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I was in Pattaya the past week and for the first time stopped by Goose's for lunch. Had the small F & C (dory) and thought it very good. A nice touch is the bread and choice of peas for B120.
Yes Gooses is the undisputed winner if you scroll through the previous posts
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That's a hilarious scenario to imagine!Yeah I'm sure it's a special order and it will be expensive. However, it's relative compared to the same dish in a fancy hotel restaurant, so it would be interesting to know their price.
Tell them (via panto) that you are the ThaiVisa food critic, maybe you get special price
Believe me, if I can get them to understand I want Sechuan peppercorns on their Sechuan dishes I would consider that a major coup.
If I do go again I am bringing printed Google photos, that should work for said peppercorns, but today I am readying myself for my first visit to Sunrise.
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I have used them twice, do a good job. They are directly behind BigC via the western (Sukhumvit side) soi
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Yeah I'm sure it's a special order and it will be expensive. However, it's relative compared to the same dish in a fancy hotel restaurant, so it would be interesting to know their price.
Tell them (via panto) that you are the ThaiVisa food critic, maybe you get special price
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Agreed. Didn't see duck listed on the menu but they had the picture. The picture looked good. I wonder how much.BTW, I didn't see one dish with goat written on the menu. Perhaps I missed it as its such a big menu but I did peruse it a number of times.
me neither, nor duck, but one of their 5 photos is Beijing (Peking) Duck
That dish requires much preparation-cooking time, only restaurants specializing in that dish have it available for walk-in customers. The photo looks great but probably it costs an arm and a leg, and needs ordering in advance.
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BTW, I didn't see one dish with goat written on the menu. Perhaps I missed it as its such a big menu but I did peruse it a number of times.
me neither, nor duck, but one of their 5 photos is Beijing (Peking) Duck
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Pretty basic market style food. Dumplings were great. Kung Pao chicken was way too spicy for my taste --- even my missus said WOW!!
Looking for Cantonese or UK style Chinese food not for you.
Want to try something authentic -- go give it a bash - prices very reasonable. My wife enjoyed re-visiting her 'Mandarin' and had a long chat......
Would go back
i dont like spicey food, for me it kills the flavor varaiations in the meal. For example I only have 1 chili in my Som Tam. I did not find the Kung Pao Chicken more than mildly spiced chili-wise
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Please no more cat and dog jokes they are in bad taste
OMG you wont last very long on this website
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Sadly it comes up with 6400 for me for 10 days in april
Here is the OP on Thai Visa:
I entered 10 nights from Feb 17 and 2000 Baht total price was the result
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No I ordered the cumin lamb which is a classic Sechuan dish. I asked for Sechuan peppercorns in Chinese which are supposed to be in the dish but I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. The man understood BUT the dish that came was drenched in goopy sauce, was hot spicy but I barely detected the Sechuan peppercorns which taste very different than normal peppers because they aren't even peppers, and I couldn't taste any cumin. It wasn't actually bad for what it was but it was I think a fail for presenting the dish I ordered. It was 250 baht. Not worth it and I won't order that dish there again.
Here is version of what I would have expected. Notice it is a dry dish with a flavor crust.
Another version. Note the not saucy:
yes with an unknown restaurant like this I rejected any menu items that were over 200 baht
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I forget where I heard about this promotion, I think it was Thai Visa, anyways I checked the website, entered a 10 night stay and the total price is 2000 Baht (200 Baht per night), so its for real.
Check for yourself:
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Good luck with that!No uniform, No badges, Call the BiB
They will drop what they are doing and come with guns blazing if they think someone is trying to muscle in on the tea trade.
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I can happily say I don't have a clue! I'm too broke arsed to know so I just don't even bother with steak restaurants. Memories of Argentina will have to do.So JT... which is the best (reasonably priced) steak restaurant
For me, recent memories of a wonderful Brazillian Grilled meat resto in Seoul (of all places), are fond indeed.
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It's not on the menu but I am not convinced that what you actually get necessarily corresponds to what is written. I had a "lamb" dish. The meat was fine and rather neutral but it didn't look and taste like lamb. I really have no idea what it was. Horse? Possibly, but not in bad way. It wasn't unpleasant but it underlines this is a place for the adventurous and/or Mandarin speaking.Is cat on the menu ?
