🇹🇭 Bangkok

Street food alleys, golden temples, and chaotic charm — narrated for the curious.

What you can do in Bangkok

CityCompanion has audio walking tours, scavenger hunts, 4 curated local food signatures, multi-day itineraries, and a daily morning briefing for Bangkok. All free, no app store needed.

🎙️ AI-curated walking tours — coherent district-based routes (3h to 5 days)
🎭 Cultural scavenger hunts — narrative quests with questions, hints, rewards
🍽️ Local food signatures — 4 dishes with history and best places to try
☀️ Daily morning briefing — 1–5 min audio: weather, today's plan, a fresh story
♿ Accessibility routing — wheelchair-accessible, step-free, stroller-friendly
🗺️ Offline maps — cache for travel without data

Must-try local food in Bangkok

3 signature dishes every visitor should try. Each has its own history and the best places to find it authentically.

🌶️ Pad Krapow Moo Must try

lunch · ฿

Stir-fried minced pork with holy basil, chili, garlic, fish sauce — over rice, with a fried egg on top.

Despite Pad Thai's fame abroad, this is what Bangkok actually eats — daily. The dish takes 4 minutes to make in a screaming-hot wok. The egg ("kai dao") is non-negotiable. If a Bangkok cook can't nail this, they can't nail anything.

📍 Where to try (2)

Jay Fai — 327 Maha Chai Rd, Samran Rat, Khet Phra Nakhon
Michelin-starred, the goggle queen
Krua Apsorn — 169 Dinso Rd, Bowon Niwet
Beloved local, basic chairs, perfect food

🍲 Tom Yum Goong Must try

lunch / dinner · ฿฿

Hot-and-sour prawn soup with lemongrass, kaffir lime, galangal, chili — the perfume of Thailand in a bowl.

Possibly the most famous Thai dish globally, dating to the early 20th century from the Central plain. The "clear" version is purist; the "creamy" (with evaporated milk) is the tourist favourite. Real heat balanced by lime acidity, never one-dimensional spicy.

📍 Where to try (1)

Pe Aor — 6/19 Soi Phetchaburi 5, Phaya Thai
Legendary creamy version

🥭 Mango Sticky Rice Must try

dessert / snack · ฿

Sweet sticky rice with coconut cream, served with ripe Nam Dok Mai mango. Seasonal, late spring.

Sticky rice ("khao niao") is the staple of northern Thailand and Laos. The dessert version with mango became a Bangkok street favourite when the railway brought northern rice south in the late 1800s. Best between April-June when nam dok mai mangoes peak.

📍 Where to try (1)

Mae Varee — 1 Sukhumvit Soi 55, Klongton Nua
The Bangkok benchmark, Thonglor

Also worth trying

🍜 Boat Noodles (Kuay Teow Reua)

lunch · ฿

Tiny bowls of dark, intense beef or pork noodle soup — sold from canal boats, eaten 5-10 bowls in a row.

Originally sold from vendor boats along Bangkok's khlongs (canals) — the small bowls allowed quick service from boat to boat without spilling. Today the boats are gone but the tiny portions stayed: locals stack 8-10 empty bowls as bragging rights. Find them at Victory Monument's noodle row.

📍 Where to try (1)