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I got an email last week, about something the people of Thailand, tourists, locals, residences, everyone should take part in, that is helping the animals effected by those horrible floods.

Here’s an exerpt from the email I received:

“The Bangkok floods have now disappeared and we hope for no reoccurrence this year. Thank you for your support during the floods. With your help thousands of animals were saved!

Khun Ruen spends 7 days a week selflessly caring for the dogs at Phuttamonthon. Will you help Khun Ruen to keep fulfilling her promise to the animals in her care? Please consider helping Khun Ruen by donating to the Phuttamonthon Shelter appeal today and help these now all but forgotten dogs.”

Please take a moment to watch this short video of the evacuation of Khun Ruen’s dogs during the flood crisis:

A few pictures of the dogs and Soi Dogs foundation

Please Donate Here

Salads And More
“Life is short, live healthily, live worthwhile”
Open Mon – Sat: 7:00am – 8:00pm
Website: facebook.com/saladsandmore
Call: +66 26643336
Address: 44/4 Asoke, Sukhumvit 21, Bangkok, Thailand 10110

Salads & More is a great choice for healthy eats in the heart of Bangkok. Be sure to give them a try, especially those of you who are health conscience.

The Menu: Salads & More has many salads and sandwiches, for healthy conscious people. There is fitness tofu salad, northern sausage spicy salad, dory fish & almond salads, smoked salmon salads, and they range in price from 125 to 175 baht. For sandwiches, there are shrimps and mushroom curry bagels, smoke salmon bagel, ham, mozzarella nd pesto panini, chicken green curry tortilla wrap, and a few more, all ranging in price from 110 to 130 baht. There are even a few soups and desserts for you to enjoy.

Air Asia has introduced a few new menu items on board their Thai Air Asia flights. I’ve been flying with Air Asia for years and was never really interested in trying the menu items aside from coffee, tea, waters, etc. But on my latest flight from Bangkok to Ho Chi Min City (Saigon), I was browsing their menu and see they have the new “Tortilla A’la Tuna” and it looked delicious in the pictures.

I ordered it, it’s pretty big and meaty filled with tuna. And I absolutely love it! And it’s only Only 90 THB (approx $3 usd). “This Tortialla A’la Tuna recipe has been created by Seefah Restaurant”, said Mr. Tassapon Bijleveld, CEO of Thai Air Asia.

Chomview Seafood
“Chomview great seafood outside the hectic BKK City”
Open everyday: Everyday 5pm – 1am
Website: no website available
Call: none
Address: Raminthra Bangkok

Chomview Seafoods is a great place to go with family and friends. You get lots of fresh seafoods to choose from, also many typical thai dishes. There is a great ambience in this open air restaurant and also a live band with really nice and chill music.

The Menu:
What I Ate:
The Staff: The staff speaks little to no English, so much better if you go to Chomview with your thai friends or girlfriends. Other than that, staff is friendly and good service.
The Bathroom: There are 2 bathrooms, both super small but usually kept pretty clean.

Bangkok Ice Cream Festival 2012

Organizer: N/A
Where: Central Rama 9
When: Friday, September 23, 2011
Website Info:

BKK Ice Cream Festival was a nice little event held at the new Central at Rama 9. Really small, only about 30 booths, but really good treats, from chocolate brownies to cake to all kinds of specialty ice creams!

I’ll be there taking pictures 🙂 If any questions or requests please let me know by contacting me here

“Pattaya travelers beware! P72 Hotel in Pattaya Thailand are now scammers. Cracking down on late checkout customers and charging them for a FULL DAY for late checkout only by couple hours.

Picture of the P72 room

I’ve stayed in over 300 hotels in my life, in 25 different countries and this was the first time I’ve every experienced anything like this.

I’ve been to Pattaya many times, and stayed in P72 hotel on Walking Street many times, and never have a problem. But this day, around March 12th, I checkout at 3pm, and the front desk representative insist that I need to pay full price, we have an argument and I told them I’ll never stay there again, and he laughed and said “up to you, do what you want” in a very cocky and smug attitude.”

James J. (England)

Thank you James for writing in about this. I’ve stayed at p72 Hotel many times before also, great location there on Walking St. and directly opposite from Lucifers nightclub. That is too bad they are now scamming for such a small thing, they must really be hurting for business lately. Anyways, thank you for the warning, I will NEVER stay there again as well.

There info and address is this:

P.72 Hotel and Bar (opposite Lucifers on Walking Street)
412 Moo.10 Walking Street, Pattaya Beach Road,
Pattaya City, Chonburi 20150, Thailand
Phone: 038429291

The Pattaya City Group also owns Dream Hotel, Navin Mansion, and Ruen Thai Restaurant.

Z from GotBKK.com

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Hippopotamus Restaurant & Grill
“Your favorite place to enjoy lunch and dinner with family and friends”
Open everyday: Everyday 10am – 10pm
Website: http://www.hippopotamus.fr (French language website) and facebook page here in English.
Call: 021083050
Address: 7th Floor, Central Plaza, Grand Rama 9, Bangkok, Thailand 10310 (MRT Phra Ram 9 station – MRT พระราม 9)

Here is what Hippopotamus has to say: “Hippopotamus is a reputable French grill & restaurant. Get ready for a new experience in French dining. We will make sure you enjoy every meal. We treat you like family. Served with a selection of quality food for everyone. The prices are reasonable. Modern style decoration and friendly atmosphere. Hippo LOVES You!”

