Sukhumvit 33, a Great Thai Restaurant Near Sindorim Station

There are days when you just want a delicious bowl of rice noodles. So I was looking for a good pho place nearby, but Thai restaurants kept coming up. Thai rice noodles are a little different from Vietnamese rice noodles, but they are still pretty good, and Thai food is generally something most people can enjoy without much hesitation, so I thought it would be a nice place to visit. That’s how I ended up unexpectedly visiting Sukhumvit 33 near Sindorim Station, and it turned out to be a great restaurant. It was really good.

If you ever have a chance to go near Sindorim Station, this is a place I’d definitely recommend stopping by.

It’s listed as a Thai restaurant, but they also sell Vietnamese food. In other words, you could think of it as a place where you can enjoy Southeast Asian food. Actually, this was my first time seeing Thai and Vietnamese food sold together like this, so I was a bit surprised and wondered if the food would really be good. But the moment the dishes came out, those doubts disappeared.

One dish that feels essential in Southeast Asian food is morning glory. It’s like a basic side dish in Korea!!

I always order it because I love the texture, and although I’m always surprised by the price whenever I order it in Korea, I still end up ordering it anyway. Morning glory goes so well with Thai dishes that it feels like a must-order. With its crisp texture and savory flavor, it’s perfect as a side dish. 👍

Next is goi cuon, which is Vietnamese rather than Thai!! It’s basically a neatly cut version of Vietnamese fresh spring rolls. Since places where you can eat fresh spring rolls have been disappearing lately, having goi cuon like this didn’t seem bad at all.

Usually when fresh spring rolls are served like this, the filling can be a bit lacking, but at Sukhumvit 33 they were packed with vegetables and each roll even had a small shrimp inside.

Peanut sauce and chili sauce are served together, so you can dip them in whichever sauce you want. Unlike the other dishes we ordered, this one was nice because you could enjoy the clean flavor of the ingredients themselves.

Next is the banh mi. The banh mi is usually cut into two pieces, but since the three of us visited, they thoughtfully cut it into three for us.

It would have been nice if we could choose the main meat topping, but since it only came with pork, there wasn’t really a choice. Still, we enjoyed it very much.

This is the pho, which could be called the main dish of the day. We visited Sukhumvit 33 in Sindorim because we were looking for pho.

It feels like Thai-style pho, but you could also call it Vietnamese pho. With temperatures dropping sharply these days, there’s really nothing to say about a steaming bowl of pho. If you want cilantro, they’ll give it to you separately if you ask.

You could think of it as a mix of Vietnamese and Thai pho. The onion, scallions, and bean sprouts are in Vietnamese style, but for some reason it comes topped with a seasoning that feels somewhat familiar, and that seasoning definitely makes the finish taste different from Vietnamese pho.

Thai pho tends to have stronger spices than Vietnamese pho, so if you expect Vietnamese pho and eat Thai pho, you might be caught off guard. Sukhumvit 33’s pho was a little like that. Still, it wasn’t fully Thai-style either, and it was a mild bowl of pho that anyone could enjoy.

One dish that could be called the highlight of Thai food is tom yum goong. People say it’s one of the must-try dishes, but many people also can’t eat it because of the distinctive taste of tom yum. While some people may not be able to challenge it in Thailand, many find the tom yum goong they taste in Korea to be a little milder. Even so, those who still think it’s not for them will probably become fans of tom yum goong if they try it at Sukhumvit 33.

It was really well adjusted to Korean tastes, but it still didn’t erase the charm of tom yum goong, so I enjoyed it a lot.

If you want to eat both Thai and Vietnamese food, try visiting Sukhumvit 33 in Sindorim.