สวัสดีThai home cooking · Paris 9th
The garden house
On rue Rodier, an eighteen-seat room, a clay mortar and curry pastes pounded the same morning. We cook the way they do in Chiang Mai: few dishes, every one of them made the day you eat it.
Pilé au mortier
Tuesday → Sunday
- สวัสดีWelcome
- อร่อยDelicious
- บ้านสวนThe garden house
- เผ็ดSpicy
- ส้มตำGreen papaya
- ต้มยำSour broth
- ขอบคุณThank you
A Chiang Mai garden, moved to rue Rodier
Baan Suan means “the garden house”. It is what Nok’s family called their home in Mae Rim, north of Chiang Mai, where meals were eaten outside among the banana trees, with every dish set down in the middle of the table at once.
Nok and Julien opened on rue Rodier in 2016 with one rule: serve nothing they would not eat at home. Curry pastes are pounded in the mortar every morning, herbs arrive on Tuesdays and Fridays, the papaya is shredded in front of you. The menu stays short — ten dishes — because that is what a ten-square-metre kitchen can do properly.
- 2016Opened on rue Rodier
- 18Seats in the room
- 10Dishes on the menu
At our table nobody asks who ordered what: it all lands in the middle, and you share.
The menu
Ten dishes, not one more
The menu changes twice a year, following the herbs that reach us from Rungis and Isan. The chilli level is marked on every dish and can be adjusted when you order — just tell the floor.
14,00 € ต้มยำกุ้ง
Tom yam kung
Sour prawn broth with lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, straw mushrooms and whole prawns.
17,50 € แกงเขียวหวานไก่
Green curry with chicken
Green curry paste pounded that morning, coconut milk, Thai aubergines, holy basil, jasmine rice.
16,00 € ผัดไทยกุ้งสด
Pad thai with prawns
Rice noodles from the wok with tamarind, firm tofu, spring onion, crushed peanuts and a lime wedge.
12,50 € ส้มตำไทย
Green papaya salad
Papaya shredded and pounded in the mortar in front of you, long beans, cherry tomatoes, dried shrimp, lime.
19,50 € มัสมั่นเนื้อ
Beef massaman
Beef chuck simmered for four hours with cardamom, cinnamon, star anise, soft potatoes and roasted peanuts.
17,00 € ข้าวซอยไก่
Chicken khao soi
The Chiang Mai dish: egg noodles in a mild coconut curry, crisp fried noodles, confit shallot and pickled mustard greens.
14,50 € ลาบหมู
Pork larb
Warm minced pork from Isan, toasted and pounded sticky rice, mint, shallot and a great deal of lime juice.
15,50 € ผัดกะเพราหมูสับ
Holy basil stir-fry
Minced pork stir-fried to order with long beans, garlic, bird’s eye chillies, a fried egg and jasmine rice.
9,50 € ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง
Mango sticky rice
Nam Dok Mai mango, sticky rice cooked in lightly salted coconut milk, toasted sesame. March to September.
5,50 € ชาไทย
Thai iced tea
Long-brewed black tea, condensed milk, crushed ice. Served tall, with a paper straw.
Set menus
Three ways to sit down
At lunch we move fast without cutting corners. In the evening we take the time to lay everything down in the middle of the table.
อาหารกลางวัน
Market lunch
19,50 €
Served in twenty minutes, Tuesday to Friday from 12:00 to 14:30.
- A starter of the day
- A main of your choice from the menu
- A Thai iced tea or a coffee
กินข้าวด้วยกัน
Shared table
38,00 €
Five courses set down in the middle, the way it is done in Mae Rim. Two people minimum.
- Som tam pounded in the room
- Two curries and one stir-fry
- Mango sticky rice
โต๊ะใหญ่
The long table
On request
From twelve guests: the room is yours, the menu agreed a week ahead.
- The whole room, 18 seats
- Menu agreed with the kitchen
- Drinks charged separately
The room
Eighteen seats, two banana trees
It all fits in one room and a courtyard. It is small, it is loud when full, and that is exactly what we wanted.
01 The room, before service 
02 The sauce caddy, on every table 
03 The wok, at full flame 
04 The curry paste, on the heat 
05 Tuesday’s kaffir lime leaves 
06 The courtyard, April to October
Reservation
Keep us a seat
Eighteen seats go quickly on Friday and Saturday. Book online and the confirmation reaches you by e-mail within the minute.
Reservation
Book your table
Pick your date, then the time, and we’ll prepare the room around your pace.
- Date
- Time
- Contact
What guests tell us
Four reviews, picked from the real ones
The som tam is pounded in front of us and it really does burn. We asked for more sticky rice twice and nobody raised an eyebrow.
The khao soi alone is worth the trip. I have not found that broth anywhere else in Paris.
Warm welcome, fair bill, a short menu where everything works. It has become our neighbourhood canteen.
Meltingly soft massaman, a green curry with real backbone, quick lunch service that never feels like being pushed out.
Getting here
18 rue Rodier, Paris 9th
Between Anvers and Cadet, five minutes on foot from Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. The shopfront is green — you cannot miss it.
- Contact
- 18 rue Rodier, 75009 Paris
- Opening hours
- Tuesday – Sunday 12:00 – 14:30 · 19:00 – 22:45 Closed on Monday
- Getting here
- Metro 7 — Cadet, rue La Fayette exit, 3 min Metro 12 — Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, 6 min Bus 85 and 74 — Rodier stop Vélib’ station 9020, at the corner of rue Lamartine
Questions
What we get asked most
Do I need to book?
In the evening and at weekends, yes: there are only eighteen seats. At lunch on weekdays we always keep a few places for walk-ins.
Is your food very spicy?
Every dish carries a chilli level from 0 to 4. We cook at Thai strength by default, but say the word when you order — the kitchen adjusts, no argument.
Do you have vegetarian or vegan dishes?
Four dishes on the menu come in a vegetarian version, three of them vegan with no fish sauce or shrimp paste. They carry a green tag.
Can we come as a group of more than six?
Yes, but by phone: above six we rearrange the room. From twelve we close the room for you and settle the menu together a week ahead.
Do you do takeaway?
Yes, ordered by phone and collected at the counter. We do not deliver: a curry that travels twenty minutes is no longer the same dish.
Is the restaurant accessible?
The room and the courtyard are on one level, with no step from the street. The toilets, however, are not wheelchair-adapted — call us and we will work something out.
กินข้าวกัน
Shall we eat together?
Service Tuesday to Sunday, lunch and dinner. The courtyard opens with the first mild days.