BKK New York Is a New Midtown Thai Restaurant With Street Food Remixes | Eater NY
"Founded by partners Jeanine and Kate Royce and helmed by chef Teerawong “Yo” Nanthavatsiri, this Thai restaurant on 238 W. 56th Street reimagines Bangkok street-food favorites with a New York remix. The lively, street-party–style dining room—with corrugated-steel partitions, an open facade, and uptempo pop spilling onto the sidewalk—pairs approachable 2025-era prices with big, crowd-pleasing flavors. Signature items include a beefy brisket sandwich dip with melted American cheese, spicy Thai mayo, and a dunkable broth; a porky Chiang Mai sausage hot dog served on brioche with pickles and two kinds of fries; and a solo-friendly mama tom yum loaded with charred shrimp, crispy pork, mushrooms, instant noodles, and a raw egg. Shareable highlights are dense “doughnuts” of shrimp, chicken, and pork sprinkled with salted egg yolk, oversized fried chicken-skin chips, and unique spring rolls wrapped in an everything-bagel–style crust; more formal-feeling choices include a wagyu kra pow mixed tableside and a half-dozen shrimp in sweet-spicy red curry. Desserts—mango sticky rice and coconut ice cream—round out the menu, and while one pork-two-ways dish struck the reviewer as a bit too sweet, many Thai diners praised it as tasting like home." - Scott Lynch
