The Hit And Run Restaurant "review" Thread

[Bernard Flint]

This place on Khao Noi has been threatening to open for a couple of weeks now. Opposite the big wet market about two-thirds of the way up the soi. A quick - okay, very bloody quick - Google search has not revealed any other establishment of this name in Thailand. So, does anyone know anything about them? I could guess and say it was another exquisite British culinary export, but I might get shot down, so I won't. However, it will receive my undivided attention once it does start serving, as I'm very partial to curry and to well-cooked chips.

Sir

Are you sure this is not on soi excite????/

I have managed to navigate this soi for 3 years now. So, I'm sure it's Khao Noi. I am home - and that's my car in the driveway, and my slippers under the bed.

DO YOU HAVE A PIPE TOO??

There must be another one on soi excite then, as i saw it last week, still not open though

[WitawatWatawit]

This place on Khao Noi has been threatening to open for a couple of weeks now. Opposite the big wet market about two-thirds of the way up the soi. A quick - okay, very bloody quick - Google search has not revealed any other establishment of this name in Thailand. So, does anyone know anything about them? I could guess and say it was another exquisite British culinary export, but I might get shot down, so I won't. However, it will receive my undivided attention once it does start serving, as I'm very partial to curry and to well-cooked chips.

Sir

Are you sure this is not on soi excite????/

I have managed to navigate this soi for 3 years now. So, I'm sure it's Khao Noi. I am home - and that's my car in the driveway, and my slippers under the bed.

DO YOU HAVE A PIPE TOO??

There must be another one on soi excite then, as i saw it last week, still not open though

I don't know where Soi Excite is, so I can't comment. But if that's so, then I guess there's a new kid on the block in Pattaya. Curry and chips - a while back I found some Bisto chip shop curry sauce powder. Let's hope this "new kid" makes a better sauce than Bisto.

[KittenKong]

This place on Khao Noi has been threatening to open for a couple of weeks now. Opposite the big wet market about two-thirds of the way up the soi. A quick - okay, very bloody quick - Google search has not revealed any other establishment of this name in Thailand.

There are at least two other branches of this chain: one on Pratumnak Rd between Sois 4 and 5 (or is it 5 and 6?) and one at the top end of Thepprasit near Tesco and the Night Market. The latter one only seems to function part time.

They used to have an image from the TV series "curry and chips" as part of their banner but I dont think they do any more. http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/curry_and_chips Not Spike Milligan's finest hour.

I have no idea what the food is like in these places.

[Tony M]

This is a long thread, and I apologise for not having gone through all of it. It may already have been mentioned in the thread, but what used to be "Delizza": in Jomtien is now back as "Pastrami on Rye". The restaurant had good reviews before they closed ( I think they closed ?). The restaurant is in the same place, next to Casa condos on Jomtien Beach Road. Their website, with menu is :

http://www.pastramionryethailand.com/

[Awohalitsiktoli]

This is a long thread, and I apologise for not having gone through all of it. It may already have been mentioned in the thread, but what used to be "Delizza": in Jomtien is now back as "Pastrami on Rye". The restaurant had good reviews before they closed ( I think they closed ?). The restaurant is in the same place, next to Casa condos on Jomtien Beach Road. Their website, with menu is :

http://www.pastramionryethailand.com/

Five stars--best sandwiches in all of Asia, not just Thailand. Not only are the sandwiches delicious, they are huge. I can never eat the entire sandwich--always two meals for me. Everything is very fresh. They pay strict attention to quality.

[Jingthing]

For a limited time only!

"Almost free" pizza!

Pizza Pizza by Yanee.

Royal Garden Mall

2nd road

pizzapizza.jpg

Good news.

This promotion is on for ALL OF NOVEMBER.

I tried it and there was ZERO RUDE ATTITUDE when ordering this cheapest item.

I hadn't been there for years but the general pizza style seemed about the same as I remember.

It is minimalist Italian style thin crust pizza, the toppings (even on pizzas that have toppings) and cheese are sparse.

Not complaining, just describing.

This crust I had you could easily fold, so not crispy like cardboard.

The crust flavor was neutral, there was a little char, but to my taste not quite enough.

