Where to Eat
Finding good Thai,
and Chinese dishes,
is quite easy. Many
Thais like to eat
out in “food
streets” and this is
something that
visitors will find
every interesting.
it is a great
experience and the
food is tasty and
inexpensive.
Silom
One of Bangkok’s
major business areas
linked with several
streets lined with
food stalls and
leading restaurants.
Seafood stalls
sprout along the
roadside near
Sladaeng
intersection after
sunset until late
into the night.
Nearby Convent Road
offers everything
from Indonsian food
to the Gaelic fare
of an Irish tavern.
Siam Square
The shopping area is
crammed with medium
to high-priced
medium to
high-priced
restaurants as well
as international
fast food.
Economically priced
American, European,
Italian, Mexican and
Chinese food can be
found here. Dozen of
food stalls sell
meatballs, grilled
squid, and fried
bananas along the
walkways that
connect the streets.
Bang Lamphu
Known mostly to
foreign
back-packers. Thanon
Khao San is the
place to find the
most economical
accommodation and
guest-houses,
visited by folk who
known about Bang
Lamphu.
Most eating places in this area cater for
budget-conscious
dinners. Many
guest-house on Kao
San road have open
air café serving
standard Thai and
Chinese dishes.
Other kinds of food
to be found in this
area include Indian,
Jewish and Muslim.
Sukumvit
This road has just
about everything to
offer in the way of
food, Starting from
Soi 4 (Nana) an
enclave of Pakistani
and Middle Eastern
restaurants fills
the sois (Small
lane) with the aroma
of spices.
Further up the road, Indian cuisine takes over, with
restaurants offering
both northern and
southern Indian
specialties.
European restaurants
are interspersed
offering Italian,
French, British,
German and Mexican
food along both is
featured in
fast-food outlets
and in hotels.
Phaurat
If Yaowarat is
Chinatown, then
Phahurat is “little
India” A short walk
takes you from one
food world to the
other. The Phahurat
area accommodates a
number of authentic
Indian restaurants,
particularly
northern Indian
cuisine. There are
also interesting
alternatives serving
Punjabi and
Pakistani fare.
Yaowarat
Bangkok is
“Chinatown” street
house offer the best
Chinese food in the
city, both in
expensive
restaurants and on
the cheapest food
stalls. Noodles,
seafood and at lunch
time, dim-sum
dumpling dominate
the menus.
At night the neon glow from hundreds of hawker
stalls electrifies
the atmosphere of
the streets. Seafood
stalls line the
pavements and
sukiyaki stalls are
equally thronged.
Birds nest soup is nutritious and always popular
with locals and
visitors alike. Khao
Tom, or boiled rice,
is available every
night—just waiting
for the “night owls”
who like to have an
early morning snack.
China Town
Bangkok’s China Town
is an old business
center covering a
large area. There
are many small
streets and alleys
full of shops
selling all types of
merchandise,
including household
goods, stationery
and toys. There area
is always lively and
markets stalls
abound.
There is a profusion of gold shops as well as
restaurants and
traditional Chinese
food shops.
