2009 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Hey, Anyone got any recommendations for food Thai grub in Bangkok? Nothing hi-so, just some local gems. Kinda like the type of restaurants Mark Wiens would review. Any tips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 What area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Icon Siam good food. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Your local market will have a wide selection of grubs if you have the stomach for them ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soi3eddie Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) Simple and reliable tip. If you see a restaurant packed out with Thais then that's where you want to be. Even better if they are queuing to get a seat. It's likely to be good food at affordable prices. Edited October 25, 2022 by soi3eddie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 If you are looking in Bangkok this might be better placed in the Bangkok forum for local knowledge. MOVED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 36 minutes ago, soi3eddie said: Simple and reliable tip. If you see a restaurant packed out with Thais then that's where you want to be. Even better if they are queuing to get a seat. It's likely to be good food at affordable prices. Or too spicy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) Loads of great Thai food all over Bangkok... From high end fine dining Thai to standard street food... There are gems all over the city... way too many to list primarily because your question is rather unspecific... So... Starting off... Sabai Jai Gai Yang (on Ekammai)... inexpensive, cheerful, good food, shorts and flip-flops type of place..... https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g293916-d3355144-Reviews-Sa_Bai_Jai-Bangkok.html Or another Place.... Ton Krueng (deep on Sukhumvit 49)... moderately price, comfortable, good food, shorts n t-shirt or suit n tie straight from work type of place... https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g293916-d1396816-Reviews-Thon_Krueng_Restaurant-Bangkok.html Or this place... Big Ha Mor (Sukhumvit 71)... shop front noodles... very popular, loads of GrabBikes waiting outside. Edited October 25, 2022 by richard_smith237 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Denim Posted October 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2022 50 minutes ago, soi3eddie said: Simple and reliable tip. If you see a restaurant packed out with Thais then that's where you want to be. Even better if they are queuing to get a seat. It's likely to be good food at affordable prices. Same advice I gave visiting relatives who insisted on staying on the Sukhumvit tourist ghetto area. If a place looks swanky with nice decor and air con but no customers you have to wonder how fresh the food is. Places with highest turnover have freshest food at fair prices. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjmark Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) just found this today. Near Democracy. Cheap and very good... https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mae+Pranom+Original+Thai+Food/@13.7549847,100.5014891,21z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x30e29913885b170f:0xb5fc61faa51502d6!8m2!3d13.7550798!4d100.5013826 Edited October 25, 2022 by wjmark sp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josephbloggs Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 9 hours ago, richard_smith237 said: Or another Place.... Ton Krueng (deep on Sukhumvit 49)... moderately price, comfortable, good food, shorts n t-shirt or suit n tie straight from work type of place... https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g293916-d1396816-Reviews-Thon_Krueng_Restaurant-Bangkok.html Good call on Ton Krueng. I have pretty much forgotten about that place since it moved. When it was on the corner of Thonglor 13 I used to go at least once a month - fab food and the place was packed most nights. Since it moved I think I have only been once. I will pay it another visit this week. I've been here 27 years and it was going strong even when I arrived. I used to work about 100 metres from there so ate there several times a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 On 10/26/2022 at 8:00 AM, josephbloggs said: I used to go at least once a month - ... I used to work about 100 metres from there so ate there several times a week. "I used to go at least once a month..." "...ate there several times a week" Make up your mind or your recommendation may not have much credibility! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photoguy21 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Never go into a restaurant that has a handful of people. You want to places that are packed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 On 10/26/2022 at 8:00 AM, josephbloggs said: Good call on Ton Krueng. I have pretty much forgotten about that place since it moved. When it was on the corner of Thonglor 13 I used to go at least once a month - fab food and the place was packed most nights. Since it moved I think I have only been once. I will pay it another visit this week. I've been here 27 years and it was going strong even when I arrived. I used to work about 100 metres from there so ate there several times a week. The old one was much better... IMO.. the new one a little more awkward to get to, less character.... Its still a good place to take guests.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted October 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2022 17 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said: "I used to go at least once a month..." "...ate there several times a week" Make up your mind or your recommendation may not have much credibility! Another Liverpool Lou special.... not addressing the subject of the thread, instead choosing to play wannabe lawyer and pick holes in harmless comments made by those contributing to the value of a thread. Another take on jospehbloggs comment: - I used to go at least once a month. - I’ve been here 27 years at one point I worked 100m from there and ate there several times per week. --------- I also used eat there [at Ton Krueng] regularly on average at least once per-month, but also at some intervals I’ve eaten there several times per month. