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ing sober, stick to the knot of 'famous' vendors on the right-hand side as you enter the
street.
Nasir Al-Masri
(4/6 Soi 3/1, Th Sukhumvit; mains 160-370B; 24hr; ; Nana exit 1)
One of several Middle
Eastern restaurants on Soi 3/1, Nasir Al-Masri is easily recognisable by its thoroughly im-
pressive floor-to-ceiling stainless steel 'theme'. Middle Eastern food generally means
meat, meat and more meat, but there are also several delicious vegie-based
mezze
.
MIDDLE EASTERN
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WAVING THE YELLOW FLAG
During the annual Vegetarian Festival (
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) in September/October, Bangkok's Chinatown becomes a virtu-
al orgy of nonmeat cuisine. The festivities centre on Chinatown's main street, Th Yaowarat, and the Talat Noi
area, but food shops and stalls all over the city post yellow flags to announce their meat-free status.
Celebrating alongside the ethnic Chinese are Thais who look forward to the special dishes that appear during
the festival period. Most restaurants put their normal menus on hold and instead prepare soy-based substitutes for
standard Thai dishes such as
đôm yam
(spicy, sour soup) and
gaang kĕe·o wăhn
(green curry). Even Thai regional
cuisines are sold without the meat.
Along with abstinence from meat, the 10-day festival is celebrated with special visits to a temple, often requir-
ing worshippers to dress in white.
Saras
INDIAN
$$
(ww.saras.co.th; Soi 20, Th Sukhumvit; mains 90-200B; 8.30am-10.30pm; ; Sukhumvit exit 2,
Asok exit 4)
Describing your restaurant as a 'fast-food feast' may not be the cleverest PR
move we've ever encountered, but it's a spot-on description of this Indian restaurant.
Order at the counter to be rewarded with crispy
dosai,
meat-free regional set meals or rich
curries (dishes are brought to your table). We wish all fast food could be this satisfying.
Supanniga Eating Room
THAI
$$
(
www.facebook.com/SupannigaEatingRoom
;
160/11 Soi 55 (Thong Lor), Th Sukhumvit; mains 120-350B;
11.30am-2.30pm & 5.30-11.30pm Tue-Sun; ; Thong Lo exit 3 & taxi)
Thais are finally starting to
take a serious interest in their own cuisine, and over the last few years Bangkok has seen
an explosion of sophisticated-feeling places serving regional Thai dishes. The best of the
