Baan-Ying

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For the trendy teens

Latest additional to the Siam Centre - Baan Ying, serves modern Thai cuisine (with a fusion twist) and Lavazza coffee to the truly fashionable Siam teens who care for their attire more than (the taste of) bread.


yum talay Baan-ying (Thai seafood salad)

yum moo tonn (Baan-ying pork stew salad), yum salmon (salmon fillet salad)

gaeng pak waan (Thai watercress soup)

fried prawns, fried chicken fillet with salad sauce

Bang-ying omelet with shrimps, mushroom sauce

Baan-ying cheese cake, Lavazza cappuccino

Baan Ying Cafe & Meal ***
4/F Siam Centre
Rama I Road
Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330
Tel.: 02.658.1533

Open daily : 10 am - 9 pm
Pay (food only for two): around THB 800

Neil's Tavern Bake Shoppe

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Piece of cake

Arguably Neil's Tavern is one of the country's pioneer steakhouses, and the first (true) Western standard non-hotel steakhouse in the Kingdom. Fewer (people) aware that the little house adjacent to the steakhouse, is Neil's Tavern Bake Shoppe - one of Thailand oldest quality bakeries. The fact is, before a bunch of quality European cake shops sprawling to Bangkok (after the Millennium), Neil's Tavern Bake Shoppe was one of the first non-hotel bakeries that those cakes taste like cakes.


curry puff with minced chicken, THB 30+

mash potato with minced beef, THB 65+

green tea cake THB 105+, dark chocolate mousse cake THB 105+

Neil's Tavern Bake Shoppe ***

Ruam Rudee branch
58/4 Soi Ruam Rudee
off Wireless Road
Lumpini, Bangkok 10330
Tel.: 02.256.6874

Asoke branch
G/F Prime Building
24 Sukhumvit 21 Road
Asoke, Bangkok 10110
Tel.: 02.260.4391

Open daily : 9 am - 9:30 pm (Asoke branch close on Sunday)
Pay (food only for two): around THB 400

Krua Chumsai

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Nostalgic palace cuisine

A few (Thai) restaurants named after the noble surname Chumsai (of Chumsai na Ayudhya), tend to classify themselves as palace cuisine. One remarkable "Chumsai" is the Krua Chumsai on Soi Ratchakru. The decor, the menu and even the clienteles are nostalgic (yes there we share joyful ambiance with big-hair noble ladies in groups chatting with friends of the same, and singing live band karaoke, songs from the 40's - 70's).

Thanks to the inherited palace recipes, food at Krua Chumsai is unparalleled delicious, some dishes serve at Krua Chumsai are (quite) exclusive.


1. spicy sausage; 2. dips of preserved crab in coconut milk

3. Thai hors d'oeuvres (they are good!)

4. wok-fried eggplants and crispy pork fat (so good very good!)

5. deep-fried sea bass in spicy and sweet mango dressing

6. spicy and sour chicken soup in blackened broth (pungent hot, yummy!)

7. four-color flour balls with hot-spring egg in coconut milk

Krua Chumsai ****
31 Phahonyothin Soi 5
(Soi Ratchakru)
Samsen Nai, Bangkok 10400
Tel.: 02.278.5212

Open daily : 11 am - 11 pm
Pay (food only for two): around THB 800

Prim

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Trendy community - Old school cuisine

Went to Prim Thai Restaurant today, to comfort my tummy.

Prim serves Thai and Thai-Chinese cuisine with the old school twist, as well as home-made cakes. A hidden gem in Ekamai/Thonglo area especially for the Japanese clientele.


deep-fried minced catfish salad with sweet and spicy pomelo dressing THB 150

green curry with chicken THB 130, stir-fried coconut stem with prawns THB 140

deep-fried sea bass with eight-treasure toppings, THB370

sala fruit in syrup and ice THB 95, double chocolate fudge cake

Prim Thai Restaurant ***
31 Ekamai Soi 2
Sukhumvit 63 Road
Wattana, Bangkok 10110
Tel.: 02.390.1635

Open daily: lunch 11 am - 2 pm, dinner 5:30 - 10 pm
Pay (food only for two): around THB 800

khao-chae @ Erawan Tea Room

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Too much, so much, very much! (click separate word for 3 mv)

Three days water splashing celebration during Songkran (Thai New Year) ended. No more water gun shooting. No more splashing water to people. No more water pouring to me. So hot! Time to eat khao chae to cool down the heat, again.

Today, I went to the Erawan Tea Room. Not for the renowned Thai afternoon tea set; but of course, my baby honey loving too much so much very much of the month - khao chae. It is not the best in town, but decent, inexpensive, and convenience (location wise).


khao chae set, THB 220++, only available in April

khao chae at Erawan Tea Room ***1/2
by Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel
The Erawan Bangkok, 2/F
494 Ploenchit Road
Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330
Tel.: 02.254.1234

Open daily : 10 am - 10 pm
Pay (khao chae set for one): THB 220++ per set, only in April