The Hit And Run Restaurant "review" Thread

[bkk6060]

Not a big breakfast fan but decided to go to Retox this morning.

They have a 7 item choice for 129 b.

There are 15 total breakfast items to choose from and you pick 7.

 

I really enjoyed it.  The bacon you see is back bacon actually seemed like thinly sliced pork loin.  Big pieces and very lean. Ordered 2 scrambled eggs seemed more like 3 or 4.  The coffee although not the greatest was a large cup.

Anyway, thought it was decent food and not terrible value would go again in a month or so when in the mood for breakfast.

[hackjam]

While I am not a fan of Retox breakfast, it is decent quality and good value, in A/C place.

I am a big fan of their daily specials-Wednesday had their curry and chips and a pint of Tiger, 270B, food was really good and outstanding value.

Staff are well drilled, friendly and also, one or two are cuties, which always helps. A good place to watch any sports, just ask manager, Dean, and he will sort ya. 

[luckyluke]

21 hours ago, champers said:

I am sure it isn't. I may pop over and give it a try. 

For 15+ years, Michel focused his cuisine on a French/BeNeLux clientele.

Maybe a bit "exotic" for Americans & Britons.

There is for instance " Steak Tartare " ( Raw beef ).

I recommend the " Coq au vin " ( Chicken in wine ) and the Crème brûlée.

[champers]

2 hours ago, luckyluke said:

For 15+ years, Michel focused his cuisine on a French/BeNeLux clientele.

Maybe a bit "exotic" for Americans & Britons.

There is for instance " Steak Tartare " ( Raw beef ).

I recommend the " Coq au vin " ( Chicken in wine ) and the Crème brûlée.

It does not seem exotic to me and I doubt that most Brits would need your patronising translations. Many Brits visit France and many have settled there, the food and wine being one of many things that attracts them, along with the warmer climate.

[luckyluke]

50 minutes ago, champers said:

It does not seem exotic to me and I doubt that most Brits would need your patronising translations. Many Brits visit France and many have settled there, the food and wine being one of many things that attracts them, along with the warmer climate.

I suppose Britons haven't find the way to Freelax, or simply don't like Michel's cuisine.

Don't understand your need to use the word "patronizing".

 

[topt]

3 hours ago, luckyluke said:

I suppose Britons haven't find the way to Freelax, or simply don't like Michel's cuisine.

Don't understand your need to use the word "patronizing".

 

I am a "Brit" and have been there several times usually in the company of other nationalities including other Brits and Americans.........

All of us have eaten far more "exotic" food then you will find on the menu in Freelax. 

[Eindhoven]

6 hours ago, luckyluke said:

For 15+ years, Michel focused his cuisine on a French/BeNeLux clientele.

Maybe a bit "exotic" for Americans & Britons.

There is for instance " Steak Tartare " ( Raw beef ).

I recommend the " Coq au vin " ( Chicken in wine ) and the Crème brûlée.

 

Reads like a menu from a 70's steakhouse in the U.K. 

 

Not that there is anything wrong with that. But I think that you have been horribly misinformed concerning the breadth and quality of foodstuffs available in the U.K.

[luckyluke]

15 minutes ago, topt said:

I am a "Brit" and have been there several times usually in the company of other nationalities including other Brits and Americans.........

All of us have eaten far more "exotic" food then you will find on the menu in Freelax. 

Good to read. 

It seems my choice of the word "Exotic" was preposterous. 

[luckyluke]

1 minute ago, Eindhoven said:

 

Reads like a menu from a 70's steakhouse in the U.K. 

 

Not that there is anything wrong with that. But I think that you have been horribly misinformed concerning the breadth and quality of foodstuffs available in the U.K.

I am sorry,

really no harm intented. 

[polpott]

6 hours ago, luckyluke said:

For 15+ years, Michel focused his cuisine on a French/BeNeLux clientele.

Maybe a bit "exotic" for Americans & Britons.

There is for instance " Steak Tartare " ( Raw beef ).

I recommend the " Coq au vin " ( Chicken in wine ) and the Crème brûlée.

