Thai eateries with street cred

TRACKING down one street food stall or another requires the skill of a bloodhound and the tenacity of a hard-up foodie. Is it any wonder that sometimes you just give up and make yet another trek to the food court for your fix of pad thai or boat noodles?

The good news is that sometimes, there are places you can go that are clean and offer decent intepretations of the original cuisine.

Krua Apsorn (169 Dinsor Bawornniwes Pranakron, tel: +66 2 668 8788) is not an interpretation but the real thing, and despite its hard-to-find location near the Victory Monument, it's worth making the effort to get there. Most hotel concierges know it and will be able to explain it to the taxi driver. Sure, the driver may get lost, but trust him to ask the man on the street to point the way.