Need Restaurant Recs for Singapore and Thailand

[klyeoh (Peter)]

For Singapore, you can browse through this thread:

[Singapore] "Best" Eateries

My fiancée and I will be traveling to Singapore next year (6 nights at the tail end of our honeymoon), and I wanted to get a jump on our itinerary. I’ve been pretty overwhelmed trying to figure out where to eat, since there seems to be so many places, and I haven’t had good luck finding resources that point me towards the “best” food. I’ve scoured this site (probably not exhaustively) and of course there’s Michelin, but the top end of that is largely fine dining that could be anywhere in the wor…

For Bangkok, tourists/foreign visitors have always made a beeline for the bustling Yaowarat Road in Chinatown in the evenings.

What to Eat in Bangkok's Chinatown, Exploring the Street Food of Yaowarat Road

Try and catch afternoon tea at the Oriental Bangkok. It’s a local dining institution.

[Bangkok, Thailand] Afternoon tea at The Authors' Lounge, Mandarin Oriental Hotel

Located in Bangkok’s best-known luxury hotel, The Mandarin Oriental (Est. 1876), The Authors’ Lounge purportedly serves the best English afternoon tea in the Thai capital. [DSC04754] Main lobby, Mandarin Oriental. [DSC04750] The sumptuous Authors’ Lounge is located in the hotel’s historic wing which dates back to 1876. [DSC04757] We make it a point to return there for afternoon tea at least once on every visit to Bangkok. [DSC04760] There were three in our party, and two of us opted …

For local Bangkokians, the most “happening” food precinct in the evenings is Ban Tad Thong:

[Bangkok, Thailand] Khao soi (chicken curry noodles) from Khao Soi Lamduan Faham, Ban Tad Thong

It’s located quite near Chulalongkorn University, Thailand’s top university, with a student body of over 37,000 who constitute the target clientele.

Bangkok’s latest up-and-coming spot for coffee joints is Songwat Road.

[Bangkok, Thailand] Song Wat Coffee Roasters, Song Wat Road

Song Wat Road is currently regarded as Bangkok’s No. 1 place for good coffee. It also happens to be one of Bangkok’s historic thoroughfares, hugging the Chao Phraya River at the edge of Chinatown. “Song Wat” translates as “Drawn by the King”, as King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) had personally hand-drawn how he wanted the road to be built after a devastating fire in 1906 destroyed over half of Samphaeng, Bangkok’s Chinatown district. [DSC06058] The old, atmospheric Song Wat Road, lined with century…

Try browsing through the Michelin Guide for Bangkok - it covers quite a broad range of eateries:

Bangkok Region MICHELIN Restaurants - the MICHELIN Guide Thailand

For Thai classics
My personal two favorite eateries in Bangkok for all the Thai classic dishes are:

1. Krua Apsorn

[Bangkok] Traditional Thai classics at Krua Apsorn (ร้านครัวอัปษร)

Thanon Dinso, an atmospheric little street located a short walk from the Democracy Monument, is home to some really interesting eateries. One of the most popular ones has to be Krua Apsorn, a darling among foreign publications and foodie-tourists as much as locals, especially government officials/civil servants from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration offices nearby. [DSC07251] [DSC07194] Krua Apsorn was opened around 1996 by an enterprising woman-chef, Chanchavee Sakulkant, popularly k…

3. Kalpapruek at Silom

[Bangkok, Thailand] Lunch at Kalpapruek, Silom

Kalpapruek has always been our go-to restaurant in Bangkok for home-cooking-style comfort food - nothing fancy or exotic. For decades, Kalpapruek was also famous for its orange sponge cake - it’s still being offered today, to a whole generation of nostalgic Bangkokians who still return here for a taste of their retro childhood food from nearly half a century ago. Kalpapruek was opened on this very spot on Pramuan Road in Silom back in 1975 by the late Prince Bhisadej Rajani and Thanpuying Datcha…