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! (:

SabX2 - Pratunam Wanton Noodles, Bangkok

Guess many are familiar with this famous wanton noodles in Bangkok, especially those who frequent pratunam area. I never once noticed this shop though I have been to this area to shop countless of times before, until one of my friends told me that it is a must try! So I went over to this place in one of my trip a few years back and ever since then, every time I'm in bkk I will definitely stop by this place for fuel before heading over to the shopping heaven, Platinum Fashion Mall! I normally re-visit this place 2-3 times throughout my trip, especially when it's so near to my hotel and my favorite shopping place.

This is how the shop front looks like and it's very difficult to miss as you can smell the aroma of their braised pork which is being cooked right outside the store. If you're there in the afternoon, then you'll be able to see a long queue outside (mostly Singaporeans/Malaysians), definitely easy to spot! It is air-conditioned inside the store (super plus point!) and staffs are very friendly. They do not have a physical menu because they only have a few items but not to worry, the staffs there can speak in english and mandarin too! That made ordering the food way much easier.

They serve both dry and soup wanton noodles and I prefer the dry one as opposed to the soup one as the taste is not as rich and I find it quite oily for a soup base. The noodles also come in big and small one and I would definitely order 2 big bowls at one go as the portion are pretty small and you can definitely finish one bowl in 2 scoops. I fell in love with the noodles after my first try here! It may look simple but the taste is so wonderful and the noodles are so bouncy (QQ). They also add in fried pork lard which added fragrance and texture to every mouthful of noodle but not making it overly oily. There are also condiments at the side of each table which you can add in to increase the flavour of your noodles as per your liking.

Another famous item that many people come for is this braised pork trotters dish! You can order this together with rice or you can simply just order the meat alone to go with your noodles. You can also add in pork intestines and bean curds if you are a lover for those. This dish is superb and I am totally addicted to it, no kid! The meat is so soft and soaked in the tasty sauce that it just melts in your mouth. Be ready to get up early for this amazing dish as it is normally sold out by 2pm!!

At SabX2, they serve this homemade iced chrysanthemum tea which I will always order 1 to go with my food and another 1 on the go. This is the best drink for the super hot and humid weather of thailand as chrysanthemum is known as a natural coolant and helps in lowering body temperature!

Hence, if you're tired after rounds of shopping at Platinum Fashion Mall or is staying around the area, do give this stall a visit and try out their delicious dishes! The hop is just 5 mins walk from Platinum Fashion Mall, right across the overhead bridge. Do be prepared to queue as it is usually very crowded right from the moment they open!

SabX2 Pratunam Wanton Noodles

4/32-33 Soi Petchburi 19, Pratunam Bangkok, Thailand

Tel +66 2 653 9618

Opening Hours: 9am - 4pm Daily

Somboon Seafood - Bangkok

I believe this place is no stranger to most of the people who have traveled to Bangkok as it is one of the popular restaurants in Bangkok. Being a crab lover, this place is definitely must go as they are well-known for their Fried Curry Crab (and they are the original creator of this special dish)! But of course, their other dishes are also very good and satisfying!! This is one of the restaurant that I definitely will go to every time I'm in Bangkok and have never been disappointed by their food or service so far.

They have a wide range of dishes to choose ranging from appetizer to desserts and every picture just look so delicious! Their menu also have different languages in it so you do not have to worry not knowing what or how to order.

We ordered the signature dish- fried curry crab, stir fried morning glory with chili, grilled squid, raw prawns, grilled fish coated with salt and grilled large prawns.

You should definitely order a bowl of steam rice as it is a perfect match with the fried curry crab! The sauce is so thick and delicious, you just can't stop scooping it into your bowl. As for the raw prawns, it seems like a popular dish among the locals and ever since the first time we tried it, this dish made it to our "must-order-list" every time we're here. We didn't thought much about this dish but it was surprisingly delicious as the prawns are so fresh and springy. As for the grilled fish coated with salt (the salt is being coated on the skin and it will be removed once it's being served), it is my favorite food in Bangkok!! The meat is so fresh and juicy and by dipping it together with the spicy fish sauce, it is just heavenly!!! (You can also find this dish along the streets and they do taste as equally delicious but at a much cheaper price)

Every single dish is so delicious and the seafood are so fresh that we cleaned out the whole table leaving nothing behind except our big fat tummies! Apart from good quality food, the price range is also pretty affordable and there's nothing to complain about their service. And most importantly, the whole restaurant is air-conditioned (super plus point as thailand is a super hot country)!

There are currently 7 outlets and I always frequent the one at Surawong. I always make a booking 1-2 days beforehand as it is very crowded during dinner time and do be prepared to queue if there's no prior booking made. You can check out the various locations of each outlet as well as their respective phone numbers for reservation on their website: http://www.somboonseafood.com/index.php/en/branch/index. Do take note of the locations and be very precise to taxi drivers as there are a few fake restaurants of Somboon!