Khmer Surin on Street 57 has served Khmer and Thai food since 1996 and remains one of BKK1's most dependable local tables. The restaurant spans five floors with different seating styles, including traditional Cambodian cushion seating, antique furniture and live traditional music, and a rooftop coffee and dessert bar with open-air views.
The long menu is organised the traditional way, by cooking method: appetizers and salads, one-plate rice and noodle dishes, stir-fries, deep-fried dishes, soups, curries and steamed dishes. Seafood and freshwater fish feature heavily, frog legs appear for the adventurous, and Khmer desserts and ice cream round off a meal.
Menu Highlights
Fish Cakes (Tod Mun Pla)
Green Papaya Salad (Som Tam)
Whole Fish (Trey Dom Rei) with Tamarind Sauce
Lok Lac
Tom Yam Goong
Stir-fried Cashew Chicken
Menu
Appetizers
Fried Spring Rolls — Spring rolls stuffed with carrot and taro, deep-fried and served with sweet sauce. — $4.50
Fresh Spring Rolls — Spring rolls stuffed with lettuce, carrot, bean sprouts, thin rice noodles and shrimp, served with sweet sauce. — $5.50
Golden Shrimp — Shrimp, potato, onion, green bell pepper and string beans dipped in batter, deep-fried and served with sweet sauce. — $6.50
Pork Ribs — Pork ribs marinated in soy sauce, garlic and pepper, deep-fried and served with chili sauce. — $6.50
Crispy Squid — Squid sliced into ring, dipped in breadcrumbs, and deep-fried, served with deep-fried sliced ginger. — $6.50
Fish Cakes (Tod Mun Pla) — Shredded fish, string bean and lime leaf, blended with red curry paste, deep-fried and served with sweet sauce. — $6.50
Crispy Rice Crackers — Home-made crispy rice crackers served with a coconut sauce mixed with minced pork and shrimp, ground peanuts, garlic, red onion and sugar. — $6.00
Green Papaya Salad (Som Tam) — Shredded green papaya mixed with chili, garlic, tomato, lime juice, dried shrimp and roasted peanuts. — $4.50
String Bean Salad — String beans mixed with chili, garlic, tomato, lime juice, dried shrimp, dried fish and roasted peanuts. — $5.50
Green Mango Salad — Shredded green mango mixed with dried fish, dried shrimp, red onion and roasted peanuts. — $5.50
One Plate Dishes
Pad Thai — Stir-fried thin rice noodles with your choice of meat (chicken, beef or pork), an egg, spring onion, bean sprouts and thick soy sauce, served with cracked roasted peanuts and a slice of lime. — $6.00
Fried Rice — Stir-fried rice with your choice of meat (chicken, beef, pork, shrimp or seafood), an egg, string bean, carrot and onion, served with slices of cucumber and tomato. — $5.00
Pineapple Fried Rice — Stir-fried rice with chicken, pineapple, raisins, cashew nuts and coconut milk, served in a pineapple shell. — $6.50
Yellow Noodles — Yellow noodles stir-fried with your choice of meat (chicken, beef or pork) and mixed vegetables. — $5.50
Fried Rice with Shrimp Paste — Rice mixed with shrimp paste, stir-fried and served with sweetened pork, shredded fried egg, shredded green mango, slices of red onion and a slice of lime. — $6.50
Stir Fried Dishes
Stir-fried Ginger — Your choice of meat (chicken, beef, pork, or fish) stir-fried with chili onion, dried mushroom, spring onions and shredded fresh young ginger. — $6.50
Stir-fried Hot Basil — Your choice of meat (chicken, beef, pork, or fish) stir-fried with string beans,Chili and hot basil. — $6.50
Stir-fried Beef in Oyster Sauce — Stir-fried beef with collard greens and spring onion in an oyster sauce. — $7.00
Stir-fried Mixed Vegetables — Your choice of meat (chicken, beef, pork or fish), stir-fried with carrot, Collard greens, cauliflower, green bell pepper, fresh mushroom, baby corn, and snow peas. — with meat; $5.50 without meat — $6.50
Stir-fried Mixed Mushrooms — Stir-fried fresh mushrooms, dried mushroom and Chinese black mushroom in oyster sauce with your choice of meat (chicken, beef, pork or fish). — $7.00
Stir-fried Cashew Chicken — Stir-fried chicken with onion, dried bell pepper, spring onion and cashew nuts. — $7.00
Stir-fried Lemon Grass Chicken — Stir-fried chicken with sliced lemon grass, whole garlic, chili, shredded ginger and spring onion. — $7.00
Stir-fried Seafood Combination — Stir-fried shrimp, squid and crab with onion, green and red bell pepper, fresh mushroom and spring onion — $8.00
Stir-fried Squid or Crab with Pepper or Peppecorn — Squid or Crab stir-fried with ground pepper or peppercorns and spring onion. — $8.00
