May 18, 2010
Moo Kra Ta Ratchada
“Bangkok Family Bar-B-Q”
Open everyday 7:00pm – 12:00am midnight
Website: none
Call: 0-2652-9980
Address: Huay Kwang MRT Station, Ratchada
Moo Kata restaurants are located all over Thailand, it’s not a chain restaurant but a style of restaurant and you’ll surely love the fresh meats and seafoods cooked right before your eyes! They have a live band every night playing until midnight and many thai pretty girls serving ice cold beers.
The Menu: There is no menu here, you pay 109 baht per person and you go choose your meats, seafoods, veggies, soups, sauces, sushi, and all
What I Ate: We ate the pork bbq, the fish, baby corn, bacon, spicy seasoned chicken, the do-it-yourself som tum, the sushi, and then finished it off with the thai dessert, ice cream with coconut milk and more, ALL was very delicious!
The Staff: The staff usually does not speak English, since these places are usually full of ALL thai customers with sometimes a few astray farangs
The Bathroom: The bathrooms are big, not so clean, but have basic toilets and sinks, bring your own tissue!
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Extras: On the weekends they have live bands and serving ice cold beers from the cute beer girls or “pretty girls”
February 22, 2010
Chicken Turkish Kebab
“Tasty turkish kebabs, best on Khao San Road”
Open everyday 2:00pm – 4:00am
Website: none
Call: none
Address: Go down Khao San road, turn at corner of Gullivers Bar going towards Gazebo bar, and you’ll see this place, it’s on Chakkrabong aka Chakkrapong Road
I’ve been coming to this little stall for years now, it’s right around the corner of KSR and Gullivers Bar, open late, and has my favorite spicy chicken kebabs in Bangkok. They are only 50 – 80 baht per 1, depending on the size. You sit down in these little tiny tables and plastic chairs, or sometimes just standing up if they have too many customers. They only serve drinks like pepsi and fanta. If you love kebabs you’ll love this little joint!
The Menu: Only the best chicken turkish kebab wraps ever!!! I drench it with their spicy sauce and veggies!
What I Ate: The kebab of course! It’s wonderful, I sometimes go there late at night to fulfill my cravings!
The Staff: No English spoke, but none is needed, just tell him how many you want, and what size (small or large, leg or yiye)
The Bathroom: none
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February 18, 2010
Hundred Children
“Quality Coffee & tea in authentic Chinese ambience”
Open Monday – Saturday 9:00am – 8:00pm
Website: http://hundredchildren.blogspot.com
Call: 02-229-4424 and 02-229-4520
Address: 2-2/2 Sukhumvit Soi 14, Bangkok 10110, Thailand (BTS = Asoke, MRT = Sukhumvit)
Hundred Children is a nice little restaurant and coffee/tea shop in the heart of Sukhumvit (14). They have a nice chinese decorations and a really calm and pleasant ambience with soft music playing and lots of antiques sitting around, all can be purchased too by the way. It’s also part of Royal Teak (link). Royal Teak is a rosewood, teakwood, Chinese antique furniture & repair service, so as you enjoy your nice lunch and drinks you can see all the beautiful woods and antiques all around, Royal Teak is brought to you by Mr. Hong and Mrs. Dang.
The Menu: The menu consists of a lot of bagel sandwiches, tuna salads, pizza pita sandwich, lots of coffee’s, smoothies and drinks and some great desserts!
What I Ate: I ate the pizza sandwich thing, it was some veggies and ham, on top of a pita bread thing, with some tomatoes and oreganos on top, was very good and tasted really healthy too, also I had an apple smoothie, yum!
The Staff: The staff was wonderful, big smiles and very friendly.
The Bathroom: I didn’t use the restroom here.
