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Nong Rim Klong is the best seafood deal you can do in Bangkok

August 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

The food at Nong Rim Klong is Bangkok’s best seafood deal. The food is fresh and you get crab meat and shrimps with a quality you rarely get on the streets. Their crab omelet is twice the size at half the price of the more famous Jay Fai. The Chef at Nong Rim Klong in action I have been on a [Read more]

Mandarin Roasted Duck in Thong Lor

June 27, 2019 // 0 Comments

Mandarin Roasted Duck is a beloved spot by many locals. Also it’s a restaurant well situated for bigger families or groups of people. I went there last year and wasn’t very impressed, but as it was my lunch number seven that day, it could be that my tongue needed a break. It [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]

Stunningly good Tom Yam Pork Noodle at Zaew in Sukhumvit Soi 49

November 18, 2017 // 1 Comment

Sometimes, when visiting a new stall or hole in the wall, I just have to close my eyes after the first spoonful, realizing the old school superiority to most new slurps or bites in town. And Zaew in 1/5 Sukhumvit Soi 49 is one of those odd spots delivering far beyond expectations. I just need to [Read more]

Khao Tom Prung at Thong Lor

July 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

Khao tom pla is rice soup with fish. The first years I visited Thailand I couldn’t think of something more boring. It Sounded boring and it really didn’t trigger anything in me. Then I tasted it for the first time, some years ago, and now I visit every khao tom vendor I pass by in my [Read more]

Hoy Tod Chaw Lae in Thong Lor

June 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

Hoy Tod Chaw Lae in Soi Thong Lor is a humble eatery, even if they state themselves to be among the five best Pad thai spots in the world. That said, they are famed for their shrimp pad thai and the stir fried mussel and oyster omelet (hoy tod), with plenty of appearances on TV-shows. The hoy Tod [Read more]

Joke 38 is far from a joke

January 26, 2015 // 1 Comment

Joke 38 is far from a joke. It’s serious food. It’s rice porridge with a touch, with ginger, spring onions, mini Thai donuts, pork meat balls and an egg that comes with options. I prefer the fermented black egg (sai khai kem). Or a raw one (sai khai) that quickly gets cooked by the [Read more]