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Located right next to Silpakorn University, this charming restaurant is popular with former students, with lots of their art work adorning the walls. Also known as Meng Lee Na Phra Lan, this old-school institution is perhaps best known for its slightly scary service (to be fair, we’ve sometimes...
You’re not going to Mensho Tokyo to hear glasses clink or dine in candlelight. Instead, expect to be serenaded by screaming children and bathed in white light between four walls scribbled with educational diagrams of ramen ingredients. Located in the nondescript RSU Tower, Mensho Tokyo is about as...
Bangkok’s ramen lovers were queueing up for hours to get a taste of this Tokyo import back in July, 2017. Menya Itto rode into town boasting of being the no. 1 ranked ramen shop on tabelog.com (Japan’s Wongnai, basically). However, half a year later and, outside the bristling office lunch trade,...
Menya Kouji hails from Ibaraki Prefecture on the outskirts of Tokyo, and comes to Bangkok courtesy of chef Tashiro Koji, who also has restaurants in the US, Canada, Philippines and Singapore, where he founded the Ramen Champion outlets. His place in Bangkok has already become a favorite spot for...
Menya Takeichi is every bit your Bangkok community mall ramen joint: it has connections to a legendary restaurant in Tokyo; it has acres of contrasting blond-and-dark wood laminate; it has an atrocious soundtrack playing on the stereo.
Here though you won’t find a single mention of the words “pork...
The buzz: Tinned food in Thailand is usually dismissed as cheap and uncreative. But if you look at food trends, tinned food has been garnering more attention globally, and there are several gourmet-level tinned foods with a rich history. Hopping on this trend is Mer Made Cantina, a newly opened...
Here's another Thai chef-driven omakase-only restaurant. Meruto Sushi, the restaurant of self-trained chef-owner Kirati Butdeevong, started a bit over a year ago way out on Nuanchan Road and has now expanded to Sathorn.
At any one time, the new place can accommodate only six diners, who get to...
The restaurant at Intercontinental Hotel Group’s recently opened boutique property has looked past the tourist Thai food norm to create somewhere that might actually register on local radars. Metro on Wireless sits in a light, inviting space on the hotel’s second story, highlighted by a beautiful...
Chatrium Hotel Group’s Maitria Hotel has welcomed a new Thai eatery and bar.
Drawing on over 20 years' experience, Sarawut Im-Sup, the former chef de cuisine at Erawan Tea Room rolls out some beautifully-presented traditional Thai dishes, as well as some Western staples like club sandwiches (B200...