If anything, I think the crust would be better a little more crisp (though I detest cardboard crusts).

The tomato on the Margherita tasted very fresh.

At 69 baht, why not take the gift?

Service charge on bill is 10 percent.

I must say I think this is a VERY SMART business promotion by Yanee.

By offering it only on the basic Margherita, more people are going to experience their pizza, which is quite good, and some of them will want to visit later and try the pizza with other topppings. If they offered the deal on their entire menu, the psychology of it would be different.

[KittenKong]

ANGEL'S BUFFET RESTAURANT

Central Pattaya, east of 2nd road

It took me a while but I finally went to this place.

For 249B I had a very good seafood-based buffet with a reasonable selection of dishes, nearly all of which tasted good. Authentic Mediterranean-style flavours and good quality ingredients.

Highlights for me included two squid dishes, clams in a tasty sauce of no particular ethnicity, a mixed seafood salad, tomato and mozzarella slices, spinach, pork balls in sauce, pasta with real pesto and parmesan. They also had fairly large prawns but these were steamed rather than grilled as I prefer them, so I just tasted one. Other dishes included mashed potato, Thai fish soup, fried calamari and fried fish fillets (sadly no longer very crisp because of the covered serving dish), real bread, fried rice, chicken wings, other salads, bruschetta.

The only thing I didnt like was some sort of sweet fried thin bread which was misleadingly placed with the salads. It probably would have been fine with the dessert (a decent coffee blancmange/creme patissiere).

I had given up going to buffets because of dieting but this one is priced low enough to make it worthwhile, even if you just want to eat reasonably. Also the selection is not so large that you cant try all you like the look of without feeling stuffed. I estimate that I could have paid more than 249B had I just gone to some Italian place and ordered pasta and a clam salad starter.

Dishes were refilled as needed.

Water 15B, coffee 40/50, local beer 55. So no problems there.

No ++ so the very pleasant waitresses got a tip. A group of young Russian men seemed very pleased with their meal, as did the various other farangs in there.

I give it a . In fact I give it two.

[Jingthing]

My understanding is every Saturday night is SEAFOOD night. Same price as always.

I must say I have been back a few times and probably to be fair should downgrade my initial impression a notch. The reason? A lot of the ingredients, such as seafood, even vegetables, give the impression of having been FROZEN. The giveaway was tough squid and soggy broccoli. But the cooking style is interesting, there is always variety to customize a pleasant meal, different every time, and I still think it is a worthwhile place to go. Just keep gourmet expectations in check.

[Jingthing]

TERAOKA GYOZA : CHAMPION OF GYOZA

Hyper-marketed Gyoza chain from Bangkok comes to Pattaya

"Thailand's First Gyoza Specialist Store by 'Gyoza Champion' from Gyoza Stadium, Tokyo!"

Location: Central Pattaya Beach Mall, Ground Floor, Across from Food Court

Well, well, well, this place just opened and I must say their MARKETING is very impressive!

So much so that when I finished the meal, I remembered I have never been all that excited by Gyoza in the first place.

So you're welcome to take my comments with a grain of soy sauce if you happen to be some kind of Gyoza freak (is that a thing?).

This is a place with a gimmick. Gyoza done different ways, with cheese and fish roe sauce, with lime and black pepper dips, with mayo and sweet and sour sauce.

There are also sets with choices of udon soup or fancy scallop rice and some other more standard Japanese choices like curry.

On first view the prices seem OK but find out later two qualifiers to that -- the portions are SMALL and there is plus plus adding 17 percent to the bill.

I went for a popular set, the sudachi gyoza mentioned as their specialty which is gyoza stuffed with chicken thigh meat and garlic with the lime and black pepper dips. Served with an udon noodle soup w/ fish cake, 269 baht. Water, 30 baht. Total about 350 baht.

Now 350 baht is not a very high price for a meal these days, but my question, was this really a meal, or an appetizer? (Was that too beeyatchy (sic)? So sorry! )

What arrived were 5 SMALL gyozas. They were pleasant enough ... maybe I just don't know from gyoza but I've had better and I don't understand getting excited about this (which was clearly encouraged by the over the top marketing outside the restaurant). TOKYO STADIUM CHAMPION WINNER ... OK I was expecting to be blown away with that build up but all I got was 5 small gyozas that tasted nice enough.

