The Hit And Run Restaurant "review" Thread

[AlwaysThere]

2 hours ago, Briggsy said:

It is definitely shown on Google Maps and is also clearly visible on Street View.

 

Try

 

กะเพรา ตีพุง

 

 

That works: Map link 

On 12/16/2024 at 11:27 PM, Briggsy said:

Kaphrao Tee Phung (Belly-punching Basil)

 

On Sukhumvit, 6 km North of Pattaya, Southbound side

 

XWMC+43 Pattaya City, Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri

 

They do khanom jeen and stir-fries. 50 Baht for a stir-fry. Very clean and a lot of care taken to make sure everything was done well. Open 7:30 am to 4:45 pm

 

[Jingthing]

Best Pad Krapow in town! (For my taste)

 

Pad Krapow may be the national dish of Thailand but it varies quite a lot from place to place.

 

Years ago the version at the long closed Boat Restaurant on 2nd road was my ideal Pad Krapow.

 

But since then I eat it less because I haven't found a place that does it my way.

 

Well now I have.

 

Not only does this place have the best Pad Krapow in town (for my taste) but is also in the running for an exceptionally good basic Made to Order restaurant in general (with a few odd quirks).

 

The place is called Heo-Kaow Kitchen aka Hor Khao Restaurant no English sign on Thepprasit road beach side in the same block coming from Tappraya.

 

But you don't want to eat there!

 

Why? 

 

Because it's a smoke fest in there from all the cooking although you might want to go once to meet the wonderful friendly proprietor lady chef.

 

No English menu in the restaurant.

 

Order on GRAB instead which has an English menu.

 

Same prices as the restaurant.

 

Typical Thai style price level like 60 baht Pad Krapow rice with egg and 150 seafood tomyum which might seem a little high but it's packed with seafood.

 

Everything I've had there so far is very good and expect that will continue. But here's the glitch -- no salads (yams) and no curries. But other than that the menu is robust and tom kha gai might substitute OK for a curry. Also no pad Thai which I give it points for. 

 

On the grab menu there is a spice level list in Thai.

 

The top one is no spice

The next two are low spice (fresh or dried chile)

The next two medium spice

The last two very spicy

 

Special requests are followed precisely. Such as runny egg (I wrote in Thai on Grab) and minced meat (if you choose chicken, you need to say, pork has the option).

 

One thing that really amazed me is that on one order I asked for no spice on one dish and top spice on another and that's how they came!

 

Almost all Thai restaurants will peg you spice wise and do all the dishes one way or the other. In other words if you ask for mild pak boong and spicy tom yum you'll likely get mild everything or spicy everything. 

 

I don't know that she really needs the extra business, but now you know. Don't all order at once.

[Jingthing]

To add, the recommended Thai restaurant above is in Jomtien if you didn’t know those streets.

So delivery to Jomtien and south and central Pattaya should be good.

 

To most easily find it on Grab search for

 

ห่อข้าว

 

[Jingthing]

Ignoring laugh emoji from Pineapple Guy, finding the "perfect" Pad Krapow for you is a very worthy obsession.

 

 

[Jim Blue]

Anyone know if the little known and perhaps only Spanish restaurant  on Thepprasit Road ( just up from the gas station and on the other side ) is still open?  I fancy a paella !

[Jingthing]

8 minutes ago, Jim Blue said:

Anyone know if the little known and perhaps only Spanish restaurant  on Thepprasit Road ( just up from the gas station and on the other side ) is still open?  I fancy a paella !

I doubt it but Don Pepe's in Soi Diana is still going. 

 

Don Pepe Tapas Bar Pattaya | Menu Paella

[Jim Blue]

Thanks

[TaaSaparot]

On 1/4/2025 at 6:44 PM, Jim Blue said:

Anyone know if the little known and perhaps only Spanish restaurant  on Thepprasit Road ( just up from the gas station and on the other side ) is still open?  I fancy a paella !

 

On 1/4/2025 at 6:56 PM, Jingthing said:

I doubt it

 

 

 

@Jim Blue 

I admit I have not eaten there in years, but yes it was still open the last time I came past.

 

[KannikaP]

22 hours ago, TaaSaparot said:

 

 

 

 

@Jim Blue 

I admit I have not eaten there in years, but yes it was still open the last time I came past.

 

Which was when please?

[Jingthing]

22 hours ago, TaaSaparot said:

 

 

 

 

@Jim Blue 

I admit I have not eaten there in years, but yes it was still open the last time I came past.

 

Hello there, brother.

Thanks for the correction by Jim Blue about the very old Spanish place on Thepprasit which I have never been to. 

I have been to Pepe's several times and it's been quite good, but not lately as I find it too expensive so I can't vouch for it's current quality.

I did assume that old place was gone because they just seem totally invisible on online radar.

It didn't seem logical to me that a place like that could have made it through Covid and no publicity when so many places did close during that period (on top of the normal high rate of restaurant failures -- tough business).

To Pineapple Man -- there is no need to insult anyone here for such matters, especially in this case where I said I doubt it. I didn't say I know it's closed.

But I get it. Experience with you and your trolling behavior over many years has shown that you have a personal vendetta going on. Pretty messed up but if that makes you happy. Enjoy.

[treetops]

On 1/4/2025 at 11:44 AM, Jim Blue said:

Anyone know if the little known and perhaps only Spanish restaurant  on Thepprasit Road ( just up from the gas station and on the other side ) is still open?  I fancy a paella !

 

This one?

 

 

Google says yes and most recent review I saw was 3 months ago.

[Jingthing]

5 minutes ago, treetops said:

 

This one?

 

 

Google says yes and most recent review I saw was 3 months ago.

That's good evidence and the owner replied too.

Apparently open 27 years!

[TaaSaparot]

21 hours ago, Jingthing said:

To Pineapple Man -- there is no need to insult anyone here for such matters, especially in this case where I said I doubt it. I didn't say I know it's closed.

 

Insult?

I think replying that "I doubt it" to whether a restaurant, that you know nothing about, is open or not, is pretty insulting to the owner of this wonderful restaurant.

And lets be honest, you have a past record of such behaviour.

Cue deflection, name calling, and the playing of the victim card.

🙄

 

 

[Jingthing]

15 minutes ago, TaaSaparot said:

 

Insult?

I think replying that "I doubt it" to whether a restaurant, that you know nothing about, is open or not, is pretty insulting to the owner of this wonderful restaurant.

And lets be honest, you have a past record of such behaviour.

Cue deflection, name calling, and the playing of the victim card.

🙄

 

 

Doubling down on the over the top insults and unfounded accusations. In the real world not the fever dream of your twisted vendetta casually saying I doubt it on an internet forum is merely an expression of a casual subjective impression. To add the discussion of the place prompted information about the place Valencia restaurant still being in business. Great! If you want to be productive instead of acting like a vindictive vicious forum sniper perhaps you could post a review of their food as you seem to have indicated you know about it. But you won't do that will you. That wouldn't serve your vendetta to actually add value to this topic.

[NewGuy]

I posted a review of Valencia 15+/- years ago. Food was excellent, exuberant cook / owner was offensive to his family and customers.