The Hit And Run Restaurant "review" Thread

[Jingthing]

Indian street snack food. Not rare here in restaurants. Especially pav bhaji. Just Google.

 

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[Jingthing]

1 hour ago, TaaSaparot said:

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[TaaSaparot]

10 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Indian street snack food. Not rare here in restaurants. Especially pav bhaji. Just Google.

 

Oh well, should not have bothered then.

[TaaSaparot]

On 3/19/2019 at 12:53 PM, Jingthing said:

Please support this place. Only real Pho in town!

I bet she is still doing her thing, long after Mr. Nam Pho has given up.

 

 

 

[opporna]

I've had the pho there, and it's not nearly as good as Mr. Nam's as well as only being available on weekends if I recall correctly.

[Jingthing]

5 hours ago, TaaSaparot said:

I bet she is still doing her thing, long after Mr. Nam Pho has given up.

 

 

 

OK, I admit I haven't been there.

Have you had the Pho at both places?

Do you know what real Vietnamese pho is supposed to taste like?

The broth needs to be cooked for a very long time with the proper spices.

I recall looking at pictures of the food from that place and it looked to me like one of those Vietnamese for Thai tastes type of places. In such places, they don't generally cook the Pho broth correctly. More like a Thai style clear broth noodle.

So have you tried the Pho in both places?

Or are you just posting to try to show me up?

I asserted that Mr. Pho is the ONLY place in town for real Pho.

Maybe I'm wrong.

But you're posting about this place again doesn't prove it.

I noticed you didn't bother to describe their Pho and whether you really know about Pho.

Again, if I'm wrong, and you know about Pho and that place has real flavor Pho that is as good or even better than Mr Pho, that's great. But nothing you posted so far tells us that.

To add, I'm not saying Mr. Pho is the best in all of Thailand, or that it would be the best in HCM City or Southern California but it's damn good Pho for Pattaya. 

Edited March 21, 2019 by Jingthing

[Jingthing]

1 hour ago, opporna said:

I've had the pho there, and it's not nearly as good as Mr. Nam's as well as only being available on weekends if I recall correctly.

I strongly suspect the same, as mentioned in my previous post.

Mr. Nam has very good food but I am concerned about the location. 

It's not high cost food so they need to do a good volume to keep it going.

[TaaSaparot]

1 hour ago, opporna said:

I've had the pho there, and it's not nearly as good as Mr. Nam's as well as only being available on weekends if I recall correctly.

Wrong

[NewGuy]

Jingthing, about pho: you cannot make an acceptable version if only cooked on the weekend. I understand in Vietnam (and even some places in Canada), at the end of the day, the unsold broth becomes the start of the next day’s soup, deep flavour and all. So you get an historical slurp. Or maybe that’s just an urban myth.

[Jingthing]

5 minutes ago, TaaSaparot said:

Wrong

OK, sorry, you may have posted it before but I recall that place is on Pattaya Tai. Where exactly on Pattaya Tai? 

 

[Jingthing]

11 minutes ago, NewGuy said:

Jingthing, about pho: you cannot make an acceptable version if only cooked on the weekend. I understand in Vietnam (and even some places in Canada), at the end of the day, the unsold broth becomes the start of the next day’s soup, deep flavour and all. So you get an historical slurp. Or maybe that’s just an urban myth.

There are probably levels with broths, but for it to be at all proper it needs to cooked for a quite a long time. Experienced Pho eaters don't have to ask, you can tell by the taste. The broths at Thai style "Vietnamese" places that I've tried basically taste the same as the broths for Thai noodle soups. 

Edited March 21, 2019 by Jingthing

[bkk6060]

4 hours ago, Jingthing said:

There are probably levels with broths, but for it to be at all proper it needs to cooked for a quite a long time. Experienced Pho eaters don't have to ask, you can tell by the taste. The broths at Thai style "Vietnamese" places that I've tried basically taste the same as the broths for Thai noodle soups. 

I will not eat Pho here again.

The real Pho is like a work of art.

Sounds stupid maybe but this place is not close to true Vietnam Pho.

They feed you some form of clueless soup here.

Not good.

Edited March 21, 2019 by bkk6060

[Jingthing]

17 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

I will not eat Pho here again.

The real Pho is like a work of art.

Sounds stupid maybe but this place is not close to true Vietnam Pho.

They feed you some form of clueless soup here.

Not good.

I don't agree. I think their Pho is rather good and I wouldn't expect that you can find better in Pattaya. But of course people need to judge for themselves whether a place works for them or not. 

[gargamon]

On 3/21/2019 at 2:07 PM, Jingthing said:

OK, sorry, you may have posted it before but I recall that place is on Pattaya Tai. Where exactly on Pattaya Tai? 

 

It's in the picture. Soi 12.

[dannywla]

Big Kahuna, what happened I am reading the place is no longer in operations?

[TaaSaparot]

Even more perfect than usual

 

[KittenKong]

Every time I go to Retox now I never get black pudding. Do you have to ask for it or something?

 

Apart from that, definitely the best value breakfast in Pattaya, even if one does pay more than 0B.

[TaaSaparot]

55 minutes ago, KittenKong said:

Every time I go to Retox now I never get black pudding. Do you have to ask for it or something?

Yes, so many people just leave the black pudding on their plate, that they stopped serving it unless you ask for it.

 

Its understandable I suppose.