 

3 hours ago, luckyluke said:

I suppose Britons haven't find the way to Freelax, or simply don't like Michel's cuisine.

Don't understand your need to use the word "patronizing".

 

The first time I ate steak tartare was in a factory in Germany in the 80s. Common in British fine dining restaurants but I don't fancy it with Thai beef.

 

My mother served creme brulee in her hotel in the 70s. A favourite of the guests. Sometimes called caramel custard.

 

Coq au vin was all the rage at dinner parties back in the seventies. Considered very passe now.

 

So, all in all, very patronising and uninformed.

[Jingthing]

I'm personally shy about eating raw beef because of parasites.

Definitely wouldn't order it in Thailand. 

But one of the great culinary regrets in my life happened over steak tartare at one of the best French restaurants in Montreal. 

My dining companion ordered it and I don't even remember what I ordered. 

I had a taste and it was one of my best food bites ever.

Yes I'm a fool not to order it as well and waste my first dish. Oh well.

It wasn't so much the beef quality which was of course excellent but the seasoning.

Edited November 6, 2020 by Jingthing

[luckyluke]

1 hour ago, polpott said:

So, all in all, very patronising and uninformed.

Uninformed I agree after what I read here. 

I maintain that in no way an intention to patronising. 

I am member here since 2006.

I honestly never read here, in the different topics, food related, about Britons eating Steak Tartare, Coq au vin, Crème brûlée. 

Well about Fish & Chips, Sunday roast, beans on toasts, different pies, corned-beef. 

 

[luckyluke]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

It wasn't so much the beef quality which was of course excellent but the seasoning.

The seasoning is indeed very important. 

When  I was young, this mean very long ago, it was common in my country, Belgium, to eat steak tartare made from horsemeat. 

For one or another reason, steak tartare, is called filet américain, in Belgium. 

[hackjam]

Bake & Brew is a nice place for breakfast, Soi Excite.

Bread buffet and a wide selection of different breads.

This is the only place in Pattaya where I find a decent sausage.

Anyone know the name of the sausage they serve there and where it can be bought, would make for a good sausage roll?

Good value and quality also, 175B.

Also, one of the few busy places in Pattaya at the moment.

[polpott]

15 minutes ago, hackjam said:

Bake & Brew is a nice place for breakfast, Soi Excite.

Bread buffet and a wide selection of different breads.

This is the only place in Pattaya where I find a decent sausage.

Anyone know the name of the sausage they serve there and where it can be bought, would make for a good sausage roll?

Good value and quality also, 175B.

Also, one of the few busy places in Pattaya at the moment.

Number 1 in Central Pattaya. Several choices of bread for breakfast and "all you can eat". Lunch is the best too. Great croque monsieur but the penne pasta amatricana  (125 on the menu) is my favourite.

 

Staff are friendly and approachable. Just ask them about the sausages.

[champers]

I went to the sit down area in Central Food Hall next to Tops checkout on Beach Rd the other day. The menu on a tablet has pasta deals on offer between 5 and 7. For 95 Baht I had gnocci bolognese and the bolognese sauce was excellent. Not a huge portion, not small either and very good value for me. The menu is extensive with sushi dishes, ribs, steaks, chicken and many more that can be viewed at the cooking stations as well as the menu. Well worth a visit, I pop in sometimes before doing a shop in Tops.

Edited November 7, 2020 by champers

[thaiflyer1]

1 hour ago, hackjam said:

Bake & Brew is a nice place for breakfast, Soi Excite.

Bread buffet and a wide selection of different breads.

This is the only place in Pattaya where I find a decent sausage.

Anyone know the name of the sausage they serve there and where it can be bought, would make for a good sausage roll?

Good value and quality also, 175B.

Also, one of the few busy places in Pattaya at the moment.

 

Best sausage both taste and value wise is to be had at Makro Sukhumvit.............King Brand Cumberland/Pork at 210/kilo in the freezers...........only problem is its hit and miss as to whether they have it in or not

 

Apologies straying off topic

Edited November 7, 2020 by thaiflyer1

[hackjam]

3 hours ago, polpott said:

Lunch is the best too. Great croque monsieur but the penne pasta amatricana 

Thanks for that, never really considered B & B for lunch but for sure will try that pasta, one of my favorite pastas. 

