Sanook Kitchen's Lot One outlet brings the bold, comforting flavours of Thailand to #01-06/07 of Lot One Shoppers' Mall in the heart of Choa Chu Kang. It belongs to a homegrown concept founded in Singapore in 2018 with a simple mission: to serve authentic Thai dishes, crafted with genuine Thai spices and fresh ingredients, that are perfect for everyday enjoyment — whether you're dining alone or with the whole family — without breaking the bank. By 2024 the brand had grown to 25 locations across the island and operates as a concept by Minor Food Singapore, but the feel here stays neighbourhood-casual: a cosy, family-friendly room where quick lunches, relaxed dinners and spontaneous gatherings all fit right in.
The name says a lot. 'Sanook' is the Thai word for enjoyment and good vibes, and the restaurant treats it as a philosophy rather than a slogan — food as fun, happiness, and a reason to bring people together. In practice that means generous plates made for sharing, a menu built to please a table of mixed tastes, and a setting where smiles and good value are always on the menu.
The kitchen's calling card is the Signature Superbowl, a creamy tom yum soup loaded with seafood, sitting alongside a wide-ranging menu of appetisers, soul-soothing soups, fiery curries, zesty Thai salads, rice and noodle classics, seafood delights and Thai desserts. Portions are generous and prices wallet-friendly, making it easy to enjoy a satisfying Thai meal any day of the week — right in the neighbourhood.
Sanook Kitchen's Lot One outlet brings the bold, comforting flavours of Thailand to #01-06/07 of Lot One Shoppers' Mall, right in the heart of Choa Chu Kang. It belongs to a homegrown concept founded in Singapore in 2018 with a simple mission: to serve authentic Thai dishes — crafted with genuine Thai spices and fresh ingredients — that are perfect for everyday enjoyment, whether you're dining alone or with the whole family, without breaking the bank. By 2024 the brand had grown to 25 locations across the island, and it operates as a concept by Minor Food Singapore. At Lot One, though, the feel stays neighbourhood-casual: a cosy, family-friendly room where quick lunches, relaxed dinners and spontaneous gatherings all fit right in.
The name says a lot. "Sanook" is the Thai word for enjoyment and good vibes, and the restaurant treats it as a philosophy rather than a slogan. Food here is framed as more than a meal — it's about fun, happiness and bringing people together. In practice that translates to generous plates made for sharing, a menu built to please a table of mixed tastes, and a setting where smiles and laughter are considered part of the experience. Every visit, the thinking goes, should be a small taste of the Sanook way of life, where delicious food and good value are always on the menu.
The kitchen's calling card is the Signature Superbowl — a Creamy Tom Yum Soup with seafood, the dish most associated with the brand and a natural first order if you want to understand what Sanook Kitchen is about. Prefer the classic style? The Clear Tom Yum Seafood delivers the same hot-and-sour brightness without the cream.
Around the soups, the menu ranges widely across Thai cooking. Homemade Prawn Cakes make an easy starter, while the Pineapple Fried Rice — a colourful Sanook favourite — and the Thai Basil Chicken Rice cover the rice lovers at the table. Noodle fans can turn to the Pad Thai Noodle alongside other Thai noodle dishes. Seafood runs throughout: a fluffy Seafood Prawn Omelette, Claypot Prawn Tang Hoon with glass vermicelli, and a whole Steam Seabass with Chili and Lime dressed in that bright, spicy-sour combination the cuisine does best. For heartier appetites there's Stir-fried Beef with Kai Lan, and the chefs' fiery curries and zesty Thai salads round out a line-up that has been continuously expanded and refined since day one.
Save room at the end: Mango Sticky Rice with Coconut Milk is the classic sweet finish, best paired with a tall, creamy Thai Iced Green Milk Tea.
Everything about Sanook Kitchen is pitched at the everyday. Portions are generous, prices are described by the brand as wallet-friendly and pocket-friendly, and the setting is casual enough for a solo lunch yet easy to stretch across a large family table. Because the kitchen covers appetisers, soups, curries, salads, rice, noodles, seafood and desserts, mixed groups rarely struggle to order — which is exactly the point of a menu built around sharing.
Two practical notes worth knowing before you go. First, Sanook Kitchen does not accept table reservations at any of its restaurants, so plan to walk in — arriving a little ahead of peak meal times is a sensible move at a mall outlet. Second, if you have feedback or an enquiry, the team invites you to email [email protected].
Whether you're grabbing a quick plate of basil chicken between errands or settling in for a tom yum-and-seabass feast with the family, the promise is the same: authentic, unpretentious Thai food served with a sense of fun. Come for the food, stay for the fun — that's the Sanook way.