This place is great for the following 3️⃣ things:
🐓🍜Kuay Teow Kua Gai (ก๋วยเตี๋ยวคั่วไก่): Choose among a variety of noodle types from flat rice noodles to egg noodles. This fried noodles with crispy pork bits and chicken is absolutely delicious. The noodles are chewy and flavorful. The smoky taste and smell from the frying pan is absolutely a joy in your mouth. Crispy pork bits adds to the amazing texture of the dish. If you like a bit of spice, I recommend adding some chili powder at the table and some chili vinegar.
🌊Canal Side Vibes: The stall is located right next to a canal in Bangkok’s Old Town. You can enjoy the a classic canal street scenery as you eat. It is in a 🏡residential area so it is relatively quieter compared to other street food stalls in Bangkok. Occasionally, there will be 🛵Grab motorbikes riding along the canal to pick up the food from here. Otherwise, this is a slow and quiet place to dine.
🥘🍳🧑🍳Front Row Seat To An Animated Cooking Process: If you are lucky enough to sit in front of the where the amazing team of aunties are preparing the food, it will be a treat itself! One of the aunties will take your order and yell the order to one of the two ladies in the frying station. The first chef will start frying the meats and all before passing on the fried meat to the head chef to fry all things together. From there, one of the younger staff will plate and 🧂garnish the dishes and bring them to your table. It is a well-oiled ⚙️machine.
🟢 Final Verdict: Food is delicious and affordable. Environment is calm and nostalgic. Location is convenient (only a 5 min Grab ride from 🪷 the Grand Palace). A meal with an entertaining show by being there…what more can you ask for? Don’t forget 🧊the icy drinks from the...
Read moreThere were few obstacles in the way when I drove to the shop. My car got scratched and ran over the traffic cone in the gas station. But finally, I managed to park my car at The Old Siam and walk to the shop on Saturday 11.00 AM. The restaurant is a little bit unseen and located in residential area by the canal. I love Kuay Tiew Kua Kai and went to many popular restaurants in BKK. This ones is one of my most favorite. You know, after I ate the noodles, my anxiety and frustration went away. I order 1 egg noodles with everything and 1 noodles with everything (pork, chicken and squid). The things I love here are their authentic cooking method, variety choice of noodles (which is set apart from other shops that has only one kind of noodles) and unique taste. They use brass pan to slowly stir-fry and roast the noodles and meats. I believe they don't use oil or put very little oil on the pan that's why the dish has wonderful charred aroma and not greasy at all. Two dishes gone in less than 10 minutes. It's so good and easy to eat that you don't have to put any seasoning at all. The service was impressive, they are super polite and sweet to everyone. The wait was quick and the price was cheap. Few things you should remember. First, they don't have chili sauce. Second, they don't have crispy deep-fried dough sticks but replace by refill fried pork rinds which is so much better. Third, now they accept cash only, no mobile transfer. And last, they closed every Sunday. If you go around that area you should stop by and try one. Highly...
Read moreHad breakfast recently at this “social media darling” for fried chicken noodles in Bangkok. An abundance of social media posts means that you will see a strong “farang” contigent present but dont let that put you off. 🤣
“Kuay Teow Kua Gai Aunty Pien” is located along an alleyway that is an easy 10 minute stroll from Sam Yot MRT station.
“Kuay Teow Kua Gai” is basically wok fried chicken noodles. Here it is done across 3 charcoal fueled brass woks and it is fried with minimal lard. It’s not oily at all. The resulting noodles is full of “wok hei”.
The noodles have a little “char siew” (BBQ Pork), crispy pork lard as well as pieces of chicken breast.
For me, everything about the dish was good except for the chicken pieces. The use of chicken breast pieces without any marinade of note, meant that the chicken pieces tasted like cardboard. 😝
I would rate this dish as a whole just a 7/10. If I could have asked for more “char siew” and no chicken, it would have been an 8.5/10 for me. 🤣
Added a little of the vinegar (that had the sliced chillies soaking in them). It definitely elevated the taste.
Like how they still use the old Coke bottle in Bangkok. It’s still 375ml rather than the 330ml we are left with after the shrink-flation with the new bottles. ...
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