Akbar

BANGKOK AMAZING GOURMET
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Solid Indian cuisine - since 1979

Thailand (particularly the capital - Bangkok) maybe the country has more Indian restaurants to offer in our globe outside of India herself. I am a long time fans of Indian cuisine, due to her mysterious layers of taste and texture, strong and tender, wild and mild, as mystery as the country herself.

Numerous Indian restaurants sprawl out the city and most of them were stamped the authentication approval seal. Akbar, established in 1979 (before I was born? I dream!), is one of my favorite choices to crave for Indian food. Nowadays in Bangkok, many Indian restaurants go chic and high-so to dig our pocket deeper, Akbar is still cooking her humble dishes, the unpretentious way. And with good value!


tandooori chicken THB 150+

naan THB 20+; mutton korma THB 260+

alu gobhi THB 120+; samosa (served with thali set)

thali special vegetable set with 3 kind of curry dishes, biryani, dessert THB 250+

Akbar Indian Restaurant ***1/2
1/4 Sukhumvit Soi 3 (Nana-nua)
Klongtoey Nua, Bangkok 10110
Tel.: 02.255.6935

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

Spicy MahaRaja

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Where Slumdog Becomes a King

Whether we are not a slumdog or a millionaire, all of us enjoy to be fed like maha raja (the greatest king), at least for a night. Pleaseeeeeeee!

Spicy MahaRaja, the restaurant with northern Indian accent in Central World Plaza (and a branch on Surawong Road) didn't offer royal service but brought us tandoori, curry, masala, and nan that we could enjoy in line with the privilege to a maha raja. Taste is friendly to all ages and nationals yet authentic. Spiciness in your dishes (esp. curries) is on your own hand, as simply choose from a 'spicy' scale of 0 to 50, namely from mild to super hot, that suit all-palate of liking. Level one is the kind of curry even a baby can eat.

Price is on the modest side and service is of those mall restaurants standard.



Spicy MahaRaja Indian Restaurant ***
7th Floor Central World Plaza
4 Rajdamri Road
Patumwan, Bangkok 10330
Tel.: 02.646.1060
Spicy MahaRaja

Open daily : 11 am - 9:30 pm
Pay (food only for two): around THB 1,200

* (update 2011-04-01: Spicy MahaRaja had been moved to Pratunam area, near Baiyoke Sky Hotel)