While Tom Yum could be considered as the face of Thai food, along with Pad Thai, personally I found Tom Kha more exciting. It's a creamy sour soup with a strong hint of galangal and usually served with chicken. It's delicious, refreshing, and fits really well to be labeled as comfort food.

A big surprise I later discovered was to find this shrimp version of Tom Kha, in Home Cuisine, one of the oldest halal Thai restaurant in Bangkok. It has all the goodness of Tom Kha Gai, plus the sweetness of the shrimps, a must try for shrimp lovers!

Home Cuisine,
Halal Indian and Thai Cuisine,
In front of the French Embassy,
186 Charoen Krung 36 Alley,
Bang Rak,
Bangkok,
Thailand

A Mid-Eastern/Indian food festivities at Al-Hussain near Nana, Sukhumvit.

The restaurant location made me feels like being teleported into "Arabic Kuta", due to the narrow alleys and the presence of small restaurants and cafes, just like Kuta, Bali. The difference is that instead of westerners and Balinese, here you have Mid-Eastern patrons and visitors.

As with the quality of the food, the mutton Kabuli is to die for, and other dishes we ordered was simply gorgeous. The whole eating experience itself made me feels like singing that Lego Movie song, "Everything is awesome..."

Al-Hussain

Sukhumvit Soi 3 ("Soi Arab")
Bangkok
Thailand