Kieak — Restaurant in Bang Khlo Subdistrict

As far as Chinese resraurants go, this is overall a pleasant surprise. No frills, clean place, nice servers. Food is remarkably not oily by Chinese restaurant standard, which is always a plus for me, unless you order a plate of fried rice, which can actually benefit from some oil. We ordered shark fin, sauteed kailan, fried fish maw, and fried rice. Soup of the shark fin was different: more like gravy than the usual clear viscous liquid you generally get from other places, which was deemed as a plus, and for me: not a bad thing. What I thoroughly enjoyed was the kailan, not pictured, which came shaved and covered in another gravy like sauce unlike the usual oil and oyster sauce variety. Nothing remarkable about the food, only that it wasn't oily. A bit on the salty side. Warning: the food might have msg added, I couldn't tell, but was told. Pardon...

This restaurant is located in the suburb of Bangkok, Thailand specializing in shark fin soup. Is definitely worth a try if you are into this delicacy.

We tried the signature shark fin soup in large size, it had a decent quantity of top quality shark fin. The broth was thick as it was loaded with collagen. It also had great aromatics and savoriness from ingredients such as meat bones, Chinese ham etc,. With the added cilantro, it was just extremely flavorful.

Aside from the soup, also tried the bake rice with abalone, crab claws with oyster sauce and fried kale. They were all extremely delicious but I can’t help but found the oyster sauce gravy used on these 3 dishes were extremely similar,...

Don't fall into this tourist trap and be devoured by sharks. Once a popular shop along Silom Road 3 decades ago frequented by PM Thaksin, the sharks fin claypot soup was still a delightful delicacy at an affordable price. Today, it is housed in a grand mansion catering for China tour buses. Quality is worse than streetfood but at USD pricing. The sauce is just a gluey mess with MSG. A perennial problem when Thai boss worship profits over food...