Bangkok dinner — Bacon-wrapped dates, Pork jowl, Crispy pig's ears!
Bangkok gastrobar share plates — bacon-wrapped chargrilled dates, pork jowl skewers, crispy spiced pig's ears. Holiday Tuesday dinner with proper drinks.
Bangkok holiday Tuesday dinner — we hit a Sukhumvit gastrobar that does Spanish-leaning small plates with a Thai twist. The kind of spot where you order seven things, drink craft beer, and stretch out the night.
We ordered the share plate triple:
- Bacon-wrapped chargrilled dates
- Pork jowl skewers
- Crispy spiced pig’s ears
Plus a few rounds of craft beer.
The bacon-wrapped chargrilled dates were the opener and the unanimous favourite. Medjool dates wrapped in streaky bacon, skewered, chargrilled until the bacon went crispy and the dates went jammy. Sweet, smoky, salty in one bite — classic tapas move done with proper Thai char-grill technique.
Pork jowl skewers were the substance. Fatty pork cheek cut, marinated in a sweet-soy glaze with Thai herbs (lemongrass, garlic, white pepper), grilled over charcoal until the edges caramelised and the fat rendered into the meat. Tender, rich, exactly the kind of thing you order alongside beer.
Crispy spiced pig’s ears were the bar snack — sliced thin, deep-fried until shattering-crisp, dusted with five-spice salt and a faint chilli kick. Texture-only food in the best way, perfect with a cold beer between heavier bites.
Bangkok’s gastrobar scene punches above its weight — quality ingredients, low rents, and chefs who trained globally before opening solo joints back home.
Overall: 4.2 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Fun small-plates night — would absolutely come back to this scene.
