Clouds of smoke rise from the cookshops, coriander and lemongrass are in the air; street food and world-class menus are on the plates.
No other city in Asia combines contrasts so joyful & playfully.
Spicy aromas waft through the streets of the Asian metropolis.
Bangkok’s culinary delights range from street food to upscale fine dining.
One of the best restaurants in Asia is “Gaggan”. Founder Gaggan Anand, the “composer of the food opera” and “rebel in the kitchen”, offers many diverse delights.
For Anand, there is no doubt that Bangkok is Asia’s culinary capital: “The great thing is the high level of quality awareness that you encounter here at all levels,” says the chef, “whether in the street food stalls, in the home-style eateries between Bangkok families or in the celebrated top restaurants.” The latter category also includes the restaurant “Gaggan”, which the Indian-born chef has been running in the Thai capital for many years and which has already been voted Asia’s best restaurant several times
“In Bangkok, you can order a creative fine-dining menu in one of the world’s most upscale and sophisticated restaurants one day and eat a bowl of noodles somewhere the next day – you’ll be completely satisfied either way,” says Anand.
In fact, the choice is huge, as can be seen from the legendary local street food; everywhere in the city, people are cooking, frying and deep-frying, billows of smoke rise and the smell of fresh coriander and lemongrass fills the air. In addition, both local and immigrant chefs have created a fine dining scene in recent years that has made Bangkok, if not necessarily the “best”, an outstanding destination for food-loving visitors from all over the world.
Lovely places:
– Night Bites:
In the alleyways around Yaowarat Road, you can enjoy satay skewers, hand-folded dumplings and perhaps the best Thai iced tea late into the night.
– Thonglor:
Bangkok’s trendy culinary district – countless modern Thai restaurants have sprung up between designer stores and rooftop bars.
– Or Tor Kor Market:
One of the most famous markets in Asia – full of colors, scents and aromas.
JaY Fai
Possibly the most famous food stall in the world: here you can see the 80-year-old owner in ski goggles frying her legendary mussel omelette on fire.
Tha Arun
The classics of fabulous Thai cuisine, served in a home-style restaurant on the Chao Phraya River with a view of the Wat Arun temple.
Gaggan
Soi Sukhumvit 31 68/1
10110 Bangkok
Thailand
