Gokfayuen 菊花園 (Bangkok, THAILAND) ★★★☆☆

Nobody has said it publicly yet but I could see from everyone's eyes that they are sick of Thai food after our recent run of the local cuisine right about now. Tonight, a change is pretty much a foregone conclusion; the million-dollar question is what (cuisine).

While I was still searching for answers, Jelloman took charge and requested Chinese food. Well, that would make all our elderly pretty happy at least for one night.

Located on the seventh floor of Helix Emquartier, Gokfayuen (菊花園) (Literally means "Chrysanthemum Garden) is a Hong Kong style wonton noodle place where we would be having dinner tonight.



Wonton noodle soup - With my relatively low expectation coming in, I thought this was pretty decent. The stringy noodles were nice and al dente. Even the wontons weren't bad. Only a little heavy-handed with the shrimp roes.



Stirred-noodles with chicken - Slightly more successful than the wonton noodles. The tender chicken fillets and ginger worked reasonably well together; and I have never been much of a fan for noodle soup to begin with.



Bottled milk tea - While the noodles tasted fine and authentic, it was their bottled milk tea that failed to obtain a passing score. I like the way Jelloman described it, "It tasted like soy milk"! That's exactly what it tasted like.



With that, our final supper in Bangkok is in the books. Hopefully, we will come back again next year when the temperature isn't in the high 30s. 



Food Rating: 4.4/10
Price: ฿฿
Address: Shop Q7A-11, 7/F Helix Emquartier, 1357 Sukhumvit 35 Alley, Bangkok, Thailand
Closest BTS Station: Phrom Phong
Tel: +66 (0) 2003-6316