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Jay Fai
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THAI
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(327 Th Mahachai; mains from 400B; 3pm-2am Tue-Sun; klorng boat to Tha Phan Fah)
You wouldn't
think so by looking at her bare-bones dining room, but Jay Fai is known far and wide for
serving Bangkok's most expensive - and arguably most delicious -
pàt kêe mow
(drunk-
ard's noodles). The price is justified by the copious fresh seafood, as well as Jay Fai's
special frying style that results in a virtually oil-free finished product.
VEGGING OUT IN BANGKOK
Vegetarianism is a growing trend among urban Thais, but meat-free restaurants are still generally few and far
between.
Banglamphu has the greatest concentration of vegetarian-friendly restaurants, thanks to the preponderance of
nonmeat-eating
fa
·
ràng
(foreigners). In this part of town, there's longstanding
Arawy Vegetarian Food
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(152 Th Din So; mains 20-40B; 7am-8.30pm; ; Tha Phan Fah) and
9am-10pm; ; Tha Phra Athit (Banglamphu)), the latter with a vegetarian cookery school. Restaur-
ants such as Shoshana (
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)
and
Hemlock
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(56 Th Phra Athit; mains
60-220B;
4pm-midnight Mon-Sat;
;
Tha Phra Athit (Banglamphu)) have lots of meat-free op-
tions.
Elsewhere in Bangkok,
Anotai
(976/17 Soi Rama 9 Hospital, Th Phra Ram IX; mains 150-300B;
10am-9pm Thu-Tue; ; Phra Ram 9 exit 3 & taxi),
Baan Suan Pai
(Banana Family Park, Th
Phahonyothin; mains 15-30B; 7am-3pm; ; Ari exit 1),
Bonita Cafe & Social Club
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(56/3 Th Pan; mains 160-250B; 11am-10pm Wed-Mon; ; Surasak exit 3),
; Surasak exit 3) and Saras (
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) are all vegetarian-specific restaurants. As well,
Koko
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(262/2 Soi 3, Siam Sq; mains 70-220B;
11am-9pm;
;
Siam exit
2), Opposite Mess Hall (
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) and stall C8 at the
MBK Food Island
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(6th
fl, MBK Center, cnr Th Phra Ram I & Th Phayathai; mains 35-150B;
10am-10pm;
;
National
Stadium exit 4) all offer a generous selection of meat-free menu items.
During the Vegetarian Festival (
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) in October, the whole city goes mad for tofu. Stalls and restaur-
ants indicate their nonmeat menu with yellow banners; Chinatown has the highest concentration of stalls.
Chinatown & Phahurat
JAPANESE, THAI
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