Sam Lan food guide
Sam Lan is known for a garlic-stuffed chicken turned over charcoal. The grill sits on Soi 1 and shuts at 17:00, which makes it a lunch lane, not a night market.
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Order the half chicken at 105 THB, som tum at 40 THB, and a sticky-rice basket at 15 THB. The full bird is 190 THB. Larb on the same board is 60 THB and it is the lime version, not northern larb kua.
For a curry noodle after 17:00, leave the lane. Huen Phen khao soi on Ratchamankha stays open until 22:00, with a break from 16:30 to 17:00. The chicken page is charcoal grilled chicken.
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- How late is the chicken grill?
- SP Chicken runs daily from 10:00 to 17:00, so do not plan it as dinner.
- What should I add to the bird?
- Som tum is 40 THB and sticky rice is 15 THB on the same board.