Chocolab

500
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Serious cocoa job

chocolab is a charming chocolate boutique for the finest indulgence; thus, finally there is a serious hand-made chocolate specialty cafe that fires the right chemistry with chocolate lovers in Bangkok!

Chocolab ****
Sofitel So Bangkok Hotel
2 North Sathorn Road
Bangrak, Bangkok 10500
Tel.: 02.624.0000

Open daily : 7:30 am - 7:30 pm
Pay (food only for one): around THB 350

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Nuer Koo

499
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Double happiness  

For high-so(ciety) figures who would like to sample a bowl of hearty beef noddles but couldn't stand for the heat by the sidewalk or worry about the hygiene for dining roadside, Nuer Koo at Siam Paragon Shopping Center is the answer for them! This new additive to the Siam Paragon's Food Passage on the 4th floor is a nice beef noodle joint in an unpretentious comfortable ambiance, and its premium beef noodle selections are the best way to help well-off shoppers to solve the problem of where to spend money wisely. As it labeled herself as using premium beef, therefore we can expect to contribute more cash to the owner's bank account.

Nuer Koo Premium Beef Noddle Bar ***
Food Passage, 4/F, the Siam Paragaon
991/1 Rama 1 Road
Patumwan, Bangkok 10330
Tel.: 02.610.9773

Open daily : 11 am - 10 pm
Pay (food only for one): around THB 400

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Phaka Krong

498
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On Narathiswas Road 

Phaka-krong is not just another Thai restaurant near Bangkok's C.B.D. for the after-work white collars, but it is also one of the few Thai restaurants on Narathiwas Road where its food doesn't hurt our taste buds.

Phaka-krong Thai Restaurant ***
100 Narathiwas-rajanakarindra Road
Sathorn, Bangkok 10120
Tel.: 02.676.1213 

Open daily : lunch 11:00 am - 2:00 pm, dinner 5:00 - 10:00 pm
Pay (food only for one): around THB 300

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Minibar Deli

497
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The great mini

Bangkok's foodies lover - the Minibar Royale has a mini Minibar at the Emporium (for a few years already), and it is, arguably, the most creditable full service cafe in the entire Bangkok's mall food scene.

Minibar Deli ***3/4
5/F Food Hall
the Emporium Shopping Complex
622 Sukhumvit Road
Klongtoey, Bangkok 10110
Tel.: 02.259.8826

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

*(Updates (2015-Feb): Minibar Deli had vacated her outlet at the Emporium. 

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Coffeol

496
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Mr. Bean failed to be reborn

In Bangkok, coffee specialty cafes tend to focus on coffee only (whether good or not, while the taste of food is subjective to diners), but most of them fail to deliver it with an 'ambiance' and good service.  If a cafe doesn't convince me that it is comfy, cozy and commercially homey (where service counts), but just looks like a part of my kitchen and served by my buffalo-like maid at home, than why do I spend my money there instead of just getting my brew at home. For chain coffee specialty cafes in Thailand, by far, I only see that Starbucks passes the mark.

Though ASIATIQUE the Riverfront doesn't count Starbucks in, lucky that I didn't see Tom n Toms and Coffee World there. Coffeol, I am okay with it though not in my routine. (p.s. I miss Mr. Bean, as there it delivered an "ambiance" and service.)

Coffeol Coffee Shop **3/4
Shop E07, Warehouse 10
ASIATIQUE the Riverfront
2194 Charoenkrung Road 
Bangkolaem, Bangkok 10120

Open daily : 5 - 11:30 pm
Pay (drink and pastry only for one): around THB 250

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Seoul

495
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BBQ of the Gangnam style

One of the first (and also one of the best) Japanese yakiniku cum Korean BBQ specialty restaurants at Thonglo community, Seoul BBQ Restaurant; its glorious reputation has never faded away year after years.

Seoul BBQ Restaurant ***1/2
Sukhumvit Road Soi 55 (Soi Thonglo)
Wattana, Bangkok 10110
Tel.: 02.392.6046

Open daily : lunch 11:30 am - 2:30 pm, dinner 5 - 10 pm
Pay (food only for one): around THB 400

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Khrua Mali

494
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Fragrance of jasmine

Khrua Mali serves Thai food with a traditional twist; for non-Thai diners, this is the place for them to sample real (Thai) food, or to avoid if those are afraid that their tongue might get burnt.

For me, Khrua Mali is no doubt a paradise for my taste buds and a pleasure in the west side of the inner Bangkok.

Khrua Mali Thai Restaurant ****
96 Set Siri Road
Samsen-nai, Bangkok 10400
Tel.: 02.619.5359

Open daily : 11 am - 10 pm
Pay (food only for one): around THB 400

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Great Shanghai

493
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The great Hu cuisine

The three-decade old Great Shanghai is a longstanding Chinese Shanghai cuisine (a combination of Chinese Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine) specialty restaurant in Bangkok, though its food is far from outstanding, it is the only authentic and banquet-grade Shanghainese restaurant present in Bangkok.

Two decades ago, while her food quality was good, I ate at Great Shanghai quite often; and for now, I eat there only once every five years. A few weeks ago I went there to exercise my 'every-five-year' duty and I found that her wok-fried Chinese eel in garlic and dark gravy and the sour and spicy soup are so good not to be missed.

Great Shanghai Chinese Restaurant ***
648-652 Sukhumvit Road
Klongtoey, Bangkok 10110
Tel.: 02.258.7042

Open daily : lunch 11:30 am - 2:30 pm, dinner 6 - 10 pm
Pay (food only for one): around THB 500



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Tang Dynasty

492
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Dynasty of Silom

Tang Dynasty, a bistro style restaurant with the specialty of Chinese provincial cuisine, is a recent addition to the restaurant scene at Silom/Surawong area. 

