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Eating
The selection is enormous, with eating places in Bangkok ranging from wheeled
carts that set up shop on a daily basis to chic dining rooms in five-star hotels. In our
experience the tastiest eats are generally found somewhere in-between, at family-
run shophouse restaurants serving a limited repertoire of dishes.
The influences are also vast, and you'll find everything from Chinese-Thai to
Muslim-Thai, not to mention most regional domestic cuisines.
Ko Ratanakosin, Banglamphu & Thonburi
KRUA APSORN $$
Thai
( Th Din So; mains 70-320B; lunch & dinner Mon-Sat; 2, 25, 44, 511, klorng
taxi to Tha Phan Fah)
This homey dining room has served members of the Thai royal
family and, back in 2006, was recognised as Bangkok's Best Restaurant by the
Bangkok Post
. Must-eat dishes include mussels fried with fresh herbs, the decad-
ent crab fried in yellow chilli oil and the tortilla Española-like crab omelette.
POJ SPA KAR $$
Thai
( 443 Th Tanao; mains 100-200B; lunch & dinner; 2, 25, 44, 511, klorng taxi
to Tha Phan Fah)
Pronounced
pôht sà·pah kahn,
this is allegedly the oldest restaur-
ant in Bangkok, and continues to maintain recipes handed down from a former
palace cook. Be sure to order the simple but tasty lemongrass omelette or the deli-
ciously sour/sweet
gaang sôm
(a traditional central Thai soup).
KHUNKUNG $$
Thai
25, 32, 503, 508, river ferry Tha Chang)
The restaurant of the Royal Navy As-
sociation has one of the few coveted riverfront locations along this stretch of the
Chao Phraya River. Locals come for the combination of riverfront views and cheap
and tasty seafood-based eats. The entrance to the restaurant is near the ATM ma-
chines at Tha Chang.
