Yim Yim

Yim Yim, on the 2nd floor of an old banquet hall, is a Yaowarat classic. This place has stuck to its 80-year-old roots while adding a few Thai tastes along the way to offer the usual Teochew dishes like abalone, sea cucumber, goat, baked goose, fish and crab -- all with that home-style taste that Teochew food is known for.

This is one of those places the local Chinese crowd hits strictly for its food, not the ambiance, as Yim Yim looks like it hasn't been renovated since the 1970s. Kitschy accents abound.

The tablecloths are threadbare and plastic sliding curtains divide dining rooms like bedrooms in a caravan trailer. Support columns are painted red, the floor is covered in green and white checkered tiles and in one corner there's a huge chunk of plastic tropical wallpaper with palm trees. 

But the food is fantastic so who cares.