Tang Dynasty ***1/2
128/7 Silom Soi 6
Bangrak, Bangkok 10500
Tel.: 02.634.4199

Open daily : 11 am - 1 am
Pay (food only for one): around THB 300

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Khan Ar'Sa House

488

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Dinner only!

Tucked away on a sub-soi off Phaholyothin Road, at the Ari residential area, the Khan Ar'Sa House is a home-style restaurant that serves grandma's recipes to diners who are craving for unique family (Thai) cuisine. The House offers both an air-conditioning dining room and al-fresco garden dining experience to diners. Service is prompt and freiendly. 

Khan Ar'Sa House Thai Restaurant ***1/2

34 Soi 9 Phaholyothin Road

Samsen-nai, Bangkok 10400

Tel.: 02.279.2545

Open daily : dinner 5 - 11 pm

Pay (food only for one): around THB 300

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Waraku

486
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Eat that display!

Waraku, at the downtown mega mall - Central World, offers Japanese cuisine with a European twist (yes, that means fusion!) and in an casual array. The food display at the shop front is gorgeous, sadly not the food itself! Their ambiance and service, on par with other dine-in fast food joints.

Waraku Japanese Casual Dining **1/2
7/F Zone A - Atrium, Cemntral World Plaza
Rajdamri Road
Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330
Tel.: 02.613,1750

Open daily : 10:30 am - 10 pm
Pay (food only for one): around THB 400

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Hyde & Seek

485
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Cheerful and playful 

Thailand's first London-meets-New York-meets-Bangkok gastro bar - the Hyde & Seek, was arguably the best gastro bar in Krupthep Mahanakon (the City of Angels), when I reviewed her one year ago! Food wise, not as good today as her booze offered!

Hyde & Seek Gastro Bar ***
65/1 Athenee Residence 
Soi Ruamrudee
Lumpini, Bangkok 10330
Tel.: 02.168.5152

Open daily : 11 am - 1 am
Pay (food only for one): around THB 500 (there, booze is the hero anyway!) 

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Chocolate Ville

484
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A day in New England

I really love this place - the Chocolate Ville, especially the scenic setting, so I would just show the ambiance of this restaurant instead of their food, as, to keep only the good memory be recorded.

Chocolate Ville ***
Thanon Kaset-navamin Km.11
Bueng Kum, Bangkok 10230
Tel.: 083.077.3738

Open daily : 4 pm - 1 am
Pay (food only for one): around THB 400

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Ko Dang Talay

478
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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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Somtum Der

477
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Salad of Issan

Somtum Der is a clean and modern somtum (spicy shredded raw papaya salad of Issan style) joint with her debut in Silom area few months ago; the air-conditioning and comfortable ambiance do not wash down the authentication and genuine flavor of this Issan street food - somtum.


















Somtum Der ***1/2
5/5 Soi Saladaeng 
off Silom Road
Bangrak, Bangkok 10500
Tel.: 02.632.4499

Open daily : 11 am - 11 pm
Pay (food only for one): around THB 400





 





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Tokyo Shokudo

476
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The falling sun 

Tokyo Shokudo is another fast food style Japanese restaurant that serves mediocre food, of which there is already an over-supply in Bangkok.

Tokyo Shokudo Japanese Restaurant **1/2
B1 Floor, United Center
Silom Road
Bangrak, Bangkok 10500
Tel.: 02.237.6717

Open daily : 11 am - 9 pm
Pay (food only for one): around THB 300

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Krua Kratae

475
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Suphan's goodies

Krua Kratae is a Suphanburi native restaurant that presents itself in Bangkok; offers fresh water fish and Suphan's cuisine in the Saphankwai area of Bangkok. The food: okay but far from outstanding!





Krua Kratae Thai Restaurant ***
226 Pradiphat Road
(between Pradiphat Soi 18 - Soi 20)
Phayathai, Bangkok 10400
Tel.: 02.270.0816

Open daily : 11 am - 11 pm
Pay (food only for one): around THB 400




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Bussaracum

473
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The charm of an ancient topaz!

This long time royal cuisine pioneer restaurant - the Bussaracum, has been (finally) moved back to Sathorn/Silom district, after a short operation period at Thonglo under the shelter of its group property; it was her forth relocation since the restaurant debut at Dusit Thani Hotel around thirty years ago.

Recently I revisited Bussaracum at her latest location, Si Wang Road, with some foodie friends.

While many established restaurants will lose their edge on food standards after they earned some 'history', and the kitchen teams started to show that they are exhausted, at Bussaracum, this scenario is a non-existent. In general, the food at Bussaracum is not only kept to their good standards; but in my opinion, it is better!

The only dissatisfaction is their service. The junior waitpersons are nice and attentive, but the manager-look-alike is nothing more than a dumb vase that had been just treated with Botox.


'sangwa' savory dips, fresh vegetables, served with deep-fried ground catfish

leaf-wrapped appetizer 'mieng-kam'; deep-fried 'chom-suan' prawn appetizer

'pha-goong' spicy herbs tossed salad with prawns; savory eggplant salad

massama curry, world No. 1 dish 2011 voted by CNNgo readers survey

grilled river prawns in 'chu-chee' red curry sauce

home-made fish cakes; red curry with roasted duck meats

stir-fried eggplant in basil and hot sauce; deep-fried sea bass, raw mango dressing

phad Thai with prawns

Bussaracum Royal Thai Restaurant ****
1 Si Wiang Road
off Soi Pramuan
Silom, Bangkok 10500
Tel.: 02.620.2216
Bussaracum

Open daily : lunch 11 am - 2 pm, dinner 5:30 - 10 pm
Pay (food only for one): around THB 500




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