Baan Varnakovida (, ) is a restaurant in Phra Nakhon,

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...

, Thailand, specializing in pre-war Siamese cuisine. Owned by Apavinee Indaransi, Baan Varnakovida is housed in a

Rama VI Vajiravudh (1 January 188126 November 1925) was the sixth king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama VI. He reigned from 1910 until his death in 1925. King Vajiravudh is best known for his efforts to create and promote Siamese nationa ...

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gingerbread Gingerbread refers to a broad category of baked goods, typically flavored with ginger root, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon and sweetened with honey, sugar, or molasses. Gingerbread foods vary, ranging from a moist loaf cake to forms nearly ...

house on Tanao Road. The 2-acre lot was bestowed on Indaransi's grandfather, Luang (หลวง) Krachang Varnakovida, for serving as a royal chancellor to King Rama VI. The restaurant is known for

khao chae Khao chae (, ) is "rice soaked in cool water". "Khao" means "rice" and "chae" means "to soak". Around the time of King Rama II, the recipe was adapted from a Mon dish and then modified. It was meant to be made and consumed in the hot season, from ...

(), jasmine rice soaked in flower-infused water served with accompaniments. Other notable dishes include khao khluk kapi () and

khanom chin ''Khanom chin'' or ''Khanom jeen'' (, ; , ; , ) are fresh, thin white rice noodles in Thai cuisine which are made from rice sometimes fermented for three days, boiled, and then made into noodles by extruding the resulting dough through a sieve ...

sao nam ().

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