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Thai WokOld Town
Raan Jay Fai in Bangkok's Old Town is the Michelin-starred street stall where Supinya Junsuta in ski goggles cooks the city's most famous 800-baht crab.
OrderThe crab omelet (kai jeaw poo) and the drunken noodles (pad kee mao) with seafood.
TipOpen Wednesday to Saturday 09:00-19:00. Walk-in only with same-day queue numbers; closed Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays. Cash only, dishes are 800 to 1,200 baht.
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Heritage Central ThaiOld Town
Krua Apsorn in Bangkok's Old Town has cooked royal-influenced central Thai dishes since 2003, the Dinso branch winning a Bib Gourmand for its crab.
OrderThe crab meat omelet (omelette nuea poo) and the stir-fried crab with yellow chilli paste.
TipClosed Sundays. Two branches; the Dinso original is the better experience. Lunch through 19:30 only, last seating 19:00.
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Isan Papaya SaladSilom Sathorn
Som Tam Jay So in Bangkok's Sathorn is the Bib Gourmand papaya-salad room from a sai-mok northeastern Thai recipe lineage. Located in Silom Sathorn.
OrderSom tam Thai with grilled chicken and a basket of sticky rice; ask for medium spice.
TipCash and PromptPay only. Lunch and early dinner 10:30-19:30; closed Sundays.
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Northeastern Thai Fried ChickenSilom Sathorn
Polo Fried Chicken in Bangkok's Soi Polo is the Bib Gourmand garlic-fried-chicken room, a 1989 family business deep-frying half birds blanketed in crispy.
OrderHalf a fried chicken with the garlic blanket, som tam Thai and a basket of sticky rice.
TipCash only. Lunch crowds fill the room by 12:00; arrive before opening or after 14:00. Open 07:00-21:00 daily.
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Southern ThaiThonglor Ekkamai
Khua Kling Pak Sod in Bangkok's Thonglor is the canonical southern-Thai family room, dry-spiced beef khua kling, sator stir-fry and crab curry on mountain.
OrderKhua kling beef on rice, sator pork stir-fry and a coconut sticky-rice dessert.
TipHeat scale is real; ask for the western-tongue version if you cannot handle full southern spice levels.
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Pork NoodlesAsoke Phrom Phong
Rung Rueang in Bangkok's Sukhumvit 26 is the Bib Gourmand pork-noodle counter, four generations of pork balls and tom yum broth ladled into kuay teow rice.
OrderTom yum pork noodles with all the pork (sai mai pork ball, sliced pork, pork dumplings).
TipCash only. Open 08:00-17:00 daily; lunch queues fill by 11:30. Two branches on Sukhumvit 26, both run by the same family.