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Cantonese cuisine has long shaped the way Bangkok eats – from the city’s love of roast meats and clear, aromatic broths to the everyday rituals of dim sum, noodles and stir-fries that have quietly woven themselves into the capital’s food culture.
And while generations of Chinese-Thai kitchens have happily blurred the lines between the two, one new opening is giving classic Cantonese flavours a sharp, modern-city polish. Enter Xian Yuan, a sleek newcomer perched on the fifth floor of Central Park, with leafy views across Lumpini Park and a clear eye on Bangkok’s business crowd.
Inspired by the idea of creating a ‘heavenly sanctuary’ in the city, the space leans into modern Chinese Zen – calm, considered and quietly luxurious with hints of blue willow on the clean upholstery – while the menu brings finesse to familiar comforts. Dim sum gets a contemporary upgrade, from har gow enriched with ankimo (monkfish liver) to warming soup dumplings filled with tender black-bone chicken.
At the barbecue station, dishes light up with the kiss of applewood. Smoked Peking duck and rich suckling pig are served with fragrant sweet and savoury chestnut filling, while a live seafood counter keeps flavours clean and textures pristine.
For bigger moments, there are steamed red grouper with soy, and fish har gow and fragrant rice wrapped in lotus leaf and oven-baked with a whole Japanese abalone that are sure to impress. And with seven private dining rooms accommodating everything from discreet lunches to 50-seat banquets, Xian Yuan fits the brief – polished, confident and best experienced first-hand.
Prices subject to 10% service charge and applicable government taxes.