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Khao soi is northern Thailand's curry-noodle bowl: silky coconut-and-yellow-curry broth ladled over egg noodles, topped with crispy fried noodles, pickled mustard greens, shallots and lime.
Khao soi came to Thailand via Yunnanese-Muslim traders along the Burmese border in the 19th century, taking its modern form in 1930s Chiang Mai with the addition of coconut milk. Bangkok adopted khao soi in the 1980s through northern-Thai migration and the Lanna-restaurant boom of the 1990s. Now Krua Aroy Aroy in Silom serves the Bib Gourmand canonical Bangkok version, with chicken or beef in a coconut-yellow-curry broth and a heap of crispy fried noodles on top.
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Supanniga Eating Room in Bangkok's Tha Tien serves grandmother-recipe Trat and Khon Kaen Thai dishes opposite Wat Pho, with a sister branch on Sukhumvit 55.
OrderThe moo cha muang (pork in cha muang leaf), the yum tomato pomelo salad and a side of khao soi.
TipClosed Mondays for the Tha Tien location. Ask for the second-floor balcony seat overlooking the temple at sunset.
Krua Aroy Aroy in Bangkok's Silom is the Bib Gourmand curry-rice canteen tucked off Pan Road, with khao soi, massaman and Muslim-Thai biryani served.
OrderThe khao soi northern Thai curry-noodle bowl with the pickled mustard greens on top.
TipCash only. Lunch only, 09:00-17:00, closed Sundays. The room is small; arrive by 12:00 to avoid the office workers.
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