Found a great yakiniku spot near Udomsuk called Kobe Nii, with Japanese, Australian, and Thai-French beef available. This round we ordered the Australian and Thai-French karubi cuts. The Australian beef karubi here is tender, juicy, fatty and delicious — eaten with salt and pepper, it's game over, at 488 baht for this dish. The Thai-French cut has less fat, grilling up chewy and enjoyable without being tough (it's also part of the set lunch).

If you order plain rice, it comes with a light dusting of seaweed powder. The chicken dip is a Japanese yakiniku sauce, and there's another one that's gochujang mixed with ssamjang — both tasty.