Pisai kai yang: a business etched in time.

By Kavin Gulati
A high schooler interested in Sports Science as well as Economics.

Opening Hours: 9:00am - 4:00pm

Phone Number: +66 025833213

The Phitsamai Grilled Chicken and Somtum shop is located at Si Chai Tong lane , near Chaeng Wattana, Bangkok. Owned and operated by Khun Phitsamai, also familiarly referred to as “Paa” or aunt, the shop has been offering its smoky, fragrant grilled chicken and plates of spicy somtum with sticky rice for the past 30 years. But that’s not all. Phitsamai’s a proper Esaan restaurant that also dishes up a range of fiery foods from the Northeast, including Larb- or spicy minced meat salad and Namtok or grilled meat salad. The shop is a lively scene with Paa Phitsamai behind her trusty “khrok” or mortar and pestle, smashing strands of green papaya into delicious plates of somtum. Prices are at a very affordable range. The pandemic nearly ran Paa Phitsamai out of business with low volumes of sales and many losses. Come out to support her and her legacy you will not be disappointed with her flavors that pack an Esaan punch.