Your Favorite Restaurant 2009

[bkkjames]

Like the title says, let's all name one restaurant for their fav of the year 2009.

Don't care about price etc or the reasons why so please just list their name. Not interested in if they use US of Thai beef either for that matter

I will get us started.

Rossano's

[babuhavas]

VERTIGO

been there for 3 times this year

[thaigerd]

"Black Ginger", Thai restaurant at the Indigo Pearl in Phuket.

Gerd

[cognos]

restaurant 101.. in Phuket, specializing in issan food..(mostly Thai customers)..2 of them.. one is on sukdidet road, i let the wife order, as the menu is in thai..VERY reasonable prices

[gotlost]

The Dukes in Chiang Mai on the river. Best American Food in Thailand.

[sabaijai]

Since you posted in the Western Food in Thailand forum, we assume you want Western restos, right?

French: Le Beaulieu

Italian: La Bottega di Luca

Spanish: Tapas Cafe

American: Don's Cafe (Phuket)

If forced to pick one: Le Beaulieu

[bkkjames]

Since you posted in the Western Food in Thailand forum, we assume you want Western restos, right?

French: Le Beaulieu

Italian: La Bottega di Luca

Spanish: Tapas Cafe

American: Don's Cafe (Phuket)

If forced to pick one: Le Beaulieu

Well Sabaijai, if I posted in the Thai food section... anyways, no need to limit it to Western Food unless there is an objection.

[sbk]

Can I say any restaurant where someone else pays the bill?

[bkkjames]

Can I say any restaurant where someone else pays the bill?

and you worry about me?

[Ulysses G.]

The Dukes in Chiang Mai on the river. Best American Food in Thailand.

The Dukes.

[lazygourmet]

Bonjour

[on-on]

So many for so many different categories of food, but I think I'll go with Tacos & Salsa as my favorite since it's a new addition. I've probably eaten there as many times as any other single place.

[bkkjames]

So many for so many different categories of food, but I think I'll go with Tacos & Salsa as my favorite since it's a new addition. I've probably eaten there as many times as any other single place.

And this is probably the reason why JFC hasn't decided on 'one' yet, considering he eats out 2-4 times a day apparently.

[sabaijai]

Bonjour

Bonjour is excellent, too. Have you tried Le Beaulieu? I ate at both restaurants in the same week, found the kitchen just a bit savvier at the latter, better quality ingredients but they are pretty close.

[sabaijai]

So many for so many different categories of food, but I think I'll go with Tacos & Salsa as my favorite since it's a new addition. I've probably eaten there as many times as any other single place.

Me too. I forgot to list a place for Mexican cuisine.

It's pretty difficult coming up with one restaurant across all Western cuisines. Each of us knows only a cross section in any case.

[bkkjames]

So many for so many different categories of food, but I think I'll go with Tacos & Salsa as my favorite since it's a new addition. I've probably eaten there as many times as any other single place.

Me too. I forgot to list a place for Mexican cuisine.

It's pretty difficult coming up with one restaurant across all Western cuisines. Each of us knows only a cross section in any case.

That's what makes it interesting. Having to pick only one.

[namoo]

NY Steakhouse. As every year..

[lazygourmet]

Bonjour

Bonjour is excellent, too. Have you tried Le Beaulieu? I ate at both restaurants in the same week, found the kitchen just a bit savvier at the latter, better quality ingredients but they are pretty close.

Yes I did... Herve Frerard is a top-class chef!

[needforspeed]

FLOW at the Hilton at the river

[zachary]

Sorry, I know you'll all hate me for this, but, my #1 favorite restaurant in the WORLD is a chain resto in Thai

Bar B Q Plaza

I love mixing my own sauce, the fresh meats, the fried bacon, the kor moo yang, etc etc mmmmmm I miss it! (I havent had it for like 3 weeks now)

[camble]

Le Beaulieu Sukhumvit Soi 19

BTW, the new Mexican Restaurant, Los Cabos Cafe, on Soi 14 is pretty good too

[Kickstand]

Check Inn 99.... May it last another 30 years

[tonititan]

Roadhouse in BKK

[Buckeye911]

NY Steakhouse. As every year..

Absolutely. New York Steakhouse in Uttaradit is the best Western restaurant in all of Thailand, of course that's just my opinion. I live in the USA but my wife is from Uttaradit so we visit often. When we go I eat at New York Restaurant almost every day, Klaus has a wide variety of American and German dishes at very reasonable prices.

[jrbkk64]

Buckeye: NY Steakhouse is in the Marriott Hotel in Bangkok. I am sure your Uttaradit restaurant is ok, but surely it comes nowhere close to the BKK one.

My vote goes to "Le Beaulieu". I think the food at Le Normandie in the Mandarin Oriental is at least as good however I prefer the relaxed atmosphere in Le Beaulieu.

[SeanMoran]

de Best.

Soi 23 Ban Chang.

[Tejas]

de Best.

Soi 23 Ban Chang.

Tacos and Salsa is my favorite place at the moment (still have not tried Los Cabos and La Monita).

Jorge, the owner of Tacos and Salsa, has managed to do something others have not: make good Mexican food in Thailand.

[powderpuff]

I am gonna go with Santa Fe Steak.

Double tenderloin beef steak with big salad & garlic toast 160 baht.

Side of fries is 50 baht & water 15 baht.

One of the best value for money in Thailand. Black Canyon is very reliable & cheap. You will never get sick eating their food.

[nomadinbangkok]

"OPUS" on Thanon Pan - nice place with various kinds of wine from Italy and contemporary Italian food.

And what is very impressive for me about this place is the huge wine cellar...and the price is reasonable also

so if you are a wine lover, you should not miss this place...

[tb86]

oyster bar on naritiwats soi 24... best western seafood in bangkok, and their sister restaurant seafood bar on suk soi 16, if you like oysters from around the world, live maine lobster, king crab dungeness crab, snow crab ect. its not cheap but do you really want to eat cheap seafood...