Finding Kha Mu Charoensang Silom is easy. It is in a back lane off Charoensang Road in Silom in the shadows of State Tower. It is just 15 minutes slow walk from Saphan Tatsin BTS station. Charoensang Road has a few other foodie gems ("burnt" porridge and roast duck) which I shall blog next. There's also a shark fin soup restaurant here, for your information.
There are seats outside and inside Kha Mu Charoensang Silom.
It's a small place, simply furnished but comfortable, bright and clean.
We noticed that they do a brisk takeaway and food delivery business.
The menu is straightforward with prices clearly stated - just point and shoot.
This was our third eating stop of the morning, so we could only manage small servings - had to settle for just knuckles 😬
Woo hoo I was blown away.
The thick pork skin was so soft, slippery, silky smooth, I never had such a nice pork knuckle before. The skin, fat and meat were not mushy soft and still had some subtle bite. The thick soft skin was stretchy and had a soft squeaky bite like warm mozzarella cheese.
The sauce was thick with collagen (and possibly starch?), and was a blend of layered savouriness from soy sauce and tau cheo (fermented soy bean paste), as well as sweetness and porcine flavours from the pork (and possibly sugar). There was no Chinese five spice flavours (we didn't detect any).
We also had a plate of mixed offal or "spare parts". There's pork tongue, intestine, maw, etc. All good in the same nice sauce but I rather save my calories and tummy space for more pork leg next time.
The stewed pork leg is eaten with a sauce of garlic, chili and lime juice in giant tubs. The sharply sourish zesty relish is supposed to cut through the fat and grease like a liquid laser. It's nice but I didn't need this as I enjoyed the well braised, full flavoured stewed pork so much on their own.
Such a satisfying foodie stop for B150 (SGD$6).
For the next couple of days in Bangkok, we can't help thinking and wondering about the pork leg that we didn't order (because we had too much food that day).
On the day of departure (afternoon flight), we ordered it via Line Man food delivery app for breakfast 😁
Menu price was B320 and delivery to you via Line Man app came to B360 💪
We were so glad we did.
The thick meat and skin was barely hanging onto the bone. It fell from the bone like a heavy coat off a hanger.
The meat was soft yet had a bit of bite, and was well infused with the savoury sweet sauce.
Stew pork leg are everywhere in Bangkok, so don't settle only for good. Try out Kha Mu Charoensang Silom for one of the best.
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