I like Lamb, but when I looked at the menu the grillled varieties were rather pricey, as is the norm in Pattaya. I did notice one Lamb dish, a little cheaper and probably what you ordered, but I was turned off by it being a simmered Lamb, or something to that effect.
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Is cat on the menu ?
That is a highly inappropriate comment when referring to such modern, cosmopolitan city such as Pattaya. Please appologize and change the word cat to dog.
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No uniform, No badges, Call the BiB
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The breads in front looked nice but they are just sitting there in the tropics without covering, there is a cold grease factor, plus meat just sitting there. I don't find that so appetizing. I wonder if you order off the menu whether they cook fresh ones or if they've got them sitting out front, just pull from that. There are so many items on the menu that it's hard to know exactly what you're ordering anyway. That's why this place more than most, extensive experimentation is probably the way to go, if you're up to it. Its not as if you can ask questions about the food either.
Personally, I'm really into regional Chinese food, and the language issues at this place I've also found at small regional Chinese places in Bangkok. Even dining with a Thai, forget about English
Well I ate one 24 hours ago for my first (missing) review and have suffered no ill effects (purchased after 10 pm when the owner was dismantling the display for the night, perhaps recycled for the morning... ugh)
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So JT... which is the best (reasonably priced) steak restaurant
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I still think Sizzlers is one of the best for a salad bar. If there is something better for a salad bar, (that doesn't cost 800 baht) let me know. Correct, the main meals are always disappointing. Since I am there for the salad bar I may get the grilled ?? chicken but its texture is almost like "mystery meat". I imagine it is from the water and chemicals they pump into it. Though the beef is supposedly from Australia, it doesn't rank with other imports. For my Western "beef" fix, I got to the Beef Eater restaurant which is across from Mikes down from Kiss restaurant. I have never been disappointed with the quality of beef at Beefeater or the service from the highly trained staff. The problem there is sometimes you have to wait for a table, Imagine all the restaurants to go to in Pattaya, one has to wait for a table at Beefeaters. --Says something doesn't it? (That good service and food DOES make a difference.)
When you hear the expression highly trained staff, makes you wonder if the owner is writing the post...Hmmmmmm
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THE REVIEW THAT GOT AWAY
Title: The I Can't Wait Forever for JT Review
Introduction:
First off, let me tell you that this place is well off the beaten path of Jontiem, when you're thinking you've gone too far really means you haven't gone far enough. When you get to the Welcome hotel soi (as mentioned in previous posts) this place is about 100m down the soi on the right (look for the display of fried pancakes in front of the restaurant). It's about 10 min Baht Bus journey from the Jontiem police station. The owners are indeed F.A.B (Fresh Across the Border), understand little English, so be prepared for a little adventure in the ordering process. They currently have 5 photos of 5 menu items (they just hand you the individual photos) out of 100++ menu items, so the menu is a work in progress (they were taking photos of the dished I ordered) and there are many unusual items on the menu (turtle,frog,etc). I was the only customer in the place.
What Was Ordered: (in order of service)
Coke 500ml @ 30 baht
Dumplings @ 70 Baht
Fried Squid @ 160 Baht
Beef Noodle Soup @ 100 Baht
Kung Poa chicken @ 180 Baht
Chinese Pancakes 4pc @ 80 Baht
Total cost: 620 Baht (yes it was for 1 person, but I'm a big eater, enjoy variety, and left the place totally stuffed with the pancakes to-go)
Expectations vs Actualities:
Coke: You gotta love a restaurant that has man-sized (500ml) Coke (even though I asked for orange and they didn't understand me, said they didn't have it, then I see it in the beverage display after the fact)
Dumplings: Let me start by saying that I'm not a big fan of these Chinese meat dumplings (I prefer the dim sum style, look-a-like Har Gaw steamed shrimp dumplings which have a lighter rice flour covering). I ordered these becasue there were so many variations on the menu and thus seemed to be a feature of this restaurant. I ordered the pork and leek variety, 10 pc came steamed with a soy-garlic dipping sauce (you can also get them fried but I don't speak Chinese and nothing is indicated on the menu). They tasted the same as what I've had a few times before in the west but alot cheaper here. Nothing exceptional taste wise, but make a good starter and they go well with the dipping sauce.
