Restaurant review: Souffle and Me 2016-07-09
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Today, Praew and I went on a nice little lunch date into town. Praew had noticed a new restaurant opened up on one of our favorite little eating streets. (See Avanti and Haba Kitchen posts. They are on the same street, practically the same block as this new one.)

It is tucked into a side street, in a beautiful converted house with a gorgeous garden. And they have parking in the nearby Chinese temple with a shuttle vehicle to drive you to and from the restaurant. (It is only about 100m, so Praew and I chose to walk. It is a short walk.)

The restaurant is called “Souffle and Me”, and they are quite serious about their souffles.

I should start by saying that I am not a big fan of souffles. I’m not all that big a fan of eggs in general. But it was so delicious here, I would recommend it to anyone. With the caveat, that the food is a bit rich and creamy, so I don’t recommend coming to this place if you are in the mood for a light meal.

We started out with a savory truffle mushroom souffle which was really excellent.

We also ordered their linguine with crab and yellow curry which was an interesting (and delicious, albeit creamy) fusion blend

(Think Thai style crab in curry, but made as a pasta with a Japanese style “onsen egg” on top.)

Then, on to desserts!

The sour “yuzu orange souffle” was probably the star of our meal. I would go there again just for this dish!

It had a sour tartness that was incredibly refreshing, and it came with a good vanilla ice cream that complimented it perfectly.

We also tried a Thai melon souffle with coconut milk sauce

It had a very traditional Thai dessert flavor (“tang thai naam gati”) that was pleasant, but was really overshadowed by the yuzu orange one we got at the same time. It was kind of interesting to eat an upscale souffle with the flavor of “tang thai naam gati”, which is an inexpensive street food dessert here in Thailand.
If you are interested in going, here is the map:
And they warned me to call ahead and reserve next time. They said you should reserve at least two days ahead for weekends as they have mostly been fully booked the day before. But Praew and I are fortunate that we prefer eating outdoors, and apparently no one else in this city does. They were fully booked when we arrived, and when we asked if we could eat outdoors, the staff didn’t seem to believe us (despite them having two tables out there in a gorgeous garden). We ate the entire meal watching customers waiting out front for a table, but not seem to want to eat outdoors (or maybe they didn’t think to ask like we did?). Only at the end of our dessert did another group of Americans sit down at the other outdoor table… what is it about upscale Bangkok restaurants that only the occassional Americans seem to want to eat outside? 😉
The food was a bit on the expensive side. The above dishes with coffee, carrot juice, and a shared tea to drink with dessert came out to about 1700 baht. But with the wonderful ambiance, exceptionally friendly and helpful service, and beautifully crafted food, I would say it is fully worth the price. 
Even if it is on the high side for your budget, you might consider taking your date here at least once. (Maybe on a special occasion?)