Another Thai omelette star discovery.
After feeling appropriately dejected from sitting myself down at Uncle Jeff's restaurant (someone please open a Malaysian restaurant here!), only to be asked "can I help you Ma'am", to which I asked "You're no longer a restaurant"? To which he replied "No, only a guest house now Ma'am", and with only their adorable, snorting pug dog to lead me out of their "guest house" did I find myself walking back down a dark side alley of Ekkami, Sukhumvit.
Suddenly, I was hit by the most amazing aroma. Spice and rice were emanating from my right, and like a beakon of light, shone the Khao ( Ekkamai Soi 10 location ) restaurant sign. I decided then, this was a place to rest my weary feet and angry stomach. The place felt rather fancier than I expected, an open space designed, with muted tones and well dressed waiters and all the appropriate plating and cutlery in place, but after settling in, it felt rather warm and cosy.
I flipped through the photo - text menu and the omelette with crab which immediately caught my attention, along with the price. 690 thb++. I thought, it better be big and it better be good...and dammit, it was both.
This omelette was shaped like a sponge cake but one that was absolutely jam packed with fresh crab. I took one bite and melted into my seat. Heavenly. But to ensure I just didn't dig into the only section with crab, I opened up the rest of the omelette and the crab meat did indeed reached to every circumference.
What I liked most about this dish, apart from the freshness was that the crab was incredibly juicy and lightly flavoured with herbs and fried shallots, also that the egg was fluffy and moist but still held everything in place.
All in all the style is different to Jay Fai's, and although I still believe Jay Fai is a legend, if you're looking at trying a Thai style Crab omelette, that's different, on this side of town (Sukhumvit), at almost half the price, without having to book or line-up, then this amazingly under-discovered omelette is much more than suffice.
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Khao
15 Ekkamai 10 Alley, Khwaeng Khlong Tan Nuea, Khlongtun Nua, Bangkok 10110
02 381 2575
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2fAiqtCSYqZiJFHg6
