Jae Kung

This long-standing rice shop on Khao Lam Road has been around for nearly fifty years. It still sits in the same corner where it first began, becoming a familiar landmark where anyone passing by feels compelled to stop. The owner’s parents moved from China decades ago and started a small eatery, slowly expanding it through hard work and heart.

The menu is simple Thai comfort food, made with the same care as home cooking. Everything is prepared from scratch, from the curry pastes to the spicy dipping sauces that locals have loved for generations. Many dishes require slow cooking, gentle heat and patience that customers rarely see, but it is the family’s quiet joy to preserve the original flavours passed down from the first generation.

As the neighbourhood evolved, the shop grew with it. The second-generation owner keeps the same philosophy taught by the parents: think boldly, try bravely and manage everything with discipline. A small shop like this survives through precision and intention. So every day brings both familiar regulars and new visitors. Some customers who once came here as students now return with their children, turning this place into a cross-generation dining spot.

Many say the shop feels like home. The food tastes exactly as they remember. This place serves more than meals, offering warmth and memories passed from one generation to the next. Now heading into its fifty-fourth year, the shop continues to serve the same dishes people have loved since the very first day.