Stir-fried Long Eggplant — Grilled long eggplant topped with stir-fried sweet basil with your choice of meat (chicken, beef or pork). — $6.50
Stir-fried Morning Glory or Kan-Chaet — Stir-fried morning glory with chili, garlic, soybean paste and oyster sauce. — $4.00
Omelet with Dried Salted Fish — Dried salted fish (Promaa) minced and mixed with minced pork and two beaten eggs, fried and served with fresh vegetables. — $6.50
Lok Lac — Stir-fried beef with oyster sauce on a bed of lettuce, onion and tomato, served with a sauce of lime juice, salt and black peppe — $6.00
Cha Greung — Your choice of meat (chicken, beef, pork or fish) stir-fried in a paste of lemon grass, galangal, garlic and turmeric with onion, bell pepper and cracked roasted peanuts. — $5.50
Spicy Stir-fried — Your choice of meat (chicken, beef, or pork) stir-fried in Groeung paste with chili, garlic, red bell pepper, and hot basil. — $6.00
Spicy Stir-fried Frog Legs — Frog legs stir-fried in Groeung paste with chili, garlic, red bell pepper, and hot basil. — $6.50
Deep Fried Dishes
Deep-fried Chicken Wings — Chicken wings marinated in a special sauce, deep-fried and served with sweet sauce or hot sauce. — $5.00
Deep-fried Salted Sun-dried Fish — Homemade salted sun-dried freshwater fish, deep-fried and served with fresh vegetables and chili sauce. — $5.00
Whole Fish (Trey Dom Rei) with Tamarind Sauce — Deep-fried whole fish (Trey Dom Rei) served with a tamarind sauce. — $7.50
Deep-fried Frog Legs — Frog legs marinated with garlic, ground black pepper and salt, deep-fried and served with a sauce of lime juice, salt and pepper — $6.50
Trey Keah Chean / Deep-fried Fish — Three deep-fried fish (Trey Keah), served with green mango sauce. — $7.50
Trey Chean Choun / Deep-fried Fish with Ginger & Soya Paste — Three deep-fried fish (Trey Keah) stir-fried with ginger, soya paste, and spring onion. — $7.50
French Fries — Deep-fried potatoes served with ketchup. — $4.00
Deep Fried Half Chicken — Half a chicken marinated in a special sauce, deep-fried and served with sweet sauce or hot sauce. — $6.00
Soups
Tom Yam Goong (Shrimp) or Chicken — Shrimp or chicken hot and sour soup with lemon grass, lime leaf, galangal, chili, fresh mushroom, hot basil and lime juice. — $6.50
Tom Yam Goong Yai (Prawn) or Seafood — $8.00
Tom Kha (Coconut Sour Soup) — Chicken or shrimp coconut milk hot and sour soup with lemon grass, galangal, lime leaf, chili, fresh mushroom, chopped spring onion and lime juice. — $6.50
Clear Soup — Minced pork in a clear soup with carrot, potato, white cabbage, snow peas, vermicelli, chopped spring onion and coriander. — $6.00
Vegetable Spicy Soup (Keang Leing) — Shrimp or fish in spicy soup with fresh mushroom, pumpkin, sponge gourd and ivy gourd leaves. — $6.00
Samlor Majew Youen (Sour Soup) — Fish soup with tomato pineapple, lotus root, squash and tamarind. — $6.00
Samlor Majew Groeung — Your choice of meat soup with a paste of lemon grass, galangal, garlic, turmeric, morning glory and tamarind. — $6.00
Samlor Ka Koh — Chicken or fish soup with Groeung paste, fish paste, ground roasted rice, pumpkin, green papaya, string bean with Marum and Angkeadi (Khmer green leaves). — $6.00
Morning Glory or Fresh Water Mimosa (Kan-Chaet) Sour Soup — Freshwater fish soup with fish paste, tamarind, galangal, morning gory or Kan Chaet, Ma-om (Khmer mint) and chili. — $6.00
Majew Prai/Country Fish/Chicken Soup — Fish soup with fish pase, galangal, lemon grass and Slek Ka Neing (Khmer Sour Leaves). — $6.00
Salted Sun-dried Fish Sour Soup — Homemade salted sun-dried fish hot and sour soup with red onion, chili and tamarind tips. — $6.00
Sour Curry Whole Fish — Deep-fried whole freshwater fish in a sour curry soup, topped with fresh Water Mimosa (Kan Chaet), served in charcoal-fueled hot pot. — $9.00
Curry Dishes
Massaman Curry Chicken — Chicken in Massaman Curry paste with coconut milk, onion, potato, peanuts, palm sugar and tamarind sauce. — $7.00
Red Curry — Your choice of meat (chicken, beef or pork), in red curry paste with coconut milk, carrot, pumpkin, potato and sweet basil. — $6.50
Green Curry — Your choice of meat (chicken, beef, or pork), in green curry paste with coconut milk, carrot, pumpkin, potato, round-eggplant, small eggplant and sweet basil. — $6.50
Fish Amok or Chicken Amok — Fish or chicken in curry paste with coconut milk, lime leaf, sweet basil, “Ngoob” leaf and krachai (lesser ginger), steamed in individual servings. — $5.50
