Went to Soei at its new location with 3 others and had a great lunch. Highly recommended if you are ok with spicy.....
New location? Are they not at Samsen Station or have they opened a new branch?
Agree about the food being good but the hefty pricetag left me wondering who his customer base is.
I was hungry after the arduous Chao Phraya boat ride to Phra Arthit, so we stopped off at Roti Mataba.
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Recommended on your way to getting a tattoo or buying elephant pants.
Also in the awesome KSR area, we had lunch at
Aesah Rotdee, a Thai-Muslim place that presents a narrow passage on the street that opens to a wider courtyard.
Table service with almost English that suffers broken Thai. Khao mok gai and (non-alcoholic) drinks all around. Cheap. Clean.
Don't expect to run into a lot of Westerners or Chinese mainlanders. Good alternative to the tourist traps starting a block south.
I ate here years ago and it was a good way to escape tourists. The food is good consistently but nothing special. And indeed, cheap.
While this area is obviously flooded with tourists there is still the remains of a once-vibrant local community as seen in the markets around TNN Tani and Soi Kraisi. North of Klong Banglampoo, in the sois east of Samsen where many hotels and guesthouses are now opening, that community is currently being torn assunder but there's still a lot of food aimed at locals.... even though there are less and less locals in the area these days.