Baan Phad Thai, Bangkok

If you were to ask a true foodie about his favorite Thai dish, there’s a very good chance that it would be Phad Thai. For the uninitiated, Phad Thai is a stir-fried rice noodle dish topped with eggs, chopped firm tofu, dried shrimp, red chili pepper, palm sugar, garlic, shallots, tamarind pulp and doused in a tangy fish sauce.

Often served with lime wedges and chopped roasted peanuts, Phad Thai can best be described as a flavor explosion in your mouth. From humble beginnings during World War 2, Phad Thai’s popularity has steadily grown across the globe and is considered one of Thailand’s culinary treasures today.

Now if you were to ask a phad Thai enthusiast about the best Phad Thai eatery in Bangkok, there’s a very good chance that it would be Baan Phadthai or “The House of PhadThai”, as many fondly call it.

 

 

 

Here, Phad Thai is elevated into an art form with a secret 18-ingredients sauce and premium “San Jen” rice noodles. Also serving other traditional Thai dishes and desserts, Baan Phadthai sits in a 50-year-old historical house, and oozes old school charm with its antique wood partitions from Ayutthaya and a tasteful selection of vintage paintings and photos.

Only a 3-minute walk from Saphan Taksin BTS station, Baan Phadthai is located on Soi Charoen Krung 44, the first street in Bangkok and in old China Town.