Karayama Samyan Mitrtown คารายามะ สามย่านมิตรทาวน์

Karayama is a karaage chain that its Thai website traces back to a small fried-chicken shop near Senso-ji temple in Asakusa, Tokyo; the brand says it passed 100 branches in Japan within five years. The Samyan Mitrtown outlet is unit B1U013 on the basement B1 level, close to the underground walkway from MRT Sam Yan, so you can be eating within a few minutes of leaving the train.

The menu runs to donburi rice bowls, karaage set meals, a few ramen and snacks, with the chicken marinated, coated by hand and fried to order, according to the brand. Waug's listing for this branch names two signatures: kokudare don, fried chicken in a thick sweet-salty glaze over rice, and the white-fish karatama don, fried fish under soft egg. The brand's Manila launch menu, reported by Manila Bulletin, also had a cheesy karatama don, chicken paitan ramen and curry sets.

Hungry Hub lists the branch from 109 baht, a low entry price for a sit-down meal in this mall; plan on 109 to 300 baht a head. Hours are 10:30am to 9pm. Google users rate it 4.8 from 514 reviews, and Hungry Hub diners 4.9.