Ko Dang Talay

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Eating by the river

Eating at a night bazaar is (usually) the last place that I would like to dine at, such as the recently opened Asiatique the Riverfront. By chance, a few days ago I ate at Ko Dang Talay, and I found out that the food is good and the price is decent. Ko Dang Talay is not the place that sucks the tourist spending budget, but an honest seafood restaurant that really aims on cooking people a meal. Finally there is a place for me to eat, after a round of exhausted night bazaar shopping with heat and sweat. 

 













Ko Dang Talay Seafood Restaurant ***1/2
Warehouse 7
Asiatique the Riverfront
Charoen Krung Road
Bang Kho Laem, Bangkok 10120

Open daily : 5 - 10 pm
Pay (food only for one): around THB 400

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Yok Yor Klongsan

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Ocean on a plate

Yok Yor used to be on the bottom of my restaurant's choice; on a recent revisit to this tourist-friendly seafood joint with my visiting friends, I witnessed sound improvement there. Now I moved its position to the middle of my 'eating' list.









Yok Yor Restaurant (Klongsan) ***1/2
762 Lardyar Road
(near Klongsan Market)
Klongsan, Bangkok 10600
Tel.: 02.437.3791
Yok Yor

Open daily : 4 pm - 1 am
Pay (seafood dinner for two): around THB 1,100

Zoom 4 Zoom 5

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Randomly wander

Besides the Siriraj Hospital, Zoom 4 Zoom 5 is a no-frills riverside Thai restaurant cum pub with complimentary panorama Chaophraya River view from Rama IIX Bridge to Wat Arun. Good food though!


tord mun goong (deep-fried prawn cakes)

yum ta-krai pla (lemongrass salad with sea bass fillet in spicy dressing)

talay phad pong kari (stir-fried seafood in yellow curry sauce)

phad pak fuk meow (stir-fried cayote leaf); fried rice with crab meat

gaeng som chaom pla (sour soup with tamarind paste, acacia leaves omelet, fish fillet)

Zoom 4 Zoom 5 Thai Restaurant & Pub ****
396/8 Soi Ta Wang Lang
Thanon Phran Nok
Bangkok Noi, Bangkok 10700
Tel.: 02.866.8745

Open daily : 10 am - midnight
Pay (food only for two): around THB 450

khao-chae @ Pa Daeng

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Chilled summer non-stop

At Khao Chae Pa Daeng, I sampled ethnic chao-mon's khao-chae from pa Daeng (or auntie Red) family's recipe, with 180 degree breathtaking river view. Arguably best khao-chae chao-mon in Koh Kret Island. Only available during weekends.


Pa Daeng's khao-chae chao-mon set, THB 50; available weekends, all year round


khao-chae at Pa Daeng ****
37 Moo.7 Koh Kret
Moo Baan Koh Kret OTOP Village
Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand 11120
Tel.: 02.584.5126

Open Saturday and Sunday : 10 am - 5 pm
Pay (khao chae set for one): THB 50 per set

Dairy Queen D-rimnam

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Where doesn't serve soft ice cream and hot dog!

A friend from San Francisco is bored of Bangkok downtown riverside dining where only small bridges (hey Jack, not everyone can dine by the Golden Gate Bridge so often!) and a few hotels composing the view, therefore he requested a change.

There we took a 50-minute boat trip to downstream of Chaophraya River, to the D-Rimnam (used to call Dairy Queen) Seafood Restaurant in Nonthaburi province.

The ambiance here is relax, service is prompt and helpful, and food (Thai, seafood, pastry and Japanese) is superb if you order the right one. Just like dining in any Thai restaurant, we need to order the right dishes the restaurant is good at. There we skip the Japanese selection!


1. khao kriap park mor (steam rice flour wrapper with stuffing)
2. mee krob (a classic dish of sweet and sour fried noddle in a nest)

3. hor mok ka-nom-krok (baked curry fish paste on earthenware)

4. pla kapong neung manao (steam sea bass in spicy lime and chili broth)
5. tumyumgoong (sour and spicy soup with prawn)

D-Rimnam (Dairy Queen) Seafood Restaurant ***1/4
27/4 Moo.3 Rattanathibet Road
(besides Phra Nangklao Bridge)
Saima, Nonthaburi 11000
Tel.: 02.921.8670

Open daily : 5 - 10 pm
Pay (food only): around THB 800 for two with seafood

Verandah

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Laid-back Afternoon by the River

Isn't an easy brunch by the river of the King would be a smart alternative to those mall dining?

Here, the Verandah may make your afternoon so laid-back!







The Verandah Coffee Shop ****
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
48 Oriental Avenue
Soi 40, Charoen Krung Road
Bangrak, Bangkok 10500
Tel.: 02.659.9000
MO-BKK-Veranadah

Open daily: 9am - 11pm
Pay (food only for two): around THB 2,000