A Review of ‘Baanying Original Siam Kitchen,’ the 20-year-old Legend of Omelette Rice and Thai Fusion Foods @Siam Center
‘Siam Area’ is a lively and crowded shopping district where there are many restaurants including Baanying Original Siam Kitchen, the legendary Thai restaurant in Siam Area!
Baanying Original Siam Kitchen is a Thai restaurant that opened in 1999 in Siam Area and then moved to Siam Center. At this restaurant, ‘Omelette Rice’ is the legendary dish from Auntie Ying's recipe. It has been full of many toppings for more than 20 years. Moreover, there are Thai fusion dishes that customers can choose from and feel the taste of Mom's Cooking like they’re eating at their house.
Ways to Go
Baanying Original Siam Kitchen is on the 2nd floor at Siam Center. This franchise is convenient for customers who use public transportation because they can go by BTS Skytrain, get off at the BTS Siam (Exit 1), and then go up the escalator to the 2nd floor. In the case customers go there by driving a car, it's suggested that they should come from Phaya Thai Road, go over Chaloemla 56 Bridge (Hua Chang Bridge), turn left into Siam Center, and park the car at Siam Car Park (at the back of Siam Center).
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Environments around the Restaurant
When we arrive at the 2nd floor, we will see Baanying Original Siam Kitchen where people can feel it’s like home though it’s located in a supermarket. This franchise is decorated with homie style by using wood furniture and brown and green colors. It’s a combination of cafe and homely restaurant like its name.
Inside the restaurant, it’s wide and comfortable because its glass walls are always open and they use scale and proportion in decorating. On the right (when you walk to the restaurant), it's the kitchen and counter. On the left, there are both small and big seats for customers.
Dishes and their Prices
If you love Thai foods, you must have known Baanying Original Siam Kitchen as its creative Thai dishes are so popular! The dishes here are Thai fusion foods that the restaurant adapted from traditional Thai foods. Interestingly, each dish is so unique that you can find dishes like this only at Baanying!
At this restaurant, there are many dishes to choose from: snacks, soup, curry, dish, rice, noodle, and Baanying Omelette Rice. Besides the signature in each dish, the restaurant also does very well in seasoning, which will not disappoint Thai food lovers. Dishes at Baanying are tangy and low-sugar Thai foods made from only high-quality and safe ingredients.
The Legend of Baanying Omelette Rice
If you are actually a fan of Baanying or a person who usually went to the Siam Area around 20 years ago, you will know that Baanying Original Siam Kitchen is a restaurant serving one-dish meals in Siam Area and is famous for its dish ‘Omelette Rice.’ It's a delicious dish inherited from Mom, which is not only tasty but also tastes good!
The signature of Baanying Omelette Rice is in its taste, texture, and smell of perfectly cooked and creamy egg. The restaurant uses organic eggs from Egg My God farm, the farm of Baan Ying which uses a free-range chicken farming system. The system emphasizes freely raising chickens so they will not feel stressed and can eat plentiful foods, and can exercise. Therefore, its eggs will be more high-quality because the system doesn’t limit the chicken’s space.
Baanying Omelette Rice is full of a creamy omelette and many toppings. There are both fixed dishes that the restaurant provides so customers can order easily and dishes that customers can mix and match from 27 toppings together!
Shrimp with Chilli & Garlic Omelette Rice (195 baht)
Let’s start with the secret best-selling dish. Baanying mix 2 highlighted dishes, Omelette Rice and Stir-fried Shrimp with Chilli & Garlic which has been a popular dish for more than 20 years, into 1 dish. They will fry shrimp with bird chili and garlic, season it, and then put it on Baanying Omelette. You will taste the creamy texture and the spiciness of chilies and scent the good smell of egg and roasted garlic.
Omelette Rice with Spicy & Salted Sun-Dried Beef Salad (219 baht)
Let’s move to another popular meat dish for meat lovers, which is Omelette Rice with Spicy & Salted Sun-Dried Beef Salad. They combine 2 delicious dishes together, Spicy & Salted Sun-Dried Beef Salad and Omelette Rice. They mix crispy fried shredded salted beef like shredded beef with sour, tangy salad sauce and cashew nuts.
Hainanese Fried Chicken with Omelette Rice (135 baht)
Next, this is the newest special dish of omelette rice that you shouldn’t miss! This dish comes from the collaboration of 2 famous restaurants, Baanying and Fatt Chicken. Two-Michelin-starred Chef Enoch Teo created this dish. In every dish, there will be an omelette topped with crispy fried chicken and sauce from a Singaporean secret recipe.
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Ham & Cheese Spring Rolls (110 baht)
Besides Omelette Rice, Baanying also has a popular snack, ‘Ham and Cheese Spring Rolls.’ It can be said that this snack is one of the oldest dishes in this restaurant. You must have tried this snack if you ever come to this restaurant.
They pair spring rolls with famous ingredients which are ham and cheese. This snack serves crispy spring rolls, soft ham, and good-smelling cheese with mayonnaise and ketchup.
Deep-fried Breaded French Fries with Spicy Cream Cheese (110 + 35 baht)
Moreover, Baanying also has another interesting snack, ‘Deep-fried Breaded French Fries,’ for people who love to eat snacks. They bread French fries, deep fry them until it’s so crispy, and then serve them with ‘Spicy Cream Cheese’ from a special recipe, in which the restaurant mixes northern Thai green chili dip with cream cheese. Hence, you will get a little sour, soft, and rich flavors from cream cheese and a little spicy flavor from the dip.
