Serving

Seafood Soup

Tom yum

Recommended by Mark Wiens and 8 other food critics.

Recommendations

"The broth of the tom yum goong (ต้มยำกุ้ง) was extremely rich and buttery, and it had a wonderful aromatic aroma of lemongrass and galangal. It was pleasantly sour from lime juice, and also what I really liked was that they included a handful of what I think were julienned coconut shoots."

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"The tastes are clean, aromatic: a big slurp of lemongrass and lime chased by a satisfying hit of chilli and the crunch of baby coconut shoots. It’s hands down the best tom yum I’ve eaten in my four years of travelling in Thailand."

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"It's surprising that Tom Yum Goong Banglamphu, the street vendor just a couple of blocks from the famed backpacker street Khao San Road, isn't overrun with foreigners eager to try their version of the hot, spicy and sour Thai classic, tom yum soup."

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"I headed straight to Tom Yum Goong Banglamphu to try out their house special, Tom Yum. I’m pretty sure not stopping by this joint would be a wasted vacation."

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"Their most famous dish, as implied by the name of the stall, is tom yum goong. Their version is so creamy and rich you might think they added butter and coconut cream to their recipe. But all that creaminess comes exclusively from the fat of the shrimp."

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"Anyway, the Tom Yum Goong (the famous Tom Yum soup with shrimp) is delicious and a decent size. It's fairly spicy but it was easy to eat."

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"It’s that prawn fat – the stuff that particularly comes from the prawn’s head – that makes the tom yum kung here so stupendous."

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"Everything was fresh and very well made, but the highlight was the tom yum goong, naturally. Tom Yum Goong Banglamphu’s version is a broth so enriched with shrimp fat that it’s creamy. It comes with a generous helping of fresh shrimp, too."

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"Just outside the entrance of the Banglamphu car park on Soi Kraisi is a streetside restaurant that serves an amazingly rich tom yum goong. The shrimp stock is so rich it's thick like bisque. I really like the balance of flavours."

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