Khao Soi appears as a signature dish in 1 Thailand cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Khao Soi · Bangkok
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. Originally Chiang Mai, now ubiquitous across Bangkok.
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.
Where to eat in Bangkok:
- Krua Aroy Aroy
- Supanniga Eating Room Tha Tien