BugJackBaron

The Chanya clinic by the Hanaman roundabout has a doctor who does acupuncture.

The only one on that list that I have tried is "eat me". Great? You must be kidding. When it opened it was very good but now I would just rate it OK.

The one I tried recently was in Emporium. The best place on average for Western restaurants in Thailand is probably Chiang Mai.

The prices that many charge are largely due to import taxes and there are tons of reasonably cheap but great restaurants in the West.

Credit where it's due BugJackBaron, Eat.Me's done quite well for itself, a wine list unlike any other. Snags a spot in the Top 50 restaurants in Asia. Plenty of others that missed out on that.

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So has Mcdonald's. Doesn't make it good though. As for wine, well there were a few good French places a while back ....but none of them were in a department store.

Maybe I shuldn;t ask another question but hey it's 3AM

Were you surprised by the revelation that Rock Hudson was gay?

Get them drunk . Then they sleep.

All these repliers and not one serious one !

I'm disappointed. OK

I'll step up to the bat.

The best juicer is of course Jucy Lucy on soi 8 in the n.... bar . Oh THAT kind of juicer!

In the spirit of this thread then, anyone care to recommend (or warn from) a farang friendly bar in the Na jomtien area?

How about a good restaurant?

I am told there is, or was, a fantastic Thai one on the dark side of the Ambassador Hotel - with sign and menu

in Thai only.

Nonsense, tons of great western places in town... Your just not going to get them for 60 baht, and you would notget them anywhere near that cheap at home,

Heres the short list

Opposite mess hall

Quince

Nahm

Bolan

La monita & el osito

Little beast

Oyster bar

Smith

Water library chamchuri sq

Water library tonglor

Gaggan

Appia

Soul food mahanakorn

Mugandai

Le du

Rocket

Eat me

The burger truck tonglor

Pala

May have left a few out, all these spots have pro chefs from the west or thai chefs trained in the west, yes they are expensive, no you cant wear flipflops.. But try the equivalents in any major city and the price will be double 100 percent sure

The only one on that list that I have tried is "eat me". Great? You must be kidding. When it opened it was very good but now I would just rate it OK.

The one I tried recently was in Emporium. The best place on average for Western restaurants in Thailand is probably Chiang Mai.

The prices that many charge are largely due to import taxes and there are tons of reasonably cheap but great restaurants in the West.

Lovely cod from curry n chips but what a huge disapointment the chips are. Bog standard frozen. If I want them I could cook them at home. Its a real shame as they have a lovely shop and their fish is good.

Agreed. It's a strange bird and with expensive drinks I did not find it good value for money.

There is a thread about the darkside yet equally dark is the nether region that inhabits the space between Tesco Lotus Sukumbit and Bang Saray. Of course Na jomtien is mostly thought of as the north part of Jomtien beach. But it is more!

Indeed there is even a "darkside na jomtien" waiting to be reported on. Are there bars there?

Good apartments? Do farang live there? It is not just beach but a whole inner area that needs its

story to be told. Or is that stretch of Sukamvit simply "Resort Alley"?

Inquiring minds want to know!

What does a gay guy order in a Chinese restaurant?

Wasn't Freddy Mercury the greatest?

Perhaps the new place POMMES next to the old Continental on Thapraya as they've got a menu selection of Mediterranean style panini.

I hope so. I am quite disappointed that they have yet to do any of the waffles or pancakes

beautifully pictured in the menu.

Come on guys, if you don't make it, don't advertise it!

Just opened after a name change and renovation is "Real Indian" a few shops down from Simon's Fish N' Chips in

Jomtien. 

  It may be worth checking out.

UPDATE: The Sub n Steak joint seems to be open. I saw a couple dining inside and there is a menu outside the door.

I have to give them credit for at least putting appealing pictures in the menu. That may make up a bit for the

lack of Russian.

Anyone want to go first and review it?

One thing that I didn't see was any mention of VAT in the menu so it's inclusion or lack of is still a mystery.

I tend to agree that the quality of Western food has gone down in the last ten years. I blame greedy landlords

and monotonous chains that grab up shopping space.

Walking through Siam Paragon last week I couldn't believe the phony, crappy choices for Western dining

A recent renovation seemed to have jacked up the prices too. Places that started out well seemed to have slipped . Burger King really was the best choice there.

Chok La Dee in Foodland is hit and miss but for the money gives an OK salmon steak dinner and no need to reach for the Tums.

