Description: Yong Lee is one of those `where the locals eat’ restaurants which are almost ubiquitous in Bangkok. We discovered it on an exploratory tour around Sukhumvit, and even though it didn’t look too inspiring, the aromas wafting from it were tantalising enough to tempt us into venturing forth. The restaurant’s tiny and really rather dilapidated (wooden tables, no tablecloths, rafters overhead, and the entire room open on two sides to the pavement). The staff’s brisk, efficient, no-nonsense, and not the type to hang around chatting- either among themselves or with you. If you can overlook all that, and concentrate on the food, you’ll have a good time- because Yong Lee may be unprepossessing, but its food is fabulous.
Yong Lee’s menu is pretty extensive (though the menu card itself was falling apart, and had plenty of corrections and amendments scribbled all over in ballpoint pen); the restaurant serves Chinese, Thai and European food. Skip the European food, and try the Oriental- this place is basically a rice-and-noodle shop, and they’ve got some great stuff. All the usual stir-fries, chicken, seafood, beef and pork- and some more interesting dishes too. We ordered steamed rice, fried chicken with pepper and garlic, and fried wild boar with oyster sauce. The portion sizes were generous beyond expectations, the food well-made; and along with a Coke apiece, all of it came for just 250 baht- great value for money.
Yong Lee’s open from 11.30 in the morning to 8.30 at night, so if you’re planning on having your dinner here, arrive early.
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