after 3.5 years living here and having experienced the not that good, the pretty darn bad and the positively ugly - A new place has opened that shines out like a shaft of gold when all around is dark:

The place - Cheap Charlie's, Soi Lenkee

i had chicken tika masala with garlic nan, which as i recall cost 280b - the quality of which is on a par with the decent quality indian restaurants i frequented when i lived in the UK....

The owner used to have an Indian restaurant in Birmingham (UK)....

Ten bucks for one dish and a slice of bread...not really that cheap. However, if the food is good and the portions generous, I'm willing to give this place a shot before or after a good Bua Khow bar crawl.

Someone please ask the owner why he chose that off-putting name. My guess: the sign was already up when he bought the business?