I just had lump crabmeat Khao Soi Noodles at North restaurant. 700 baht. Better even than the heavily Youtubed Mai Sai Khao Soy in Chiang Mai. 5 * service and setting.

 

I eat at Sri Trat Seafood (now in the Michelin Guide) every week. A whole huge sea bass (or whatever it really is) steamed in lemon juice and soy sauce is 600 baht.

 

Coming from New York, it's as if they are giving the food away.  Super-creative Thai food is the cheapest luxury dining in the world.

 

And probably only available in less than 50 fusion-ish restaurants Thailand-wide, let alone the rest of the world.

 

Last time I posted about this, I said I had had 200 baht Pad Thai at Ging Grai in Nimman. People called me a moron -Bob Smith, to name but one. No wait, he called me a certified moron. 

 

What's the nicest Thai food you've had?

 

What's a special occasion Thai meal in a restaurant look like to you? What do you order?  Where?

 

I'm particularly interested in what a splurge meal out in the sticks is like.

Only good seafood is freshly caught.

Generally at the beach, it's from the same frozen block as I can get a dozen steps away. 

 

Koh Samui residents have confirmed this to me.

17 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

I just had lump crabmeat Khao Soi Noodles at North restaurant. 700 baht. Better even than the heavily Youtubed Mai Sai Khao Soy in Chiang Mai. 5 * service and setting.

 

I eat at Sri Trat Seafood (now in the Michelin Guide) every week. A whole huge sea bass (or whatever it really is) steamed in lemon juice and soy sauce is 600 baht.

 

Coming from New York, it's as if they are giving the food away.  Super-creative Thai food is the cheapest luxury dining in the world.

 

Last time I posted about this, I said I had had 200 baht Pad Thai at Ging Grai in Nimman. People called me a moron -Bob Smith, to name but one.

 

What's the nicest Thai food you've had?

 

What's a special occasion Thai meal out look like to you? What do you order?

 

I'm particularly interested in what a splurge meal out in the sticks is like.

 

 

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Super-creative Thai food is the cheapest luxury dining in the world.

 

Your statements aren't matching up. You've mentioned a Pad Thai, a steamed Sea bass and Khao Soi with crabmeat.

 

To what kind of super creative food are you referring?

 

I'm lucky enough to live close to the sea and close to seafood markets, so an abundance of seafood is almost a normality and not at all expensive.

 

So I'm actually interested in the super-creative luxury dining. But what is it?

 

When I have attended more upmarket restaurants, the main difference is the presentation. usually beautifully presented, with carved vegetables and edible flowers and possibly a higher quality of ingredient. But in all honesty, I haven't ever had a, for instance, Green Curry, that was better than home made.

 

My girlfriend makes a great Green Curry, with eggplant and chicken. Also Lop Moo with chicken or pork, both excellent. I've tried Green Curry in Texas, at a place owned by former Korat locals that my daughter really likes, and it's pretty much the same as my girlfriend's, besides the round eggplants they use here. First time I came to Thailand, I had Tilapia with my ex, sitting on the ground next to the Mekong River, and it was very good. 

Prachuap has fresh stuff.

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

My girlfriend makes a great Green Curry, with eggplant and chicken. Also Lop Moo with chicken or pork, both excellent. I've tried Green Curry in Texas, at a place owned by former Korat locals that my daughter really likes, and it's pretty much the same as my girlfriend's, besides the round eggplants they use here. First time I came to Thailand, I had Tilapia with my ex, sitting on the ground next to the Mekong River, and it was very good. 

 

Hardly super-creative, luxury foods. But hey, you have to post somewhere 😊 Green curry in Texas? Why does anyone need to know about that?

I would like to read about the something different that the OP has described, not everyday run-of-the-mill foods.

Sorry if your feelings get hurt. But your reply has nothing to do with the topic.

 

For super creative food, you're talking about Sorn, R-Haan, and maybe a dozen others. That where you will find your deconstructed Panang Curry and such.

 

I more eat at the kind of places that pop up in the Time Out Guide. Cheffy takes on Thai standards. 

