Noodles

Laap Paak – cheating on your diet

May 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

A hearty hour or cheating on your diet regime. Both options are available at Laap Paak. And they have a backyard on the doorstep to MRT station Hua Lamphong. In other words last stop before Chinatown and Yaowarat Road, a 10 minute walk away. Interior of Laap Paak The backyard isn’t huge, but [Read more]

Best egg noodles in Bangkok – Ekkamai Soi 19

January 28, 2016 // 1 Comment

Bamee Slow on the corner of Ekkamai Soi 19 has some of the best Chinese style egg noodles in town. Getting there more than an hour after the opening means you most likely are in for some cueing. But don’t worry, the food is absolutely worth the ten to fifteen minutes in line. They [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]

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]

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]

Excellent noodles and pork dumlings in Sri Yan

October 3, 2015 // 1 Comment

Sometimes you’re in for a bigger surprise than you expect when sitting down. I wasn’t expecting to much at Look Chin Moo Nai Hang, but I was wrong. The market area in Sri Yan certainly has something to offer everybody. And if you have some kids crawling around your legs, [Read more]

Jakkee close to Victory Monument is about excellence

September 20, 2015 // 2 Comments

Jakkee, close to Victory Monument has long traditions, has Chinese roots and is filled with regulars and few others. Some of them living hours away, running their own restaurant and eat here at least once when going to Bangkok for the monthly shopping. There is of course a reason to it, Jakkee [Read more]

Bangkok’s best Pad Thai at Orawan

August 25, 2015 // 6 Comments

I love Pad Thai when well made, just as much as I hate a blend version of what it can be. Unfortunately the latter version is the norm. But Orawan in the Sri Yan area is a true master in making this famous dish, a dish that was a result of Marshal Phibin’s idea of incorporating noodles into [Read more]

Yen Ta Fo at Sala Daeng Soi 2 (Convent road)

June 15, 2015 // 1 Comment

Yen ta fo is an underestimated dish among foreigners, or farangs as they call them here. You find one of the better yen ta fo stalls in the Silom area, just of Convent Road. Turn right out of Central Silom’s back entrance and head down the street and you’re in for a delicious bowl. The [Read more]