Then these much vaunted side sauces. I almost couldn't believe it. There were two very small packets presented ... the lime sauce and black pepper. I was unable to even open the black pepper, had to call over a waitron for scissors action and the lime sauce basically half of it spilled out accidentally, and there wasn't much of it in the first place.

Let me expand a bit more on why I was so annoyed with the way the sauces were presented. You get this freshly cooked gyoza directly from the kitchen. You want to eat it RIGHT AWAY in it's prime time, and instead FUTZING with hard to open packets of sauce? I mean, really ...

Why would a place charging what they do just not present the dips already in serving dishes? This experience with the packets was more like takeout at Burger King. The black pepper was just dried black pepper ... black pepper can be special if it is FRESHLY GROUND. This was just nothing special already ground pepper.

The udon serving was TINY ... It was fine, nothing that I could identify as exceptional although I liked the fish cake in it and that happily was larger than expected.

The side dish with some Japanese white radish and some vegetable was actually EXCELLENT. That was my favorite part and did pair the gyoza beautifully. Yeah!

I came in hungry and left still hungry, spending 350 baht to leave still hungry, personally that is not a happy experience considering what great feeds you can get in town for that price or less.

So basically food, nice enough, some highlights, no big complaints except the dips, overall price and value ... in my view ... questionable.

One question I have which I don't know the answer to is if they make the gyoza size smaller when order in a set (as I had) compared to when ordered by the plate?

The crowd I noticed ... trendy Thais taking photos of the grub for Facebook. Similar crowd as Bonchon Chicken (a place that I like). They all seemed to be super happy to be seen on FACEBOOK eating there, and why wouldn't they be?

Speaking of FACEBOOK, here is their FACEBOOK:

https://www.facebook.com/teraokagyoza

[WallyCleaver]

I had the exact same experience at the new Gyoza place. Looks good and tastes OK but won't be going back.

A bit surprised with the ++ on the bill and went away hungry. Should not go hungry after spending 350bt in a shopping mall place.

YaYoi Japanese restaurant upstairs is a much better place at half the price.

[Michaelaway]

Geez. Eddie Haskell, now Wally Cleaver... where's Clarence (Lumpy) Rutherford, Whitey, Gilbert & Larry Mondello?

[balo]

There's an Indonesian restaurant being built in Jomtien 2nd road, same side as Kiss, further up the road . Anyone withinfo about this? Would love to try some genuine Bali dishes.

[Jingthing]

There's an Indonesian restaurant being built in Jomtien 2nd road, same side as Kiss, further up the road . Anyone withinfo about this? Would love to try some genuine Bali dishes.

It's been around for years. Owned by a Dutchman which is a good sign and last I saw Indonesian in the kitchen. It has closed for a number of months I think for renovation but heard they were opening again. Yes, I've eaten there about three times and in my subjective opinion it didn't compare well to places I have known in San Francisco, Amsterdam, and Bali. Yes they DO have rice table feasts on offer. However, I haven't been recently so be fair that impression is too dated to be of much value.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g293919-d2333471-r166731670-Bali_Breeze-Pattaya_Chonburi_Province.html

Has it reopened already? I really don't know.

[Jingthing]

As promised/threatened I did get around to at least TRYING the new authentic SICHUAN restaurant in Jomtien, previously mentioned with complete menu listed here:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/608166-the-hit-and-run-restaurant-review-thread/page-30#entry8559824

Not sure how they're doing but they had one large table eating there when I visited, appeared to be Thai Chinese people and not a tour group, but just guessing.

But not to fret, this is not for the most part a Thai Chinese food restaurant.

The focus REALLY is Sichuan food.

Well, I "met" the chef who didn't speak a word of English and he sure looked Chinese and I was told by a waitress he is actually from Sichuan province.

I managed (don't ask how, it wasn't easy) to communicate with the chef and ask if they had SICHUAN PEPPERS there ... and surprise surprise they did and was able to communicate via the Thai waitress that I wanted my dish both VERY hot and spicy but also LOTS of the Sechuan peppers.

