Zawaddi Thai Cafe & Restaurant

Part Bangkok convenience store and part street diner, this A'Beckett Street hideaway serves uncompromising Thai food until midnight. Shelves of imported snacks and bottled sodas frame the tight indoor seating while wok smoke drifts from the counter. Regulars lean hard into the signature tom yum carbonara—a velvety sauce where sour, punchy aromatics cut right through rich dairy over al dente pasta. If you want straight street tradition, order the deeply savory pad krapow or crispy khao mun gai with fragrant chicken rice and sweet chilli sauce. A grab-and-go cooler stocks pre-packed curries for quick takeaway, though sitting down for fresh-off-the-wok cooking skips the table fee on boxed items and carries zero weekend surcharge. Finish with an iced green milk tea to cool down the lingering heat.