Fried Squid: I expected the Chinese style salt & pepper fried squid (tentacles, tail, and tubes pieces lightly battered), an inferior verion of the Greek Calamari (nobody can beat the Greeks with fried squid). What I got was 10 pc Japanese style panko breaded squid rings without any dipping sauce. These were tasty and fresh but lacked seasoning, I needed to use the leftover dipping sauce from the dumplings to make them more palatable. Another decent starter only if a dipping sauce is provided.
Beef Noodle Soup: This was where I had to get very theatrical in my ordering style and was lead into the kitchen to show what they had. I should have known this was not going to end well when they took out a bag of egg noodle from the freezer to show me. Anyways... what I expected/wanted was a fried rice noodle with Beef, but there was nothing listed on the menu for noodle dishes. What I got was a Beef noodle soup with said egg noodles. Let me say that I thouroughly enjoy a good Beef noodle soup, whether Pho or Thai style, however this was quite horrible... the broth tasted like the water the noodles were cooked in, and there was little in the way of vegetable in the soup.
Kung Pao Chicken: I have had this dish several times in the west and I can say that this was the worst version I've tried (even though it came garnished with 3 tiny, berry flavored, gelatin hearts!) The dish was monotonous in terms of texture and ingredient size, very stew-like. The taste was OK but usually the chicken is fried separately to give it a crunch, but here it seemed it was stirfried with the other ingredients. Perhaps if one had no expectations they would enjoy this dish, but not me.
Chinese Pancakes: These are the ones sold at the side of the road @20 baht/pc. They are quite large and filling, think of a banana pancake except savory (pork and veg). I personally think they are too big (too much bread), if made smaller they would be more appetizing. Taste was OK, nothing special.
Conclusion:
I will not return (too far from my home, not to my liking). Value was not an issue. Perhaps those who are within walking distance/short drive will be able to find things on the menu that they enjoy, but I'm happy elsewhere.
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Chinese Pancakes: These are the ones sold at the side of the road @20 baht/pc. They are quite large and filling, think of a banana pancake except savory (pork and veg). I personally think they are too big (too much bread), if made smaller they would be more appetizing. Taste was OK, nothing special. Re-heated the next day, and eaten when you're not bloated with Chinese food, they are quite delicious and great value compared to said banana (40 Baht) pancake
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Thanks for very much for your detailed review. It gives weight to my hunch that the type of food to order there are the dumplings, breads, salads (such as bitter gourd salad), etc. that are more Northern Chinese than the Sechuan food. Gong Bao chicken is a Sechuan dish and no, in the authentic version the chicken is NOT fried separately and certainly not deep fried. However, based on my experience of a Sechuan stir fry dish that should have has a dry spice coat on the meat (and even lacked the flavor of the spice described on the menu) and was served saucy/stewlike as your described, I am guessing they are not so expert in Sechuan cooking. Sechuan food is popular in many parts of China but that doesn't mean every place does it well. I also wonder if they are cooking these dishes a different way for western customers, under the often correct racial stereotyping of the western love of lots of sauce.
Anyway, I am sorry to hear the beef noodle soup sucked. That is the type of dish I would have expected them to do well, and I would have expected the noodles to be freshly homemade noodles because they obviously have that capability with all the dumplings they make. A Chinese beef soup with fresh made noodles is heaven but I guess that was too much to wish for. I was going to try that so you saved me money, ha ha.
The fried squid preparation you described would have surprise me coming out of a Chinese kitchen.
BTW, I am sure they do offer fried dumplings but agree the menu is not the clearest. (But not horrible either.)
I understand your reasons for avoiding the place, but I am still pretty sure most Chinese food lovers if they experiment will find food to love there.
They had quite a few soups on the menu, but it was not my intention to order soup, and I didn't pay much attention to that section of the menu. It just seemed they threw the slices of beef with the frozen noodles into the hot water. I did a rather theatrical panto of someone making fresh noodle (stretching the 'invisible' noodle with my arms, etc), and they gave me a blank stare, thus it's never gonna be a fresh noodle joint.
