Aoringo serves curry beloved by Japanese expats
Thailand is home to one of the largest Japanese expat populations in the world. Because of that, Japanese food can be commonly found almost anywhere.
Aoringo is a Japanese curry shop that has been beloved by Japanese expats in Thailand for more than 10 years. Here’s what makes their food special.
Apple-flavoured, chicken-based curry
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You can put all sorts of ingredients into Japanese curry to spice it up. Online recipes have people putting milk, ketchup, chocolate, and even coffee into their curry to turn up the intensity.
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What makes Aoringo’s curry special is that they add green apples, which is their namesake, and mangoes to the curry. Unlike a lot of other shops in Thailand, there’s also less heat in the curry, and more subtle umami.
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The usual suspects are all there for toppings. You can have the classic tonkatsu, hamburg steak, and many more.
The meal even comes with a salad with onion sauce, as well as coffee jelly as dessert.
A favourite among Japanese expats working in Silom
Aoringo has been serving curry inside Thaniya Plaza in Silom for over 10 years. The plaza is home to many Japanese branch offices, so you can commonly see Japanese salarymen feasting on Aoringo’s curry.
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Despite a plethora of competitors popping up, Aoringo still remains a household name for Japanese curry in Thailand.
While the primary reason is their delicious curry, it helps that they are very generous with their sides as well. You can ask for refills of your rice, pickles, and water.
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Their pickles, in particular, are a crowd favourite among Japanese expats. Aoringo uses two types of pickles as relish for their curry: fukujinzuke, which is a combination of finely chopped daikon, eggplant, lotus root, and cucumber; and rakkyo, which is scallion.
Japanese expats are pleasantly surprised to find rakkyo. Not only are these pickled scallions rare in Thailand, but they are also quite pricey. Because rakkyo can cost up to around ฿200 a pot, being able to refill the pickle is an unexpected luxury.
Expat approved Japanese curry in Silom
If you’re ever looking for authentic Japanese curry, by Japanese people for Japanese people, in Thailand, then Aoringo has you covered.
Prepare to enjoy the meal next to Japanese salarymen.
Aoringo
Address: Thaniya Plaza, 4th Floor, 55 Thaniya Rd, Suriya Wong, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500
Opening hours: 11am–2.30 pm, 5pm-9pm, Weekdays; 11am-8.30pm, Weekends
Contact: +66 2652 4478 | Aoringo’s Facebook | Google Maps
Curry places you should try in Thailand:
- Jek Pui: Thai curry rice stall as old as Bangkok’s old town
- Hor Mok Jeh Sri: grilled seafood curry custard in Yaowarat
- Foodotel: Bangkok Hotel With Super Cheap Rice & Curry Meals
Cover image adapted from: @chinta.bkk