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    Home » Articles » Restaurants & Businesses

    Bangkok: Vegan Food in Air Conditioning at Sutunthip

    16 October, 2012 by Kip 1 Comment

    Note: I have revisited and updated this post a few times over the years.

    Sutunthip Vegetarian Restaurant

     

    1022/34-36 Thanon Charoen Nakhon Soi 36
    Banglamphulang
    Bangkok, 10600
    Thailand

    If you're looking for sit down comfort in the Khlon San district of Bangkok, look no further than air conditioned Sutunthip restaurant. At least one member of staff spoke and understood English when I dined here, so I was able to question the extensive menu. Typical mealtime hours are are very busy (i.e. you will wait for a table), so either arrive during off hours or be prepared to wait for a little while.

    The menu is a typical combination of Thai and Chinese foods, made vegan, and has enough to please both fans and haters of mock meat. While not on Bangkok's tourist trail, it's well worth crossing the river to eat at Sutunthip. Their mock duck lap alone is worth the trek.

    This post is more a collection of photos from various meals at Sutunthip over the years. It is, hands down, one of my favourite spots in Bangkok. During the vegetarian festival, arrive well before you'd like to eat because at dinner there is likely to be a wait. I don't know if they take reservations.

    Dinner at Sutunthip
    Dinner at Sutunthip (November 2018)

    The above image includes one of my favourite dishes you can order at Sutunthip (or anywhere in Bangkok): laap pet tod, or spicy and sour crispy fried duck salad. Other dishes include stir fried water mimosa in mushroom sauce (vegan oyster sauce), stir fried fish with bamboo, finger root, and makrut lime leaf,

    Yum sam grop (Spicy crispy yuba salad)
    ยำสามกรอบ Yum sam grop (Spicy crispy fried salad)

    Made up of crispy fried yuba, carrot, green papaya, chilli, peanut, Thai celery, and lemongrass in a sweet lime and soy sauce dressing, yum sam grop is a flavoursome salad characterisded by its crunchy, fried ingredients. I found my spicy threshold with this dish! While my mouth realised its seemingly permanent fiery state, my mind realised this as one of my favourite dishes I've had in Bangkok.

    Fruit Som Tam from Suthuntip
    ส้มตำผลไม้ Fruit som tam

    Served with a similar but saltier sauce to balance the sweetness in the fruit, the fruit som tam is comprised mostly of apples, but also includes carrot, tomatoes.

    Vegan Jungle Curry and Stir Fried Water Mimosa
    Vegan Jungle Curry (gaeng pa) and Stir fried water mimosa (pad pak gra cheet)

    On one visit to Sutunthip in 2017, during the Thailand Vegetarian Festival, the restaurant was per usual filled to the brim with happy, hungry diners. Alas, this meant many of the menu items were finished for the evening. I'd wanted to introduce an uninitiated friend to gaeng liang so she could try lemon basil in a cooked dish. We were recommended to try to the orally combustible jungle curry, or gaeng pa as an alternative (an untamed curry of bold spicing and herbal notes, sans coconut milk).

    Lap pet tod and yam ka at Sutunthip Bangkok
    Lap pet tod (fried duck lap) and pork leg salad (yam ka moo) at Sutunthip Bangkok
    Goi See Mee at Sutunthip Bangkok
    Goi See Mee at Sutunthip Bangkok

    Sutunthip has earned its place at the top of anyone's must-do list on visiting Bangkok.

    Take a look at the Sutunthip Menu (this is out of date by a few years, so there are more dishes now).

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