Zeke Asian-Latino Kitchen: The Cha-Am Table Worth Driving For

Every so often a place opens that makes you rethink what a small town can offer. Zeke Asian-Latino Kitchen is exactly that. It is tucked out in the rice fields just outside Cha-Am, and from the first plate you understand that someone behind that kitchen knows precisely what they are doing. Verify but I think the place is closed on Tuesdays. If you are looking for a great dining experience, make sure to visit the Zeke Restaurant in Cha-Am, the perfect spot for food lovers.

A Brazilian heart, a Japanese hand, a Thai home

Zeke is the work of Gabriela, who grew up in Brazil and spent many years in the United States, where she and her Thai husband ran their own restaurant (Florida if I remember). That long road shows on every plate. She has carried the warmth of Latin cooking, the discipline of a sushi counter, and the generosity of a Thai welcome all the way to a quiet corner of Phetchaburi province. The result is a kitchen that does not really belong to any single country, and is all the better for it.

The restaurant opened at the very start of 2026, and word has spread fast. It already sits at a flawless five-star rating across dozens of reviews, which is almost unheard of for a place this young. Diners keep using the same words: lovely, fresh, thoughtful, and astonishing value for what you pay. If you are lucky, you will see things on the menu that you do not see a lot in this area : Brazilian limonade, Michelada, etc.

Where to find it

Experience the Unique Flavors at Zeke Restaurant in Cha-Am

Zeke is a little outside the centre of Cha-Am, off Phetkasem Road. The easiest landmark is The Baguette: the restaurant sits just behind it, down toward the open fields. Do not let the short detour put you off. The setting is half the pleasure. You eat surrounded by green, and if you time it right, the sunset over the fields is the kind of thing you remember long after the meal. Ask for a table upstairs if you can, since the view from up there is the best in the house.

It is genuinely worth the trip. This is not a roadside stop you settle for. It is a destination. Look at how cozy it is… and outside, the beautiful garden has handmade ceramics.

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The food

The menu reads like a conversation between continents. On one side you have a proper sushi and Japanese selection: fresh maki and signature rolls, temaki, gyoza, tempura, edamame, donburi rice bowls, and yakiniku grill combos where the meat quality genuinely surprises you. On the other side, Latin flavours run right through the room. Yes, it is a kind of a strange menu but lots of suprised.

A few dishes stand out and deserve their own mention.

The elote, listed as Mexican Street Corn at 120 baht, is stunning. Grilled corn done the right way, rich and smoky and impossible to stop eating. If you have only ever had corn as a side, this will change your mind about it.

Here’s the Elote.

The cucumber salad is the other quiet star. It is crisp, bright, and built on a fusion idea you simply do not see in this part of Thailand. It is the sort of plate you order almost as an afterthought and then find yourself reaching across the table for.

Beyond those, the fusion salads, the gyoza, the beef donburi, and the fresh rolls all earn their place. The sushi is clean and properly fresh, the grill is handled with care, and the sauces are a cut above what the area usually offers. For the standard of cooking, the prices feel almost too kind.

Yakiniku.

I recommend the Elote, addictive cucumber salad, the yakiniku for 1 person that is a lot of food, the pineapple fried rice and pineapple ice cream for desserts (with tops of roasted coconut).

The welcome

What ties it all together is the hospitality. Gabriela and her team look after the room personally, and it shows. Families are at ease here. There is even a small playground, so children are happy while the adults take their time over the food. Service is quick, kind, and attentive without ever hovering. You leave feeling looked after, which is rarer than it should be.

Worth the detour

Cha-Am has plenty of places to eat, but very few that make you want to come straight back. Zeke is one of them. A Brazilian owner, a Japanese sushi counter, Mexican street corn that steals the show, and a sunset over the fields to finish. Go hungry, ask for the upstairs view, and order the elote before anything else.

Part of the menu.