*** Warning: Not for those on diets ***
Decided to do a post on BKK as the trip was filled with so much good food and places, literally from the moment we landed! Too shiok not to share.
Plus, I'm sure many Singaporeans conduct a "yearly pilgrimage" there, given the affordability & accessibility of the place, so this post should resonate or be useful to you ;)
Night 1 -
Soul Food restaurant at Sukhumvit Soi 55:
We had a late touch down and were starving for a few solid hours already.
So just imagine our hunger when we got to the place around 10pm (local time) but....
it was fully packed.
Us then: "Wah seh must be damn good!!"
Also, I'm serious when I say that our stomachs felt the disappointment worst, and they growled even louder then. Thank goodness the waitress told us a long table was available and we stepped in very fast. Upon grabbing the menus, it was an ordering frenzy as we gave in to our noisy and empty stomachs. The place has a nice ambience and serves food tapas style in sizeable portions, much to our greedy delight.
Pretty table glasses:
Dishes ordered:
Pork & beef strips (200Thb) -
Thick strips of chunky marinated meat, served with a good Thai sauce on the side. A tad dry and salty though. Would go well with some Singha beer, but we had some cocktails instead. Which weren't very memorable save for their funky names (I had one named Bangkok Bastard and it really tasted like one - left a bad after taste) and one named "Jai Yen Yen" that was very refreshing.
The menu for your amusement:
Crab fried rice (275Thb) -
(Sadly, no photo was taken.....)
Fragrant, full of chunky crab meat and very shiok as the rice grains were fluffy and not wet. Just my kind of yum. A good dish for rice lovers!
Fried chicken (200Thb) -
This was served with pickled watermelon rinds on the side which we found more tasty than the fried chicken itself haha! So you can probably give this a miss.
Still fun to take up close pictures of them meat!
Samosa (180Thb) -
One of the best fried triangles I've tried... these were filled with aromatic minced chicken and provided a satisfying crunch with each bite!
Chicken Wings (200Thb) -
Juicy & fat, these wings were a huge crowd pleaser. The green Thai chili sauce that came along also added an extra kick to them.
Grilled fish with lemon grass in banana leaf (240Thb) -
I didn't fancy this style as it was too bland for me, though the faint aftertaste of lemongrass was very pleasing.
Satay Grilled prawn (250Thb) -
I was assailed by the sweetness of the prawn and being a seafood fan, I had another piece since the slightly charred taste was a good complement to the fresh meat.
Pork Neck Salad (240Thb) -
We all loved the meat as it was thick, tender and simply tasty as it absorbed the juices from the salad very well. Very flavourful and spicy indeed!
And of course, this dish was wiped clean.
Pork belly curry (240Thb) -
LOVED THIS. Imagine sinking your jowls into soft Chinese style fatty three-layered pork immersed in a Thai style brown sauce... ma ma mia. It must be hard being the last piece, since all eyes were on it haha!
Pork ribs (275Thb) -
This is like a cousin of the above dish, just less fatty and more firm. Would be good if if there wasn't pork belly to steal its limelight.
Mango sticky rice (175Thb) -
Sweet mango coupled with fragrant milky rice... nothing to complain about!
Coconut ice cream (80Thb) -
(This was gone too fast for a picture, not kidding you!)
While the mango sticky rice was good, this was mind blowing. If you have followed my last post on Casa Tartufo, you will know how I described its heavenly Truffle ice cream... and I find this a worthy contender. The rich aroma of coconut wafted into my nostrils before I tasted it, and the result was a creamy texture with a lovely blend of chocolate chips ( !!!!) and coconut bits.
Simply unforgettable... MUST ORDER.
Soul Food did not disappoint and we were all extremely satisfied with M's recommendation ( our unofficial tour guide for the trip, thank you for all the work!).
Soul Food menu for your foodie reference:
Soul Food Mahanakorn
56/10 Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Soi Thong Lor)
Opp Grand Tower Inn
100m frm Thong Lor Bts
www.soulfoodmahanakorn.com
Ps. Soul Food is also on Trip Advisor and has many high ratings ♡
We wanted to do a massage after that but it was close to 1am already so there were no shops open. Hence, we retired to our hotels, dreaming of Soi 19's wanton mee waiting for us the next day....
And folks, I shall end off here for now; or else I think I might run out of server space or that your computer will die while loading the post.
Hope you enjoyed this post and we will get the other parts up very soon!
Wlf.
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