Soi Polo Fried Chicken ไก่ทอดเจ๊กี (โปโล) is a legendary name for fried chicken in Bangkok. But just like Hai Som Tam Convent, for some reason throughout my many years in Bangkok, I just never got around to eating there. Anyway, the…
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Thai green papaya salad, which in Thailand is known as as ‘som tam’ (ส้มตำ), is one of the most commonly available and most popularly consumed dishes in all of Thailand. Originating in the northeastern part of Thailand (Isaan), bordering the…
Read moreLately I’ve been running around central Bangkok, so I’ve had a chance to eat at some of the more well-known Thai restaurants in Bangkok. Hai Som Tam Convent (ไฮส้มตำคอนแวนต์) is a long standing Isaan restaurant located on the famous Thanon…
Read moreFrequently in Bangkok you stumble into a street food cart that’s so deliciously attractive you simply can’t pass without stopping. Along the Bangkok street food haven of Petchaburi Soi 5 is a man who sells moo dad deaw (หมูแดดเดียว), a…
Read moreI think this Bangkok street stall is as photographed as the Grand Palace! If you’ve spent time in Bangkok, or even if you’ve just visited for a few days, you’ve undoubtedly passed these street food stalls just outside Central World shopping center…
Read moreCentral Sukhumvit Road (Nana to Ekkamai) has been taken over by condos, hotels, and shopping centers – everywhere you look there’s a new high rise sprouting up. As development continues, family run Thai restaurants are becoming fewer, while international restaurants…
Read moreFor the past few years I’ve been dining at Rod Ded Isan restaurant (ร้านอีสานรสเด็ด), but it seems that every time I’ve gone, I somehow haven’t had my camera. Finally, I went back a few days ago to Rangnam Road, camera in hand.…
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Located on a quiet little neighborhood street in Bangkok’s Wachiratham Sathit district (Sukhumvit 101/1) is the little relaxing culinary paradise of Som Tam Khun Gan ส้มตำคุณกัญจณ์. It was an impulse dining experience; I had never seen the restaurant or heard about…
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I was recently kidnapped on an overnight road trip, hitting all the touristy food havens in the small mountains and hills a few hundred kilometers north of Bangkok. No responsibilities. No agenda. Just miles of eating. Here’s some of the…
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One rule of Bangkok street food is that where there is a large school, there will be a high concentration of delicious street food. Ramkhamhaeng University may be the largest university in Bangkok, and they pack a near unfathomable amount…
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