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Western Union or nada
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Don't expect it to arrive anytime soon with Thai Post, even if you live in Bangkok.
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THE REVIEW THAT GOT AWAY
Title: The I Can't Wait Forever for JT Review
Introduction:
First off, let me tell you that this place is well off the beaten path of Jontiem, when you're thinking you've gone too far really means you haven't gone far enough. When you get to the Welcome hotel soi (as mentioned in previous posts) this place is about 100m down the soi on the right (look for the display of fried pancakes in front of the restaurant). It's about 10 min Baht Bus journey from the Jontiem police station. The owners are indeed F.A.B (Fresh Across the Border), understand little English, so be prepared for a little adventure in the ordering process. They currently have 5 photos of 5 menu items (they just hand you the individual photos) out of 100++ menu items, so the menu is a work in progress (they were taking photos of the dished I ordered) and there are many unusual items on the menu (turtle,frog,etc). I was the only customer in the place.
What Was Ordered: (in order of service)
Coke 500ml @ 30 baht
Dumplings @ 70 Baht
Fried Squid @ 160 Baht
Beef Noodle Soup @ 100 Baht
Kung Poa chicken @ 180 Baht
Chinese Pancakes 4pc @ 80 Baht
Total cost: 620 Baht (yes it was for 1 person, but I'm a big eater, enjoy variety, and left the place totally stuffed with the pancakes to-go)
Expectations vs Actualities:
Coke: You gotta love a restaurant that has man-sized (500ml) Coke (even though I asked for orange and they didn't understand me, said they didn't have it, then I see it in the beverage display after the fact)
Dumplings: Let me start by saying that I'm not a big fan of these Chinese meat dumplings (I prefer the dim sum style, look-a-like Har Gaw steamed shrimp dumplings which have a lighter rice flour covering). I ordered these becasue there were so many variations on the menu and thus seemed to be a feature of this restaurant. I ordered the pork and leek variety, 10 pc came steamed with a soy-garlic dipping sauce (you can also get them fried but I don't speak Chinese and nothing is indicated on the menu). They tasted the same as what I've had a few times before in the west but alot cheaper here. Nothing exceptional taste wise, but make a good starter and they go well with the dipping sauce.
Fried Squid: I expected the Chinese style salt & pepper fried squid (tentacles, tail, and tubes pieces lightly battered), an inferior verion of the Greek Calamari (nobody can beat the Greeks with fried squid). What I got was 10 pc Japanese style panko breaded squid rings without any dipping sauce. These were tasty and fresh but lacked seasoning, I needed to use the leftover dipping sauce from the dumplings to make them more palatable. Another decent starter only if a dipping sauce is provided.
Beef Noodle Soup: This was where I had to get very theatrical in my ordering style and was lead into the kitchen to show what they had. I should have known this was not going to end well when they took out a bag of egg noodle from the freezer to show me. Anyways... what I expected/wanted was a fried rice noodle with Beef, but there was nothing listed on the menu for noodle dishes. What I got was a Beef noodle soup with said egg noodles. Let me say that I thouroughly enjoy a good Beef noodle soup, whether Pho or Thai style, however this was quite horrible... the broth tasted like the water the noodles were cooked in, and there was little in the way of vegetable in the soup.
Kung Pao Chicken: I have had this dish several times in the west and I can say that this was the worst version I've tried (even though it came garnished with 3 tiny, berry flavored, gelatin hearts!) The dish was monotonous in terms of texture and ingredient size, very stew-like. The taste was OK but usually the chicken is fried separately to give it a crunch, but here it seemed it was stirfried with the other ingredients. Perhaps if one had no expectations they would enjoy this dish, but not me.
Chinese Pancakes: These are the ones sold at the side of the road @20 baht/pc. They are quite large and filling, think of a banana pancake except savory (pork and veg). I personally think they are too big (too much bread), if made smaller they would be more appetizing. Taste was OK, nothing special.
Conclusion:
I will not return (too far from my home, not to my liking). Value was not an issue. Perhaps those who are within walking distance/short drive will be able to find things on the menu that they enjoy, but I'm happy elsewhere.
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