George Orwell inspired Russian restaurant in Bangkok

[snoop1130]

 

George Orwell, the author of the dystopian “1984”, is known to have frequented London pubs, and half of the gin mills in the city are said to have had him as a customer at one point or another. Orwell was dissatisfied with most of the pubs in his city. He wrote an essay for the Evening Standard in 1946, which he called “The Moon Under Water”, in which he described the rules that his ideal drinking establishment would follow. A Russian chef, Alesha Voronin, chose to name his restaurant in the heart of Bangkok after it.

 

Alesha came to Thailand on holiday, thinking he would only stay for a month. While he was staying with his girlfriend for a night in a school near Songkhla, because the hotel in the town was completely booked due to funerals, a man high on “ya ba” (a potent mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine) broke in and hit him on the head with a stick, with the intent to assault his girlfriend. This left him with 23 scars on his head and he was taken to hospital, where he stayed for a few weeks.

 

Seeing how hospitable and kind the villagers were with him, what local life was like, his tourist mind set changed and he wanted to know more about the country and its customs. “People were very kind to me, I mean the whole village, every day, people would come with flowers and fruits from all over this town, just for support. The hospital, it’s so beautiful, it’s just like a Zen garden, the pond, the gazebo at the centre of the pond. At 7am, pink lotuses opened and, at 7.30, white lotuses opened and everything was so nice.”

 

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[NickyLouie]

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

[steven100]

If it has anything Russian about it I will boycott it .... and I'll tell everyone else the same.

[VillageIdiot]

28 minutes ago, NickyLouie said:

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

All Russians know that after living under so many years of Communism in one form or another.

How's about a Clockwork Orange themed restaurant in the heart of Moscow?

That would be a sure winner.

[steven100]

I call a spade a spade ... I speak the truth but some sites don't want the truth,  they just want you to lie and say they are good.  Well I wasn't bought up to lie like that just to please them ... 

 

 

 

[steven100]

2 minutes ago, VillageIdiot said:

All Russians know that after living under so many years of Communism in one form or another.

How's about a Clockwork Orange themed restaurant in the heart of Moscow?

That would be a sure winner.

I hope Ukraine shells every restaurant in Moscow  .   hahaha

[mancub]

Should open a bar in Pattaya and call it Putin's Folly.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

If it has anything Russian about it I will boycott it .... and I'll tell everyone else the same.

You think any of them will take any notice of your irrational rant?!   Unless you know something about the owner, of course.

[bunnydrops]

46 minutes ago, steven100 said:

I call a spade a spade ... I speak the truth but some sites don't want the truth,  they just want you to lie and say they are good.  Well I wasn't bought up to lie like that just to please them ... 

 

 

 

Now that you have had your two minutes of hate. You can return to your job at the Ministry of Truth.

[Liverpool Lou]

47 minutes ago, steven100 said:

I call a spade a spade ... I speak the truth but some sites don't want the truth,  they just want you to lie and say they are good.  Well I wasn't bought up to lie like that just to please them ... 

A lot of the time it's not only spades that you call spades.

[kwilco]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

If it has anything Russian about it I will boycott it .... and I'll tell everyone else the same.

probably why he didn't give it a Russian name

[kwilco]

1 hour ago, mancub said:

Should open a bar in Pattaya and call it Putin's Folly.

Ukraine is Putin's folly.

[RichardColeman]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The hospital, it’s so beautiful, it’s just like a Zen garden, the pond, the gazebo at the centre of the pond. At 7am, pink lotuses opened and, at 7.30, white lotuses opened and everything was so nice.”

Exactly how hard did the kind Thai man hit him on the head ?

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A Russian chef, Alesha Voronin, chose to name his restaurant in the heart of Bangkok after it.

Is this some kind of marketing ploy?

[bizboi]

12 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You think any of them will take any notice of your irrational rant?!   Unless you know something about the owner, of course.

Good to see you supporting a regime that launches cruise missiles at innocent women and children and causes massive environmental damage at the behest of its tin pot dictator. Glad most of the good people of Liverpool don’t share your view

[freeworld]

13 hours ago, steven100 said:

If it has anything Russian about it I will boycott it .... and I'll tell everyone else the same.

Oh dear.

[ignore it]

Comrad Alesha,

If your out with your girlfriend and a guy high on ya-ba comes in and tries to hit her on the head with a stick..

