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EATING
YUSUP$
(531/12 Kaset-Navamin Hwy; mains 50-120B; 8.30am-3pm; Mo Chit exit 3 & taxi)
The Thai-language
sign in front of this restaurant boldly says
rah·chah kôw mòk
(King of Biryani) and Yusup
backs it up with flawless biryani, not to mention mouth-puckeringly sour oxtail soup and
decadent
gaang mát·sà·màn
(Muslim curry)
.
To get here, take a taxi heading north from BTS Mo Chit and tell the driver to take you
to the Kaset intersection and turn right on Th Kaset-Navamin. Yusup is on the left-hand
side, about 1km past the first stoplight.
For dessert try
roh·đee wăhn
, a paratha-like crispy pancake topped with sweetened con-
densed milk and sugar - a dish that will send most carb-fearing Westerners running away
screaming.
MUSLIM-THAI
BAAN SUAN PAI$
(Banana Family Park, Th Phahonyothin; mains 15-30B; 7am-3pm; ; Ari exit 1)
This open-air vegie
centre is worth the trip north of town. Expect a wide variety of vendors selling meat-free
Thai-style dishes, drinks and desserts.
To find it, take exit 1 at Ari BTS and turn right down the narrow alleyway just after the
petrol station.
VEGETARIAN, THAI
PHAT THAI ARI$
(Soi Phaholyothin Center, Th Phahonyothin; mains 80-120B; 9am-8pm; Ari exit 4)
One of the city's
better-known
pàt tai
shops is located a couple of blocks from the eponymous soi. Try the
innovative 'noodle-less' version, where long strips of crispy green papaya are substituted
for the traditional rice noodles from Chanthaburi.
Phat Thai Ari is located on the narrow soi that leads to Phaholyothin Center, just north of
BTS Ari.
THAI
FATBIRD$$
( 0 2619 6609;
www.facebook.com/fatbird
; Soi 7 (Ari), Th Phahonyothin; mains 200-300B; 5.30pm-midnight
Tue-Sun; ; Ari exit 3)
The dishes at this buzzy new place, which span from tater tots to
'tom-yum-kung fried rice', don't quite cut it for dinner. But approach them as bar snacks,
especially coupled with Fatbird's great drinks, eclectic shophouse atmosphere and decent
soundtrack, and you have yourself a winner.
INTERNATIONAL
ROSDEE$$
CHINESE-THAI
