Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Of all the historic restaurants in Bangkok, one must be the oldest. We set out to try to establish which place in the city has the longest history, and to our surprise, it's somewhere that we've been on the channel before; a restaurant along a canal near the Talad Phlu market that we visited while filming our second video ever.
So we went back to the restaurant to tell their story and record the history of the oldest restaurant in Bangkok, and to try the five dishes they've served continuously since the days before the roads were built and the city began to modernize. This is Tek Heng Jeen Lee, the home of crispy fried noodles (Mee Krob) favored by the legendary King Rama V, and a place with a wild history befitting the oldest restaurant in Bangkok.
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0:00 - Introduction
1:39 - The Oldest Restaurant
5:13 - Thonburi and Talad Phlu
7:51 - The Food
11:08 - Rama V's Favorite
13:04 - The Origins of Modern Thai Food
16:04 - Michelin
18:24 - The Next 140 Years
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Thank you so much for your support! We'll be uploading the full recipe of Tek Heng's Mee Krob for our Patreon backers.
Patreon: patreon.com/OTRontheroad
Please subscribe to the channel, and check out our website for upcoming videos and our behind-the-scenes blog at OTRontheroad.com !
Social media:
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Video Credits:
Bangkok Food Prachak Roast Duck Restaurant Bang Rak
youtu.be/LVKsyF_7Cng
Burmese fish cake curry ငါးဖယ်ဆီပြန်
youtu.be/HZxGyxcKFEU
Fish Cakes, Rice Dumpling Cake Handmade - Vietnam Street Food
youtu.be/dQ-OPIdW_tc
A 0004 Old Bangkok Around 1931
youtu.be/HhynSchdRbg
Thailand, Siamese high society in 1919
youtu.be/J5dQdujL59Q
Of all the historic restaurants in Bangkok, one must be the oldest. We set out to try to establish which place in the city has the longest history, and to our surprise, it's somewhere that we've been on the channel before; a restaurant along a canal near the Talad Phlu market that we visited while filming our second video ever.
So we went back to the restaurant to tell their story and record the history of the oldest restaurant in Bangkok, and to try the five dishes they've served continuously since the days before the roads were built and the city began to modernize. This is Tek Heng Jeen Lee, the home of crispy fried noodles (Mee Krob) favored by the legendary King Rama V, and a place with a wild history befitting the oldest restaurant in Bangkok.
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0:00 - Introduction
1:39 - The Oldest Restaurant
5:13 - Thonburi and Talad Phlu
7:51 - The Food
11:08 - Rama V's Favorite
13:04 - The Origins of Modern Thai Food
16:04 - Michelin
18:24 - The Next 140 Years
-
Thank you so much for your support! We'll be uploading the full recipe of Tek Heng's Mee Krob for our Patreon backers.
Patreon: patreon.com/OTRontheroad
Please subscribe to the channel, and check out our website for upcoming videos and our behind-the-scenes blog at OTRontheroad.com !
Social media:
Instagram: instagram.com/otr.offtherails/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
FB: facebook.com/OTR-106170292218693
-
Video Credits:
Bangkok Food Prachak Roast Duck Restaurant Bang Rak
youtu.be/LVKsyF_7Cng
Burmese fish cake curry ငါးဖယ်ဆီပြန်
youtu.be/HZxGyxcKFEU
Fish Cakes, Rice Dumpling Cake Handmade - Vietnam Street Food
youtu.be/dQ-OPIdW_tc
A 0004 Old Bangkok Around 1931
youtu.be/HhynSchdRbg
Thailand, Siamese high society in 1919
youtu.be/J5dQdujL59Q
