Yusup

The Thai-language sign in front of this restaurant boldly says rah·chahkôw mòk (King of Biryani) and Yusup backs it up with flawless biryani (try the unusual but delicious kôw mòk Ъlah; fish biryani), not to mention mouth-puckeringly sour oxtail soup and decadent gaang mát·sà·màn. For dessert try roh·đi wăhn, a paratha-like crispy pancake topped with sweetened condensed milk and sugar – a dish that will send most carb-paranoid Westerners running away screaming.

To find Yusup, get in a taxi heading north from Mor Chit BTS station and ask the driver to take you to Th Kaset-Navamin (also locally known as the sên đàt mài ). Turn right at the Kaset intersection and continue about 1km past the first stoplight; Yusup is on the left-hand side.