CityBest November – February
Bangkok
A capital of malls and motorways that still runs, alley by alley, on kitchens barely changed since the 1970s.
Skip the mall food courts. The sois off Sukhumvit and the backstreets around Phaya Thai still hold small, family-run kitchens with no signage to speak of — some Thai, some Japanese, all running the same way they have for decades.
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Bakery4.5(2,322)
Custard Nakamura
Bangkok, ThailandA tiny Japanese bakery in a Sukhumvit alley making the same custard pudding buns since 1970.
Restaurant4.6(2,011)
Kobe Tonteki Phrom Phong
Bangkok, ThailandA cash-only Japanese-Western hole-in-the-wall near Phrom Phong, known for sous-vide pork done impossibly tender.
Restaurant4.4(921)
Prik-Yuak
Bangkok, ThailandA no-frills Phaya Thai neighbourhood kitchen where locals queue for home-style Thai curries.