Restaurant Reviews

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]

Chong Kee is the place for your pork satay

September 16, 2015 // 1 Comment

Satay’s along the streets of Bangkok are not among my prime interests. But there are exceptions, as always, and Chong Kee on the border of Bangkok’s Chinatown is a true master in the art of barbequed pork satay. Which of course could be the answer to why the owner Vichai Lumlerokit [Read more]

Piang Kee serves delicious Hakka food in Chinatown

September 10, 2015 // 2 Comments

It was the colorful temple that stole my attention and made me enter Trok Wat Kuson Samakhon, a small alley between Yaowarat and Charoen Krung road in Bangkok’s Chinatown, but it was the food at Piang Kee that convinced me to go back. Even in Chinatown terms the food was far beyond [Read more]

Si Morakot is a gem for crispy pork belly

August 31, 2015 // 1 Comment

Rice topped with red roasted pork (khao moo daeng) and crispy pork belly (khao moo krob) can be a truly delicious plate when the sweetness of the sauce is made with a careful approach as it otherwise can be to dominating. At Si Morakot, between Hua Lamphong station and Chinatown, you get the real [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]

Pork knuckles at Mae Tuk in the Sri Yan area

August 15, 2015 // 1 Comment

It’s not often that you see a restaurant having the Shell Shuan Shim award for Khao Kha Moo (pork knuckles on rice). It’s a dish that is more often associated with basic street stalls that you find all over the city. It’s also a very popular dish, and lovers of pork [Read more]

T&K Seafood praised by Lonely Planet is a flaw

August 13, 2015 // 3 Comments

T&K Seafood have for more than 10 years been recommended by Lonely Planet when you’re in for some serious seafood in Bangkoks’ Chinatown. What a lie it is. It’s one of my worst seafood meals ever, and I’m not just talking about Bangkok. It’s just the biggest [Read more]

Kun Chiang – Thai tapas and Phra Sumen Fort

July 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

Phra Athit road in the Banglamphu area is just four, five minutes of legwork away from the famous backpacker district of Khao San Road. More importantly, you have genuine and good quality street food food to choose from as soon as you turn your back to Khao San Roads low quality Pad Thai stalls. [Read more]

Rawanstar Roasted Duck – a visit you wont forget

July 24, 2015 // 0 Comments

Roasted ducks is flying in and out of Rawanstar rapidly. But this is not the place to duck, but to open your mouth for some incredible flavors. Rawanstar Roasted Duck is packed with fans during breakfast and lunchtime hours. You’ll soon enough understand when you put the first spoon to your [Read more]