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At the Pratunam intersection (Thanon Petchaburi and Thanon Ratchadamri streets), there are few competing khao mun kai (chicken rice) stalls; the tourist friendly menu green t-shirt (located nearest to the intersection), the most popular pink t-shirt Kaiton (located in the middle) and the least known blue t-shirt (located further up).


Compared to the pink t-shirt Kaiton, the green t-shirt stall is slightly tourist savvy. With featured articles framed up along the wall, "English speaking" menu and strategic location, this stall will never fail to attract tourists in.


Even though the pink t-shirt Kaiton is the most preferred choice, I personally don't find much difference between them. Moreover, this stall opens 24 hours and offers more varieties.


Chicken rice (THB 30 / RM 3.20), boneless steamed chicken meat with a bowl of chicken soup and special dipping sauce made from black soy sauce, soy bean paste, garlic and cili padi (bird eyes chili). Like Kaiton, it's decently taste and for THB 30, it's a steal! However, the chicken soup wasn't as strong and peppery as Kaiton.


Fried chicken rice (THB 35 / RM 3.70), boneless deep fried chicken meat with a bowl of chicken soup and Thai sweet and spicy sauce. It was okay but the only downside, you don't get the tasty special soy bean dipping sauce.


The other selling point of this stall is their satay. They certainly do look different compared to our local Malaysian satay.


Pork satay (THB 40 / RM 4.20 for 8 sticks), served with peanut sauce, cucumbers, onions and chilis. These are probably the thinnest and leanest looking satay I've ever eaten. It was very lean, dry and you hardly get any fats out of it! No wonder you hardly see any overweight Thais, too healthy for the Malaysian! The peanut sauce wasn't very nutty but it was very spicy. I'll stick with their khao mun kai.

Verdict: This green t-shirt chicken rice restaurant isn't too bad either. If Kaiton is closed or too crowded, this will be a good alternative.


Address:
Intersection of Thanon Petchaburi and Thanon Ratchadamri streets,
Pratunam, Bangkok
Thailand
Business Hours: Opens daily 24 hours
Pork Free: No
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GPS: 13.749733, 100.541274
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At first glance, Kaiton in Pratunam looks like any other street food vendor in Bangkok, with a small stand fronts the eatery and staffs busily prepare plate after plate of food to be served to customers. Located close to the Pratunam intersection and directly across the derelict Pratunam Center, this is a favorite haunt among the night crawlers dropping by for an after-hours khao mun kai (chicken rice). With the strong crowd presents, it definitely shows a good testimony.


With over 40 years heritage, Kaiton is possibly touted as the best chicken rice in Bangkok. Look out for their staff helpers, all clad in bright pink t-shirts that are easily identified from afar.


The dish (THB 30/RM 3.20 or THB 40/RM 4.20 with some chicken innards) comes with a serving of boneless chicken meat, a bowl of soup and a small bowl of dark spicy soybean sauce. Similar to the Hainanese chicken rice but certainly much healthier and less oily. After a few samplings, I noticed that the chicken rice has a milder taste but comparatively less sinful compared to our local version. The soup was good too - it was rich, tasty and very peppery.


On its own, Thai's chicken rice would've been quite bland and ordinary but with the special sauce poured all over it, it transforms into something out of the world! Made from soy sauce, sweet dark soy sauce, soybean paste, chopped garlic and cili padi (birds eye chili), the sauce is simply fantastic! It'll be better if they have some basil in it as well; I remembered having that in Hat Yai when I was young.

Verdict: THB 30/RM 3.20 for a plate of chicken rice, it is definitely a worthy place to eat! Service is responsive and food serves promptly. Opens till the wee hours and sure deserves my repeated visits.


Address:
Petchburi Soi 30,
Bangkok, Thailand
Tel: 02-252 6325
Business Hours: Opens daily from 5.30am - 3pm and 5pm - 3am
Pork Free: Yes
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GPS: 13.749619, 100.542106
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R Burger or Revolution Burger is a Japanese concept founded on the premise that burgers can be made healthier, tastier and consumed differently. With health being the main concept of R Burger, this trendy new burger chain originated from Japan only has 2 outlets (Roppongi, Prantan Ginza) in Tokyo, 2 branches (Siam Square, Suvarnabhumi Airport) in Bangkok and 1 outlet (Ion Orchard) in Singapore.


R Burger's flavors combinations are adventurous - like the chicken burger with shiso leaf and ume dressing, maguro burger with wasabi mayonnaise, Japanese cucumber and shiso leaf, pork burgers with miso sauce and Chinese black vinegar sauce.