You don't open a restaurant, you get a new girlfriend!

[Bangkok Barry]

13 hours ago, steven100 said:

If it has anything Russian about it I will boycott it .... and I'll tell everyone else the same.

So you would condemn his business because of his nationality? I guess that makes you a racist of sorts. Why not go and meet him and ask if he supports or condemns Vlad Putrid first. You know, gather some facts. 

[Bangkok Barry]

46 minutes ago, bizboi said:

Good to see you supporting a regime that launches cruise missiles at innocent women and children and causes massive environmental damage at the behest of its tin pot dictator. Glad most of the good people of Liverpool don’t share your view

Bizarre post. What has any of that got to do with a long-time resident of Thailand opening a restaurant? He's Russian so he is responsible for what a leader he might detest is doing? Really?

[steven100]

7 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

So you would condemn his business because of his nationality? I guess that makes you a racist of sorts. Why not go and meet him and ask if he supports or condemns Vlad Putrid first. You know, gather some facts. 

I hear ya '   and your correct ....  but Russians aren't welcome anywhere at this time are they.   

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, bizboi said:

13 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You think any of them will take any notice of your irrational rant?!   Unless you know something about the owner, of course.

Good to see you supporting a regime that launches cruise missiles at innocent women and children and causes massive environmental damage at the behest of its tin pot dictator. Glad most of the good people of Liverpool don’t share your view

Where did I say that I support the Russian regime?   You need to back up that remark.

My comment was about your irrational vent against one Russian man who has opened a restaurant in Thailand, a person of whom you know nothing and, as far as any of us know, has done nothing to further the cause of Russian attacks on Ukraine.

 

What have the "good people of Liverpool" got to do with it and how could you ever know that they wouldn't share my view of your nonsensical attack on that restaurant owner?

[Bangkok Barry]

15 minutes ago, steven100 said:

I hear ya '   and your correct ....  but Russians aren't welcome anywhere at this time are they.   

Only by those who can't differentiate between a dictator and warmonger and the 143 million other Russians.

[WorriedNoodle]

This sounds like a candidate for Private Eye's Pseuds Corner.

 

>> "The restaurant, which Alesha prefers to call a “living room”, strives to respect the rules that Orwell set out in his essay. It is decorated carefully, so as to give a 19th century feeling to anyone entering. Paintings of Russian czars are hung on dark green walls, whose colour is reminiscent of old Russian dachas. Orwell wanted his pub’s architecture and fittings to be “uncompromisingly Victorian” and, if the actual Moon Under Water isn’t exactly Victorian, similar feelings are evoked when one enters."

[Zapitapi]

14 hours ago, steven100 said:

If it has anything Russian about it I will boycott it .... and I'll tell everyone else the same.

what a genius u must be..but in my opinion people thinking in a simple manner like you are a good riddance anyway

[Zapitapi]

1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:

So you would condemn his business because of his nationality? I guess that makes you a racist of sorts. Why not go and meet him and ask if he supports or condemns Vlad Putrid first. You know, gather some facts. 

yep ..but looks like its a black/white world he is living in

[Zapitapi]

57 minutes ago, steven100 said:

I hear ya '   and your correct ....  but Russians aren't welcome anywhere at this time are they.   

they actually are welcome almost everywhere ..maybe a little less tv indoctrination would help

[steven100]

5 minutes ago, Zapitapi said:

what a genius u must be..but in my opinion people thinking in a simple manner like you are a good riddance anyway

bla ... bla ..bla ...  head on over to Pattaya and join your Russian mates will ya.   thanks

[steven100]

Just now, Zapitapi said:

they actually are welcome almost everywhere ..maybe a little less tv indoctrination would help

nonsense ....  your not that naive '    surely     !     ????

[KhunLA]

12 minutes ago, Zapitapi said:

they actually are welcome almost everywhere ..maybe a little less tv indoctrination would help

Agree, in TH, as long as they're spending money, nobody cares where they or anyone is from.

[Emdog]

It is ignorant and lazy to hate someone because of nationality.

Get to know them, have a conversation, check out their views. If you care enough to hate, you should make it personal.

I'm an American.... many times Thais assumed I supported Trump because I'm American. 180 degrees wrong on the support factor. Could be many Russians are here because they oppose Putin. Find out