 

I do view someone who's putting crab meat in the curry instead and mixing up the spice mix as worth the premium price.

7 minutes ago, BatteringRam said:

 

 

 

 

 

To what kind of super creative food are you referring?

 

 

 

So I'm actually interested in the super-creative luxury dining. But what is it?

 

It would be a good idea for you toss out a restaurant or a meal in Thailand that you enjoyed and that was on the higher end side.

 

 

23 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

Coming from New York, it's as if they are giving the food away.

 

Try Red Box or Chef's Table in Chiang Mai. 10,000 to 12000 baht for 2 people.

 

Delicious food, but very haute cuisine Thai.

That Sichuan Place at The Shangrila in CM is well up there too. So fancy they call it Sichuan instead of Schezuan.

 

May as well make this a high end whatever-cuisine thread too. I can see this completely innocuous thread unraveling in front of me.

 

Where do you go, what do you order, what do you spend?

 

 

2 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

For super creative food, you're talking about Sorn, R-Haan, and maybe a dozen others. That where you will find your deconstructed Panang Curry and such.

 

I more eat at the kind of places that pop up in the Time Out Guide. Cheffy takes on Thai standards. 

 

I do view someone who's putting crab meat in the curry instead and mixing up the spice mix as worth the premium price.

 

 

Actual meals that you have tried, along with pictures and your reviews?

My local seafood restaurant puts crab in dishes. Does it make it super-luxury? Crab omelette, 100 baht, Crab fried rice 70/80 baht.

You are paying extra for presentation and ambience. 

Personally I tend to cook my own curries, as I can control the quality of the ingredients. Freshly squeezed coconut milk for instance. Many places will use UHT coconut milk. Usually a disappointment as it rarely as it should be. Sometime just looking like a milky soup.

 

1 minute ago, BatteringRam said:

 

 

Actual meals that you have tried, along with pictures and your reviews?

 

 

Nah.

 

You're pissing on my thread with your endless equivocating. I think I'm just going to abandon it.

7 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

That Sichuan Place at The Shangrila in CM is well up there too. So fancy they call it Sichuan instead of Schezuan.

 

May as well make this a high end whatever-cuisine thread too. I can see this completely innocuous thread unraveling in front of me.

 

Where do you go, what do you order, what do you spend?

 

 

 

At the really fancy restaurants you don't get to order. You have to eat what they plonk on your table. All 11 courses.

 

Chef's Table Chiang mai was 11000 baht. 

 

Red Box Chiang May was 12000 baht.

 

They have set menus, so you don't really order. In Red Box you could make some limited menu adjustments.

8 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

Try Red Box or Chef's Table in Chiang Mai. 10,000 to 12000 baht for 2 people.

 

Delicious food, but very haute cuisine Thai.

 

  I'll recommend that restaurant to my Israeli mates 

Just now, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  I'll recommend that restaurant to my Israeli mates 

 

Feel free, after I saw the bill I don't go there anymore.

 

12 minutes ago, BatteringRam said:

 

Hardly super-creative, luxury foods. But hey, you have to post somewhere 😊 Green curry in Texas? Why does anyone need to know about that?

I would like to read about the something different that the OP has described, not everyday run-of-the-mill foods.

Sorry if your feelings get hurt. But your reply has nothing to do with the topic.

 

I knew you or your alter ego Jake would be here replying to me as soon as I saw you enter the topic. What I said has zero to do with you, as I mentioned Thai food that I like. Again, personal experience and absolutely nothing to do with you. Remember, you don't have to reply to anyone, unless of course it's constructive or relating.

 

As far as my feelings, you'll never understand just how much I know about you and your kind, but the more I point you out, the more others will catch on.

 

People go slightly off topic this way all the time, but it's not off that much, as it's about good Thai food, some of which is expensive. By the way, "luxury" foods aren't only created at high star restaurants, which is why I mentioned my girlfriend's cooking, as well as other former Thai residents that make it in America, where the cost mirrors expensive restaurants here.