Here is what I tried.

The Spicy Sliced Fish in Chili Oil

420

a dish I know well, more or less a Sichuan hot pot classic type dish.

Well the price may seem high (it does to me) but let me tell you ... it was VERY GOOD and also a very substantial portion. I've had better and I've had worse but it really was very good, and better than I ever expected to find in this area.

It was as requested very spicy and had lots of Sichuan peppers (these are not hot but rather create a wonderful TINGLING/NUMBING sensation in your mouth) but I could have actually used more of them, but there was enough anyway.

So not a bargain but certainly not a rip off either!

This soup type dish is very oily (that's authentic) but you're not really supposed to eat ALL of the liquid. The fish was tender and cooked perfectly and there was also Chinese vegetables in there like special mushrooms.

Rice is 20 baht. Water is 30 baht. No tax or service charge added.

I would SPECIFICALLY recommend this dish ...

BUT caveat if you get it not spicy and especially not with the SICHUAN PEPPERS you will really be missing out on the real experience.

Maybe show this picture and say this Chinese phrase?

MA-LA

To the CHEF. The waitress most likely will not know what you're talking about.

This means but hot pepper spicy and ALSO Sichuan pepper spicy. Both. You need both. Trust me.

Some background on Sichuan peppers.

I have yet to locate a local source (and know of none in Bangkok) that sells Sichuan peppers fresh enough to be any good.

I have bought some locally sometimes available in stores, they seem to be from Thailand, and are either stale or tasteless or whatever, they are really not good.

So to find a local restaurant that actually is serving dishes with Sichuan peppers at all and some that actually have the REAL KICK is really something.

I have some myself that I brought from the USA (from China of course).

Yes the "tingling" is ADDICTIVE to some, including me. If you like it, not everyone does, you will likely crave a repeat for life. That's a WARNING.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan_pepper

Sichuan pepper's unique aroma and flavour is not hot or pungent like black, white, or chili peppers. Instead, it has slight lemony overtones and creates a tingly numbness in the mouth (caused by its 3% of hydroxy alpha sanshool) that sets the stage for hot spices. According to Harold McGee in On Food and Cooking, they are not simply pungent; "they produce a strange, tingling, buzzing, numbing sensation that is something like the effect of carbonated drinks or of a mild electrical current (touching the terminals of a nine-volt battery to the tongue). Sanshools appear to act on several different kinds of nerve endings at once, induce sensitivity to touch and cold in nerves that are ordinarily nonsensitive, and so perhaps cause a kind of general neurological confusion."

[KittenKong]

ANGEL'S BUFFET RESTAURANT

Central Pattaya, east of 2nd road

It took me a while but I finally went to this place.

For 249B I had a very good seafood-based buffet with a reasonable selection of dishes, nearly all of which tasted good. Authentic Mediterranean-style flavours and good quality ingredients.

I went again last night. Same price. Many dishes were different from last week, again nearly all tasted good to me.

Spoke to the owner who is very pleasant and clearly keen on doing the job properly, and it shows.

This place should be much busier than it is. I can only assume that the slightly out of the way location is letting it down. That street is not walked along much though it is only a minute or two on foot from The Avenue.

[Jingthing]

Yes I agree that they are making a real effort there to provide lots of variety and there are different offerings every time you go. That's a reason it's a find for locals ... because often a weakness about buffets is that it's the basically the same every time.

[BugJackBaron]

New Location for Farang/Thai Bar-Restaurant.

MamaDar' restaurant formerly of Rumpole Market has recently moved and reopened on

Jomtien 2nd Rd. next between The Office Bar and La Merenda Italian restaurant.

This reviewer was pleased to see that prices of beer have actually gone down - a rarity and in the world of Pattaya Bars -

and beer is as cheap as 50 Baht. Furthermore, there is now a wide selection of Thai and Farang Food,

I enjoyed the Beef steak with mashed potatoes and mushroom sauce for a mere 250 Baht, They also do an

all-day breakfast and have free pool and wifi available. There is a nice friendly family atmosphere with the owner, her daughter and young grandson.

