Chinese฿
Nai Ek in Bangkok's Yaowarat has cooked Bib Gourmand kuay jab in peppery pork-offal broth since 1960, bowls with crispy pork belly all under 120 baht.
Try: Kuay jab Yaowarat in pork broth
Tip: Open 08:00 to midnight, cash only. Closed for Chinese New Year. Queue from 11:00 onwards on weekdays.
Thai฿
Go-Ang Pratunam in Bangkok is the pink-uniform chicken-rice counter on Petchaburi, Bib Gourmand since 2018 with khao man gai plates under 100 baht since 1960.
Try: Khao man gai Hainanese chicken rice
Tip: Cash only. Queues from 10:00-14:00 then 16:00-21:00. The original Pratunam location, six total branches in the city.
Thai฿
Boat Noodle Alley off Victory Monument in Bangkok serves 50-baht bowls of kuay teow ruea pork or beef noodles from a row of canal-side stalls.
Try: Boat noodles (kuay teow ruea)
Tip: Cash only. Order three or four small bowls to rotate flavours; locals stack five bowls at the bigger Boat Noodle Heaven stall.
Thai฿
Thipsamai in Bangkok's Old Town has cooked the city's most famous Bib Gourmand pad Thai since 1966 with plates under 200 baht, even with the shrimp oil.
Try: Pad Thai wrapped in egg
Tip: Cash only. Closed Tuesdays. Open Wed-Mon 09:00 to midnight; the wrapped-in-egg pad Thai is the canonical order.
Thai฿
Rung Rueang in Bangkok's Sukhumvit 26 is the Bib Gourmand pork-noodle counter, four generations of pork balls in kuay teow rice noodles, all bowls under 100.
Try: Tom yum pork noodles
Tip: Cash only. Open 08:00-17:00 daily; lunch queues from 11:30. Two branches on Sukhumvit 26, both run by the same family.
Fried chicken฿
Polo Fried Chicken in Bangkok's Soi Polo is the Bib Gourmand garlic-fried-chicken room, a 1989 family business deep-frying half birds with crispy fried.
Try: Garlic fried chicken with sticky rice
Tip: Cash only. Lunch crowds fill the room by 12:00; arrive before opening or after 14:00. Open 07:00-21:00 daily.