Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Yung He Restaurant (Taiwanese), Bangkok

It's sometimes quite hard to find some nice Chinese provincial cuisine in Bangkok. This one Yung He Soy Bean shop is located close to the intersection of Chongnonsi (Narathiwa) Road (actually, it's very near to the BTS station Chongnonsi) and Silom Road. If you miss some Taiwanese food during your long vacation in BKK, try this one.

1. Sea weed - didn't expect this shop made this one really nice and in some way it's better than some of the restaurants I tried in Taiwan. 2. Siu Long Bao - this one is quite ok but it's a bit too thick.

3. Stir Fried Bitter Gourd Leaves - not that good. It's a bit too old; so it's hard to chew. 4. Pork Chop Rice - The pork chop is really disappointing. Supposed the pork chop should be crispy outside and juicy inside with the strong aroma of quick deep frying (酥香). However, it's like the pork chop is soaked in some warm oil and the coating is much too wet and even quite disgusting. However, the steamed rice is really nice. It's hard to find nice steamed rice in BKK.

5. Hot and Spicy Soup - quite ok. 6. Beef Noodle - the beef is quite tender and the soup base is also nice. The only thing I would comment is that the Chef should first brown some rock sugar to make it as a "Red Burn (紅燒)" base for the soup. Quite a number of shops don't brown the rock sugar for the soup base.

4 comments:

Stella said...

I think we have been here. The dumpling and other dishes are not bad. At least in line with the top notch similar restaurants in LA.

in the sea said...

Yes, Stella, no doubt you have been there if you like those dumpling or noodle. It's quite a good place for those who miss Taiwanese food for some time.

James said...

Thanks to your blog we had a fantastic lunch today.

The address is:
68 Narathivasrajchanakarin Rd. Silom, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500
Tel- 02 6350003

To us, the Xiao Long Bao were the best we have had in Bangkok to date. Much juicier IMO than Crystal Jade XLB at Erawan. Also the Beef Noodle Soup was really tasty. Also recommend the really crispy and not over oily Scallion Cake. Top that off with some cold Black Soy Milk and we were set for the ride home.

Thanks again for recommending the place.

in the sea said...

Good to know that you enjoyed the Xiao Lung Bao. Crystal Jade is good at some other things. Their chicken soup noodle is pretty good and the Crystal Jade in Siam Paragon is good too for Stir fried dishes is pretty nice. They are actually not that good at XLB. Cheers,