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Toney Restaurant
Address: 64.1 Soi Rimklongongarg, Bangkok, Thailand
Price: About 100 baht per person (stuffed)
On a rampaging exploration lead by my stomach and an urge to pioneer new territories of International food in Bangkok, I stepped right into the middle of Toney Restaurant (literally). Bangkok has it’s share of Indian food restaurants, yet most of them are over priced for street eaters with the exception of a few astonishing establishments in Pahurat.
Located in the Little India area of Bangkok known as Pahurat, Toney Restaurant is located on a small motorcycle walking street marked by a luggage store and a few travel agencies. About 50 meters down the road there is a kitchen to your right straddled by Soi (small street) Rimklongongarg and some semi-permanent tables across the road.
In Pahurat, the smell of jeera and masala fragrances bounce off the sides of the close building’s like a flash flood running through a slot canyon.
At around 30 baht to the dollar, Toney Restaurant serves off a menu that’s probably some of the most affordable Indian grub in Bangkok.
The light tortilla-like roti’s are hand rolled in the middle of the Soi before being flash scorched over a high flame and flipped on a mesh wire hand held grilling device. The result is a perfectly cooked piping hot unleavened bread, still slightly brushed with flour.
The chicken masala is cooked till bone-falling tenderness in a freshly prepared spiced tomato sauce with heavy accents of jeera and laced with finely chopped cilantro. A dollop of chicken masala transplanted from the stainless steel plate to the mouth via a soft piece of roti is something supernatural.
Though the 35 degree stagnant humid air that characterizes Bangkok penetrates, after a soothing meal there’s still nothing like crossing the legs and milking down a steamy cup of masala chai.
Sipping chai from a throne (wooden stool) at Toney Restaurant gives you a chance to catch a glimpse of India merging into Bangkok and to cherish the treasures of Indian street food. If you need a break from eating Thai food, head to Toney Restaurant!
Check out the Bangkok food map for location of how to get there:
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- Migration Mark
Cool stuff, I love Indian food so i’ll be checking this out for sure! I went to India recently and have to admit I lamed out of a lot of the street eating options. Even then, I still ended up with ‘Delhi Belly’ and on antibiotics for a few days!
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Excellent choice. Thx.
Found Toney just as described, and will be back.
Awesome! It can be a bit confusing to explain how to get there, so I’m glad you found it! The food is great, isn’t it!
Had lunch at Toney’s today because of this post and it was the best Indian food we’ve had in a long time – the butter chicken was the best I think I’ve ever had! Thanks for the recommendation.
Great to hear this Lynette, thanks for sharing and glad you loved it!
i checked out the toney’s restaurant during my last visit to bangkok. unfortunately i was so put off by the environs that i opted out of eating there.not only toney’s but almost all of the outlets in that lane are depressing to say the least.
the soi is very narrow but i did manage to locate toney’s by asking around.
i have not written it off yet because the food looks good in the post above and i will definitely make another attempt to sample it.
Hey Musaphir, thanks for sharing your experience. Sorry it wasn’t like you were expecting… but I did call it “street food.” Every time I’ve been there it’s been clean and everyone around there is extremely friendly. Let me know if you give it another try – I have a video coming out tomorrow of the last time I ate there – check it out tomorrow!
been to this restro hundred times and its awesome…love pahurat
Good to hear that Tanvir!
Tried to find this place today, but nobody had heard of it. after being ripped off by a taxi driver we decided to eat at a Random Indian Place: I have to say i will never be eating from any Indian Place in a Pahurat unless we manage to Find Toneys. The Place we ended up eating in had its fair share of pervy staff and to top it off a Black mouse crawled out of the ceiling were the TV wire was coming from and ran down and under the Utensils. Most Likely well Fed and full of Disease. Glad We managed to get out. Be careful with Meter Taxi Drivers as they give a very Bad image of Thai people in General, Some May even refuse to Take you to your Destination as they are very Lazy. Please also Bare in Mind Many of these Taxi Drivers have no Idea of were you want to go even when you spell it out for them.
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Sorry to hear about your bad experience Hasan.