[mataleo]

looks like Chinese hand made noodles shop on chayapook jomtien closed down, it had good reviews here, sad to see it goes down, didnt had chance to try it

[mataleo]

As promised/threatened I did get around to at least TRYING the new authentic SICHUAN restaurant in Jomtien, previously mentioned with complete menu listed here:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/608166-the-hit-and-run-restaurant-review-thread/page-30#entry8559824

Not sure how they're doing but they had one large table eating there when I visited, appeared to be Thai Chinese people and not a tour group, but just guessing.

But not to fret, this is not for the most part a Thai Chinese food restaurant.

The focus REALLY is Sichuan food.

Well, I "met" the chef who didn't speak a word of English and he sure looked Chinese and I was told by a waitress he is actually from Sichuan province.

I managed (don't ask how, it wasn't easy) to communicate with the chef and ask if they had SICHUAN PEPPERS there ... and surprise surprise they did and was able to communicate via the Thai waitress that I wanted my dish both VERY hot and spicy but also LOTS of the Sechuan peppers.

Here is what I tried.

The Spicy Sliced Fish in Chili Oil

420

sechuanfish.jpg

a dish I know well, more or less a Sichuan hot pot classic type dish.

Well the price may seem high (it does to me) but let me tell you ... it was VERY GOOD and also a very substantial portion. I've had better and I've had worse but it really was very good, and better than I ever expected to find in this area.

It was as requested very spicy and had lots of Sichuan peppers (these are not hot but rather create a wonderful TINGLING/NUMBING sensation in your mouth) but I could have actually used more of them, but there was enough anyway.

So not a bargain but certainly not a rip off either!

This soup type dish is very oily (that's authentic) but you're not really supposed to eat ALL of the liquid. The fish was tender and cooked perfectly and there was also Chinese vegetables in there like special mushrooms.

Rice is 20 baht. Water is 30 baht. No tax or service charge added.

I would SPECIFICALLY recommend this dish ...

BUT caveat if you get it not spicy and especially not with the SICHUAN PEPPERS you will really be missing out on the real experience.

Maybe show this picture and say this Chinese phrase?

MA-LA

To the CHEF. The waitress most likely will not know what you're talking about.

This means but hot pepper spicy and ALSO Sichuan pepper spicy. Both. You need both. Trust me.

Some background on Sichuan peppers.

I have yet to locate a local source (and know of none in Bangkok) that sells Sichuan peppers fresh enough to be any good.

I have bought some locally sometimes available in stores, they seem to be from Thailand, and are either stale or tasteless or whatever, they are really not good.

So to find a local restaurant that actually is serving dishes with Sichuan peppers at all and some that actually have the REAL KICK is really something.

I have some myself that I brought from the USA (from China of course).

Yes the "tingling" is ADDICTIVE to some, including me. If you like it, not everyone does, you will likely crave a repeat for life. That's a WARNING.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan_pepper

Sichuan pepper's unique aroma and flavour is not hot or pungent like black, white, or chili peppers. Instead, it has slight lemony overtones and creates a tingly numbness in the mouth (caused by its 3% of hydroxy alpha sanshool) that sets the stage for hot spices. According to Harold McGee in On Food and Cooking, they are not simply pungent; "they produce a strange, tingling, buzzing, numbing sensation that is something like the effect of carbonated drinks or of a mild electrical current (touching the terminals of a nine-volt battery to the tongue). Sanshools appear to act on several different kinds of nerve endings at once, induce sensitivity to touch and cold in nerves that are ordinarily nonsensitive, and so perhaps cause a kind of general neurological confusion."

thats closed down isnt it ?

[Jingthing]

looks like Chinese hand made noodles shop on chayapook jomtien closed down, it had good reviews here, sad to see it goes down, didnt had chance to try it

Yes, that was Ta Hai. It was very short lived. Very sad and even a little shocking. Why bother opening a place to close it so soon? Oh well!

[Jingthing]

thats closed down isnt it ?

No, you are confusing two different restaurants.

I just at there last week:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/608166-the-hit-and-run-restaurant-review-thread/page-30#entry8559824

Based on that one dish it is VERY GOOD, but clearly priced higher than most westerners are probably interested in paying, Definitely much more authentic than Ta Hai was and also more authentic with Sichuan food than Shanghai on 3rd road. But Shanghai wins on VALUE for current decent Chinese restaurants.

