Sukhumvit Soi 38, Thong Lor Street Food

Sukhumvit Soi 38 is a normal street just like any other streets you see in Bangkok in the morning. However after 6pm, this street transforms into a food paradise filled with street stalls selling tons of variety of food! This is a popular food street to the locals and now slowly filled with tourists. It is super lively and filled with people once the sun sets all the way till wee hours in the morning. If you are feeling hungry in the middle of the night or if you are craving for cheap and nice local foods, this is definitely the place to be!

Sukhumvit Soi 38 is located just beside the Thong Lo BTS station. After alighting the station, head towards Exit 4 and you'll be able to see this brightly lighted street filled with food and life by your right hand side. Stalls start to set up after 6pm and more after 8pm. Many open all the way till wee hours while some might close early around 11pm. You can find almost all the famous local dishes here like mango sticky rice, pork leg rice, wanton mee, kway chap, pad thai, tom yum soup etc. This street can definitely satisfy all your cravings and would guarantee you leaving the place with a big round tummy!

Soi 38

The store owners are all very friendly and you can sit outside one stall and order from multiple vendors without worrying them being unhappy or chasing you away. This definitely is a good news for people like us who are always out on a food feast from many stalls (: Though they are located by the road side with many cars driving past all the time, their food are pretty clean and hygienic. Many of the stores also have menu in English and also equipped with pictures, making it easy for tourist to order!

Mango Sticky Rice

Once you enter the street, you'll see this store selling one of the local famous dish, mango sticky rice. There is also another store right across and I have tried both and they are both pretty good. The texture of the glutinous rice was just right, not too hard nor too soft and it was very flavorful with a slight tinge of sweetness. The mangoes were also fresh and sweet! And matched together with the coconut sauce, this dish is just pure delicious. Definitely the best choice of dessert!

Walking down further, you'll see and smell the aroma of this big pot of braised pork leg just by the road side. Another famous and must eat dish in bangkok is definitely the pork leg rice! I have tried the one at SabX2 and that's definitely the best I've tried by far. (Can read more about it in my earlier post, http://lifewithjacee.blogspot.sg/2014/07/sabx2-pratunam-wanton-noodles-bangkok.html) The pork leg rice here smells nice and looks nice but as compared to SabX2, it definitely still has room for improvement. The meat is not as tender and the sauce is not as well soaked into the meat. But overall, I would still rate is a 3 out of 5.

Next up, we tried the local Kway Chap, which is very different from what we normally eat in Singapore. Unlike our Singapore Kway Chap which is cooked in thick gravy sauce and enjoyed separately with the kway teow, the local thai Kway Chap has all the pig internal organs and kway teow cooked together in a bowl of soup. I would say it tastes more like our local pig organ soup.

 Right at the end of the street, you'll see this red van by the name of Daniel Thaiger selling huge aromatic burgers! Of course you can easily spot it by the amount of crowd around the van either eating or waiting for their burgers. 90% of the time you'll see a long queue outside the van and do be prepared to wait around 30 to 45 minutes for your order. But it is definitely worth the wait, trust me! The portion is very big so if you're on a feasting journey or if you're a small eater, do share it with someone else.

Menu

Mr Steve Burger

 Look at how huge the burger is and how thick the patty is! One bite in and all the juice flows out~ The burger is so flavorful and all the ingredients matches just right. There's bacon, beef patty, grilled onions, tomatoes and lettuce in the burger. All the ingredients are fresh and well marinated, and topped with the soft buttered buns..... this burger is just SUPERB!!!

Daniel Thaiger!!

 Right beside Daniel Thaiger is this small wanton stall! The wanton mee here is comparable to SabX2. But of course, SabX2 is still my number one favorite and as compared to it the flavor of this store's wanton mee still lacks a bit (more about SabX2 in my earlier post at http://lifewithjacee.blogspot.sg/2014/07/sabx2-pratunam-wanton-noodles-bangkok.html). But if you are craving for wanton mee in the middle of the night with SabX2 closed, you can try this store out! They have the crab meat or char siew wonton mee and also the choice of dry or soup. Being a greedy me, I had both crab meat and char siew wonton mee in big bowl! We also ordered the soup version to try out though we all know that the dry version is definitely better.

Dry Crab Meat and Char Siew Wonton Mee

Wonton Soup

Wonton Mee in Soup

 At the end of the night, we all left the place with a big fat stomach but satisfied grins on our face! We were super satisfied with all the food we ate throughout the whole street. We also had a fruit juice and thai milk tea after our meal. All the food here were up to standard and even after eating soo much food, it was still cheaper than a meal in the restaurant. This shows how cheap the food are here! Food here are super tasty and clean, been here a few times and have never been sick after eating the food here. Definitely a place worth to visit and I would be back again for sure!! If you are looking for good local delights, do be sure to check out this place!

Till the next post, xoxo! (: