laborer's rejoice!

บะหมี่ จับกัง (bami jap gang)

i love dives. love love love dives. the more difficult to find, the cheaper the cost, the dingier the place, the more i love it. i attribute this to my chinese dna. so the quest began when my teacher told me about the ultimate noodle dive in chinatown, bami jap gang. it literally translates to "laborer's egg noodles."located down a skinny, covered little soi in chinatown, this place is all about portion size and speed. the uber-mechanical employees churn out bowls and to-go packs (translate: wrapped in newspaper) of pork and egg noodles with apt speed. we didn't even have to order, we just got a bowl flung in front of us.the noodles are all about simplicity and sheer nutrition on-the-go: you get a heaping portion of egg noodles, roast pork, and green onions; extra greasy. season with the normal thai noodle seasonings they have on the table (chili peppers, vinegar, fish sauce, sugar) and you're done. get your day's worth of calories before you head off to your laborious job...or shopping.there is only one sign, and it's obviously one that was created in about a minute and a half on a word processor. basically all it says is the name of the place "bami jap gang" and the price. normal ("tamada") is 25B; special ("pi-set"), which just means bigger is 35B.

bami jap gang (laborer's noodles) in chinatown/yaowarat on Trok Charoen Chai Soi 2 about 50-100m. near Wat Mangkorn (a.k.a wat leng heng yee - the chinese name).

no way is there a webby.