[patsfangr]

Pumpuis (Soi Siam, north side, just west of the traffic light at Nongprue Road) is MUCH more than a "pizza restaurant". The owner, Roman, is French. The chef is his cousin. They offer a large and diverse menu with a variety of pastas, steaks (Australian beef), seafood, and other items, as well as a very special list of deserts. For those with Thai partners, there are only a few Thai items available at present; but I'm sure that can grow if the demand justifies it.

I ate there yesterday, and had one of the specials on the list for the day, grilled salmon with (homemade) fettuccine. It was excellent. They even added a marinara sauce to the fettuccine, at my request. (There are special items added to the menu each day which are listed on a couple of chalkboards.)

I add my strong recommendation to the that of the original poster. It's currently open air, but they plan to enclose it with glass walls and add aircon, if the income allows for it. I hope that happens, because the food quality and variety makes it a welcome addition to the area!

[Jingthing]

More on the H and L Sichuan (Chinese) restaurant again.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/608166-the-hit-and-run-restaurant-review-thread/page-30#entry8559824

This time I tried the classic dish mapo tofu at 220 baht.

It is pictured on the menu without minced pork and it arrived without minced pork.

It is "authentic" either way.

I would have preferred it with the minced pork, but that version wasn't on the menu ... so can't complain about that!

Asked for it very spicy as usual.

The dish arrived with the authentic flavoring of Sichuan fermented broad bean paste and a limited amount of Sichuan peppers this time.

The tofu was very silky and the dish was cooked very well.

It is not the best version of mapo tofu I've ever had but I would be very surprised if it isn't the best in the Pattaya area ... because places offering it locally don't generally even have the proper Sichuan ingredients to cook it!

This place does.

As far as value for money ... well, as I've stated before I find everything on their menu on the high priced side but on other hand to get this real deal flavor, where else are you gonna go?

This visit arriving later evening there were no customers, lots of staff, as usual nobody really spoke English as before, and frankly the vibe felt kind of odd (not happy).

Take that comment however you like!

[MZurf]

More on the H and L Sichuan (Chinese) restaurant again.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/608166-the-hit-and-run-restaurant-review-thread/page-30#entry8559824

This time I tried the classic dish mapo tofu at 220 baht.

It is pictured on the menu without minced pork and it arrived without minced pork.

It is "authentic" either way.

Well, that's a relief then...

Southern Thailand food alert. The lady that until about 1.5 years ago sold delicious south Thailand food in the Thepprasit weekend market has opened up a stall in the market (sorry, can't remember the name) next to the Colliseum on Thepprasit. She is in the first row of food stalls.

Try her yam plathoo and khoa king (among other things). Spice wise not for the faint-hearted but oh so good. And it's all completely authentic!!

[Jingthing]

Southern Thailand food alert. The lady that until about 1.5 years ago sold delicious south Thailand food in the Thepprasit weekend market has opened up a stall in the market (sorry, can't remember the name) next to the Colliseum on Thepprasit. She is in the first row of food stalls.

Try her yam plathoo and khoa king (among other things). Spice wise not for the faint-hearted but oh so good. And it's all completely authentic!!

Wow. That's sounds great. I'll be sure to check that out.

Haven't been to Southern Thailand in a long time and love that kind of food.

I am so glad this thread still lives so we can hear about places like this.

Are those food stalls nighttime only or if not, when do they start?

From this link you must mean Kua Kling.

http://travel.cnn.com/bangkok/eat/7-top-southern-thai-dishes-and-where-find-them-bangkok-902599

Yam Plathoo is mackerel salad, right?

[KittenKong]

I've had the mackerel salad from that woman and yes, it is good.

Another stall on the front row does a good duck noodle soup.

The food stalls there seem to open progressively during the afternoon when they feel like it, as they do at Rompho or Thepprasit night markets. No real fixed time. Go at dusk and everything should be in full swing.

I think it's Ratanakorn who own the market (and quite a few apartment buildings and bar complexes and shopping areas and housing developments in and around town).

