Ekkamai food guide
Ekkamai is a neighbourhood without a single famous address. Its pleasure is Sukhumvit Soi 63, where shophouses off BTS Ekkamai turn out rice plates, noodles and grilled pork, and the rule is simple: follow the Thai queue and sit down.
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BTS Ekkamai opens onto Sukhumvit Soi 63. The useful food is in shophouses: rice plates, noodles, and grilled pork, often 50 to 120 THB. Walk until you see a Thai queue, then sit. This is a neighbourhood meal, not a single famous address.
If the soi is quiet, ride one stop to Thong Lo and eat Soi 38 from about 17:00. Do not expect a night market inside Ekkamai station. For pour-over, use the coffee guide.
What to order
- A rice plate with one curry or a basil wok. That is lunch.
- Grilled pork and sticky rice if a grill is going on the soi.
- Soi 38 when you want stalls instead of a shophouse.
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- Is there one famous shop to name?
- Use the soi, not a single brand. The queue is the signal.
- Far from Soi 38?
- One BTS stop, Thong Lo to Ekkamai.