The problem is that there is a very narrow window of opportunity for eating there. Basically, you have to get there between 11:00 and 11:30 am, or you can forget it. Very memorable khao mok kai, as well as oxtail soup, though. I think Charoenkrung Soi 43 is the right soi, just in on the right. An open air shop with a huge pot of saffron rice and another one full of chicken. If you’re lucky, that is. If you’re unlucky, there will just be two big empty pots.

Isn’t the place off Charoenkrung called Naaz? If it’s the same one I’m thinking of it’s very, very good, although it’s so Indian/Middle Eastern, it’s almost a different dish altogether.

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It wasn’t difficult to find, but I did not see any Swiss flag signs anywhere around. Maybe they’re gone.

It’s a larger place than I was expecting, and they were doing a good trade on a Sunday around 1:00 pm.

My friend and I tried the kuruma, masaman, fish biryani, salad khaek (gado-gado), chicken mataba and chicken soup. And sweet roti for dessert, of course. All were pretty good.

The fish biryani, however, was a bit “fishy” for my taste — not surprising since it’s made with a fishy fish (mackeral). For me, the standard bearer for this dish is still Jiew, across from the old GPO in a soi off of Charoenkrung Road.

The mataba was a bit bland and soggy. The salad khaek was way too sweet for my taste. The chicken soup, masaman, and kuruma, though, were full-flavored and excellent. The dessert roti could have been a bit crisper — perhaps it was made in advance?