The quaint three story shophouse on Thong Lor is easy to miss it looks so small from the outside, but once through the doors, and while not as cheap as some of the other's on this list, still very affordable for the excellent food and chic atmosphere (and especially great value for Thonglor). The owner serves up his grandma's hard to find recipes that he grew up with in Trat, a town on Thailand's eastern seaboard, and the menu is extensive, with many hard to find old school recipes that will have you ready to come back before you've even left! The absolute standout that one can see on just about every diner's plate is the moo chamuang, a stewed pork stew dish made with leaves from the Guttiferae tree and Thai herbs, so tender and flavour filled that you'll be begging for more rice to soak up all the juice. Even more amazing is the most plain looking dish you'll ever come across, ka lum tod nam pla, which although it might sound fancy, is basically a plate of cabbage. But oh what a cabbage it is, stir fried up with a super high grade fish sauce from Trat Province that makes it taste unlike any other cabbage you've ever had.