Sometimes a good plate of chicken rice is exactly what you need. Located just across the street from the entrance of Wat Saket is Jae Yee Chicken Rice (ข้าวมันไก่เจ๊ยี), a classic Hainanese chicken rice shophouse where you’ll find plump boiled…
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For a long time now, one of my favorite go-to vegetables in Thailand has been pak krached (ผักกระเฉด), known in English as water mimosa. You can also call it sensitive neptunia, another pretty cool name for the vegetable. Water mimosa is not…
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One of the ultimate places to find the best food in Bangkok is tucked within old areas of town like Banglamphu and Phra Nakhon. Located right along Thanon Dinso (sometimes spelled Dinsaw or Dinsor), a street in Bangkok right off Democracy…
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Khao kriap pak maw (ข้าวเกรียบปากหม้อ) and sakoo sai moo (สาคูใส้หมู), are two common Thai street food snacks. You’ll often see them being prepared at the same stall, mainly because they use the same filling but just have different wrappings. Both fall…
Read moreRecently, while wandering around Pahurat in Phra Nakorn district of Bangkok, we needed something to eat. Stumbling into Ji Jong Wa (จีจ้งหว่า ภัตตาคาร), I decided to give it a try. It’s kind of at the far west side of Chinatown Bangkok,…
Read moreYen Ta Fo (เย็นตาโฟ) is a distinctively pink noodle dish in Thailand. While it’s not quite as popular as boat noodles, it’s still one of the more popular local soup noodles, and retains its share of loyal connoisseurs. While you do have…
Read moreBangkok doesn’t have many traditional shophouse style coffee shops. But there are some. And located just steps from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration City Hall building, on the opposite side of the spacious square surrounding the Giant Swing, is Kope Hya…
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