R Burger's buns are substituted with Chinese styled white fluffy steamed buns (baos). It was fluffier, softer and a whiff sweeter than the ordinary burger buns.

Another distinctive feature of R Burger is the use of marine collagen as part of its ingredients. While not at all uncommon in Japan, R Burger remains the first burger café to put collagen (1000mg/burger) in their buns. Marine collage helps to stimulate collagen production in our body that encourages skin renewal and reduces the appearance of deep wrinkles and fine lines. Might be a good place to start frequenting to stay young!


Kurozu burger (THB 109 / RM 11.30), served with juicy imported Japanese pork patty glazed with a healthy Chinese black vinegar base sauce sandwiched between darkish steamed buns made from Japanese bamboo carbon, with fresh Japanese shiso leaf, lettuces and cucumbers. A perfect marriage of Chinese and Japanese tastes!


Despite picking any taste from the black vinegar and carbon steamed buns, it was still worthwhile, the pork meat patty was juicy, succulent and tasty!


Maguro wasabi mayonnaise burger set served with salad, fried potato wedges with skin and ice green tea (THB 188 / RM 19.60). Lots of tuna's healthy benefits rich in omega-3 DHA fatty acid which is helpful for brain and vision developments.


This was fantastically different from the usual burgers with a zing of wasabi mayonnaise!

Verdict: A revolutionary burger with Chinese steamed white buns bursting with youthful collagen. Not something you see everyday, definitely a must-try!


Address:
Suvarnabhumi Airport 3F,
999, Moo 1 Nhongpreu Bangphil,
Samutprakarn 10540,
Bangkok
Tel: 02-134 8888 ext. 7671
Business Hours: Opens daily 24 hours.
Pork Free: No
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GPS: 13.697193, 100.749092
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Unfortunate that one of our favorite shopping mall in Bangkok, CentralWorld was closed due to the arson damage received during the red shirt protest not long ago. We used to have our favorite Japanese curry rice (カレーライス) here every time during our visit to Bangkok. Knowing that we were unable to satiate our cravings this time, we disappointingly walked to Siam Paragon instead. Unexpectedly, we found CoCo Ichibanya Curry House, the famous curry house from Japan with 30 years of experience and more than 1,200 branches - 1,185 in Japan, 4 in United States, 15 in China, 6 in Taiwan, 5 in Korea, 7 in Thailand and NONE in Malaysia (sad!).


When we arrived, it was fully packed! We had to take a number in a waiting list and got seated about 20 mins later.


CoCo Ichibanya offers extensive varieties of Japanese curry with unique and creative styles, such as pork cutlet cheese mix, grilled pork with kimchi, cream mushroom omelette, salmon cream croquette, hamburger, and many more! You can also order your curry however you like it - with the specific mix of toppings (egg, cheese, clam, kimchi, eggplant, bacon, etc., with each topping priced between THB 20 - 30) and the level of spiciness of the sauce.


Fukujinzuke is the main sidekick to Japanese curry rice. Fukujinzuke is one of the most popular of Japanese pickled accompaniments, particularly with Japanese curry. I like how they add a subtle sweetness and pleasingly crunchy texture to the curry rice.


Pork cutlet curry with cheese (THB 190 / RM 19.80), with rich curry sauce generously poured over a bed of short grain rice with thick melted cheese and delicious lightly crisp pork cutlet. This was better than the one I've had before in CentralWorld! How can one not fall in love with Japanese curry? With its glistening sexiness, Japanese curry has a unique mild and sweet flavour unlike any other curry.


Grilled pork kimchi curry with cheese (THB 180 / RM 18.70), the deadly combination from the slight sweetness of the curry with spicy sourish kimchi over a hot plate of rice - it was out of this world!

The cheese melting down into a gooey mess under the heat of the hot curry, it does add a certain punch and flavour zing that elevates the taste even further!


For an additional THB 50 / RM 5.20, you'll get a bowl of salad and a bottle of green tea.

Verdict: I'm a Japanese curry addict, so it'll probably be YES! Ichiban desu ne! Portions were generous, 'most' people (except us!) couldn't finish their rice anyway. Only with a slight steep price to pay for to truly understand my addiction.


Address:
G Floor, Siam Paragon
Rama 1,
Pathum Wan, Bangkok
Tel: 02-610 7612
Business Hours: Opens daily from 10.30am - 10pm
Pork Free: No
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GPS: 13.746065, 100.534118
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