[hackjam]

On 10/28/2020 at 1:35 PM, Jingthing said:

I will try the cordon Bleu. I agree overall their food is pedestrian but thats reflected in the prices. The poorest dish I had there to my taste was their Shepherd pie. I have widely sampled their menu including Thai food and their Sunday roasts 

Glad to report, CCB still good.

[sncoem]

23 hours ago, hackjam said:

Glad to report, CCB still good.

 

 

It seems to be the only honest Italian restaurant in Pattaya since the one on Trapraya road closed.

 

I will never eat anywhere else, they just are cheaters who deserve to close in this hard time.

 

 

[nauseus]

On 11/1/2020 at 10:28 AM, redwood1 said:

By-Gosh this check-bin could give a Soi Bukow cheap charlie a hart-attack... 

 

I could give most people one. Guinness at B269 is literally taking the <deleted>!

[Jingthing]

11 minutes ago, nauseus said:

 

I could give most people one. Guinness at B269 is literally taking the <deleted>!

Yeah sure. 

But I don't really get all the kvetching about high prices. Restaurants have menus. Its your choice to take it or leave it. Restaurant owners as well understand that by having higher prices they are losing lots of people. So they make a business decision about that. It either works for them or it doesn't but it is literally their business.

[nauseus]

52 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Yeah sure. 

But I don't really get all the kvetching about high prices. Restaurants have menus. Its your choice to take it or leave it. Restaurant owners as well understand that by having higher prices they are losing lots of people. So they make a business decision about that. It either works for them or it doesn't but it is literally their business.

 

And 269 is  bad business - no other similar venue charges that

[Leaver]

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Yeah sure. 

But I don't really get all the kvetching about high prices. Restaurants have menus. Its your choice to take it or leave it. Restaurant owners as well understand that by having higher prices they are losing lots of people. So they make a business decision about that. It either works for them or it doesn't but it is literally their business.

I agree, but I feel for a restaurant owner that runs a good operation, with competitive prices, only to have his rent increased, which he passes onto the consumer, and then his restaurant is empty.  Sure, he can look for another premises, but businesses become known at a certain location, and moving costs can be prohibitive.  

[Jingthing]

Don't get me wrong. Value for money is important to me. I usually give prices in my reviews. I encourage others to as well. Price is part of the picture. For an  example the food might be just ok at a place but if its cheap enough it's hard to complain.

Edited November 8, 2020 by Jingthing

[Yellowtail]

Yeah, a good meal for 500 is a great meal for 200...

[jacko45k]

On 11/1/2020 at 9:43 PM, Leaver said:

I suppose those dining in Hungry Hippo look out and see how the other half lives.  ????

Have been disappointed by 2 meals in succession there of late. I am sure they struggle to get good staff there (it is one of the few places they keep working instead of standing around, playing with their phones and picking their noses). Even a little quieter for a Sunday lunch than usual....

[jacko45k]

On 11/6/2020 at 1:52 PM, champers said:

It does not seem exotic to me and I doubt that most Brits would need your patronising translations. Many Brits visit France and many have settled there, the food and wine being one of many things that attracts them, along with the warmer climate.

But we still need our chips with curry sauce....

[solafr]

On 11/8/2020 at 2:11 PM, Jingthing said:

Yeah sure. 

But I don't really get all the kvetching about high prices. Restaurants have menus. Its your choice to take it or leave it. Restaurant owners as well understand that by having higher prices they are losing lots of people. So they make a business decision about that. It either works for them or it doesn't but it is literally their business.

 

 

It doesn't change the fact that they are idiots to charge so high, just as the customers who pay this !

 

 

[jacko45k]

12 hours ago, solafr said:

 

 

It doesn't change the fact that they are idiots to charge so high, just as the customers who pay this !

 

 

That doesn't make sense, if they are prepared to pay the prices,  the restaurant is not so idiotic!