Coconut-milk curry built on a pounded paste of green bird's-eye chillies, lemongrass, galangal, shrimp paste and kaffir lime. Cooked with chicken or fish balls, Thai aubergines and bamboo; sweet, herbaceous, aromatic.
Gaeng keow wan (sweet green curry) emerged in the central-plains Thai kitchens of the Rama VI era (1910s) and consolidated as the canonical green curry through Bangkok royal-cuisine restaurants by the 1950s. The green colour comes from the chillies, the sweet from coconut and palm sugar; pre-modern versions used wild boar. Krua Apsorn and Paste Bangkok run defensible versions; Saneh Jaan is the canonical fine-dining take.
4 editor picks for Gaeng Keow Wan (Thai Green Curry) in Bangkok, ranked by editorial score. All Bangkok signature dishes · Gaeng Keow Wan (Thai Green Curry) across every city.
Krua Apsorn Dinso ★ 4.7
old-town · 169 Dinso Road, Wat Bowon Niwet, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200
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.
Saawaan ★ 4.7
silom-sathorn · 39/19 Soi Suan Phlu, Thung Maha Mek, Sathon, Bangkok 10120
Saawaan in Bangkok's Sathorn is Chef Sujira 'Aom' Pongmorn's nine-course modern Thai tasting room, a former Michelin-starred fine-diner (one star 2019.
Paste Bangkok ★ 4.6
siam · Gaysorn Village 3rd Floor, 999 Ploenchit Road, Lumpini, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330
Paste in Bangkok's Gaysorn Village is Bongkoch 'Bee' Satongun's royal-Thai room, one Michelin star and a Veuve Clicquot Asia's Best Female Chef alumna.
Saneh Jaan ★ 4.5
silom-sathorn · Glasshouse at Sindhorn, 130-132 Wireless Road, Lumpini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330
Saneh Jaan in Bangkok's Sindhorn building runs royal-influenced central Thai cuisine at lunch and dinner, one Michelin star and a smart-casual room.