Crab omelette
Thick, crisp omelette rolled around lumps of crab meat
In short
Bangkok's one-MICHELIN-star street-food shophouse on Maha Chai Road, near the Grand Palace, where Jay Fai cooks over charcoal. Most people come for the crab omelette and yellow-curry prawns, expect queues and prices well above street stalls, and note it closes Sunday to Tuesday.
Jay Fai is a one-star MICHELIN street-food shophouse at 327 Maha Chai Road in Bangkok's old Phra Nakhon district, a short taxi or tuk-tuk ride from the Grand Palace and Khao San Road. Chef Jay Fai cooks crab omelettes and wok-fried noodles over charcoal, and the place suits visitors willing to queue and pay well above street-stall prices for a famous plate.
The crab omelette and other dishes to order
The crab omelette is the dish almost everyone orders: thick, rolled around lumps of crab meat and fried until the outside is crisp and golden. Stir-fried prawns in yellow curry and drunken noodles (pad kee mao), wok-fried over charcoal, are the next most requested. Portions are generous and crab is used freely, which is why the bill runs far higher than at a typical roadside stall.
The chef cooks at the front of the shop in her trademark ski goggles, working two charcoal-fired woks. The dining room itself is plain, with a handful of tables, fluorescent light and the heat of the stove.
Cash, queueing and the best time to arrive
Get the cash before you put your name down, because the wait leaves no good moment to leave the line for an ATM. Staff speak Thai and English. Early in the day is the time to arrive if you want to eat before lunch.
The life of Supinya Junsuta
Jay Fai is the nickname of Supinya Junsuta, born around 1945 to Chinese immigrant parents who sold chicken noodles. She worked as a seamstress until a fire pushed her into cooking in her thirties, and she opened the shop in the 1980s with congee and noodles from her mother's recipes before moving to seafood. The inaugural MICHELIN Guide Bangkok, released in December 2017, gave her a star, the only street-food kitchen to earn one in that edition. In 2024 she denied reports that she would retire and close the following year, and the MICHELIN Guide Thailand 2026, announced on 27 November 2025, kept her at one star. Rat na and dry tom yum are on the menu too, for a second plate after the omelette.
Sources: Wikipedia: Jay Fai; Time Out Bangkok: MICHELIN stars in Thailand for 2026. Facts checked November 2026.
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CloseSun - Closed
- MondayClosed
- TuesdayClosed
- Wednesday09:00–19:30
- Thursday09:00–19:30
- Friday09:00–19:30
- Saturday09:00–19:30
- SundayClosed
Dine-inTakeaway
LANGUAGE(S): Thai, English
Payment options
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