Khun Yak ครัวคุณยักษ์
Thai restaurant in Choeng Mon, Koh Samui.
Dine-in and takeaway · Open daily 11:00–22:00
Find us in Choeng Mon
On Hat Choeng Mon Road, Koh Samui. Open every day, 11:00–22:00.
Map, phone and opening hours →Order online
Delivery across Koh Samui or pickup at the restaurant, paid by PromptPay QR.
How ordering works →Our story
Khun Yak is named for the yak, the giant who stands guard at the gates of Thai temples.
Read our story →Guides for your stay
All guides →How to Read a Thai Menu: Decoding Dish Names
A decoder for the written Thai menu: the cooking methods, the main ingredients, the noodle types, the small modifier words, and the names that break the rules.
What Thai Breakfast Actually Is
There is very little in a Thai breakfast that belongs only to the morning. The two rice soups and how to tell them apart, fried dough with sweet coffee, rice plates, and where people eat them.
Thai Sweets on Koh Samui: Coconut, Palm Sugar and Banana Leaf
Thai sweets are built from a short list of materials, and Samui is a coconut island. Here is how to read the sweets on a market tray, including khanom krok, lot chong, the gold egg-yolk sweets and slow-stirred kalamae.