Green curry with chicken and Thai basil in a clay bowl beside jasmine rice, lime and red chilies on a dark teak table

Home cooking,Bangkok style

A granite mortar full of fresh curry paste beside lemongrass, galangal, chilies and garlic

It starts with the mortar

Lemongrass, galangal, shallot, garlic and a fistful of green chilies. We pound them until the kitchen smells like a market in Bangkok.

No jar, no blender. A paste made this way carries a heat that rolls in slowly and stays for the whole meal.

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A cook tossing chilies, basil and vegetables in a blazing wok

Thirty seconds over a roaring flame

Pad krapow, crispy morning glory, drunken noodles. The wok goes on at full heat and your dinner is out before the rice cools.

That sear, called wok hei, is the smoky edge you cannot fake at home.

See the wok dishes
At the table

Dinner, the way we serve it

Dishes in the middle, rice for everyone, and the lamps kept low.

An overhead spread of Thai dishes on a dark teak table
Hands sharing rice, curry, grilled fish and fresh herbs at a family table
The dining room with teak tables, brass lamps and wooden shutters
Fish curry custard steamed in banana leaf parcels tied with twine
A granite mortar full of fresh curry paste with lemongrass and galangal
1987
The year Khun Yai opened her stall
16
Dishes on the menu
all cooked to order
6 am
Pounding starts
every single day
3
Generations in the kitchen
From the table

What guests tell us

“The green curry tastes like the one my aunt made in Chiang Mai. I nearly cried over the rice.”
Anong P.
Weekly regular
“Warm room, quick service, and a hor mok that I have thought about for a month. We book every birthday here.”
Marcus L.
Family dinner
“They asked how spicy, then actually listened. Best pad krapow outside of Thailand.”
Sofia G.
Visiting for work

Save a seat at our table

Open Tuesday to Sunday, from five in the evening. Walk-ins welcome, tables for six or more best booked ahead.