Wanna Yook Bangkok

Awards

MICHELIN Guide

One star restaurant, 2026

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OAD

Asian Restaurants 2026, 271

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The World’s

50 Best

Asia`s 50 Best Restaurants 2025, #81

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La Liste

La Liste, #892

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Restaurant Ranking

Restaurant Ranking 2024, #4081, PRO #15.45, USER #0.00

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Chef

Chalee Kader

Cuisine

Thai contemporary, Thai

• 2026
• 2025
• 2024

Dinner at Wana Yook

on 05 Aug 2026

by Jon Cheng

The best dish at @wana.yook , set in a restored, century-old colonial house in Bangkok, is their play on khao kriap pak moh: a street snack built around an unusually delicate method, in which a thin rice-flour batter is spread directly onto a taut cloth stretched over a pot of simmering water and cooked à la minute, producing gossamer, gently tacky skins without the density of boiled rice dough or the bounce of tapioca-heavy wrappers.

The easy route, and one many chefs would take, would... More

The best dish at @wana.yook , set in a restored, century-old colonial house in Bangkok, is their play on khao kriap pak moh: a street snack built around an unusually delicate method, in which a thin rice-flour batter is spread directly onto a taut cloth stretched over a pot of simmering water and cooked à la minute, producing gossamer, gently tacky skins without the density of boiled rice dough or the bounce of tapioca-heavy wrappers.

The easy route, and one many chefs would take, would be to tuck caviar inside and present it as some elevated byproduct of their worldly escapades. The chef @chaleekader , blessedly, isn’t so slavish to these Eurocentric ideas of luxury. He loosens the dumpling’s moorings, swapping minced pork for sweet crab and fried garlic for a floral, mildly tart broth of coconut and mangosteen, split with a Vietnamese coriander oil called Rau ram. It’s a dish that will haunt you, as do several other dishes on Kader’s menu.

To understand Kader’s philosophy is to know that the stark transition from delicate, elemental dishes to fiery soups and lancing curries is structurally Thai, even if the pork has become crab; the curry a foam; or a communal relish set contracted into a single plate. These dishes will all eventually coalesce into a narrative that works. Yes, my favorites among them appeared earlier in the menu. Notably, Kader’s miniaturized ode to Khao soi, where the texture of fried noodles cedes to a tartlette; as well as his ‘daily relish,’ a terrine flanked by paper-thin claws of soft-shell crab, propped like the wings of a Viking helmet, and set in a sauce dotted with deeply aromatic makrut-leaf oil.

But the khao gaeng deserves its due, too. We greedily expanded it with all nine kub-khao dishes: curries, stir-fries, salads and grilled beef arranged around rice. Best among them was yum phra ram doen dong, its pork jowl carrying the plushness of coconut-rich braised meat even after the coconut had disappeared. I preferred the first half of our meal, but very little rice survived the second. Thanks VP and GW for paving the way. A meal to remember. Less

Dinner at Wana Yook

on 18 Jun 2025

by Orn Naruchanok

🇹🇭🇯🇵 การคอลแลบครั้งแรกของ @terroir.bkk โดยเชฟ @haofromthebed นอกสถานที่ โดยมื้อนี้ทำร่วมกับเชฟ @chaleekader จาก @wana.yook อาหารไทยมิชลิน 1 ดาวร้านโปรดของหลายๆคน มาในคอนเซปท์ข้าวแกงผสมผสานกับ Progressive... More

🇹🇭🇯🇵 การคอลแลบครั้งแรกของ @terroir.bkk โดยเชฟ @haofromthebed นอกสถานที่ โดยมื้อนี้ทำร่วมกับเชฟ @chaleekader จาก @wana.yook อาหารไทยมิชลิน 1 ดาวร้านโปรดของหลายๆคน มาในคอนเซปท์ข้าวแกงผสมผสานกับ Progressive Kaiseki

จานที่ชอบที่สุดคือโซเมนซาวน้ำและไข่ตุ๋นมะพร้าวบ้านแพ้ว ในส่วนของหวาน อย่างไอศครีมแซนด์วิชบัตเตอร์มิลค์จากเชฟ @ggirltsp ก็ไม่เคยทำให้ผิดหวังเลย 🤤
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📍@wana.yook - อนุสาวรีย์ชัย
#orn_bellyjourney #orn_finedine #orn_michelinstar #orn_terroir #orn_wanayook Less

Dinner at Wana Yook

on 18 Dec 2024

by Melissa F

I had heard about @wana.yook from some foodie friends a while ago and was keen to visit even before they had received their first Michelin Star last year. Located in a renovated 100-year-old colonial house, Chef @chaleekader takes inspiration from traditional “Khao Gaeng” or rice with curry for his tasting menu. The latest menu doesn’t hold back on the heat - I was warned a few times by the staff as they kept inquiring about the spice level throughout the meal. Flavors-wise,... More

I had heard about @wana.yook from some foodie friends a while ago and was keen to visit even before they had received their first Michelin Star last year. Located in a renovated 100-year-old colonial house, Chef @chaleekader takes inspiration from traditional “Khao Gaeng” or rice with curry for his tasting menu. The latest menu doesn’t hold back on the heat - I was warned a few times by the staff as they kept inquiring about the spice level throughout the meal. Flavors-wise, I could handle the spiciness but my body unfortunately disagreed as my stomach felt like it was on fire as the night progressed. 😅

Our meal started out great with a trio of fantastic amuse bouches of pomelo salad, crab curry, and fermented pork with rice crisps in a betel leaf tart. Other highlights included the cured giant trevally with turmeric sauce, tom klong of tiger prawn, and squid with young coconut & mangosteen. But then the main course came and that was when everything went downhill. A large wooden tray was placed in front of us with two types of rice and a selection of khao gaeng dishes which were overly salty - the frog legs were also tough and overcooked. The duo of chicken and duck eggs with crispy fried egg whites was fun to eat at first but got heavy real fast. The desserts were also uninspiring and failed to save the night.

Our menu:

กินเล่น
Kin Len

น้ำพริกรายวัน
Daily Relish

ปลากระมงตาแดงย่าง | แกงคั่วสะตอใบชะพลู | ยำมะม่วงหาวมะนาวโห้
Big Eye Trevally | Gaeng Kua | Pickled Bengal Currants

ต้มโคล้งกุ้ง | น้ำพริกผัด | ยำปลาดุกฟู
Tom Klong of Tiger Prawn | Naam Prikpud | Catfish Fluff with Green Mango

มัสมั่นเนื้อกับลองกอง | หนังไก่ทอด | ยำผักกาดดอง
Beef Masaman with Longkong Fruit | Fried Chicken Skin | Pickled Mustard Salad

ยำปลาหมึก | มะพร้าวอ่อน | มังคุด
Squid | Coconut | Mangosteen

ข้าวแกง
Khao Gaeng

ขนมตาล
Toddy Palm

ขนมู
Kanom
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1*, Wana Yook
Bangkok, Thailand
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Dinner at Wana Yook

on 19 Aug 2024

by Bennet Chui

Toddy palm

Dinner at Wana Yook

on 18 Aug 2024

by Bennet Chui

Beef masaman with longkong fruit, Fried chicken skin, Pickled mustard salad

Dinner at Wana Yook

on 16 Aug 2024

by Bennet Chui

Murtabak chicken