<Bangkok> Samai Seik Chicken Rice

Samai Seik dates more than 40 years back. Located along the busy Silom Road, next to Silom Complex, which coincidentally is next to Sala Daeng BTS, you can ‘dine’ amidst the honking of public buses and taxis along the busy Silom Road / Sala Daeng.

I prefer Samai Seik than Kaiton Pratunam Chicken Rice as the rice at Samai Seik are actually garlic chicken rice and it is less commercialised ( read : patrons are mostly locals).

It is common knowledge that Thailand has one of the best quality long grain white rice. The rice at Samai Seik was fluffy, light with a very ( pleasantly) distinctive taste to it. We can’t make out the exact ingredients. but we could not care less as it was good. I guessed that the lady owner must had noticed our perplexity – she graciously showed us some garlic cloves and simultaneously pointed to the rice and voila, we got it – the ‘ secret’ ingredient is garlic. It is GARLIC CHICKEN RICE.

I love garlic and hence, just love the rice. Don’t fret for those that loathe garlic – the smell and taste of garlic is very subtle to the point that you would not be aware of it.

As usual, there are dipping sauce and we added some fish sauce after we saw the other patrons ( all locals) doing it. Delicious.

Samai Seik Chicken Rice

209, Silom Road

( next to Silom Complex, Exit 4 of Sala Daeng BTS)

Opens from 8 am to 8 pm daily

[ The above is re-produced from my previous blog ( now defunct)]

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