Yaowarat (Chinatown)
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Yaowarat street food4 here
- Nai Mong Hoi Thod — Fries the Chinatown oyster omelette on Phlap Phla Chai, batter crisped in lard over charcoal.
- Khao Gaeng Jek Pui (Je Chie) — Ladles Thai-Chinese curry beside Wat Mangkon with no tables, so you eat off your lap on a red stool.
- Lao Tang Braised Goose — Braises goose in five-spice and Chinese herbs at a Yaowarat Road shophouse and sells until the birds run out.
- Lim Lao Sar Fishball Noodle — An 80-year-old pushcart works Song Wat Road below Yaowarat, and the street stools go out from 6pm.
Restaurants4
Potong★
Destination · Progressive Thai-Chinese · Yaowarat (Chinatown) · $$$$
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Pichaya "Pam" Soontornyanakij cooks a 20-course Thai-Chinese tasting menu inside the five-storey Yaowarat building where her family ran a Chinese herbal medicine business from 1910, and in 2025 it entered The World's 50 Best Restaurants at No.13, the year's Highest New Entry.
Charmgang
Solid · Thai curries · Yaowarat (Chinatown) · $$$
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Three chefs who cooked at Nahm under David Thompson, Geravich "Mew" Mesaengnilverakul, Aruss "Jai" Lerlerstkull and Atcharaporn "Aew" Kiatthanawat, opened this neon-lit Talat Noi curry shop in 2019 and turned the raan khao gaeng format into a Bib Gourmand room.
Nai Mong Hoi Thod
Solid · Oyster omelette · Yaowarat (Chinatown) · $
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Gaggan Anand eats hoi thod at exactly one address, this Phlap Phla Chai shophouse, because of the frying order: "here they fry the batter first until it's golden brown and crisp, then they…
Lao Tang Braised Goose
Listed · Thai-Chinese (braised goose) · Yaowarat (Chinatown) · $
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One Yaowarat shophouse has spent more than four decades braising goose in five-spice and Chinese herbs, and Chef Pam of Potong calls it her favourite comfort food in Chinatown.
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Khao Gaeng Jek Pui (Je Chie)
Solid · Curry rice stall · Yaowarat (Chinatown) · $
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This 80-year-old Chinatown curry stall has never owned a table: you take a red plastic stool beside Wat Mangkon, balance the plate on your lap, and eat what three generations of the same family have ladled since the pushcart days.
Lim Lao Sar Fishball Noodlejust added
Listed · Street noodles · Yaowarat (Chinatown) · $
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This Song Wat pushcart has sold fishball noodles for over 80 years, and the famous Michelin plaque in the family hangs at its sibling shop, so knowing which Lim Lao you are standing at is half the visit.
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Tep Bar
Solid · Thai cultural bar · Yaowarat (Chinatown) · $$
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Asawin Rojmethatawee left a corporate job in Singapore, took over a former rice warehouse on Chinatown's Soi Nana, and opened Tep Bar in 2015 to do for Thai liquor what Japan did for sake.
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Teashop Menghengjust added
Listed · Chinese tea · Yaowarat (Chinatown) · $
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The company registration carries a 2024 date, so somebody is actively running this Yaowarat tea shop. That is the extent of what anyone can confirm about it, hours included.
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