pork

Luk Kai Thong in the EmQuartier is a good but pricey Hong Kong experience

May 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

Pork belly can be just excellent in the hands of the right cook, or it can be ordinary or plain boring as in most cases. Luk Kai Thong serves a melt in your mouth pork belly that passes on most criteria. Pork Belly with buns Kai Thong” means “golden chicken” in Thai, while “Luk” [Read more]

Prai Raya in sukhumvit 8 is good Phuket food in Bangkok

March 3, 2019 // 0 Comments

Prai Raya isn’t really fine dining, but certainly a pleasant spot with well presented food in a cosy terrace environment in Sukhumvit Soi 8. They have an extensive menu, but make sure you test their gaeng pu bai cha plu which is lump crab meat in a yellow curry. Prai Raya: Gaeng pu bai cha [Read more]

Lao Ti Fang is good Chinese food in Soi 41 (Phrom Phong)

February 15, 2019 // 0 Comments

Lao Ti Fang is a popular spot for good Chinese food in Bangkok. Some dishes have a Thai touch to it. They use fresh ingredients and you have plenty of vegetarian dishes to choose from as well. A kind of neighborhood restaurant with plenty of locals coming every day of the week. The stir-fried [Read more]

Mr Joe Crispy Pork isn’t perfect – and how to make the perfect crispy pork yourself

January 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

It’s a cacophony of voices repeating each other to lift the crispy pork (Moo Krob) at Mr Joe Crispy Pork as a complete heaven in order to get readers attention. Well, the Crispy Pork isn’t as perfect as the panegyric reviews you can read some places. I’m a bigger fan of their Kuay [Read more]

SabX2 Pratunam Wanton Noodles is decent but far too hyped

November 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

SabX2 Pratunam Wanton Noodles in Petchaburi Soi 19 serves decent wanton noodles and braised pork (Khao Kha Moo). A full house could indicate something extraordinary, but there’s really nothing here to write home about. As soon as you enter the room you’re quickly directed to a seat when [Read more]

Jim Jum Lat Ya is a heaven for Isaan food in Bangkok

September 14, 2018 // 2 Comments

Lat Ya road on the Thon Buri side has a 200 meter stretch where several street food vendors are lined up. Probably the cities best vendor of glass noodles with crab or huge prawns in a small clay- or metal pot (Po/Krung Op Sen Wun), one of the better Pad Thai vendors in town, a variety of Isaan [Read more]

Sai Krok Pla Naem at Mae Lek is a great treat in the Nang Loeng Market

August 29, 2018 // 1 Comment

The Nang Loeng Market in the Nakhon Sawan 6 Alley, a short 10 minutes walk from the Phanfa Bridge Pier, is one of my favorite markets to go to in Bangkok, primarily to dig inn on the great street food. The Sai Krok Pla Naem version served at Mae Lek is a rather rare dish in Bangkok these days, [Read more]

The Five Sisters in Charoen Nakhorn on the Thon buri side is a pleasant acquaintance

August 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

The owner of Haa Bai Thao – Five Sisters insisted that the name of the dish is Sen Lek Nam. That basically means the standard Sen Lek noodles with soup, but I can assure you that the bowl I got was far more tasty than the name suggest. Absolutely a pleasant acquaintance on the Charoen Nakhorn [Read more]

Ruen Mallika is quality food in a traditional and wooden ambiance

August 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

Ruen Mallika is one of those restaurants that turns your mind towards history and Thai traditions as soon as you’re stepping over the doorstep to this almost 200 years old traditional Thai teak house, estimated to be built in King Rama II’s reign. Ruen Mallika is fine dining with an [Read more]

Nai Meng Noodles in 183 Silom road is good comfort food

June 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

Some say Nai Meng Noodles next to the Silom Complex Shopping Mall serves the best ba mee (egg noodles) in town. I don’t agree with that, but they certainly serve you a very good bowl. The noodles are home made and they know how to cook it. The add-ons comes in numerous alternative. aIf [Read more]