Okay, phonetically, Poj Spa Karn should be “Pot Sapaa Kaarn”. From what I read from the internet, this is an 82 year old restaurant, situated along Tanao Road in Bangkok. Interestingly, as we walk along Tanao Road, we find many stalls which review cuttings. This is an old part of town and I am not surprise if that it host such a variety of good food with food shop owners been around for some time.
Now just like an 82 year old restaurant, when San tried to call for reservation on a Sunday, we were informed that the Auntie (I think she is in charge) has gone to the hospital for some checkout and the restaurant will only open after she comes back, without giving any further timing. Well, we took a bet that she will be back in time for us and sure enough when we reached there, it was opened and we are the first customers.
As you can see, the deco is pretty dated and simply. I really don’t like restaurant the dolls up their restaurant trying to authentic, but have really mediocre food. There’s a dime and dozen in Bangkok.
The first dish that came was deep fried fish cat fish (its underneath) with fried kailan and mayo. I actually enjoyed the fried kailan and mayo part more. 
Well, because there is not a lot of fish below and they are cut into pretty small piece, so I don’t really get to taste the fish. But I love the fried kailan. lol
This dish, Nam Prik Goong, it a classic chilli paste appertizer dish. Only that the chilli paste has prawns. Its not very spicy and a bit sweet and has the right mix of taste and spices. A good light dish to start your meal with.
Mee Grob or crispy noodles is supposed to be one of their popular dishes. This noodles is fried just right and its tangy, sour and sweet just right. Only problem is that its a bit hard to eat it the beans sprout and chives, so at the end the mee grob was eaten but we left the vegetables in the plate.
I generally don’t like Gaeng Som or tamarind soup. I had tried a few of those before and was not used to have tamarind and fish sauce soup. However, this soup was surprisingly delicious. It still has its tamarind taste but also a good blend of spices. It was interesting that cha-om khai (acacia leaf fried in egg) was added to the soup making it even more inventing.
Another popular dish is the fried eggs with lemon grass. I could taste any lemon grass really, but the egg was light and fluffy. With or without lemon grass it good enough on its own
I never thought one could do a dried version of green curry chicken, but apparently they did. There are no coconut in this dish and as a result the flavor was really intense, it caught me by surprise the first time I took it, but I liked the intense taste of this dried version of green curry. Something you need to try.
More photos: http://public.fotki.com/kwongheng/reviews/pojsapakarn/
For address and location just search google for “Poj Spa Karn”.
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