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Extras: Free wifi is available for customers
February 15, 2010
Baru-Za Restaurant and Bar
“Inspired Urban Living”
Open Daily 10:00am – 2:00am
Website: http://www.baru-za.com
Call: 02-634-4433
Address: 135/18 Suriwongse Rd., Suriyawongse, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500
Baru Za is a very nice and elegant bar and restaurant in the Silom Suriwongse area of Bangkok. They have a modern-style look and feel, and some really great dishes to choose from on their menu. They have happy hour everyday from 2-9pm (it’s buy 1 get 1 free drinks), although the prices are a bit high, for example an order of the famous Thai spicy shrimp soup named “Tom Yum Kung” is 190 baht, not much, but noticably more expensive than most other restaurants. With that being said, I must mention, it’s WELL WORTH IT! The food is great! And they have inside area for those of you who want aircon, and outside for those who want to smoke their nasty cigarettes hehe
The Menu: Consists of japanese cuisines, many thai dishes, curries, international foods, spaghetti, and many soups and salads
What I Ate: We had the pan-fried seabass with white wine sauce, it was SO very delicous, I will definately order again, also had there famous potato salad, also delicious
The Staff: They are friendly, and can speak pretty good English too
The Bathroom: The bathroom is small, but clean, it’s in the Glitz Hotel (link) which is connected to Baru-Za
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February 4, 2010
Swissotel Le Concorde Breakfast Buffet
“Breakfast Buffet!”
Open Daily 6:00am – 10:00am
Website: http://www.swissotel.com
Call: 02-694-2222
Address: 204 Ratchadapisek Road, Huay Kwang, Bangkok 10320, Thailand
Me and a friend ate the breakfast buffet at Swissotel Le Concorde this morning, I thought it was great except for the fact there was no bacon! Other than that the price is pretty nice at only approx 410 baht total per person and the service was nice and friendly and the buffet seating and area is really nice.
The Menu: No menu, it’s all you can eat buffet
What I Ate: I ate a freshly made omelette, french toast, some delicious beef cubes in sauce with peppercorns, mashed potatoes, and finished with some fresh fruits. Coffee and fresh juices are included free too.
The Staff: Everyone seemed very polite, lots of smiling people and friendly staff
The Bathroom: It’s quite nice and very clean
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February 1, 2010
Bonjour Restaurant Co. Ltd.
“Eat like in France, as French do!”
Open Daily 11:30am – 2:00pm lunch, and 6:30pm – 10pm dinner
Website: http://www.bonjourbangkok.com
Call: 08-9769-6869 Tel: 08-7980-4040
Address: 1217/2 Sukhumvit Road – Klong Tan Nua – Wattana (Between soi 59 and 61 – BTS Ekamai), Bangkok 10110 – Thailand
Bonjour French Restaurant is a restaurant with original French products and cuisine. Most of the products are imported from France and are carefully selected. I think we can all agree that Bonjour is the finest French restaurant in all of Bangkok and maybe even in all of Thailand.
The Menu: Bonjour has tons of imported French cuisine, many french desserts, cheese’s and entree’s. Their full menu is here
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January 19, 2010
Mango Tree
“The Taste of Thai Cuisine at it’s best”
Open Daily 11:30am – 12:00pm
Website: http://www.coca.com/mangotree/
Call: 0 2236 2820
Address: 37 Soi Tantawan, Surawongse road, Suriyawongse, Bangrak Bangkok, 10500 Thailand
The Mango Tree restaurant in Bangkok is in the Silom area, it’s got a really nice water fountain and little bar when you first enter and the aura at Mango Tree is wonderful, sitting outside on a nice evening enjoying some famous dishes from all across Thailand, while sipping on ice cold beers.
The Mango Tree has been serving Thai foods for over 10 years, with inspiration from it’s owner Phithaya Phanphensophon, that every guest will be treated as if they are coming into you’re own home, what a great goal for a restaurant to have! I love it!!!
Their recommended dishes include Po Tuon, Yam Som-O, Shrimp Pad Thai, and Choo Chee Goong Nang and have some great cocktails also
The Menu: The menu has a TON of Thai dishes from all over Thailand, if you love thai food then you will definately love looking through the Mango Tree menu. You can see their entire menu here
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The Staff: The waiter at Mango Tree understood English fine, we had no problems communicating
The Bathroom: They are really tiny, but somewhat decent
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January 15, 2010
Triple O’s
“Triple-O’s Go brought to you by White Spot”
Open Daily 10:00 am – 10:00 pm every day
website: http://www.tripleo.com.hk
Call: +662 613 1640
Address: Central Food Hall, Central World Plaza, 7th floor, 4, 4/2-3, 4/4 Ratchadumri Rd, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 (Many more locations, mostly in Hong Kong, list of locations here)
If you’re wandering around Central World with an empty tummy I would highly advise you stop and try Triple-O’s famous burgers, they are big juicy and wonderful! All their burgers are made with 100% pure beef patties. They even have a breakfast menu! And another perk about eating in CW in general is that you can enjoy your meal while surfing the net, they have Wifi available!
