Yaowarat Phochana เยาวราชโภชนา

Yaowarat Phochana is a small Hong Kong-style Chinese eatery at 383 Yaowarat Road, beside HAGOW and close to MRT Wat Mangkon, with a vintage interior and recipes passed down in the family, according to Product Nation's Yaowarat guide, the one source that documents it in any detail. The point of difference is the clock: this is a daytime shop, Monday to Saturday 09:00 to 17:00 and Sunday 09:30 to 16:00 per the article, with Google logging an 08:00 start. That makes it an answer to the most common Chinatown question, what to eat at lunchtime, when most of the street carts are not yet out. The article's recommendations are fish maw soup, crab fried rice and hoi jo crab rolls that are generously filled, at under 100 baht a head. A reviewer praised the vegetarian meal and the care of the family owners. Google rates it 4.7 from more than 200 reviews, high for a place no major outlet has written up. There are tables inside. Call 02-221-2800 or 096-010-9866 before a Sunday afternoon visit.