Crab with Coconut Milk — Crab fried with coconut milk and a paste of lemon grass, red onion, garlic, dried chili and roasted peanuts. — $7.00
Shrimp with Coconut Milk — Five shrimps fried with coconut milk and a paste of lemon grass, red onion, garlic, dried chili and roasted peanuts. — $8.00
Salad, Paste And Steamed Dishes
Laab (Spicy Minced Salad) — Your choice of meat (chicken, pork, beef or Squid) minced with lime juice, chili, ground roasted rice, red onion and mint, served with fresh cabbage, string bean and sweet basil. — $6.50
Shrimp/Seafood Lemon Grass Salad — Sliced lemon grass mixed with shrimp or seafood, lime juice, chili, fresh garlic, red onion, cashew nuts and mint. — $7.50
Shrimp Spicy Salad — Shrimp mixed with chili paste, sliced lemon grass, lime juice, chili, red onion, and mint. — $7.50
Goong Chae Nam Pla (Spicy Raw Shrimp) — Raw shrimp mixed in a sauce of lime juice, chili, chopped raw garlic and mint. — $7.50
Nam Prik Kapi (Shrimp Paste Sauce) with Mackerel (Pla To) — Shrimp paste pounded and mixed with chili, garlic, lime juice and sugar, served with fresh, steamed, and fried, vegetables and one deep-fried Mackerel (Pla To) to accompany. — $7.50
Banana Bud Salad — Boiled chicken breast shredded and mixed with sliced banana bud, round cabbage, carrot, roasted peanuts, mint, lime juice and chili. — $6.00
Plear (Beef / Chicken Salad) — Beef or chicken mixed with sliced lemon grass, roasted peanuts, onion, spring onion, string bean, mint, lime juice and chili. — $6.00
Bpro-Hok Gatee — Fried minced pork with “Bpro-Hok Gatee” paste, coconut milk, fish paste and cracked roasted peanuts, served with fresh vegetables. — $6.00
Steamed Whole Fish — Whole freshwater fish steamed with lemon grass, ginger, garlic and lime leaves, served with a spicy mixture of lemon grass, chili, garlic, red onion, lime juice, shredded green mango and fish sauce. — $8.50
Steamed Fish Fillet or Whole Fish (Trey Dom Rei) Vermicelli — Fish fillet or whole fish (Trey Dom Rei) steamed with vermicelli, soy sauce, soya paste, dried mushroom, ginger, chili and spring onion. — $8.50
Desserts And Ice Cream
Fresh Fruit in Season — $4.00
Sticky Rice and Mango — Ripe peeled and sliced mango with a side of sticky rice drizzled with sweetened coconut milk, topped with crunchy mung bean bits. — $4.50
Crispy Tapioca Sweet Soup — Diced water chestnuts cooked in tapioca flour, served with fresh young coconut flesh and strips of jack fruit in sweetened coconut milk and crushed iced. — $6.00
Bou Loy — Sticky rice flour mixed with cooked pumpkin and taro, rolled into small balls, cooked and served with sweetened coconut cream. — $6.00
Coconut — Ice Cream in Cup or Cone — Flavors — $1.60
Mango or Soursop. — One scoop — Ice Cream in Cup or Cone — Flavors — $1.60
two scoops — Ice Cream in Cup or Cone — Flavors — $3.00
Coconut Ice Cream served in young coconut shell — $3.00
Coconut Ice Cream in hot Chocolate — $3.80
Fried Coconut Ice Cream wrapped with bread or coated with Honey Crunch — $2.20
Fried Vanilla Ice Cream wrapped with Roti sheet or coated with Corn Flake — $2.20
Fried Chocolate Ice Cream wrapped with chocolate bread — $2.20
Tep Bar cocktails (time limited)
Dragonfruit Basil Smash — Muddled fresh dark dragonfruit, basil, roselle infused simple syrup, Roku gin, Amaro and fresh lime juice — $5.00
Khmer Whiskey Sour — Khmer banana whiskey, rose infused simple syrup, lime juice and egg whites — $5.00
Cocktail No.3 — Lunazul tequila, lime juice, homemade rose and roselle tea syrup, topped with homemade mulled wine — $6.50
The Smoky Ox — Se Busca mezcal, Lunazul tequila, lime juice, simple syrup, coconut cream, club soda — $6.50
Elderflower French 75 — Seekers dry gin, elderflower liqueur, black tea syrup, lime juice, sparkling cava — $5.50
Watermelon Cooler — Muddled fresh watermelon, Roku gin, lime juice, strawberry syrup, rose syrup — $5.00
Champei Ginger — Muddled mint and ginger, black tea syrup, Seekers dry gin, elderflower liqueur, lime juice — $6.50
Khmer Surin Negroni — Whitley Neil rhubarb and ginger gin, Campari, Martini Bianco, peychaud bitters — $6.50
Strawberry Mimosa — Blended strawberry and rose syrup topped with cava — $4.50
Jason Kong and Tonic — Jason Kong gin, elderflower liqueur, tonic, lime wheel — $5.00
Bluebells and Sprite — Flor de Caña rum, Seekers Pandan vodka, silver tequila, Seekers dry gin, blue curaçao, lime juice, simple syrup, Sprite — $6.50