B. Elbasha Asok Branch (Halal Lebanese & Turkish Restaurant)
25, 4 Soi Sukhumvit 16, Khwaeng Khlong Toei, Khet Khlong Toei, Bangkok 10110
Order the mixed grill platter if there are two of you, the lamb and potato tagine if there are three. The ful medames is the breakfast move most non-regulars miss. Vegetarians will eat well here without compromise, which is rare for a meat-forward Levantine room. Cash and card both fine.
Soi Sukhumvit 16 leads you off the Asok intersection into a quieter back street, and B. Elbasha sits a short walk in. The Asok branch is one of several Elbasha rooms in Bangkok, all run under the elbashathai.com group, all halal-certified.
The kitchen cooks across Lebanon, Turkey, and Egypt rather than choosing one. You will see chicken shawarma carved straight off the vertical spit, falafel wraps assembled to order, hummus that arrives with a pool of olive oil and warm bread, and lamb and potato tagine that comes out heavy in a clay pot. Beef shawarma turns up as both a wrap and a plate.
The Egyptian ful medames is the dish that signals this is not a single-nation Mediterranean restaurant. Fava beans, garlic, lemon, olive oil. It is a breakfast staple in Cairo and it lands here in full Cairo form. Worth ordering even outside breakfast hours.
The room runs in Turkish coffee-house style: lower lighting, dark wood, lanterns, an honest Middle Eastern atmosphere rather than a tourist-set theatrical one. A complimentary pot of Turkish tea comes out at the end of every meal.
The soi has limited street parking, so the most reliable arrival is on foot from Asok BTS through Sukhumvit 16. The walk is roughly seven minutes from the station exit, and the restaurant is open for lunch through dinner every day.