Ying and I were invited to attend Chowzter’s Tastiest Fast Feast Awards 2014, which took place in London at the end April. Chowzter.com has an aim to highlight and recognize the tastiest local food, or as they call them “fast feasts,” in every major…
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I’ve recently been eating around the Phlap Phla Chai intersection of Bangkok. When Bangkok residents think of Phlap Phla Chai, they think of kuay teow kua gai (ก๋วยเตี๋ยวคั่วไก่), the smokey wide rice noodle dish, as there are a number of famous…
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A while back I wrote about one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in Silom, and Tara, a reader, commented on the article suggesting I try a famous Teochew restaurant in town. She mentioned that her father was Teochew from Singapore…
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When you see a rustic old-skool restaurant like Ba Mee Jub Kang (บะหมี่จับกัง), you know they have a food story to tell. It’s located in a dungeon dark and damp alley, just off the always busy Charoen Krung road in…
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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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Mr. Jones’ Orphanage is a cake shop and teddy bear factory in Bangkok. Walk inside and you’re immediately transported into a fairytale land of sweets, and your thoughts turn to your wonderful childhood memories when you had no worries or…
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Along with Thai food, Bangkok has plenty of wonderful international restaurant options. There’s a restaurant in Bangkok that will satisfy just about anybody’s craving from around the world (apart from Mexican..I think). When it comes to Lebanese food, there’s actually…
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Despite the diversity of restaurants in Bangkok, the amount of other southeast Asian restaurants, can just about be counted on two hands. There are a couple Malaysian restaurants, one Filipino restaurant, and just a few Indonesian restaurants. Opening just at…
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I was invited into the newly opened Tonkotsu Kazan Ramen, and being a lover of Japanese Ramen, I couldn’t resist. Tonkotsu Kazan Ramen is originally from Osaka, and they recently opened their first branch in Bangkok. Walking into the restaurant,…
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I walked into Krua Aroy Aroy (ครัวอร๊อยอร่อย) with high expectations… It’s a very well known Bangkok local restaurant, in a very prime location, just south of downtown Silom, and directly across the Soi from Sri Maha Mariamman Hindu Temple (Wat Khaek).…
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