad Thai from Leung Pha Pad Thai

September 22, 2016 // 3 Comments

I do enjoy my crisscrossing of Bangkok on foot, listening to some of Miles jazzy compositions, on the search for exciting food and new vendors. Sometimes I end up with old favorites, sometimes I discover something new and original. Leung Pha and their pad thai is an old friend and I head for a [Read more]

Martins Kitchen – 24/7 for the nighthawks

May 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

Sometimes there is just a single reason to sit down and eat. Hunger. And sometimes that happens in the middle of the night, normally after a couple of beers to many and when most eateries are closed. Martins Kitchen serves decent Thai food 24/7, a few steps into Sukhumvit Soi 19 and close to [Read more]

A fake Somboon Seafood branch with excellent food

April 15, 2016 // 1 Comment

I have been to a couple of the 7 Somboon Seafood branches in Bangkok, but I wasn’t aware of Somboon Pochana in Sukhumvit Soi 20, with a very similar menu to the more famous chain. I got suspicious as the Somboon name is known to be used by fake restos in Bangkok in order to take [Read more]