Aksorn
About This Experience
After leaving Nahm, David Thompson — the Australian chef who arguably did more than anyone to preserve disappearing Thai recipes — opened Aksorn on the fifth floor of Central: The Original Store, a 1950 building that began life as Thailand's first imported-book retailer. The name means 'letters' or 'characters,' a nod to the building's literary past and to the cookbooks Thompson has collected for thirty years.
The prix-fixe rotates every few months around a different vintage Thai cookbook. You might be served a 1940s palace recipe one season, a regional north-east village dish the next. Plates are designed for the table, not the camera: punchy, unapologetic Thai flavour, served family style.
A rooftop bar handles aperitifs and digestifs with Thai-spirit-led cocktails. One MICHELIN star.
Why It's Special
The most intellectually serious Thai restaurant in Bangkok — every menu is a research project rooted in a single antique cookbook.
AI Analysis
1 Michelin star per the Michelin Guide Bangkok. Heritage Thai in Charoenkrung / Bang Rak. The most intellectually serious Thai restaurant in Bangkok — every menu is a research project rooted in a single antique cookbook.
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Details
- Price Range
- $$$$Prix-fixe ~THB 3,800++ to ~THB 5,500++ depending on season
- Duration
- Tasting menus typically 2-3 hours
- Best Time to Visit
- Year-round (book well in advance)
- Province
- Bangkok
- Category
- fine-dining
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