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DAY OFF
Fans of street food be forewarned that all of Bangkok's stalls close on Monday for compulsory street cleaning (the
results of which are never entirely evident come Tuesday morning). If you happen to be in the city on this day,
take advantage of the lull to visit one of the city's upscale hotel restaurants, which virtually never close.
Siam Square
Kai Thort Jay Kee
(Soi Polo Fried Chicken; 137/1-3 Soi Sanam Khlii (Soi Polo); mains 40-280B; 11am-9pm; ; Lumphini exit
3)
Although the
sôm·đam
(spicy green papaya salad), sticky rice and
lâhp
(a minced meat
'salad') give the impression of a northeastern Thai-style eatery, the restaurant's namesake
deep-fried chicken is more southern in origin. Regardless, smothered in a thick layer of
crispy deep-fried garlic, it is none other than a truly Bangkok experience.
THAI
$$
Silom & Sathon
FooDie
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THAI
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(Soi Phiphat 2; mains 80-150B; 11am-11pm; ; Chong Nonsi exit 2)
The recently renovated
FooDie has an interesting menu of hard-to-find central- and southern-style Thai dishes.
Highlights include the
yam sôm oh
(a spicy/sour/sweet salad of pomelo) and the spicy
prík
kĭng Ъlah dùk foo
(catfish fried in a curry paste until crispy).
nahm
THAI
$$$
( 0 2625 3388;
www.comohotels.com/metropolitanbangkok/dining/nahm
;
ground fl, Metropolitan Hotel, 27 Th Sa-
thon Tai (South); set lunch 1100B, set dinner 2000B, mains 180-700B;
noon-2pm Mon-Fri, 7-10.30pm daily;
;
Lumphini exit 2)
Australian chef/author David Thompson is behind what is quite possibly
the best Thai restaurant in Bangkok. Using ancient cookbooks as his inspiration,
Thompson has given new life to previously extinct and exotic-sounding dishes such as
'smoked fish curry with prawns, chicken livers, cockles and black pepper'. Dinner takes
the form of a multicourse set meal, while lunch emphasises
kà·nŏm jeen
(thin rice noodles
served with curries).
