Laarb Langsuang Chicken Stall @ Bangkok, Thailand

Gai Wang (BBQ Chicken) with Sticky Rice

Although the version at Singapore’s Boon Tong Kee will forever be my nostalgic chicken of choice, the BBQ chicken available at the hole-in-the-wall stall on Bangkok’s Laarb Langsuang road comes a close second. I shall never forget the day that our school group had a long layover in Bangkok, and despite not having a ticket to fly that day, my friend Calla’s father made it all the way into the terminal, BBQ chicken and all.

Something that globalization is starting to erase is opportunities for a childish delight in obtaining the unobtainable. For years as a privileged visitor to the Videt kitchen, this spoiled Singaporean has access to chicken flown in weekly from Thailand. The example has been life defining: I will go to the ends of the earth to appreciate RGF and to help others do the same.

Details: Laarb Langsuang Road, Bangkok, Thailand