Spicy Minced Pork Salad (160 baht)
If you think that the last one is not tangy enough, we would like to recommend ‘Spicy Minced Pork Salad’ that salad lovers must have loved! They make this dish by mixing soft minced pork with very spicy salad sauce, adding crispy pork crackling, and topping it with a soft-cooked egg, which is an organic egg from ‘Egg My God.’ Therefore, this dish hugely serves every taste that you can taste.
Stir-fried Sticky Rice with Pressed Pork (135 baht)
Besides spicy dishes, we also want to provide you with fried rice, which is like a normal dish but Baanying can represent it as a very interesting dish. This dish is ‘Stir-fried Sticky Rice with Pressed Pork.’ They carefully select sticky rice, ‘Thai Glutinous Rice,’ from Buriram province, which has both a good smell and gooey texture. Then, they fry it with small pieces of pressed pork and eggs until the eggs cover sticky rice and soften it. If you try this dish for once, you will love it for sure!
Seabass & Coconut Shoot in Spicy Yellow Curry Soup (225 baht)
The last one is the real Thai-style dish ‘Seabass & Coconut Shoot in Spicy Yellow Curry Soup’ served in a brass hot pot filled with Southern super-spicy spices. Therefore, its tastes are full of spiciness, good scent, and tanginess! Moreover, there is a good combination of crispy young coconut shoots and tender sea bass fillets! Although this dish is not the new one like others, Baanying still makes this dish very well.
Taste Summary
Shrimp with Chilli & Garlic Omelette Rice: Shrimp is crispy, tender, and easy to eat as they serve it as small pieces. When you eat it, you will smell roasted garlic first and then taste the spiciness of bird chilies. In our opinion, Omelette is perfectly cooked and creamy so if you eat it with shrimp with chili and garlic, this dish will be more delicious and flavorful.
Omelette Rice with Spicy & Salted Sun-Dried Beef Salad: Omelette is perfectly cooked and creamy and has a good smell of eggs. Crispy fried shredded salted beef is crispy and easy to eat. They add quite a lot of beef to the dish. Interestingly, the taste of salad that is spicy and sour can keep eaters away from the greasy taste of Omelete. If you are a meat lover, try this one!
Hainanese Fried Chicken with Omelette Rice: The chicken is crispy on the outside and soft and tender on the inside. Its meat is so firm but not chewy. The Hainanese sauce is a bit salty and mellow and has a good smell of sesame oil. Also, Omelette is good-smelling and creamy. This dish is mellow and not tangy so it’s easier to eat than other dishes.
Ham & Cheese Spring Rolls: Spring Rolls are crispy and filled with a lot of ham and cheese. We recommend you eat it with ketchup because it will be more delicious.
Deep-fried Breaded French Fries with Spicy Cream Cheese: French Fries are served in a thin shape and crispy texture as it's deep-fried breaded. Spicy cream cheese contains every taste in itself: spiciness from northern Thai green chili dip and a bit sour and creamy from the cream cheese. It’s a new taste you should try! Personally, we feel so impressed with this dish.
Spicy Minced Pork Salad: They serve quite a lot of minced pork. This dish is so sour and spicy. Moreover, we can taste the sweetness of a soft-cooked egg and feel the crispness of pork crackling. Though there are many textures and tastes in a dish, each of them goes well with the other. It’s one of the dishes, which is so good.
Stir-fried Sticky Rice with Pressed Pork: Sticky rice is quite soft and chewy and has a good smell. This dish is a bit salty but mellow and easy to eat because it's not tangy. Small pieces of pressed contain a good smell of pepper and the crispy texture of its pork tendon inside.
Seabass & Coconut Shoot in Spicy Yellow Curry Soup: We can hugely scent a good smell of spices from yellow curry soup. This dish is tangy and consists of many medium-sized sea bass fillets which are fresh without a fishy smell.
Assessment and Rating
Type of Assessment |
Point |
Taste |
4.20 |
Environment |
4.05 |
Worthiness |
4.00 |
Average Point |
4.083 |
Outstanding Points of Baanying Original Siam Kitchen
1. They cook every dish very well, especially low-sugar but tangy tastes like in real Thai foods.
2. Each dish has its own identity because they create their Thai fusion food recipes by themself. Therefore, all of the dishes can be found only here.
3. There are many dishes to choose from: snacks, soup, curry, dish, rice, noodle, Baanying Omelette Rice, desserts, and beverages.
4. The recommended dish is omelette rice which is so delicious. Customers can choose many toppings to mix with the dish. Also, there are both fixed dishes that the restaurant provides and dishes that customers can mix with 27 toppings!
5. They use high-quality ingredients, especially eggs that come from Egg My God, Baanying’s farm. It uses organic farming and a free-range chicken farming system. Hence, this restaurant’s eggs will surely be delicious and safe.
6. The restaurant location is convenient for customers who use public transportation as they can go by BTS Skytrain and get off at the BTS Siam (Exit 1).
7. This restaurant also has a delivery service for customers who are not convenient to eat at the restaurant. They can order dishes via applications ‘LINEMAN’ and ‘Robinhood’
Additional Information and Recommendations
1. In case you go there by driving a car, you can park the car at Siam Car Park at the back of Siam Center and then walk to the restaurant.
2. These prices do not include a 10% service charge.
Omelette Rice from high-quality organic eggs can be topped with many toppings. Moreover, there are tangy Thai fusion foods that you will feel the taste of Mom’s Cooking when you eat! Its delicious taste has always impressed customers for more than 20 years. Additionally, the restaurant’s homely environment always makes 'customers’ feel like they are really eating at their ‘home.’ For those who are looking for a Thai restaurant that is very good in both tastes and environment, please do not hesitate to go to Baanying Original Siam Kitchen.
