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Thip Samai

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Due to the lack of splurge restaurants, street food is the big thing in Rattanakosin, and Thip Samai excels exactly at that. It's in business for longer than 50 years and known as the best place in Thailand to get pad thai (Thai fried noodles). You can choose between seven different types of pad thai, the cheapest one is only 30 baht. The best one is the 'pad thai song-kreung' with crabmeat, cuttlefish, shrimp roe, prawns and fried egg. Wash it down with some sliced coconut juice.

Address: 313 Maha Chai Rd
Getting there: Panfa Leelard Pier, across Wat Thep Thida Ram; look for the red/white sign
Hours: 19:00-03:00 daily
Price: 30-100 baht
Website: thipsamai.com (opens in a new tab)

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