A deceitful customer dined and dashed from a local Pattaya restaurant without paying after ordering an abundance of food and three bottles of beer. The man left behind a mobile phone and cigarette, claiming he needed to pick up a friend. It was later revealed that the phone was a decoy, and the same individual had previously impersonated an assistant to a Member of Parliament to commit a similar act.

 

The incident took place at a well-known local restaurant, Grandma’s Kitchen, situated within a side alley near the Chaiyapruek Post Office branch, Sukhumvit Road, Pattaya, Chon Buri. The restaurant, owned by 28 year old Naiyana Sawasdee, serves various dishes like noodles, a la carte food, rice with pork leg, papaya salad, fresh coffee, and other beverages.

 

A Thai man, aged 30 to 40 years, arrived on a motorcycle yesterday afternoon and ordered a variety of dishes including Tom Yum seafood, seafood salad, plain rice, cold Yen Ta Fo soup, fried garlic beef, ice, beer, and two glasses of cola. Despite dining alone, his order filled the entire table. After consuming three bottles of beer and spending an hour at the restaurant, his behaviour began to appear unusual.

 

Naiyana further reported that the customer claimed he was meeting a friend at the mouth of the alley and left his mobile phone and cigarettes at the table. However, after he left and did not return for about 15 minutes, Naiyana checked the phone and discovered it was merely an empty case. The cigarettes were also just an empty packet with one lighter.

 

By Nattapong Westwood

Caption: Picture courtesy of Grandma's Kitchen

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/dine-and-dasher-leaves-decoy-phone-flees-after-racking-up-820-baht-bill-at-pattaya-eatery

 

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No CCTV image of the rascal in order to rightfully point and shame ?

51 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The restaurant, owned by 28 year old Naiyana Sawasdee, serves various dishes like noodles, a la carte food, rice with pork leg, papaya salad, fresh coffee, and other beverages.

Who would have imagined such a varied menu?   5555

9 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

No CCTV image of the rascal in order to rightfully point and shame ?

He took it claiming to be the repair man. 

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

A Thai man, aged 30 to 40 years, arrived on a motorcycle (...)

And? With all the cameras around, didn't they find out about the license plate? (Works when there's a robbery...)

I love it  ......   Thais are so honest ,     he must have been from Burma.  

She'll just have to pad a few bills to make up for the shortfall....????

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Naiyana further reported that the customer claimed he was meeting a friend at the mouth of the alley and left his mobile phone and cigarettes at the table. However, after he left and did not return for about 15 minutes, Naiyana checked the phone and discovered it was merely an empty case. The cigarettes were also just an empty packet with one lighter.

Here's an idea, next customer who has to mysteriously leave the shop get their ID card.

No telling how many times this low life has pulled this stunt and it has not made the news.....

 

It's not as if Pattaya is the bastion of honesty and integrity, it is a place that myriad crimes are committed on a daily bases, so another day, another crime.

Doing a runner from the curry house used to be a common thing in my home town many years ago.. they usually sat someone near the exit to deter it. This cheeky chappie is  wasting his talents.

The article says he ordered two glasses of cola, but drank three beers. Isn't Thai journalism wonderful.

Well,

Grandma’s Kitchen

gets some media exposure.

 

Cheaper than an advert.

 

2 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

The article says he ordered two glasses of cola, but drank three beers. Isn't Thai journalism wonderful.

Was it 3 beers and 2 cola

On 8/29/2023 at 7:41 AM, KannikaP said:

Who would have imagined such a varied menu?   5555

My niece.   I had taken a niece and nephew out to eat.   When I left the table to visit the men's restroom, I said, order anything you want.   

On returning from the men's room about 5 minutes later, there was a variety of food that covered the table.   Nephew had ordered one dish, niece ordered everything else.    1225 baht worth of food.   I still have not figured out how she was able to eat all that food!!!  Food for nephew and I cost less than 100 baht.