Pad see ew is Bangkok's wok-fried wide rice noodles charred in dark soy with Chinese broccoli, egg and your choice of pork, chicken or seafood. Smoky, sweet, blackened at the edges.
Pad see ew (literally fried with soy sauce) is a Chinese-Thai adaptation of southern Chinese chow fun, brought into Bangkok's Yaowarat district by Teochew migrants in the 19th century. The Thai version swapped Chinese gai lan for the local Chinese broccoli (kana) and added the dark-soy-and-palm-sugar finish that gives the noodles their lacquered glaze. The dish is a workday lunch staple sold from every wok stall in the city. Bangkok's best versions are night-market style: scorching wok, blackened wide noodles, freshly cracked egg.
3 editor picks for Pad see ew in Bangkok, ranked by editorial score. All Bangkok signature dishes · Pad see ew across every city.
Yaowarat night market street stalls ★ 4.7
Yaowarat Road, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100
Yaowarat Road in Bangkok's Chinatown is the city's most theatrical street-food strip after dark, with grilled seafood, noodle counters and dim sum carts.
Rung Rueang Pork Noodles ★ 4.1
asoke-phrom-phong · 10/3 Sukhumvit 26, Khlong Tan, Khlong Toei, Bangkok 10110
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.
Sukhumvit Soi 38 night noodle stalls ★ 4.0
Sukhumvit Soi 38, Phra Khanong, Khlong Toei, Bangkok 10110
Sukhumvit Soi 38 in Bangkok was the city's canonical late-night noodle alley, with pork noodle counters and stir-fry stalls feeding the Thonglor and Ekkamai.