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said: 25 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said: "I used to go at least once a month..." "...ate there several times a week" Make up your mind or your recommendation may not have much credibility! Another Liverpool Lou special.... not addressing the subject of the thread, instead choosing to play wannabe lawyer and pick holes in harmless comments made by those contributing to the value of a thread. Another Smith special, not noticing the exclamation mark and realising that it wasn't a serious remark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said: 28 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said: "I used to go at least once a month..." "...ate there several times a week" Make up your mind or your recommendation may not have much credibility! Another Liverpool Lou special.... not addressing the subject of the thread, instead choosing to play wannabe lawyer and pick holes in harmless comments made by those contributing to the value of a thread. Also another Smith special in which you assume that you have control of the thread, the comments and who makes them. What's the "lawyer" aspect that you're imagining? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourmanflint Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Krua Apsorn @Dinso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said: Another Smith special, not noticing the exclamation mark and realising that it wasn't a serious remark. erm... thats not what an exclamation mark means... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted October 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said: What's the "lawyer" aspect that you're imagining? The way you criticise and dissect peoples comments to dispute the validity of their comment based on a minor and irrelevant technicality... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josephbloggs Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said: The old one was much better... IMO.. the new one a little more awkward to get to, less character.... Its still a good place to take guests.... Yeah, which is I guess why I've only been once since it moved. Going to take the family this weekend for old time's sake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimTripper Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 By the time you find a specific place your already in a great spot. Recommendations don't work for me. Just walk around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 10 hours ago, JimTripper said: By the time you find a specific place your already in a great spot. Recommendations don't work for me. Just walk around. You can’t walk everywhere and you’d be limiting any restaurant to ‘only the area you do walk’... hence recommendations being a excellent source of information... and of course threads such as this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post worgeordie Posted October 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2022 On 10/28/2022 at 2:15 PM, richard_smith237 said: Another Liverpool Lou special.... not addressing the subject of the thread, instead choosing to play wannabe lawyer and pick holes in harmless comments made by those contributing to the value of a thread. Another take on jospehbloggs comment: - I used to go at least once a month. - I’ve been here 27 years at one point I worked 100m from there and ate there several times per week. --------- I also used eat there [at Ton Krueng] regularly on average at least once per-month, but also at some intervals I’ve eaten there several times per month. He cannot help himself , never makes a positive post ... regards worgeordie 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimTripper Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 58 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said: You can’t walk everywhere and you’d be limiting any restaurant to ‘only the area you do walk’... hence recommendations being a excellent source of information... and of course threads such as this. you don't need to walk everywhere, just walk down the block, and eat, and stop complaining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 8 minutes ago, JimTripper said: you don't need to walk everywhere, just walk down the block, and eat, and stop complaining People who ask for and discuss recommendations are perhaps a little more adventurous than sticking to whatever is on their block !!!..... The Op has asked for good recommendations... IF you have one on the block you walk around, why don’t you mention it as a recommendation if you think its good enough ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaccha Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 The big red flags: -restaurants mostly catering to Farang tourists who are seeking the 'authentic' Thai food -a lack of rats, cockroaches, sewage, suggesting too much time spent cleaning and not enough time cooking -a menu written in English (a giant grand prix red flag if the English menu has no prices) -staff who speak suspiciously good English, or who ask how spicey -places mentioned in ThaiVisa by aspirational Bangkok residents Likely overpriced places: -places listed in the Michelin guide (without a star) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbalance Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Walk past sukhumvit 55, heading towards the Marriot on 57, and you'll see 2 shop houses selling thai food. 55 Pochana is the name. Hands down, best thai food. Affordable prices too. Used to be a small, no airconditioning shop that has transitioned to become a bit nicer. The Krapow Ped (Duck) is legendary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 I had some Paad-Gapraw from a restaurant called Phed Mark (Opposite Ekammai on Sukhumvit). Phed Mark would be a play on the name of the owner who I assume is a guy called Mark who likes spicy food !!!... Flippin ek... he wasn’t lying !!!.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2009 Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said: I had some Paad-Gapraw from a restaurant called Phed Mark (Opposite Ekammai on Sukhumvit). Phed Mark would be a play on the name of the owner who I assume is a guy called Mark who likes spicy food !!!... Flippin ek... he wasn’t lying !!!.... It's Mark Wiens' restaurant, I think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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