The Menu: They have a breakfast menu, and a lot of big burger combo meals, and even a veggie burger combo for you wonderful vegetarians (I salute you!)
What I Ate: I eat the Triple O’s original burger combo (200 baht, approx $6 US) which was delicious, topped with famous Triple “O” sauce, lettuce, and tomoato, comes with french fries and a 12oz coke, mmm, I was actually heading there today! LOL
The Staff: The staff in my many visits to Triple O’s was great, friendly and spoke a tiny bit of English
The Bathroom: Triple O’s is inside Central World, so you’ll need to use the public restrooms there, which are always big and kept very clean
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Extras: Wifi available in Central World
Fun Fact: The first Triple O’s was opened in downtown Vancouver in 1995. Now there are 44 in Canada, 5 in Hong Kong and one in Bangkok.
January 8, 2010
Pepper Lunch
“Pepper on everything is better!”
Open Daily 11:00am – 10:00pm
Website: http://www.pepperlunch.com.sg
Call: none
Address: (5 locations in Thailand) Central world 6th Floor, Atrium Zone | Chamchuri Square 2nd Floor | SF Cinema City 7th Floor | MBK Center | Central Plaza Bangna Ground Floor
Pepper Lunch was ranked No. 1 in Nikkei MJ survey in 2004. It is a popular fast food restaurant chain from Japan established 13 years ago. They have more than 200 outlets spread over Japan and catching on fast throughout South East Asia and outlets in Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Indonesia. Pepper Lunch is a restaurant that promises a dynamic and fresh culinary by presenting the novel concept of self-cooking a sizzling steak in a cozy setting which is unique and completely different from other fast food chains under a slogan “Sizzle it your Way!”. Pepper Lunch offers higher quality, tasty foods and good atmosphere, their special menus are “Shimofuri” Pepper Steak (juicy and tender taste) and “Salmon Pepper Rice” (the secret comes from butter and sauce), add Amakuchi or Karakuchi sauce as you like it, moreover, a variety of menus ready to serve you at Pupper Lunch, Sizzle yours today!!!
The Menu: The Pepper Lunch menu has tons of pepper rice lunches, with curry beef, chicken, pork, salmon, beef, and many others, also some double salmon steaks, and some combo meat platters too. The halso have some soups, salads and a smaller variety of drinks, tea, soda, beer, and water.
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January 7, 2010
Tawandang German Brewery
“The true German brewery”
Open Daily 6:00 pm – 2:00 am
website: http://www.tawandang.co.th
Branch 1 Address: 462/61 Rama 3 Rd., Yannawa, Bangkok 10120 Thailand
Call: 02 678-1114-6
Branch 2 Address: 51/199-200 Moo 1 Khwaeng Ladprao, Khet Ladprao, Bangkok 10230 Thailand
Call: 02 944 5131-2
Tawan Daeng is a bar, restaurant and nightclub that mostly pulls in customers interested and/or from the northeast region of Thailand called Isaan. They have a lot of nice shows with singers, dancers and all kinds of interesting entertainment, it’s really a nice place and I frequent Tawan Daeng quite often
The Menu: Their menu has decent choices for both European and Thai dishes, some German sausages, and some Tom Yam Khung with Coconut juices, the most famous Thai dish of all time, giant fresh river prawns in creamy, hot and sour soup made of herbs, it’s a wonderful Thai dish for all, served in a traditional hot pot, goes GREAT with ice cold beer!
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The Staff: The staff only spoke Thai when I was there, thank Buddha I can speak in Thai “I want 1 big Heineken please” hehe
The Bathroom: The bathrooms at Tawandang weren’t the greatest
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