Soi 38 Soi Yummy Thai BBQ in Melbourne

It was an impromptu date in an unassuming restaurant, which I have seen plenty of in Singapore but never in Melbourne.

I knew it would be a treat to eat for the lack of pretentiousness at Soi 38. A place I have wanted to go to since last year, but no, thanks to Covid and whatnot, it only happened this week.

Soi 38 is located inside a Wilson Parking car park in the Melbourne CBD. I made a booking for 6.15 PM (booking is highly recommended) at 5.45 PM and went to The Paperback bookshop to spend time there while waiting for Fafa, who had a gym class.

At 6.30 PM, we put our order in: a Thai BBQ set, Thai iced tea, coconut juice, Som Tum as the entree and my fave mango sticky rice dessert. The BBQ set came with various meat and seafood, noodles, vegetables and a single egg—all to be cooked on the tabletop bbq stove.

To say I was delighted would be an understatement.

The food, dipped in their homemade Thai sauce, was delicious. And the crowd was interesting. That evening, the place was bursting with diversity, from suit-wearing business people to pierced belly, belly-flashing students.

I will return, bring all my friends and recommend Soi 38 to anyone.

Update (December 2022): Fafa and I went to Soi 38 recently, and sad to report that it wasn’t as good as before.

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