Sawatdee ka,
Last Sunday I walked around my neighborhood on Chareon Krung road looking for something new to eat. I found a Thai-Muslim restaurant on the corner of Chareon Krung and Silom road. This restaurant is founded by a well-known Bang Rak market goat butcher.
One of my favourite Muslim dishes is ‘goat biryani’ (ข้าวหมกแพะ), and I also tried their ‘Beef Panang’ (แกงแพนงเนื้อ) and ‘chicken liver Masala’.
The most interesting dish I ever heard of and never tried before was “Beef Brain Curry” (แกงสมองวัว). I saw it on a tray on the display and I thought it was minced chicken curry, but they told me it was beef brain. I thought “Oh! really? I am not sure I want to try that”, but my inner spirit was screaming for excitement so I asked the waiter to give me a very tiny portion to try out.
What happened to me was funny. I felt like I was in the Fear Factor show. Before I ate it I felt really really nervous, and my hands were shaking seriously! It looked like minced chicken and tasted like beef fat with curry. I could only eat one teaspoon despite the mild and flavoursome taste. I guess it was purely psychological since I knew I was eating brains.
If you would like to have delicious chicken or goat Biryani, or would like to experience fear-factor food; The Beef Brain. This place is recommended!
Muslim Restaurant, 1354-6, corner of Charoen Krung and Silom.
+66 (0)2 234 1876
Open daily from 6:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Have you ever tried any weird food before?
Mod
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VOCABULARY
- สมอง (sà-mŏrng) = brain
- วัว (wua) = cow
- แพะ (páe) = goat
Mod says
Please see the map here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/ร้านอาหารมุสลิม/@13.7224913,100.5165513,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x30c7323115fb6b12!8m2!3d13.7224913!4d100.5165513
I hope it helps. 🙂
Shirley Lim says
Hi Mod, I am really super interested to try the beef brain!! Do you mind sharing clearing directions to the muslim restaurant as I am not local. Thank you!! Hope to hear from you soon!
Bill says
It is very interesting to me what different cultures and different generations find “weird” foodwise. My dad told me a common breakfast when he was young was eggs and brains, which I have never tried and find the idea a little disturbing. In Louisiana frog lets are common but many Americans find that weird, and gross. Many Americans have never tried snails which I love, but admit was a little scary the first time I tried them. So some seemingly weird foods are just a couple bites away from becoming a favorite food.
Coincidentally, just yesterday I was talking about food with a friend that grew up on a farm in Texas and often ate mountain oysters (bull testicales) a common dish in parts of America but I don’t know if I could bring myself to eat that part of an animal. Those are cut off when the animal is still alive! The poor guy! Other than that I like to try interesting foods.