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Thai Cooking Schools

  • --> Silom Thai Cooking - Hilariously catty instructor Sanusi Mareh leads classes of about a dozen students through the market and then through a whirlwind of classic Thai dishes in his house a few blocks away. A great experience, with great food! http://www.bangkokthaicooking.com/

  • Blue Elephant - upscale/professional class, Sathorn Soi 3 South Sathorn Rd, Bangkok 10120, Thailand, +66 2 673 9353, blueelephant.com

  • Khao - Khao San, D&D Plaza, 68-70 Khao San Road Email: khaocookingschool@gmail.com, Bangkok, 10200, Thailand, +66 8 9111 0947, khaocookingschool.com, M-Sat, good review at http://www.cnngo.com/bangkok/play/khao-cooking-school-606116

  • Baipai Thai → in suburbs, hard to get to?

  • Epicurean Kitchen → 10/2 Th Convent, Th Silom, www.thaikitchen.com [website seems to be for the food brand, not cooking classes??], 0 2631 1119, 9.30am-1pm Mon-Fri (also nearby but not on weekends)

Restaurants

Restaurants near Silom

  • Taling Pling - 60 Soi Pan (connecting Silom & Sathorn), great, local thai food, duck panaeng, chicken in pandanus leaf, etc. ...also ground floor of Siam paragon, http://talingpling.com/ (Reviews: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thailand/bangkok/restaurants/thai/taling- pling http://www.frommers.com/destinations/bangkok/D68907.html http://www.timeout.com/bangkok/bangkok/venue/1%3A25469/taling-pling)

  • Sra Bua → corner of Silom & Convent, next to Starbucks, rec’d by several Chowhounds http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/566631 http://www.tripouttravel.com/bua-restaurant-bangkok-tailand- restaurants/ http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/754609

  • Seafood Market - Soi 22 Sukhumvit - rec’d by several chowhounds

  • Eat Me: down Silom a ways, Aussie-Thai run, fusion dishes (like lemongrass crème brûlée) http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/asia/thailand/bangkok/54030/eat-me/restaurant-detail.html also Time Out: http://www.timeout.com/bangkok/restaurants-cafes/venue/1%3A25436/eat-me

  • Hai, Isan - 2/4- 5 Soi Convent, lots of Thais, staff doesn’t speak English http://www.fodors.com/world/asia/thailand/bangkok/review-173840.html

  • Lek Seafood, Soi Phiphat, SE, near Sathon “the sort of establishment that brings international foodies to Bangkok in droves”: spicy crab salad w/ lemon grass, spicy catfish with toasted rice, fried grouper, etc., rec’d by several chowhounds, near Chong Nonsi Skytrain/Metro...not to be confused with the touristy Rut & Lek http://www.fodors.com/world/asia/thailand/bangkok/review-457162.html

  • Ruen Urai, Rose Hotel, Thanon Surawong, http://www.timeout.com/bangkok/bangkok/venue/1%3A25440/ruen-urai

  • Khrua Aroi Aroi, Th. Pan, near Wat Khaek off Silom, good curries http://www.timeout.com/bangkok/restaurants-cafes/venue/1%3A25412/khrua-aroi-aroi

  • Pet Tun Jao Tha, just up the river near N4 Marine Department river taxi stop, near River City, duck & goose http://www.timeout.com/bangkok/restaurants-cafes/venue/1%3A25376/pet-tun-jao-tha

  • Somboon Seafood - 169 Surawong, chowhounds say it’s toursity, huge place, chilli crab curry, tom yum goong http://www.frommers.com/destinations/bangkok/D43491.html

  • The Blue Elephant - slight fusion, 233 South Sathorn Rd, also has a cooking school http://www.frommers.com/destinations/bangkok/D68902.html

  • Harmonique, 22 Charoen Krung Soi 34, Bangkok 10500, Thailand, +66 2 630 6270, just N of Mandarin Oriental http://www.frommers.com/destinations/bangkok/D43484.html http://www.fodors.com/world/asia/thailand/bangkok/review-35781.html

  • Thiptara, across the river at the Peninsula hotel http://www.frommers.com/destinations/bangkok/D68891.html

  • Ban Chiang - 14 Sri Vient Rd, just SE of Lebua, off Surasek, popular with farang, http://www.fodors.com/world/asia/thailand/bangkok/review-35775.html

  • Banana Leaf - 191 Silom Rd, in Silom Complex, good options in shopping center http://www.fodors.com/world/asia/thailand/bangkok/review-35777.html

