Krua Apsorn

BANGKOK AMAZING GOURMET
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Eat well, share them, sleep happily

Krua Apsorn, a decades old no-frills noisy eatery with minimal decoration, is fan of Thai royalty and local connoisseurs, also on radar of foreign journalists and foodies.

Choices of order are limited to a single sheet ordinary laminated menu, offering Thai household dishes with a small selection of Thai-Chinese favorites. All dishes are delightful. With focus on quality of food and authentication of taste only, Krua Apsorn is surely one of the most unpretentious eateries in town.


spicy salad with seafood (yum talay) THB 100
braised pork and eggs in thick broth (kai palo) THB 80

a slice of fluffy omelet with crab meat

fluffy omelet with crab meat (kai foo poo) THB 85
green curry (gaeng kieo-wan) THB 90

fried river prawn in tamarind sauce (goong-maenam phad sauce ma-kam) THB 300

stir-fried crab meat in yellow curry (poo phad phong karee) THB 320
vegetable clear soup with tofu and minced pork (gaeng juud) THB 70

Krua Apsorn Thai Restaurant ****1/4
503-505 Samsen Road
(near corner Samsen Soi 9)
Dusit, Bangkok 10300
Tel.: 02.241.8528
Krua Apsorn

Open daily (except Sunday): 10:30 am - 8 pm
Pay (food only for two) : around THB 450

Phad Thai Samsen

BANGKOK AMAZING GOURMET
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Phad Thai and then some!

On Sunday I went to Ratchadamnoen area for business; unfortunately, both red-shirts and yellow-shirts staged their protest carnival there. To avoid unwanted entertainment, I detoured to Samsen Road.

There are two eateries in Samsen area I couldn't afford to miss. One is Krua Apsorn while the other is Rad-na Samsen. Since Je Noom wasn't in her rad-na shop, I moved to eat at her neighbor Phad Thai Samsen. This is a phad Thai eatery very well received by officers from the Palace and civil servants in the vicinity (such as Bank of Thailand).



Phai Thai Samsen THB 25 & THB 35


Phad Thai Samsen ***
512 Samsen Road
Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200

Open daily : 10 am - 8 pm
Pay (food only for two): around THB 60