Must see restaurants in Bangkok

This is a domestic chain of ice cream parlours, with correspondingly Thai flavours such as guava and salted plum, assorted sorbets and – for the daring –…

Choose from trays of spicily authentic curries, dips, stir-fries and soups at this Thonburi restaurant serving southern Thai food. No English menu; no…

Central Bangkok or suburban Tokyo? It's hard to tell when inside this well-stocked supermarket, which stocks the best of Japanese groceries, fresh foods…

This Thonburi restaurant serves up authentic southern Thai food, including spicy curries, soups and stir-fries. No English menu or signage. No English…

This Western-Thai fusion joint in Chatuchak Weekend Market does good, if overpriced, pàt tai and tasty fruit shakes.

The bulk of this mall is dedicated to Japanese-style commerce, including several restaurant outlets and shops selling Japanese snacks, meals and sweets.

An incredibly popular Isan restaurant located in Chatuchak Weekend Market. There's no English sign or menu.

Housed in a narrow shophouse, long-standing Arawy (Thai for ‘delicious’) has heaps of prepared meat-free curries, dips and stir-fries.

A stall selling the eponymous dish of wide rice noodles fried with chicken, egg and preserved squid. No English-language menu.

A streetside stall selling balls of dough filled with crushed black sesame in a spicy ginger broth. No English-language menu.

The feast-like weekend brunch at this American hotel chain is likened to Thanksgiving year-round. Reservations required.

This open-air stall at the end of RCA does the ultimate Thai post-drinking dish: instant noodles.

A Thai-Muslim restaurant in Chatuchak Weekend Market that serves a tasty chicken biryani.

A restaurant serving Thai staples in Chatuchak Weekend Market.

This long-standing international store stocks a good selection of wines and cheese, as well as imported pantry rations (pasta, relishes, condiments etc.).

This long-standing international grocery store is the place to pick up Western-style 'necessities' ranging from Cheerios to cheddar cheese.

Particularly popular with Muslim visitors and residents, this branch of Foodland stocks all manner of international food items.

All Western-style 'necessities', including imported table wines and cheese blocks, are available here.