Samuay & Sons — Restaurant in Udon Thani Province

This is an awesome Thai restaurant. All the dishes are made and created by heart, skills and brain. The chefs are amazing. If you're familiar with western chefs. These Thai chefs adopt that western style of greeting the customers and explaining the cooking process of the dishes. Normally it is the pastry chef who always comes out and talk to the customers. The executive chef is always busy in the open kitchen placed in front of the restaurant. When you walk through the door you will definitely see him chop the ingredients or garnish dishes with his helpers. The food comes with style and simple-but-elegant decorations. You can't expect Thai food here like the ones you've seen and tasted at a street market. These chefs are meticulous. They preserve the taste of Thai food, but find ways to make it better in terms of presentation and cooking methodology. I'm really impressed by the chef's science knowledge. It means the food is cooked according to food science...

Amazing ambiance. Great blend of authentic, time-tested recipes, and innovation. Farm-to-table practices. The people there are both local and from far away.

Beautiful and elegant plating, presentation, and explanation.

The owner and the head chef both were born in the area, live in the area, and took the time to talk to me.

The following day, the head chef asked me if I wanted to accompany him and his assistant for a trip to the local market.

You want to understand and appreciate food better? Come here and get an education.

The chef even brought out two different types of brown rice.

Different price points, from extremely reasonable to a more...

Chef Num does incredible, progressive Thai food out of a beautiful space in Udon Thani. I remember my first dining experience in early 2017 and I will continue to make the trip to Udon Thani for his extraordinary food. Last night I had the ten course tasting menu, each dish is nuanced and balanced, bringing local ingredients to the forefront. If I had to pick my favourite dish of the night, it would to be the "Grilled River prawn/Prawn head Jawe Bong". The delicacy of lychee coupled with an incredible jawe bong and the flavours of the grilled prawn - just beautiful.

Highly recommend you coming here if this sounds...