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Noodle of grandpa
In between Wang Lang Pier and Patravadi Threatre, inside maze-like Trok Wang Lang, I found a (very very very) old fashioned local noodle joint - Raan Kuaytiew Khun Thai, that serves traditional Sukhothai spicy noodles (dry or in broth) in an ambiance of countryside dining. Their hygiene should be scarified for a bowl of yummy, yet hot, speedy and cheap noodles. Though the shop closes at 5 pm, noodles are sold out around 3 pm.
Raan Kuaytiew Khun Thai ***1/2
Trok Wang Lang
Arun Ammarin Soi 22
Bangkok Noi, Bangkok 10700
Tel.: 087.829.7713
Open daily : 9 am - 5 pm
Pay (food only for one): around THB 30
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The Prawn kingdom
Krua Or Pochana served tomyum goong (spicy and sour soup with prawn) noodle and tomyum Sukhothai noodle in decent portions and at a very affordable price. Normally I don't review a restaurant that allows a cockroach to spy on my eating, but for Krua Or, I can make an exception, for once.
Krua Or Pochana ***
68/51 Soi Surao
Petchburi Soi 5
Phayathai, Bangkok
Tel.: 02.612.9013
Open daily : 11 am - 9 pm
Pay (food only for one): around THB 100
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Cheap eat, good eat!
Recently, my local friends complained that Bangkok's food court meal is not wallet-friendly anymore since a small portion of any single menu dish (such as khao mun gai, or Hainanese chicken rice) cost at least THB 50 as norm at the food courts of all Central Plazas, the Emporium, the Siam Paragon and the MBK Mall. Nowadays, the lunch cost is a burden to all local salarymen.
I don't blame the vendors as I realized that they only earn a minimum profit to make their ends meet at the end of a day, while the high food price was reflex action by the bullying rental charge (or profit share) in shopping centers, but not the cost of ingredients and raw materials.
Not all property vampires are bloodsuckers. At Pier 21 Food Terminal, a standard size of order costs from THB 30 - 40, that is 20 - 35% cheaper than those served in other major shopping mall's food courts with the same serving size, and even with better quality and taste, as the operator only enrolls a shortlist of the city's most renowned street-food vendors to serve. There, it is not just cheap eat but also good eat!
Pier 21 Food Terminal ****
6/F the Terminal 21
288 Sukhumvit Road
Klongtoey-nua, Bangkok 10110
Open daily : 10 am - 10 pm
Pay (food only for one): around THB 100 (three dishes/courses)
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.World-class Beef BowlThe hundred and twelve year-old Yoshinoya, which is renowned for its Beef Bowl one-dish meal (cooked sliced beef on rice) with over a thousand and six hundred branches in Japan, North America and Asian countries, finally relaunched in Bangkok after it had been absent for a decade.
Yoshinoya maybe a newbie to Thailand (even though it had once opened in Bangkok, unsuccessfully); but it has a close tie to the United States. Since 1973, the main ingredient of its renowned Beef Bowl - beef, is sourced from the States. And just like most famous Japanese fast food chains, Yoshinoya also set foot in the US market for almost four decades already. Fans of Yoshinoya may not be aware that the Japanese 'beef bowl specialty restaurant' even has its own college in Los Angeles - the Yoshinoya College, the group's international training center.
Back to Thailand, having waited for a long time, the Yoshinoya has (finally) made its come-back to Bangkok. Though I eat at Yoshinoya quite often (whether it is in Los Angeles, Hong kong, and now in Bangkok) I almost treat her as my breakfast canteen; but, honestly said, its Beef Bowl is not gourmet but it is one of my comfort foods.
Yoshinoya Restaurant 吉野家 ***
4/F The Terminal 21
288 Sukhumvit Road
(corner Sukhumvit Soi 19)
North Klongtoey, Bangkok 10110
Tel.: 02.108.0770
* also at Central Plaza Ladprao, Central Plaza Grand Rama 9, and Central World Plaza
Open daily : 10:30 am - 10 pm
Pay (food only for two): around THB 400
