Japanese Soba Noodles Tsuta
Photo: Keisuke Tanigawa Rosso ramen from Tsuta's previous menu prior to its 2022 closure

Best restaurants around Ratchaprasong Intersection

Find the best places to eat and drink around one of Bangkok's busiest intersections.

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Time Out Bangkok editors
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Home to five-star hotels, embassies and some of the city's grandest shopping centers such as CentralWorld and Gaysorn, Ratchaprasong is ranked as one of Bangkok's busiest and most recognizable areas. It's also a haven for foodies looking to fill their tummies with tasty bites. Check out the  

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Le Café is Louis Vuitton’s first cafe in Thailand, which offers an array of gorgeously presented cakes and cookies (prepared by Blue by Alain Ducasse pastry kitchen) along with coffee bearing the LV monogram. How expensive, you may ask? Cakes are priced from B550 while cookies go for B1,700 for a box of five. But if you’re taking them home, they do come in the signature Louis Vuitton orange-hued box. And that’s almost worth the extravagant prices. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Time Out กรุงเทพฯ (@timeoutbangkok_th)
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Gaggan at Louis Vuitton promises a menu celebrating the creative collaboration between the Maison and the legendary chef Gaggan Anand, known for his inventive take on Indian cuisine. You can feast on an 8-course lunch for B4,000 or go all out with a 17-course dinner for B8,000. And if you're feeling fancy, wine-pairing starts from B3,500.
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Born in Tokyo, Den Kushi Flori is a collaboration between Michelin-starred chef Zaiyu Hasegawa of Den and two-Michelin-starred chef Hiroyasu Kawate of Florilège. The creative kaiseiki from Den and Japanese-French fare from Florilège have come together to craft skewers ('kushi' in Japanese) like you've never tried before.
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There’s one ramen place in Tokyo where you may have to line up as early as six in the morning to get a slurp of Michelin-starred noodle soup. That said eatery is no other than Tsuta, the very first ramen restaurant in the world to get a Michelin star.  Founded by chef/owner Yuki Onishi in 2012, Tsuta earned its first Michelin star in 2015 for Onishi’s innovative approach to ramen, from sourcing new ingredients to infusing truffle oil into aromatic dashi broth. Despite the Michelin accolades (and a relocation to the trendy Yoyogi-Uehara neighborhood), Tsuta has kept prices low at around 1,200 to 1,600 yen (approximately B345 to B460). And though Tsuta was dropped from the latest Michelin Guide Tokyo, the ramen place still lives up to its reputation.  The good news is, Tsuta has just opened in Bangkok on the third floor of Central World. This is Tsuta’s first outpost in Thailand and its fourth overseas.
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Paste is probably one of Thailand’s most understated restaurants. Steered by the husband-and-wife duo of Jason Bailey and Chef Bee Satongun, this modern dining room offers fine Thai dishes crafted with respect to traditional Sanitwonge recipes, yet also brimming with innovative confidence. Drawing its name from “curry paste,” the centerpiece of Thai cooking, Paste pays particularly attention to the very source of their ingredients. For example, only fleur de sel (that delicate crust of salt that floats on the surface of saltwater) from Nan province is allowed in their kitchen (table salt is not an option). The menu carries a long list of intriguing Thai dishes with an interesting mash-up of ingredients. The selection of delicate starters includes an interpretation of pla haeng tangmo (฿370), an old-school dish that’s usually eaten in summer. Paste confidently pairs sweet watermelon and salty ground salmon and garnishes the combination with crispy shallot, roasted galangal and caviar. Succulent oysters, meanwhile, are carefully wrapped in betel leaves and served miang-style with flavorful condiments like ginger, roasted coconut, popinac and sweet galangal jam (฿450). The mains are equally sensational. A colorful Chiang Mai-style salad comes with giant river prawns doused with spicy yum sauce, fragrant nam prik noom (roasted banana chili), smoked shallots, chargrilled tomatoes and seaweed (฿800). Our favorite, however, is the southern-style mud crab in yellow curry (฿800). The
