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Toh Daeng - Bang Kachao: Upscale Phuket Food in Bangkok's Green Lung

Michelin Bib Gourmand Phuket Food  by Toh Daeng - Bang Kachao, Bangkok, Thailand Toh Daeng, meaning "Read Table", is a Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant in Phuket serving upscale southern Thai home cooking. I haven't ever been to the restaurant in Phuket, which is located inside a beautiful old historic wooden Thai building, but I just happened to stumble upon a second branch the other day. Toh Daeng also has a branch in Bang Krachao, Bangkok's "Green Lung," a large, quiet, undeveloped area of the city where elevated cycling paths wind through dense mangrove forests and fruit orchards, and wooden stilt houses sit along narrow canals, giving the feeling of having escaped the capital altogether despite just being a short ferry ride across the river. It was lunchtime, and my wife and I were hungry and excited to try some delicious award-winning southern food, so we ordered several Phuket specialties to share. mee krob, Toh Daeng's 100-year-old family secret...

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