Landmark hotel had edible sandwiches which were a good deal especially after 7pm when they went for half price. Anyways they were better than anything in Pattaya.

I hope that the couple of Italian places I remember from 5 years ago that were just a station or two away from Siam Paragon still offer reasonable quality.

As Spock would say "insufficient data"/

It's an old video but I remember posters around town advertising this.

Is it the same as Horseshoe point?

!!!!Pommes!!!!

Thappraya road Jomtien

South of Thepprasit and North of Jomtien Complex, east side of street.

It should be hard to miss, the signage is probably the among the TALLEST in the province!

This is a very cheerful sophisticated modern cafe concept.

I would describe the general theme of the menu to be Mediterranean-ish plus.

Prices either moderate or sometimes a tad high but understandable for the jazzy decor.

It really looks like it could be in Provincetown or Nice ...

A cool place to hang out for sure!

Varied menu.

Breakfast specials, at least one cheap set and then more interesting sets over 200 baht, including coffee, and free OJ before noon.

Wide range of coffee drinks and fresh fruit juices.

Panini menu.

Pastas menu.

Soups menu ... including French onion

Salad menu, for example Nicoise.

Crepes menu. All sweet. Unfortunately, no savory. I think they missed the boat on that, where in Jomtien can you get savory French crepes? You can get sweet crepes on the street.

A few Israeli style dishes such as Shakshuka for breakfast. As far as I know the only place to get Shakshuka (or its Turkish/Arabic cousins) in Jomtien. I think I recall seeing hummus too, but not entirely sure.

Honestly, I'm a bare bones no nonsense all about the food expat type and don't really need to feel I'm on a Riviera holiday by the decor of a restaurant (and I don't want to pay for that feeling either) ... and there isn't a lot that I personally feel I must eat at this place BUT I think they've done a SUPER great job with the decor and the menu is impressively coherent and intelligent ... so I kind of noticed they aren't getting as much business as you might expect for such a major new opening.

So if such a place appeals, why not try it out? At least for a coffee?

If/when you do, please come on back and describe your experience with the food you order.

In case you don't know what Shakshuka is, it's basically eggs poached in a spicy tomato sauce (not only chilies) served with bread. You can also find it at My Place Israeli restaurant (Soi Beuakow) and the Turkish version (Menemen) at local Turkish restaurants.

To me, it's like Middle Eastern Huevos Rancheros (the Mexican egg dish).

Shakshuka NOT from Pommes:

Shakshuka_011.jpg

I had an English breakfast at Pommes this morning. Highly recommended,food was very good with nice touches included. The breakfast came with a cucumber /tomato salad, a basket of bread with homemade jam, fresh oj (very small), small glass of water (great for taking pills). Service good. 149 baht. They have waffles and omelets which I have try next time.

Edit: no Russian on the menu which might be a business mistake considering the number of Russians using the nearby baht buses.

The picture you post is so not an english breakfast!!! Could not be further away if you tried. An English breakfast usually consists of fried eggs, proper bacon, sausages, fried bread, tomatoes, beans and possibly black pudding, mushrooms or chips. Tea and toast. Salad?????? There are English men weeping, have a heart (attack)!

It's their version of an English breakfast (with a French /Mediterranean twist?) and they cook the eggs, meat/bacon any way you like. Can't remember a better tasting breakfast in this area with the possible exception of Ogaras on Pratumnak.

I did a review of this place a while back but it got buried. One thing that is strange is the 99 Baht specials posted on a sign just outside the cafe.

Most do not include coffee which is about 70 Baht. But if you actually read their menu , you can get a better deal just by ordering the English breakfast for example as it includes coffee. They need to work on that.

On the plus side, the croissant was excellent and the raspberry jam was NOT the processed junk they usually serve. The Salads that come with the eggs are an interesting twist and have a very light dressing on them. They balance the meal nicely. A nice alternative to the darker Continental bakery right beside it.

Unless you are running serious windows games or you have an application

that requies ALL the power of your machine, I would recommend running

windows 7 or XP in a virtualbox session. It can access all your hardware and with some tweaking

can even use video drivers.

Other similar programs are Vmware and qemu(linux or unix only)

Dual booting would otherwise just be a waste of resources. For backup of movies etc that you

may want to play on a friends machine or at work u can use an NTFS formated thumbdrive,

 

I'm not sure about Pattaya but in Bangkok the 5 star hotels do give qive quality for the money.. 
The standards are a bit better there.