[MZurf]

Southern Thailand food alert. The lady that until about 1.5 years ago sold delicious south Thailand food in the Thepprasit weekend market has opened up a stall in the market (sorry, can't remember the name) next to the Colliseum on Thepprasit. She is in the first row of food stalls.

Try her yam plathoo and khoa king (among other things). Spice wise not for the faint-hearted but oh so good. And it's all completely authentic!!

Wow. That's sounds great. I'll be sure to check that out.

Haven't been to Southern Thailand in a long time and love that kind of food.

I am so glad this thread still lives so we can hear about places like this.

Are those food stalls nighttime only or if not, when do they start?

From this link you must mean Kua Kling.

http://travel.cnn.com/bangkok/eat/7-top-southern-thai-dishes-and-where-find-them-bangkok-902599

Yam Plathoo is mackerel salad, right?

AFAIK the market I'm referring to is a late afternoon/night time market only - at least when it comes to the food stalls. The rest I'm not interested in anyway as it's done much better/in a bigger way at the weekend market near Suk.

Yes, you're right - I do mean Kua Kling (transliteration is a biatch ). They do in fact offer the three first dishes on the CNN list, and may offer the rest too. The plathoo looks like a small, flattened mackerel with a broken neck and is ubiqutous in all markets in Thailand. It does taste somewhat like a mackerel but is (again, AFAIK) a different species.

[Jingthing]

Bistrot de Paris

Atmospheric Mid Range French Bistro

3rd road (between South Pattaya and the overpass)

OPEN 24 HOURS .. Wow! ... Why?

OK, this is a cute little place, and I do mean LITTLE.

The press review here explains the menu.

http://www.pattayapeople.com/restaurant-reviews/BISTROT-DE-PARIS

I decided to check out the budget option, the daily set menu at 290.

There were two offers ... one a sausage and lentils and also a goulash bourguignon.

I had to ask whether it was beef or pork and after much heated discussion, beef was claimed.

Then I asked about the potatoes ... thinking there was a side of potatoes and perhaps a choice ... but was told chunks in the soup.

They meant stew.

OK.

The menu card suggests there are three courses:

Soup

Salad

Main Dish

but as you can see the salad "course" is just a side on the main plate.

There was one choice for starter, French Onion soup, which is 110 on the a la carte.

The mini-baguettes could have been more fresh.

So anyway the soup was serviceable. As you can see some cheese on the crouton thingies.

The main dish:

The portion of beef was minimalist but the chunks were tasty ... seemed they had had been cooked separately and had a char.

The potatoes were on the overcooked side, more British than French I'd say.

The wine flavor promised by the name of the dish ... .bourguignon ... was not discernible to my palate. More like a tomato type of flavor.

It was a light dish in the sauce so at least you won't gain weight from it!

The side salad was served undressed. Had to ask for something and they brought a classy oil and vinegar contraption.

Salt and pepper grinders (automatic) available on request.

Drinks and wine are pricey ... water is 50 baht.

I would say this is a cool little place. The atmosphere is romantic if that's what you're seeking. I would also suggest you can probably do better with the a la carte menu than the daily set. That's kind of obvious but I was curious how their daily set (similar price) compares to the budget French places near Tukcom.

Now I know.

[EyesWideOpen]

This is a long thread, and I apologise for not having gone through all of it. It may already have been mentioned in the thread, but what used to be "Delizza": in Jomtien is now back as "Pastrami on Rye". The restaurant had good reviews before they closed ( I think they closed ?). The restaurant is in the same place, next to Casa condos on Jomtien Beach Road. Their website, with menu is :

http://www.pastramionryethailand.com/

Five stars--best sandwiches in all of Asia, not just Thailand. Not only are the sandwiches delicious, they are huge. I can never eat the entire sandwich--always two meals for me. Everything is very fresh. They pay strict attention to quality.

I ate there a couple of weeks ago. Thought the sandwich was a bit to the small side,

and was very dry. And a bit expensive at 300 baht. I would not go there again....

[KittenKong]

It was a light dish in the sauce so at least you won't gain weight from it!

The portion looks very small to me. And the cheese on the soup should be gratinéed rather than just melted.

340B for that and water seems way overpriced.