Name: MK Trendi @ Siam Square
Cuisine: Thai steamboat (or "hot pot" in some parts of the world)
Address: Siam Square Soi 5, Rama 1, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330
GPS: Not available
Tel: Not available
Open: Not available
Payment: Cash & major credit cards
Web: http://www.mkrestaurant.com/
Remarks: -
Originally posted: April'2010
Last updated: 26May'2010
UPDATED: MK Trendi was also affected by the blaze set off by rioters on the 19th May'2010.
Credits: The rightful owner...
The restaurant ...
Usually after a consecutive days of heavy foods like the gaeng, yams and som-tum, MK Suki is always a good alternative for us. The Thai steamboat restaurant offers an extensive selection of greens. I love veg since I was young and it helps to balance my diet especially when I am in Bangkok, one of the many food paradise.
The place we patronized this time was one located right in the heart of the trendy Siam Square. And MK Suki ingeniously created a new flagship called Trendi to serve its young and hippie community in that area. The funky decor at the ground floor was a head-turner. However, we soon found out that the rest of the levels were gloomy and uninspiring. I guessed that's how they keep their prices friendly.
The neon signboard outside MK Trendi. 
The ground floor decor is bright and, as the name suggest, trendy. 
However, it is kinda small at this level.
Name: ก๋วยเตี๋ยวปู 2491 / Crab Meat Noodle 2491
Cuisine: Chinese
Address: Thanon Ratchawong, Bangkok.
Tel: Nil
Open: (to be updated)
Payment: Cash
Web: Nil
Remarks: ก๋วยเตี๋ยว is 'guay tiao' which is noodles in Teochiew, ปู means 'crab'.
Originally posted: February 2009
Last updated: -
Date visited: January 2009
I wasn't hunting for food when I walked down Thanon Ratchawong. But the framed newspaper cuttings hung on the small pushcart of "ก๋วยเตี๋ยวปู 2491" caught my attention and there, I stopped to take a look at this roadside vendor which serves crab meat noodles. The setup looks clean and they were really busy. I didn't exactly know what to order, so I told them I wanted a bowl of noodle soup and insisted that it must come with crab meat. And voila, few minutes later my order came. The noodle soup was accompanied by char siew (หมูแดง / roasted red pork), wonton (เกี๊ยว), shredded chicken, fresh veg and most importantly, crab meat. Well, the combo looks great but I find the noodles a tad too tough and the soup was also rather mild. I also had a Thai Oliang (Iced Black Coffee) which is, typically, very sweet.
Name: Kaiton Pratunam Chicken Rice
Cuisine: Chinese
Address: Petchburi Soi 30, Bangkok.
Tel: Not available
Open: Open daily. Close at 3am.
Payment: Only cash payment.
Web: Nil
Remarks: Chicken rice in Thai is khao mun kai (ข้าวมันไก่)
Originally posted: January 2009
Last updated: February 2009
Touted as the best chicken rice in Bangkok, the eatery is close to Pratunam Intersection and directly across the derelict Pratunam Center which construction on the higher levels has halted for quite some time.
Not to be mistaken as the smaller chicken rice stall seated right at the corner of this intersection. Our subject is a minute walk away and located at the mouth of Petchaburi Soi 30. The stall helpers, all donning pink, are easily identified from afar.
I picked a small table at the inner corner of the eatery. Once seated, everything rolled out systematically. A waitress, who speaks no English, took my order which I have to complete entirely in my broken Thai. The chicken rice was served by another helper shortly.
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