Standards here are OK too. The Royal Cliff does a very good breakfast for about 700B. If only it extended to lunch/brunch times I would probably go there quite often, especially as it includes Indian curries.
Most of the other top hotels here are good also, but the same comment applies about the hours. I keep meaning to go and look at the Marriot breakfast also.

 

Well if anyone could do it, it would be the Royal Cliff. You'll need wheels to get there of course.

I did take a look at one of the top-end hotels on the other side of Jomtien Beach, just past  Pattaya Park  and at the bottom of Pratamnak Hill/

I couldn't believe  the crap paraded as their Breakfast Buffet for like 500 Baht. For example,

7-11 Wiener style sausages. Of course I saved my money. 

With some exceptions the "tourist trap" mentality is ingrained here.

 

Most "during the week" buffet breakfasts worth mentioning are quite expensive.
 
There are a few (many) options for nice breakfasts. I would suggest the Continental and Linda's in about 100 m. distance
 
If you are only interested in breakfast, 5 star hotels?

The 5* hotels serve excellent buffet breakfasts but you must be willing to pay. In Jomtien the Sea Falcon, Lindas or Continental serve an ok breakfast but even they are substandard to some cheap American chains like Dennys or IHOP.

 

 Agree about Lindas. The French breakfast i ordered there promised a croissant and cheese with coffee..

 What they gave me was a mini croissant . Unbelievable.The cheese was good but the Mokidor coffee was , well,  bland may be a good description.

 I'm not sure about Pattaya but in Bangkok the 5 star hotels do give qive quality for the money.. 

The standards are a bit better there. 

Have a look at LXLE: http://lxle.net/

Very nicely done, long term support, works well out of the box. Got it on a netbook and like it a lot. Recommended!

Couple links of interest:

How to install Linux Mint on your XP PC

http://www.itworld.com/open-source/413083/which-linux-mint-apps-can-replace-windows-xp-software

Note that some live DVDs allow for persistent change to be saved on DVD(yes you can do this) or on USB drive. Slako linux for example(AKA Puppy linux)

Not on DVD, no. The persistence is accomplished by putting the save file on some writable medium, usually the hard drive of the booted machine. Puppy at least allows encryption of the save file.

Running Linux in a VM on a Windows machine is very doable but issues about sharing and passthrough will need to be addressed. If you're not experienced, there's a slight learning curve.

aarn gave great advice above about running from a USB stick.

Dual booting as requested in the OP is pretty nice. If you get tired of it and want to get rid of the Linux, follow the instructions here:

http://www.howtogeek.com/141818/how-to-uninstall-a-linux-dual-boot-system-from-your-computer/

You'll need a Windows repair disc; here's now to make it:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2083-system-repair-disc-create.html

You seem to be wrong. They claim that they CAN write back to the live CD/DVD

http://puppylinux.com/multi-puppy.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppy_Linux#cite_note-10

"....Puppy Linux has a unique feature which sets it apart from other Linux distributions: the ability to offer a normal persistently updating working environment on a write-once multisession CD/DVD. (It does not require a rewritable CD/DVD.) Puppy automatically detects changes in the file system and saves them incrementally on the disc.[10] "

dddave, put lubuntu 13.10 on a stick as above. There are much smaller linux distributions (puppy and derivatives),

but ubuntu/lubuntu/xubuntu are pre-configured for dummies like myself,

and have access to expansive 'repositories' for media plyers (such as vlc), calibre for ebooks, and so forth.

Cheers, AA

I would say use Linux Mint(which is essentially Ubuntu) as it will save a "total beignner" the headache of getting all the codecs he

needs to play movies etc. The only reason I would use Ubuntu is that at least the latest version uses a newer

kernel which may have needed drivers, like for WiFi, included.

The next linux Mint will be a killer.

One other option is to run Ubuntu from DVD if your machine has a DVD drive but installing it in a VM makes it customizable and is the better choice if you want to install other drivers and programs.

Unless you have a sophisticated passthrough set up you would not be able to test

video drivers for example.

Note that some live DVDs allow for persistent change to be saved on DVD(yes you can do this) or on USB drive. Slako linux for example(AKA Puppy linux)

Moral of the story: always be sure to have a nice GPS phone handy for them to steal.