Mark Wiens, Author at Thai Street Food, Restaurants, and Recipes

Nam Yoi Restaurant – Best For Spicy Southern Thai Food in Phuket!

Nam Yoi is a fantastic restaurant in Phuket Town that serves Southern Thai Food. I’m going to tell you immediately, it’s my favorite restaurant in Phuket. Well, at least among my top five. Especially if you love the spicy, vibrant…

Roti Chaofa – Best Halal Roti + Goat Curry in Phuket, Thailand!

Crispy, gooey, flaky roti. Thick, spice harmony, ultra tender chunks of goat. Welcome to Roti Chaofa (โรตีเจ้าฟ้า), one of the best roti shops in Phuket, and quite honestly one of the best places to eat roti and curry in all…

Mor Mu Dong Restaurant – #1 Food You Must Eat in Phuket, Thailand!

Mor Mu Dong is a restaurant in Phuket that serves some of the best and most unique local Southern Thai food on the island. When you’re in Phuket, and of course if you love to eat, this is a restaurant…

5 Foods to Eat at Phuket’s Cham Cha Market (ตลาดฉำฉา)

Cham Cha Market (ตลาดฉำฉา) is a local Thai Chinese street food market in Phuket Town. Although you'll find stalls of fresh fruit, produce and cooking supplies, the best thing about this market is that it's mainly a food court. It's…

Roti Taew Nam – Ridiculously Tasty Egg Roti for Breakfast in Phuket!

Roti Taew Nam (โรตีแถวน้ำ) is one of the best Halal roti breakfast restaurants in Phuket. Try the insanely crispy roti, fried eggs, and curry.

Aromkwan Bangkok – Extreme Malaysian Food! (Smoked Curry + Biryani Mountain)

Aromkwan (อารมณ์ควัน) is a one of a kind food experience in Bangkok! Chef Bank serves what could tamely be called Extreme Malaysian Food, where he mainly uses his traditional family recipes, but goes a step further to smoke everything, and…

Jadjan Restaurant Phuket – 5 Star Hotel Chef Cooks Thai Street Food!

Jadjan (จัดจ้าน), is actually the Thai word for strongly or intensely flavored. And so I already loved the name and philosophy of this restaurant before even going. At Jadjan Restaurant (ร้านจัดจ้าน) in Phuket, Thailand, you will find a mix of…

Giant Thai Seafood at 1 Star Michelin Restaurant – Ruean Panya (ร้านเรือนปั้นหยา)

Ruean Panya (ร้านเรือนปั้นหยา) is a Thai seafood restaurant that received 1 Star by the Michelin Guide in Thailand. “It’s a hidden gem,” they mentioned, and so I was very curious to eat there. In this post I’m going to share…

10 Best Thai Restaurants in Bangkok in 2018 (Local Food)

In this post I’m going to share with you the 10 best Thai restaurants in Bangkok, that I tried in 2018. Even after years of living in Bangkok, it’s a city where food is always exciting, and there’s always more…

Samrub For Thai – Ancient Thai Recipes, Private Kitchen with Chef Prin

Samrub For Thai (สำรับสำหรับไทย) is a small private kitchen restaurant in Bangkok by Chef Prin (former head chef of Bangkok’s Nahm restaurant). He especially focuses on ancient family Thai recipes, many of which are unheard of these days, and cooks…

Bangkok’s Uncle Tokyo: Coconut Custard & Hot Dog Rolls (Khanom Tokyo)

Khanom Tokyo (ขนมโตเกียว) is a popular Thai sweet and savory street food snack. While you’ll find it across Thailand and throughout Bangkok, one of the happiest vendors of all is Uncle Tokyo (ลุงโตเกียว), who sells along Soi Convent in Silom,…

Bangkok Street Food – Dry Tom Yum Egg Noodles in Silom (ก๋วยเตี๋ยวแคะ)

Kuay Teow Khae (ร้านก๋วยเตี๋ยวแคะ) is an extremely popular Thai street food noodle stall in downtown Silom, Bangkok. The egg noodles are crinkly, the seasoning is spicy and sour, and the crispy pork belly will crunch and melt in your mouth…

Mihara Tofuten – My Gourmet Tofu Omakase Experience in Bangkok

Mihara Tofuten is a gourmet tofu restaurant in Bangkok that serves the world’s first tofu omakase (course by course, chef’s menu). During your meal, you’ll have combinations, flavors, and textures of tofu (plus numerous bean curd and soybean combinations) you…

Sorn Restaurant (ศรณ์) – 22 Course Meal of Fine Southern Thai Food!

Sorn (ศรณ์) is a restaurant in Bangkok that specializes in fine Southern Thai food. You’ll experience a journey through Southern Thailand on your plate, including 22 different dishes, each vibrant, colorful, and an excitement to your taste buds. In this…

Thai Basil Stir Fry – He’s Been Making It Here for 47 Years in Bangkok!

Thai basil stir fry (ผัดกะเพรา pad kaprao) is one of the pillars of Thai street food comfort in Bangkok. It’s one of those dishes that’s simple to make, complex in flavor, it never gets old, and it’s without fail, always…

Braised Duck – This Bangkok Restaurant is Only Open 3 Hours a Day

Dow Pochana (โต๋วโภชนา) is a restaurant in Bangkok that specializes in Thai Chinese braised duck, and they do it really well. They also have a short menu of other complementing dishes, the fried garlic shrimp being one of my personal…