Eat in Bangkok
Search Bangkok dishes by craving — boat noodles, khao man gai, khao niao mamuang and more.
7 dishes worth going out of your way for in Bangkok, 1 of them vegetarian. Each one lists where to eat it, because the dish and the room that does it well are not the same question.
Leave room for Khao niao mamuang.
Boat noodles and Moo ping and sticky rice are a breakfast thing here, and sell out by mid-morning.
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Medium spiceA small bowl of noodles in a very concentrated broth darkened and thickened with pig or cow blood, with beef or pork, morning glory and a scatter of crisp pork rind — served in portions of a few mouthfuls so that the stacked empty bowls count your meal.
฿15–25 a bowl
Best around: Around Tha Tien, Phra Nakhon and the palace district and Yaowarat Road, Chinatown
MildChicken poached gently and served cool over rice cooked in the poaching stock with garlic and ginger, with a bowl of clear broth on the side and a dark sauce of fermented soybean, ginger, garlic, chilli and vinegar that is the entire point.
฿50–80
Best around: Outside BTS stations and office blocks, city-wide and Around Tha Tien, Phra Nakhon and the palace district
Sticky rice steamed and then soaked in salted, sweetened coconut cream, served warm with half a ripe nam dok mai mango and a spoonful more cream poured over, sometimes with toasted mung beans on top.
฿60–150
Best around: Kamphaeng Phet, opposite Chatuchak and Yaowarat Road, Chinatown
Pork marinated in coconut milk, garlic, coriander root and palm sugar, threaded onto bamboo skewers and grilled over charcoal at the roadside, sold with a bag of sticky rice to eat it with.
฿10–20 a skewer
Best around: Outside BTS stations and office blocks, city-wide and Around Tha Tien, Phra Nakhon and the palace district
MildThin rice noodles fried fast with tamarind, palm sugar and fish sauce, egg, tofu, dried shrimp and garlic chives, finished at the table with crushed peanuts, chilli flakes and a wedge of lime — and, at the best places, wrapped in a thin omelette.
฿60–150 at a street stall
Best around: Yaowarat Road, Chinatown and Tha Tien pier, facing Wat Arun
HotGreen papaya shredded into long strands and pounded in a clay mortar with lime, palm sugar, fish sauce, garlic, dried shrimp, long beans, tomato and as many bird's eye chillies as you agree to.
฿50–120
Best around: Kamphaeng Phet, opposite Chatuchak
HotA prawn soup built on lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaf, lime juice, fish sauce and chilli — clear in its original form, and creamy when evaporated milk or chilli paste is stirred in, which is the version most restaurants serve.
฿120–350
Best around: Kamphaeng Phet, opposite Chatuchak and Yaowarat Road, Chinatown
