On 11/6/2021 at 6:05 PM, statman78 said:

We recently tried The Ivy in Chiang Rai.  We liked it so we went back a second time.  Good Thai food at reasonable prices.  Also great desserts.  Once business pick# up they will have rooftop seating available.  They are located right in the middle of town by the entrance to the night bazaar, across the street from Swensen’s.  Right now there is reserved parking right next to the building.

The Ivy is fabulous.  Excellent decor, comfortable seating, personable staff ... and, the food is FANTASTIC.  Fresh produce, tender meats and balanced flavours ... all at reasonable pricing.

18 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

99% of the time in Thailand, the more expensive restaurant doesn't taste as good as the cheaper ones.

 

My favorite restaurants are consistently the ones that you can get 5-6 dishes for 3 people and the bill is less than B600-700.

 

Besides eating British food like sausages and mashed potatoes isn't healthy. 

 

Adding a little mushy peas doesn't magically turn British food into something healthy.

 

Neither does a big steak.

 

Mashed potatoes should only be eaten if you just ran a marathon or you're in your 20s and skinny as a rail.  It's one of the worse foods to eat if you're older and overweight or diabetic/pre-diabetic. ✅

I went on a low-carb diet quite some time ago, and dropped my body mass from 93 kg to 78 kg. Combined with a regime of regular exercise, 78 kg is where my weight has stayed.

I agree sausages and mash is not healthy if eaten regularly. I eat it about once a week, because at that frequency it is doing me no harm, and I enjoy the taste.

 

Steak is healthy, it is protein. Processed carbohydrate and sugar are what is unhealthy.

 

I am 80 yo. My BMI is in normal range. My blood pressure is 120/65, with a resting pulse rate of 60 bpm. What's your statistics?

On 7/8/2023 at 1:34 PM, SiSePuede419 said:

99% of the time in Thailand, the more expensive restaurant doesn't taste as good as the cheaper ones.

100% agree. Take the wife to a more expensive restaurant spend 1000-2000฿ and I’m never impressed. Though I’m always impressed a simple khao niao & muping or hanglay, 40-50฿ is cheap doesn’t mean it’s not superior.

Surf 'n Turf on Jetyod Rd.

 

Lovely waitress - I'm biased, she is my daughter!

My new favourite Thai dish 

60 Baht from Bandu , outside the Uni 

So much talk of the "Family bakehouse, but why is it being kept a secret.  Nowhere on this thread can I find clear directions or any location of this 'doyen'."  Nothing on Google either.

I am only an occasional visitor the CR, but I would like to try a decent steak sometime.

Does the owner want his restaurant kept a secret, or would he like more customers?  

My wife and I stopped at the Come Craft Asian Food restaurant yesterday for the first time.  The food was great!  We’ll be going back.  We had 3 dishes plus dessert.  My favorite was the dish that looks like tacos.  My wife loved the dessert but she loves dessert and has been known to eat dessert before having the meal.  The place is located on Ratyotha Rd.  The owner is a nice guy who used to be a chef in Singapore.  Now his son is the chef.  The owner doesn’t speak much English but his son does.