The Menu: You can find some nice specialty burgers with great sauces, BBQ ribs, fishes, steaks, seafood steaks, some very unique appetizers and also desserts.
What I Ate: I ate the Hippo Burger Classic, With ratatouille cheese sauce & peppercorn sauce, this comes with choice of 2 sides, I have french fries and veggies. Also we ordered the appetizer combo with spring rolls, some bbq chicken wings, fried calamaris, and some fried potato & cheese things. The burger may have been 1 of the best tasting cheeseburgers I’ve eaten in Thailand. It was delicious and everything else was great too. I love the sauces! Prices for burger platters were about 350 – 400 baht.
The Staff: The staff was nice and friendly, always smiling. There was also a live band playing some soft rock songs, all English language songs.
The Bathroom: Need to use clean Central Plaza bathrooms

Bangok Burger Co.
“We speak burger”
Open everyday: Mon – Thu: 11:00am – 11:00pm, Fri – Sat: 11:00am – 12:00am, Sun: 11:00am – 11:00pm
Website: http://www.bangkokburgercompany.com
Call: 027159407
Address: Unit 103, GF Opus Building, 139 Thonglor Soi 10, Bangkok, Thailand 10110 (10 mins fom BTS Thong Lor) (A new branch is opening in Phuket Thailand very soon and we’ll post the announcement here on Got Bangkok).

Bangkok Burger Co. is definitely a great choice for anyone in the mood for a true American style, American sized cheeseburger or specialty burger in Thailand.

The Menu: Find your favorite gourmet burgers here at Bangkok Burger Company. They have many rare types of burgers like The Sgt. Pepper, The Good Fella, The Carbonnara, The Aussie Burger, The Triple Cheese, The Gastro, The Yankee, The Cajun Chicken, The Philly Steak, The Swiss Burger, The Falafel, The Reggae Reggae, and many more! Also there are lots of side orders, salads and many drinks too. They also say “we use only prime cuts of aged charolais beef in our secret burger recipe” and also “our freshly made buns are served straight from our baker’s oven for that famous bbc taste!”
What I Ate: I ordered the Bacon Cheese Large. The burger was probably the thickest and fattest beef patty I’ve eaten in Bangkok. So the beef portion was huge, but I’ve tasted better burgers. The side order comes with steak fries, very rare to find in Thailand, and these were very delicious. I ordered an extra side order of baked beans for 37 baht, and this was the smallest portion of any dish I’ve seen in my life.
The Staff: I ordered from Chefs XP so this is N/A
The Bathroom: I ordered from Chefs XP so this is N/A

Himali Cha Cha Restaurant
“Bangkok’s best indian cuisine since 1979”
Open everyday:
Website: http://www.himalichacha.com
Call: 02-259-6677, 259-6900
Address: The branch I visit was Sukhumvit soi 3/1, opposite Majestic Hotel. There are also branches at Sukhumvit soi 31, Charoenkrung soi 47/1, and Silom soi Convent near Swiss Hotel.

Himali Cha Cha restaurant house specialties include mutton barbecue, chicken tikka, and chicken masala. The indian thali plates (a large plate with a variety of items to sample, similar to an appetizer plate) and much more. They have 3 locations in Sukhumvit, Silom, and the original branch in Bangrak Charoenkrung Soi 47/1.

The Menu: The menu was stacked with any and all indian foods.
What I Ate: I ordered chicken tikka masala with garlic naan, they didn’t have chicken available so I had the mutton instead, and it was very delicious.
The Staff: The staff at Himali were very nice and helpful.
The Bathroom: The bathroom is very tiny, just unisex, but good enough.

Extras: Free wifi is available, just ask the waiter or waitress for the password.

Tony Roma’s
“Best ribs, seafoods, and steaks in Bangkok”
Open everyday: 11am to 10pm
Website: http://www.tonyromas-mms.com
Call: Terminal 21 branch: (66-2) 108 0790 and Siam Paragon branch: (66-2) 610 9311
Address: There are 2 branches, the one I visited is: Terminal 21, Room SH-4-012, No. 2,
88 Sukhumvit 19, Kwang Klongtoey Nua, Khet Wattana, Bangkok 10330, and there is also: Unit G 21, Ground Floor, Siam Paragon Shopping Center, 991 Rama 1 Road Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330

Tony Roma’s is a great choice of lunch or dinner when you’re in that farang foods mood. It’s a bit expensive but definitely a tasty choice, and you will have many options that your local high end American restaurants back home would have. Onion blooms, best burgers in Bangkok, bbq ribs, steaks, and many other top western foods choices. Appetizers, entrees, to drinks and desserts you’ll most likely find what you want at Tony Roma’s.

The Menu: Tony Roma’s menu is filled with farang foods like steaks, ribs, burgers, shrimp and seafoods, lots of nice appetizers like the fried onion tower, mozzerella sticks, chicken wings, desserts, shakes, coffee’s, it’s a farang food lovers dream! See the full menu here.
What I Ate: I eat Tony Roma’s often, mainly because they have 1 of the best cheeseburgers in Thailand. So of course, “what did I eat?”, is usually the Tony Roma’s cheeseburger with french fries, and 100% of the time I leave there very happy 🙂