 

[AlexCanada]

Is that what that thing is? I never ate it. 

 

Yes Retox Lengkee has free breakfast today April 1.  I think it's for 300 people. 

[AlexCanada]

Teddy's burgers Pattaya also has buy 1 get 1 free today April 1 too if you like and share their Facebook page. 

Edited April 1, 2019 by AlexCanada

[DrTuner]

4 hours ago, dannywla said:

Big Kahuna, what happened I am reading the place is no longer in operations?

The location isn't good, lots of traffic noise. Only the bigger buildings set back a bit in Jomthien sai 2 manage to cope, anything near the road is like eating at a highway stop.

[Jingthing]

4 hours ago, dannywla said:

Big Kahuna, what happened I am reading the place is no longer in operations?

News to me. I ate breakfast there recently. It was very good. I wouldn't be surprised though as they seem to do well for breakfast but not after.

[Jingthing]

21 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

The location isn't good, lots of traffic noise. Only the bigger buildings set back a bit in Jomthien sai 2 manage to cope, anything near the road is like eating at a highway stop.

Most of the seating is indoor. The location hasn't stopped their neighbor the Continental which seems to have been there forever. 

[Jingthing]

Frankie's Inn

2nd Road

Stylish modern Italian in mid-JOMTIEN

Indoor and outdoor seating

 

This is a very new place. I tried it and I feel it is quite good relative to the Pattaya market. No I'm not jumping up and down in excitement but definitely worthy of repeat visits. Yes the prices are on the high side (unless you use eatigo). 

 

Easy to get to. From Jomtien beach road, stop at the Night Market and go down to 2nd road, then just turn right. 

 

You can see the location and pictures of the their food on these links.

 

https://www.inspirepattaya.com/pattaya/frankies-inn-authentic-italian-restaurant-and-pizzeria-pattaya/

 

https://www.facebook.com/frankiespattaya/

 

 

I had the peppered mussels appetizer 280 and the lamb Ossobuco risotto w/ saffron rice 450 main course.

 

The mussels had great flavor from the cooking stock, were fresh enough, but they seemed to be local smallish mussels and the dish was a tad bit too salty for my taste. Also the item is called peppered mussels so I was expecting maybe some peppers of some kind in the presentation, such as red bell peppers, but instead there were cherry tomatoes.

 

The Ossobuco main dish was scrumptious. There was a surprise of a lot of peas in the meat part of it which I did enjoy. The only weird thing I found is that the dressing on the small side salad didn't taste like olive oil, and I didn't like the flavor of the oil they did use. Quite an ample portion of meat and risotto. 

 

Some other dishes which caught my eye on the menu --

 

House made pastas --

Gnocchi

Ravioli

Tagliatelle

 

Pizzas of course but also an unusually large selection of PANZAROTTI which are similar to calzone. You can choose fried or baked.

 

Although calzone aren't hard to find in town, I'm not aware of any other local restaurant that has a panzerotti section.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzerotti

 

Seems to be a featured dish here -- 

Ravioli w/ ricotta, spinach, pumpkin, pork cheeks, mushroom sauce. WOW!

290

 

Baked eggplant parm 280 (I confirmed that the eggplant was breaded)

 

Garlic parm crusted salmon 340

 

As you can, kind of a more "special" menu. 

 

 

They are on eatigo.com (discount as much as 50 percent) and they also have an everyday special of choose most of their pizza choices (regular prices up to 280) including soft drink for 220 baht. Panzerotti not included with this pizza offer. There is no plus plus.

 

 

Edited April 1, 2019 by Jingthing

[Jingthing]

Correction --

s/b turn left not right

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Easy to get to. From Jomtien beach road, stop at the Night Market and go down to 2nd road, then just turn right. 

 

[KittenKong]

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Edited April 1, 2019 by KittenKong
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[TaaSaparot]

5 minutes ago, KittenKong said:

This morning I had another very nice "full English" at Retox. The black pudding is now on request only, as many wimps non-Brits did not like it. Just ask and you shall receive.

 

This breakfast is good value at the usual 99B but earlier today it was entirely free to all.

 

And that is no April Fool.

Already posted on page 290.

 

I decided to give the staff the cost of our breakfasts as a tip.

 

Do you think Jingthing has ever had a Retox 99 baht Bahtbuster ?

[Jingthing]

7 minutes ago, TaaSaparot said:

Already posted on page 290.

 

I decided to give the staff the cost of our breakfasts as a tip.

 

Do you think Jingthing has ever had a Retox 99 baht Bahtbuster ?

Never.

[KittenKong]

^^^^ Sorry, thought I read it elsewhere.

 

Actually I thought that your original post was an April fool. I was going there anyway so it was a big surprise to me when I saw the 0B bill.

Edited April 1, 2019 by KittenKong

[myshem]

On 4/1/2019 at 12:04 PM, DrTuner said:

The location isn't good, lots of traffic noise. Only the bigger buildings set back a bit in Jomthien sai 2 manage to cope, anything near the road is like eating at a highway stop.

 

But it seems ok for most people ?! I always wonder why people choose to eat in front of a road or even rent/buy a condo/house at the ground floor in front of a road.

I'm happy to now know that I am not alone to have this idea. It's true that most sitting was indoor, but I think that tourists do not like to sit indoor when on vacation in a tropical country.

What was good at kahuna anyway ?