Food Tripping Made Easy From Your Bangkok Accommodation With a Central Location

No amount of Thai take-out dinners can prepare you for the joy of authentic Thai food found in the very streets outside of your accommodation in Bangkok, Thailand. It is simply incomparable. The food is so good it is worth a trip on its own (which is rarely far). Once you have sampled the real thing, the ones from your local restaurant back home won't cut it.

Get the best of Thai cuisine from these places and get intimate with the country's culture in the most delicious way possible. Make sure to book a Bangkok hotel with a central location, such as S15 Sukhumvit Hotel, to visit these places easily:

Beautiful curry and seafood at Pa Aew

No doubt you have arrived in Bangkok the moment you find yourself pulling a plastic stool and waiting for lunch to be served. For great curry and some of the richest, seafood-heavy meals you will ever have, head to Pa Aew along Th Maha Rat. The restaurant is located in front of Krung Thai Bank near Soi Pratu Nokyung. It is hardly a stunner at first glance, but do not let the bare-bones look fool you. It serves a fantastic dried Muslim style curry and freshwater fish dumplings, which are fried with fresh herbs. Prices of main dishes are between THB 20 and THB 60 – great value for money.

Legendary fried noodles from Thip Samai

If you want to sample pat tai (spelled pad thai in English), there is definitely a better version than that sold along the many carts in Th Khao San. Treat yourself and hear your taste buds sing angelic hymns by sampling the fried noodles from Thip Samai in 313 Th Mahachai, only less than a five-minute tuk-tuk ride from Th Khao San. It opens at 5:30 pm and but is closed on alternate Wednesdays. Prices of main dishes start at THB 25 to THB 120.

Jek Pui and mild Chinese-style curry

Take the Tha Ratchawong ferry or exit the train to Hua Lamphong exit 1 and behold Jek Pui along Th Mangkorn. It is a Chinese restaurant that puts its own twist on Thai curries. Open on Tuesday to Sunday, from 4 pm to 8 pm, it is the perfect venue for your mouth to get introduced to the best mild green curry with freshwater fish dumplings in the city.

Sample northeastern-style Thai food at Somtam Convent

Minced meat salad, som dam, and Isan delights of various flavors charm visitors time and again, with every visit to the Somtam Convent at 2/4-5 Th Convent Street. You can take the Sala Daeng exit 2 from the subway or the Si Lom exit 2 from the train. No doubt, this is the place where travelers fall deeply and madly in love wit Northeastern-style Thai food, and which ultimately causes the breakup with their local Thai restaurant back home.

Step outside of your accommodation in Bangkok and revel in these beautiful Thai food and fully embrace the city. Indeed, nothing beats the real thing. Don't miss it!