MK Restaurant, Bangkok

MK is a suki/hotpot chain of restaurants that is very popular with the Bangkok population.

They do not serve traditional Thai food but rather the Chinese style hotpot/suki.
The food is decent, nothing spectacular but it is a fun experience, going there with a group of friends. There's something about active participation in cooking (boiling?) the food you're about to eat that helps make dinner a little more fun than usual.

As with other local restaurants it's cheap to eat here - you can get a full meal for $5

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This is a cheap shabu-shabu, and it's scattered all over Bangkok. Service is fast, food is cheap. It's quite good, too. Worth a try. A meal for four only cost us about USD12.

Favorite Dish: Try the roasted duck! Don't forget the water chestnuts on ice.

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Packed although we went at 10pm on a Saturday night. Food was ok but they had run out of beef by that time, which was a disappointment. :(

Favorite Dish: Steamboat was of course the main thing here. Roast duck was fantastic.... Meat was tender and well seasoned. The sauce really complimented the dish... Try this!

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Favorite Dish: (last date visited: January 9, 2005)

1. Ped Young (grilled duck)
2. Pak Boong (morning glory)
3. Tab (liver)
4. Pla Mauk (squid)
5. Kai (chicken)
6. Khai (egg)
7. Moo (pork)
8. Pla (fish)
9. Luk-Chin-Pla (fish ball)
10.Pak Gad Kao (cabbage)

This is a franchise chain and there are many branches littered throughout the city. My colleagues brought me here for dinner. They wanted something light - and so we went for steamboat which is the specialty of the house.

This restaurant is very popular with office workers and families alike. There isn't much in the way for decor (though it wasn't a scrubby place at all; it is afterall a restaurant) and the whole restaurant is always noisy; thick with the sounds of chatter and slurping.

Favorite Dish: The steamboat of course. You cook vegetables, meat (usually pork & chicken) and seafood in a hot pot of soup stock.

My colleagues claimed that the chilli sauce used as dips is a special recipe of the restaurant. It tasted good of course.

MK is a franchise of Suki Yaki restaurants. If you are new to suki yaki it is where you are given a pot on your table which contains boiling water. Some herbs are thrown in to give you a tasty soup. You choose from the menu what meats, veg, tastes, you want to add and these are brought to you. It is then up to you to decide what and when you want to add them to the soup and leave them to cook for a bit. You are given a big ladel to serve the soup. You will also have some sauces, condiments etc. to add to the soup to gice it a bit of spice or taste.

Just another tip. To enjoy this particular local delicacy - make sure you have time !. It took us 2 hours to satisfy our hunger.

Favorite Dish: Not forgetting the green noodles - simply delicious !!....................was i hungry at that time ???

So-called "MK Suki" But I'm not sure if it's originate from China? or Japan? or ..no where? But MK is very popular among Thai family for weekend-family lunch, dinner. Or group of friends. It's Suki Yaki-like. You order anything you want and throw them all in the pot that full with boiled soup. Come along with spicy dipping sauce, refill chinese tea. Dimsum also available. Going to MK you should be at least 2 people. Some people go there mainly not just for food but it's kind of fun to share your meal with friends and steal some of their fish balls when they don't notice it.. :-) let's say..to some people it's more like entertainment.

Favorite Dish: - Roasted Duck : Can order small dish. It tastes good with a little bit sweet sauce.

- Seaweed Pork Ball
- Shrimp Wonton
- Green Noodle!