Enjoy Student’s “Night Life”
near Chulalongkorn U street

Remember the days when you met up with your friends after a long day of school and said, “Hey let’s go hang out till 12am, eat and drink and have a fun time.” You did all that despite having 8 am classes the next day or if you are the more responsible student, on a Friday night. Well, I don’t remember because firstly, I am still in University. Secondly, my irresponsible student behaviour is running a company aka Depths Magazine (Help a broke uni student out by giving us some of your sweet money).  Well, if you wanna relive those irresponsible days of your university life, Chulalongkorn University Street is the place for you. This small area is filled with Uni students chilling and hanging out after class, mostly and exclusively eating (Yes this is a food article).
*Side note: This is also the place where the famous Jeh O Chulia is at.

I met up with a close friend of mine Dennis, who moved to Thailand after our polytechnic education.

He introduced something to me that is the new fad among the current Uni students of the 2020s, which is steamed bread with pandan custard. In layman’s terms, it is steamed bread and kaya. I travelled 1439km for Kaya bread and for some weird reason, Kaya Bread is the new rave and the hyped thing now. No joke, we waited for a good 20-30 minutes – the stall we were at was one of the lesser packed ones. Be prepared to wait for at least 1 hour for a seat in the more popular ones.

Welps, when in Chulalongkorn University Town, do what the university students do. Not gonna lie, the Malaysian inside of me has high expectations of kaya. I am pretty impressed though, it’s pretty good. The kaya is a bit on the sweeter side and is more fluid than jammy. I didn’t think that people would queue up for it, as back in Singapore and Malaysia, it is an overlooked breakfast item which is not to be overhyped for. Finishing this plate of bread myself, cause Dennis apparently ate dinner and is full. (Walao eh say meet already still go eat a full dinner)

Next up, Dennis brought me to have chicken rice. In case you are wondering, yes, the same steamed Hainanese chicken rice that we have in Singapore. We walked into this unassuming stall, with unassuming decor.

Well, I was skeptical at first; but they really blown it out of the park with this one. I was not expecting our National Dish to be that good overseas. The chicken breast is as tender as a chicken thigh, and the fried chicken was crispy. The soup was freakin’ good as well and we had seconds.

In Singapore, the only chicken rice with good soup hands down is Qi Le, at Ang Mo Kio and Yishun. (Our article, our rules. Fight us people) So, this is a good surprise. I had to clear this plate by myself, cause bit** a*s Dennis is already full. (Again, say real dang buey steady)

With two heavy meals out the window and feeling full, we decided to hit up another store. We hit up Kao Tim Satiprap, a Thai eatery which I describe as tze char. Feeling full af and Dennis not helping with the food at all, we ordered a simple roasted garlic duck and Coca-Cola from a glass bottle (The only good way to drink Coke; again our article our rules). 

The duck was juicy and flavourful, and I would come back again if I wasn’t so damn full. The kitchen takes up one full stall by itself, a testament to how popular this place is.

What completes a meal? Dessert. We headed to a packed Thai Dessert store to end our meet-up. Well, I have no idea what I ordered, but it was huge. It’s something like chng tng in Singapore but cold. It also felt like peach gum, which was great.

Despite visiting only a small number of places, Chula Uni Street has so much more to offer – hosting a huge mix of local street food and hip cafes. If you are looking for a place to relive your irresponsible students days or just a place to eat your hearts out. Chula Uni Street is a huge recommendation that I give my stamp of approval.