Ging Kalpapruek @ Siam Paragon

Name: Ging Kalpapruek
Cuisine: Thai
Address: Basement, Siam Paragon, Bangkok.
Tel: -
Open: (to be updated)
Payment: Cash and major credit cards
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Originally posted: March 2009
Last updated: -
Date visited: December 2008

Our first dining at Ging Kalpapruek was dated back in 2006. I recalled that we unknowingly ordered a potage with coagulated pork blood which both of us are absolutely not in to it. Otherwise, I haven't had much impressions after that.

I was at the food court of Siam Paragon on the New Year eve. The place was over-crowded and it was difficult to reserve/find a seat since I was alone. Eventually, I settled for a dine-in at Ging Kalpapruek Thai Restaurant which was also on the same floor. It could be a little more expensive but I know I don't have to queue for food and compete for a table.

I picked a small table at the outer brim of the restaurant. A menu was presented shortly but I had to turn away the server because I needed a little more time to decide my order. The menu was, unfortunately, very limited. There were very few à la carte and several dish-over-rice stuffs like fried-chicken over rice or fried fish over rice & etc.

I flagged a server several minutes later to take my order which includes a garden salad, a minced pork with bean curd and woon sen soup. I had to order in Thai because the server apparently did not have a clue what English is. I also requested him to recommend me a meat dish. He then went in to his "auto-lecture mode", blabbering non-stop which I could not follow fast enough on what he had said. But I did hear Gai Thaawt (ไก่ทอด / deep-fried chicken) and readily agreed to it.

Table for two: It's THB495 (~SGD21) for my 3-course meal which includes a green, soup and deep-fried chicken over rice.

My verdict: The green was fresh. The ingredient was also generous in the soup. The deep-fried chicken was a letdown, as it was too dry and bony. It doesn't help, too, that I don't like chicken drumstick.

Recommended: Minced pork with bean curd and woon sen soup.

In a nutshell
Likes:
> Prompt services

Dislikes:
> English is non-existence
> Limited menu

Ging Kalpapruek is also found at 5th Floor of The Emporium Shopping Complex next to Phrom Phong Skytrain station (use Exit 2).

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Older pictures taken in 2006 ...