  • Eat Me http://www.fodors.com/world/asia/thailand/bangkok/review-457500.html

  • Pen - 2068 Thanon Chan [a ways south] “where true seafood aficionados go to splurage” http://www.fodors.com/world/asia/thailand/bangkok/review-425405.html

  • Salathip - at Shangri-La hotel http://www.fodors.com/world/asia/thailand/bangkok/review-35796.html

  • Zanotti - Italian, rec’d by a few chowhounds

Restaurants in Siam Area

- branch of Taling Pling

- Cafe Chilli http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/asia/thailand/bangkok/81150/cafe-chilli/restaurant-detail.html

- Food Loft (in Central department store) http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/asia/thailand/bangkok/65918/food-loft/restaurant-detail.html

- Nguan Lee (N of Lumphini Park) http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/asia/thailand/bangkok/65916/nguan-lee/restaurant-detail.html

- Cabbages & Condoms - 10 Sukhumvit Soi 12, 02-229-4610, 11-10 daily

Soi Pradit → between Surawong & Silom, good curries, kanom jeeb, etc.

...also Silom/Convent corner: moo ping (bbq park skewers)

http://eatingasia.typepad.com/eatingasia/2006/01/not_just_anothe.html

- Baan Klang Krong → a ways south

http://www.timeout.com/bangkok/restaurants-cafes/venue/1%3A25592/baan-klang-nam

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121027407772078137.html Nang Leong Market → highly rec’d, just S of Dusit Park, Thanon Nakhon Sawat, 8-3 daily http://www.timeout.com/bangkok/shops/venue/1:25341/nang- leong-market

- Kaloang Home Kitchen (homestyle cooking SW of Dusit): http://www.timeout.com/bangkok/restaurants-cafes/venue/1%3A25348/kaloang-home-kitchen

Sukhumvit Soi 22...well down the soi, Ruaan Mallika, turn R at 7-11

Nathorn Market -- curries

Near (SE of) Victory Monument: Soi Rangnam, has several Isaan (Northern cuisine) restaurants, including Isaan Rot Det (http://www.timeout.com/bangkok/bangkok/venue/1%3A25266/isaan-rot-det)

Krua Apsom → S of Democracy Monument, good reviews (NY Times, etc.) but still good http://www.tomeatsjencooks.com/804/bangkok-the-cheap-stuff

http://www.foodtourist.com/ftguide/Content/I3970.htm

Talad Rot Fai or the Old Train Market → similar to Chatujak weekend market, but more exciting, near Kampaeng Phet MRT Station (exit 3, W on Kampaeng Phet Road)

http://www.cnngo.com/bangkok/shop/photo-gallery-bangkoks-newest-retro-night-market-dalat-rot-fai-543266

http://tastythailand.com/2011/05/talad-lot-fai-bangkoks-new-nightime-train-market-cheap-shopping-trendy-and-cool/

Restaurants in Other Neighborhoods

- Thip Samai (supposedly the best pad thai in town), 313 Mahachai Rd, near Golden Mount, http://www.thipsamai.com/

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thailand/bangkok/restaurants/thai/thip-samai

http://www.timeout.com/bangkok/restaurants/venue/1:25313/thip-samai

- Soi Polo Fried Chicken (Kai Thord) - E of Lumphini Park, great fried chicken, and they deliver (?) http://www.timeout.com/bangkok/restaurants-cafes/venue/1%3A25468/kai-thord-soi-polo

http://www.fodors.com/world/asia/thailand/bangkok/review-35801.html

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thailand/bangkok/restaurants/thai/kai-thawt-jay-2

http://accidentalepicurean.com/2009/03/soi-polo-chicken-bangkok/

Bo.Lan → 42 Sukhumvit 26 Soi, fancy, but great--often on lists of “best restaurants in Bangkok”, founded Slow Food Bangkok: http://www.tomeatsjencooks.com/801/bo-lan-in-bangkok-a-great-cuisine-thai-done-to- perfection

http://www.timeout.com/bangkok/bangkok/venue/1%3A25501/bo-lan

http://www.bolan.co.th/

- Chote Chitr http://www.chotechitr.ch/

http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/asia/thailand/bangkok/65914/chote-chitr/restaurant-detail.html

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thailand/bangkok/restaurants/thai/chote-chitr

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14053297

http://www.fodors.com/world/asia/thailand/bangkok/review-425667.html