Bangkok's shortest food street
That very small street in Sukhumvit Road Soi 11 in Bangkok, which you pass without realizing it, reminds me a little of the much longer famous food street Rue de Mouffetard in Paris' Latin Quarter.
In fact, it is not a separate street at all, but a small branch of Soi 11 where a number of restaurants are located side by side. The nice thing is that it is a street with an international offer. If you walk into Soi 11 from Sukhumvit Road, you will pass ZanZibar quite directly on the left side of the road where you can listen to live music in the evening while enjoying a drink and a snack in the open air.
A few meters further a small street turns left. Walking into the street you will first come across a bar, which has existed since 1982, with the name Cheap Charlie. There are some high tables on the street; it is usually busy. The tent opens around 17.00 p.m. and closes at XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.
You have to pay in cash after each order, otherwise the owner will no longer be able to keep up. Just Google “Cheap Charlie Bangkok” and you can see how popular this bar is and where you can just stand on the street sipping your drink.
An international street
The nice thing about this short street is that the various international restaurants have a very varied menu. Successively you first come across two adjacent Indian restaurants Moghul and Shalimar Sharmals. Then a small bar and bistro listening to the name Stash and The Alchemist bar where you can listen to live music on Wednesdays and Saturdays. A somewhat larger restaurant is Snapper with a distinctly New Zealand feel.
Right next to it you will see Charley Browns a Mexican restaurant and then a Tapas Café. The French are also present with the snack bar Chez Pepé. I have to say that Pierre, the owner, charges 247 baht for a small glass of wine of very modest quality. Including 10% service and 7% VAT.
It seems as if the various restaurateurs in this street have had a meeting to calculate service and barrel separately above the prices used on the price card.
Next to the French restaurant we come across the small friendly Thai restaurant Gallery. Recommended. (www.11-gallery.com) Further down the street at the end is a somewhat larger Thai eatery; The Restaurant Suk 11.
Self 11
We are then back on Sukhumvit Soi 11 and following that road a few meters you will see a nice building on the left side of the road in which the Rosabieng restaurant is located. A good orchestra regularly plays jazzy music on the terrace in front of the building. The restaurant is somewhat hidden from view by the terrace. Also recommended.
And if you want to finish the evening with a reasonable glass of wine as a nightcap, walk a few meters further and you will find yourself in front of the Zaks wine bar with a beautiful terrace. And if it gets too hot sitting outside, you can catch your breath inside in a cozy atmosphere.
I first went there at the end of 1985.
A bit of a back street. Gribussy too.
Back then there was already an Indian restaurant, an open bar, Lord's Guesthouse (an Indian guesthouse where I had a room) and a nightclub. About once every five years I walk down the street and see the changes. That's how it is in a big city.
It is indeed, on the side without restaurants, a Griebus view!
Yes, Soi 11 is also my favorite “eetsoi” and indeed especially suk 11, the back street. My favorite here is Tapas bar with a good menu: the Jamon Iberico “Pata Negra” is a good starter, for example. The sangria is delicious and drinks so well that, before you know it, you're walking down the street a bit spinning. Also recommended: A drink whose name I forgot (I thought something with Rainbow ..) This is poured very carefully and then consists of different colored layers; Looks beautiful and is very tasty (if you like sweet, like me).
If you walk down the street, past restaurant suk11, (also recommended for Thai food lovers, and we all are, I think) and you turn left, after 100 meters you will see Frank Boer's The Old German Beerhouse. (Despite the Dutch-sounding name, still a real German; He rules the restaurant like an emperor from his stamtisch) It is always pleasantly busy here and the food is really tasty German
(For a while there were Dutch fricandellen supplied by me on the menu but I have, VERY much to Frank's displeasure, stopped doing that but that's another story)
Even further you will find "The Australian" At the moment "by far" my favorite: Great diverse card,
always tasty and good quality. You can choose inside (air conditioning) or outside on the terrace. If you sit on the street side you will never get bored: On this terrace you feel elevated above the people in the street:
You sit on a slightly raised terrace, shielded by a balustrade, and "look down" on the bustle of the street, where there is always something happening or something to see.
Not to be left unmentioned… the service: Without exception service-oriented beautiful young girls with neat but very seductive uniforms and ditto smile.
Enjoy your meal !
Rolf
Rosabieng is good in itself were it not for the fact that the staff prefers to look at the stars than to the guests or have a nice chat with each other. Nothing against it for me, but a restaurant does run in a different way.
It can also smell quite unpleasant next to the pond and the mosquitoes are a nuisance.
Have fun there and remember that the branch of Bangkok Bank in that street is the most sympathetic in the region