 

Your words, "Personally I tend to cook my own curries, as I can control the quality of the ingredients. Freshly squeezed coconut milk for instance". Isn't that much the same thing you said I did? 

37 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

Last time I posted about this, I said I had had 200 baht Pad Thai at Ging Grai in Nimman.

 

 A   Pad Thai in  UK restaurant would be about 600 Baht

40 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

I just had lump crabmeat Khao Soi Noodles at North restaurant. 700 baht. Better even than the heavily Youtubed Mai Sai Khao Soy in Chiang Mai. 5 * service and setting.

 

I eat at Sri Trat Seafood (now in the Michelin Guide) every week. A whole huge sea bass (or whatever it really is) steamed in lemon juice and soy sauce is 600 baht.

 

Coming from New York, it's as if they are giving the food away.  Super-creative Thai food is the cheapest luxury dining in the world.

 

And probably only available in less than 50 fusion-ish restaurants Thailand-wide, let alone the rest of the world.

 

Last time I posted about this, I said I had had 200 baht Pad Thai at Ging Grai in Nimman. People called me a moron -Bob Smith, to name but one. No wait, he called me a certified moron. 

 

What's the nicest Thai food you've had?

 

What's a special occasion Thai meal in a restaurant look like to you? What do you order?  Where?

 

I'm particularly interested in what a splurge meal out in the sticks is like.

One thing I'll miss is getting good Thai food for less than back home.

So far, just peeing up the wall, boasting how much they can spend. I actually like good food and would have appreciated some actual reviews and recommendations.

Not that I'm going to head up to Chiang Mai to do so...

2 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

One thing I'll miss is getting good Thai food for less than back home.

 

Maybe you should wait until you are actually moving back home, before reminiscing as if you are already on the way back.

You are stuck in Thailand for the foreseeable future. Has anything changed on that front?

Enjoy your life now.

Prik Nap Pla on a well aged Filet Mignon

1 minute ago, BatteringRam said:

 

Another weird off-topic rant.

 

Have you been to any high end restaurants? What was your opinion? 

Funny, you did the same thing, mentioning how you cook, and seem to think it's different than my mentioning my girlfriend's excellent cooking, on par with Thai restaurants I've eaten at for decades. Here, in New Jersey, New York and Texas. Again, I was responding to the OP. 

53 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

Last time I posted about this, I said I had had 200 baht Pad Thai at Ging Grai in Nimman. People called me a moron -Bob Smith, to name but one. No wait, he called me a certified moron. 

Where does one certify that they are a moron? A few obvious places come to mind. 

Not true. Not even close

I wrote about the high end restaurants that I tried and found wanting. Talked about the quality of ingredients utilised. Finally I mentioned that I use the highest quality of ingredients.

 

But let's not make this about you and me.

 

Have you any experience of higher end Thai restaurants? I tried in Bangkok. Soi 8, for one. Royal Thai food. Nice presentation and something different.

 

You haven't mentioned anything to do with the topic at all

12 minutes ago, BatteringRam said:

but no actual reviews or pictures.

 

Ok, I'll give you a taste of what it's like.

 

First of all each dish is tiny. And I do mean absolutely tiny.

 

So tiny, it's hardly eating, even if there are 11 courses. You go more for the experience.

 

And yes, these are unusual and pleasant morsels, I won't deny it.

 

But, it's not satisfying eating. And once you get the bill of 11,000 baht you feel even less satisfied.

 

I'd much rather go to a good middle of the road restaurant where you get relatively normal food.

To be honest, the whole premise seems to have been a bit pretentious. Literally no discussion about the actual food at all. 

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deconstructed Panang Curry 

 

Stop it and get serious.

54 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Also Lop Moo with chicken or pork, both excellent.

Try Larb Phet-duck

1 hour ago, Prubangboy said:

 

I eat at Sri Trat Seafood (now in the Michelin Guide) every week.

 

See you there, next week.

 

Just so I can recognize you, please wear a yellow flower.

 

 

 

6 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

Try Larb Phet-duck

I'll ask my girlfriend. She and I both like duck, and she's made a few dinners using it, and I think that was it. Larb Ped.