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Here’s a bit of good news for Bangkok’s food lovers after rather gloomy times: Saemaeul Sikdang, South Korea’s top barbecue restaurant has arrived in the capital, opening its first branch in CentralWorld. Anyone familiar with Seoul’s tourist-packed areas such as Hongdae must have seen, perhaps even eaten at, this barbecue spot. Popular among both locals and visitors, Saemaeul Sikdang attracts hungry crowds craving sizzling Korean bulgogi. But for those not familiar with the brand, it’s a massively popular chain run by Chef Jong-Won Paik, with over 123 branches across the globe. Like the other Saemaeul Sikdang stores, the Bangkok outpost features a homey atmosphere and a line-up of delectable dishes, all meant to encourage a sizzlingly good time with friends and family. The menu boasts signatures like Yeoltan Bulgogi (B290) or sliced pork that comes with either spicy Korean sauce or Korean soy sauce. Off-grill, you have Chilbun Dwaeji Kimchi (B280), a pork and kimchi “soup-erstar” that’s cooked for exactly seven minutes—supposedly the ideal time it takes for the meat to absorb the spicy flavors of the fermented side dish. A bowl of steaming hot rice completes your meal. Some other dishes to look forward to include the intensely flavored Jeyuk Bukkeum (spicy stir-fried pork, B360), Cheese Gyeran Jjim (steamed eggs with cheese, B180), and other well-known Korean eats like bibimbap (rice bowl), tteokbokki (rice cake) and pajeon (Korean pizza). Saemaeul Sikdang is located on the 7
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Said to be one of the best tsukemen (dipping ramen) parlors in Tokyo (confirmed by our friends at Time Out Tokyo), Menya Itto has opened its first Thailand outpost at Erawan Bangkok, taking over the space that once was Lee Café (we’re going to miss their kaprao mor din). In Tokyo, you may need to queue up for more than an hour to savor steaming bowls of ramen served alongside an aromatic, mouth-watering broth. But you probably won’t need to queue that long in Bangkok.
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Known as the very first restaurant in Thailand to serve Cantonese-style hot pot, COCA Restaurant was a go-to spot at Siam Square for over five decades. When the commercial district underwent renovations, the legendary restaurant bid goodbye to its original location, but its other branches in centralwOrld, Surawong, and Soi Sukhumvit 39 remain open. Its signature hot pot dish comes with an array of premium ingredients from fresh seafood to first-rate meats. Don’t forget to make a rice stew to end your meal.
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Hong Kong’s famed Kam’s Roast, known for purveying delicious perfectly roasted meats, is now in Bangkok and is expected to attract queues of fans much like in its home country.  Kam’s Roast is the international offshoot of Kam’s Roast Goose, which first opened in Wan Chai in 2014. The eatery received a Michelin star in 2015 after only six months of operations and has retained the recognition for six consecutive years. Behind the restaurant’s success is Hardy Kam, whose grandfather, the late Kam Shui Fai, founded the iconic roast goose restaurant Yung Kee. It’s safe to say Kam’s Roast uses the family’s secret roasting technique.  It’s not safe to say, however, that Hardy Kam inherited the family restaurant from his ancestors. After Kam Shui Fai grandfather passed away, the second-generation Kams got into a huge, long-running dispute over shares of Yung Kee (quite the scandal in Hong Kong) and the latter lost its luster and Michelin star. To start afresh, the younger Kam put up Kam’s Roast Goose, which follows the same standard set by his grandfather.  “As the third generation, KRG's mission is to provide a memorable dining experience to every guest every time with impeccable food and services in a warm and family-oriented environment. We are committed to follow these principles and values passed down to us from one generation to the next.” These words are written on Kam’s Roast Goose website; words also honored in the restaurant’s branches across Asia. Kam’s Roast Thailand’s m
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Long-standing hotel Grand Hyatt Erawan found a silver lining in the coronavirus woes that swept the whole city. The ensuing lockdown allowed the five-star venue to focus on launching new ventures and revamping its signature F&b outlets in a bid to maintain its top-ranked position. Included in the revamp is The Dining Room, it’s all-day-dining and buffet restaurant. For many years, The Dining Room has been serving wonderful cuisine to both Bangkok residents and stay-in guests. The food covers nearly everything in the culinary spectrum, most of them prepared from live cooking stations that ensure diners can tuck into freshly made fare. What the crew recommends—and so do we—is the grilled Australian lamb chops and grilled Korean-style pork chops. You can also choose from a variety of filling and comforting chow like pizza, pasta, cold-cut meat, fresh seafood and desserts. All of these are laid out as an all-you-can-eat feast, available three times a day: breakfast (07:00 to 10:30, priced at B500 net), lunch (12:00 to 14:30, priced at B1,690 for adults and B845 net for children), and dinner (17:30 to 21:30, priced at B2,390 for adults and B1,195 for children). For reservations and more information, please contact 0 2254 1234, bangkok.grand@hyatt.com, or visit this link.
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