Mr. Thailand Club brought my friend and I to this riverside restaurant up in the Chaophrya River (north of the hotel area). I don't like Tom Yum Krung much actually as it's too salty and sour to me and oily too as you can see the oil layer on the soup. However, I took it all because Mr. Thailand Club and my friend can't take hot stuff too much. Well it's so good that I can't even let them try - haha! Perfect mixture of the hot, salty and sour and the fresh "south" ginger (there should be a proper name for that ginger but I forgot), lemon grass, bergamot leaves, chilli and mushroom. I think it's the best Tom Yum Krung I have ever tried. For the others they are either too salty, hot or sour.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Tom Yum Krung by Samsem soi 3, Bangkok
Mr. Thailand Club brought my friend and I to this riverside restaurant up in the Chaophrya River (north of the hotel area). I don't like Tom Yum Krung much actually as it's too salty and sour to me and oily too as you can see the oil layer on the soup. However, I took it all because Mr. Thailand Club and my friend can't take hot stuff too much. Well it's so good that I can't even let them try - haha! Perfect mixture of the hot, salty and sour and the fresh "south" ginger (there should be a proper name for that ginger but I forgot), lemon grass, bergamot leaves, chilli and mushroom. I think it's the best Tom Yum Krung I have ever tried. For the others they are either too salty, hot or sour.
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I want to try next time too.
but this restaurant is a bit spicy and other food are just average. Since it is about 1 hour drive from downtown BKK, it may be good if you go to Koh Kret and make this as a stop on the way back. Mr. Thailand will definitely let you know about this when you visit BKK next time.
pity now Samsensoisam is quite quiet, the less delicious Kimlom-chom-saphan (literally means eat the wind and view the bridge)is packed!
i think pr and advertising maybe also important, lots of tourists follow advertisements to Kimlom-chom-saphan as this restaurant is run by a giant guest house group (Buddy) in Khao San area, but food is really too so-so, even the tumyam goong was very foreign-taste and some seafood very expensive and not fresh (i paid B1,300 for two martis prawns, one was fishy and not fresh), so not a chance to recommend this restaurant to anyone
Samsensoisam is too small to pay for advertising (and a bit zig-zag difficult to find it), but food is superb, it is not a seafood restaurant but the seafood was surprisingly good, i have a full review on Samsensoisam in my blog, if interested, can go take a look (but doesn't hv time to upload the pics there yet, will upload pics there soon)
If it is too spicy hot then it probably is not a good idea to go, especially it is one hour driving time from downtown.
I think I am more suitable for those Thai Restaurant for "Kwai Lo"(Western people)as it is not as spicy.
It looks very hot! Look at the chili oil.
OK, this is a good section for Thai learning as I know some of the words and could guess. Kin means "eat" like kin khao. Chom means see, as "chom view". Then Saphan - we can see this word in BTS - Saphan Taksin - Taksin Bridge. So leaving the remaining word I don't know is "Lom". But then now it should be compared to Wind as on your explanation.
Samsen Road or Khao San area is just 15 mins from Siam Centre and 3 mins from the Grand Palace; not 1 hour.
mmh.. ok, I just learned from the local hotel staff - often put an extra double time. Khao San to Siam is 15 min.? Anyway, I only went to Khao San twice - one time passing by in a car. The other time was a browsing around after Samsen soi3.
yes, 15 mins in normal traffic, can be faster if smoother traffic after 11pm, of course, during traffic jam, an hour; it is an almost straight road from Petchburi Road to Khao San area
That proves Mr. Sea is a careful and conservative person. This is the kind of customer we lenders like. If everyone is as conservative, prudent, and careful as Sea, we will not have the sub-prime problem here.
Stella, I have some bad habits, like going to the airport only 1 to 1.5 hours before departure. I think I don't know much about Khao San and from my memory Khao San seems a bit from downtown, a bit north or Yaowara (China Town). Then I just roughly estimated from downtown to Yaowara in about 20 min. Then another 15 min. from Yaowara to Khao San. So Samsen should be a bit further. Then I roughly add it up to 1 hour. Besides, some of the roads in BKK is only one direction, and I am not sure if that part is also the same.
Don't need to be too humble Sea. If you go to airport 1 to 1.5 hour before departure, that only means your schedule is tight and hectic, but not that you have bad time management.
mmh, maybe I shouldn't call it a bad habit. Just I know I can make it to the airport within 1 or 1 hour something before the departure time. It's just because I don't wanna spend unnecessary time at the airport.
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