Lung Lek

Ayuthaya


This locally adored hole-in-the-wall serves some of the most notable gŏoay đĕeo reua (boat noodles: a pork noodle soup with a complex soy and pig's-blood broth) in town. Uncle Lek has been filling bowls for more than four decades.


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