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It’s easy to assume that the Thai restaurants in traditional teak houses in the Sukhumvit area appeal only to tourists through their kitsch décor and toned-down dishes. But not so Ruen Mallika, where they use homegrown vegetables and herbs and don’t hold back on the chili. Unfortunately, beyond the...
Offering a surprisingly homey escape in Sukhumvit Soi 49’s buzzing Piman 49 complex, Saigon Recipe serves up a compact menu of southern and central Vietnamese dishes. Spread over three floors, the restaurant is a gorgeous throwback to an Indochinese version of Vietnam, marked by vividly colored Hoi...
Previously operated as a pop-up while the construction was underway for three months, now Sukhumvit has a new, permanent Sarnies that you can hang around all day.
You can expect a slate of the usual comfort breakfast options like miso kombu eggs Benedict served with aburi smoked salmon, sautéed...
Having made his name with the modern, ready-to-wear womenswear label Asava, designer Polpat Asavaprapa now combines fashion with food at Sava Dining by Asava.
Like the clothing line, the dining area manages a sleekness that isn’t overly complicated, combining floor-to-ceiling glass with blue, wood...
The buzz: Walk into the Hilton Sukhumvit’s new restaurant Scalini and chances are you’ll be greeted by the enthusiastic manager Roberto Visaggio, whose back-story includes a stint at that Bangkok institution Zanotti. It’s an auspicious enough sign for the Italian restaurant, but Chef Egidio...
Restaurant powerhouse Water Library, which now has some 14 F&B ventures scattered across the city serving everything from fine dining to dim sum, made one of its more leftfield steps when it opened this rusticated attempt at down-to-earth contemporary dining.
From a space where earthy,...
You can never have too many izakaya. The latest in town is Sekai no Yamachan, whose specialty is Nagoya deep-fried chicken wings, also known as maboroshino tebasaki (B120).
Other highlight dishes include miso uzura tamago (quail eggs with miso sauce, B90), yamachan salad (B210), doteni (braised...
Serendib Tea Room offers various blends of Ceylon tea (starting from B120) and desserts, including cakes freshly baked by a Japanese chef.
By adjusting the hardness of the water (that’s how much mineral content is in it) to the ideal levels for brewing tea, and straining the tea before serving,...
This vast warehouse on Sukhumvit Soi 39 takes its cues from Taipei’s uber-cool Addiction Aquatic Development—a fish supermarket where diners can order up the finest ocean delicacies to eat on -site.
Here, though, some of the live seafood is a far cry from “fresh,” with tanks of sad geoducks and...
The buzz: Shio is shaking up Bangkok’s Japanese food scene with a menu dedicated mostly to yoshoku (Japanese interpretations of Western food developed in the Meiji era). Right after graduating from law school, one of the owners, Yada Ruangsukudom, enrolled in Tokyo’s renowned Hattori Nutrition...