Wattana Panich

"This beef noodle soup has been boiling away for the last 45 YEARS! The stock has been bubbling for over four decades. It is INSANELY delicious, and worth trying, even if it's a bit out of the way. There's food that's old. There's food that has gone bad. And then there's soup that has been simmering for 45 years. In Bangkok, customers can't get enough of the latter at Wattana Panich, a noodle soup joint in the trendy Ekkamai neighborhood, where third-generation owner Nattapong Kaweeantawong wants to clear up what he thinks is a popular misconception about his beef soup. "Lots of people think we never clean the pot," he says. "But we clean it every evening. We remove the soup from the pot, then keep a little bit simmering overnight." It's that little bit, he says, that forms the stock of the next day's soup. So, yes, at least a taste of what you put in your mouth is 45 years old and counting."

"This is a beef noodle stall that boasts of their 40-year-old broth, which sits in a giant cauldron at front of the shop. Foreigners seem to get ushered upstairs to the air-conditioned room. If you can't eat beef, chicken and pork rice dishes are available as well. "

"⭐️ $$ Down-to-earth operation serving goat stew, beef hot pot & other old-school dishes."