in bangkok, thailand (june’24)
ever-since my meal at saeng tha-tian, i’ve been wanting to visit more of these home style kitchens in bangkok, as i do prefer these to fine dining now a days. one which has been very popular recently is keawloon, with recipes passed on for generations in the family including influences from nakhon si thammarat (southern) and sukhothai tani (north bangkok).
their most famous dishes here are the black rice, which is
steamed with squid ink and topped with mud crab, and their turmeric rice with a piece of fried fish. i did very much enjoy the black rice, mixed with a zingy spicy seafood sauce. the slightly sticky texture of the rice mixed with a clam based sauce was quite flavourful and enjoyable.
their unique dishes here was the reason i wanted to try this restaurant, as some dishes served here are not regularly seen in other thai kitchens. other plates i loved tonight include the sweetened toddy palm braised pork, as well as their squid dishes, of squid ink and in a simple chilli spring onion stir fry. their squid is noticeably fresh, with good ‘crunch’ in its texture. i couldn’t really eat the the southern pork curry as it was insanely spicy, and the rest of the dishes were okay, a nice try with nothing jumping out for me. regardless was still surrounded by excellent company, service here was also very good.
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june menu: (฿6,928 per table)
sweet shrimp, relish with sour vegetables, chilli paste
mushroom in fish sauce
salted fish, omelette
✨pork ribs in toddy palm
✨mud crab black rice
turmeric rice with fried fish
✨stir fry squid with spring onion
shrimp fried in shrimp paste
curry with pork cartilage
stir fried spinach in pork neck
preserved mayongchid with ice
+ fried pork (฿256)
+ ✨stir fry squid in squid ink (฿456)
+ ✨stir fry liang leaves with eggs (฿189)
+ spicy fish salad (฿456)
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would revisit: try once
reservations by dm
price range pp: ฿1000- ฿3000
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📍แก้วลูน KEAWLOON
location: 21/3 saeng chan, phra khanong, khlong toei, bangkok
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