ChangFai

August Suites ..... although its been open a lot longer than a year.

Shurely its red for starboard and green for port ?

Shurely the chopping down of trees is preparation for the widening of Beach Road ?

I think you mean Preecha's and the restaurant next door is Toeys (spelling?) which is out on a wooden pier??? They are in Ban Amphur. Pupen is in Jomtien.

No, I think he means Loong Sawai.

PooPen must be doing something right, its just that I have never found out what it is !

The Miang Kham that they advertise as their special dish is truly awful.

Little Court has been open for several decades.

I am guessing it would be a little more run down that newer places on the other side of Buakhao.

Plenty of places around the 4000 baht a month mark, on 3rd road and the sois between 3rd road and Buakhao.

Sure you can get garbage products in Thailand for cheap. That doesn't count.

Correct

Stores in Thailand hardly ever have the kind of good deals that are common in the West.

Nonsense !

Dont understand the purpose of a thermostat is usually the answer.

Well there has been factory "outlet" stores at least since the original Big C was built so they have been around for quite some time.

Its called "THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP".

Theres a football stadium on Pattaya Klang?

Sure, one of those 5 a side astro turf type ones.

I think just the one. I like their soups a lot. Never even had the tom yum because they have a number of more unusual ones.

In their version of Tom Yam Goong, they use Basil Leaves which gives it an extra level of peppery spiciness, and the prawns are always super fresh.

Not a better one in Pattaya IMO.

I am pretty sure it opened the same year as Big C did, and I cant remember anything else that has ever been in that spot, so definitely longer than 1998, and its had at least two renovations during that time.

A branch of Pink Lady used to sit across from it for a few years, but it was no competition and has since long closed.

However if you want to pay a bit more and still cheap the Thai joint next to Fuji in Big C is my stand out choice for great Thai food at very reasonable prices.

Agreed, Khao Suay has consistently excellent for years now.

Is that at Big C south or North (or The big C extra Central). I believe all 3 Big C locations have Fuji. I have never seen this Khao Suay place (I don't think anyways)

I think (but am not sure) the restaurant he means is at Big C North (2nd road) located near the entrance. It is small place with open windows and a large blackboard on the wall listing some of their suggested dishes. They close early. If I lived closer I'd eat there three times a week. Authentic flavors, more sophisticated than average cooking style, fair prices, mostly middle class Thai customers. I don't know the name and not sure if it's actually called Khao Suay.

Its Definitely called Khao Suay.

Its Definitely at Big C on 2nd Road.

I do eat there at least three times a week.

Their opening hours are the same as the mall itself, but they start to run out of items in the early evening, especially the seafood, which I think is a good sign.

Their Tom Yam, Chicken with Basil Leaves, and Squid with Salted Egg are probably the best examples of those dishes to be had in Pattaya ..... and I dont say that lightly.

For a long time they never had an English menu, but that is not the case now.

However if you want to pay a bit more and still cheap the Thai joint next to Fuji in Big C is my stand out choice for great Thai food at very reasonable prices.

Agreed, Khao Suay has consistently excellent for years now.

If you say so. It's cheap. The portions are large. But even something so basic as pad krapow there just barely average.

Thank you.

I thought it was just me, that thought it was extremely average.

I always worry when I enter a place, and the majority of customers are eating "Khao Pat",

1. Khao Suay

2. Oraharn Thai

3. Moom Aroy

Lone Star, Jolly Friar and the olde Le Katai all under the same ownership.

Disappointing.

Well, as a pedestrian I welcome this move.

When you get off the ferry on Koh Si Chang, you will be met by people wanting you to rent a motorbike, and drivers of a 3 wheeled samlor type thing that you can hire to be driven around and shown the sights.

Day trip to Koh Si Chang is my favourite escape, and one that everyone seems to overlook.

UPDATE:

Pattaya Times Editor's Note:

The raid and arrest on Pattaya Secrets Bar on Walking Street is unfortunate because in it widely accepted that in the "Red Light" designated areas of Walking Street and nearby PattayaLand and BoysTown offer adult entertainment and nightlife.

The raid most likely occurred following reports to NGOs in Thailand and the national police that Pattaya Secrets Bar was openly stating on its websites sexual services were offered in the comments by postings in the forums. Also, the manger-on-duty was a foreigner.

Operating a bar with hostesses and bar girls openly in Thailand is prohibited for foreigners under Thai law. Please see http://pattaya-times...-b-e-2542-1999.

Conclusion: Do not blatantly admit what goes on in the bar on your own named websites open to the public worldwide and don't have a white, foreigner manager on site. Pattaya Secrets was an easy target for the police to make a strong statement.

Update: National Police Crackdown on Human Trafficking in Pattaya and make arrests. The first arrest by the Thai national police has been made of a foreign manager at Pattaya Secrets. Foreigners should not be involved in managing bars on the premises in the entertainment district zoned specifically for the "red light" district.

Source: http://pattaya-times..._medium=twitter

There was another German place - a restaurant just up the road that closed a few years ago.

Yum Simpl

I love that word -- schnitzel.

Hans Schnitzel, Drinking Street, off 2nd Road.

Mondays & Fridays, Schnitzel Days = 129 baht.

Rent increased on 1st of April, so moved to Laos.