Royal Asia Garden has both Sizzler and Benihana.
Steak and teppanyaki both there - opposite ends of the mall
I personally prefer the side-of-the-street food myself (ta mai pet, kin mai chawp) :)
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Royal Asia Garden has both Sizzler and Benihana.
Steak and teppanyaki both there - opposite ends of the mall
I personally prefer the side-of-the-street food myself (ta mai pet, kin mai chawp) :)
[QUOTE=Expatcat]Guys,
Chilis is a chain of restaurants serving Tex-mex or some abomination that hankers towards it. Steak, fajitas, chicken etc. Popular in the US and it's managed to be exported to the Middle East. Not my type, but just to clarify, if clarity needed. Somehow methingks you posted with tongue very much in cheek. I may be wrong :)
Expatcat[/QUOTE]
IMHO, "Chili's" is god awful. Then again, so are Sizzlers and Benyhana. I go to the LOS to eat Thai. Both the girls and the food. ;-)
Take care,
N1
[QUOTE=Dinghy]I personally prefer the side-of-the-street food myself[/QUOTE]
You obviously have a death wish.
[QUOTE=Dinghy]
I personally prefer the side-of-the-street food myself [/QUOTE]
Couldn't agree more! Off -the- street food and off -the -street girls. Both delicious, tasty and much cheaper!
[QUOTE=Bumholes1]Couldn't agree more! Off -the- street food and off -the -street girls. Both delicious, tasty and much cheaper![/QUOTE]
That may be true. But, at least in the case of the food, it's not very healthy and not all that good for you.
[QUOTE=Old Thai Hand]That may be true. But, at least in the case of the food, it's not very healthy and not all that good for you.[/QUOTE]
How is it unhealthy?
[QUOTE=Amjeck]How is it unhealthy?[/QUOTE]
The oil, which is usually a poor quality, inadequately recycled oil is then re-used over and over again when they cook. Carcinogens build up from all the frying and grilling. The grills are rarely that clean to begin with and have carcinogenic tar residue build-up on them over the course of day-long cooking. Most vegetable dishes are over-cooked, so lack much nutrition. They tend to use the cheapest refined rice which has high glucose content and almost no nutritive value. The soup water in which they cook noodles is rarely changed and sits exposed to the same dirty air.
The only food that may be ok, IMO, is somtam because the mango and vegetables are usually kept in a glass case and the mango often replenished with freshly chopped mango.
The only people that eat this street food are Thais on a budget and tourists. I don't know anyone among my aquaintances, both Thai and Farang who eat on the street, except maybe for the occasional snack.
There are many good Thai restaurants everywhere, many of which are also reasonably prices where the quality is far superior and safer.
Besides all of this, I think street food just doesn't taste all that good.
[QUOTE=Old Thai Hand]The oil, which is usually a poor quality, inadequately recycled oil is then re-used over and over again when they cook. Carcinogens build up from all the frying and grilling. The grills are rarely that clean to begin with and have carcinogenic tar residue build-up on them over the course of day-long cooking. Most vegetable dishes are over-cooked, so lack much nutrition. They tend to use the cheapest refined rice which has high glucose content and almost no nutritive value. The soup water in which they cook noodles is rarely changed and sits exposed to the same dirty air.
The only food that may be ok, IMO, is somtam because the mango and vegetables are usually kept in a glass case and the mango often replenished with freshly chopped mango.
The only people that eat this street food are Thais on a budget and tourists. I don't know anyone among my aquaintances, both Thai and Farang who eat on the street, except maybe for the occasional snack.
There are many good Thai restaurants everywhere, many of which are also reasonably prices where the quality is far superior and safer.
Besides all of this, I think street food just doesn't taste all that good.[/QUOTE]
How can you be sure that the same methods you mentioned above aren't being used in a restaurant too? It's hard to tell what's going on behind the scenes in the kitchen.
[QUOTE=Amjeck]How can you be sure that the same methods you mentioned above aren't being used in a restaurant too? It's hard to tell what's going on behind the scenes in the kitchen.[/QUOTE]
Well, of course, that's true because there's no health inspector here like you would find in a western city. But, after you've been here awhile, you do get to know the places that have excellent food and can be trusted.
As for Pattaya...there isn't any really good Thai food there anyway, in my experience. Like most tourist traps, a lot of the food has been Farang-ized beyond recognition.
I was in Pattaya last week. Really!
Everybody knows that I am a big Pattaya fan, and now that I haven't been there for at least 3 years it was time to go there again [nonsense, simply business].
It has changed. New buildings, hotels, shopping centers/areas everywhere. Much more modern now. Not good, not bad, somehow a crazy mix, all the bar areas next to modern buildings.
Many Russian tourists now, and surprisingly also many couples and families. May be because I stayed in North Pattaya ..., a nice resort (Green Garden Resort ?!?, not sure about the name), huge pool, reasonable rooms, clean, TV, average quality breakfast and food. Beds not too good, old matrices, simple sheets. Internet - wireless, 70 min THB 100, 10 min. to display one page, SMTP blocked - unusable. I went to Starbucks (in Royal Garden Shopping Center), there it works very well.
Nightlife:
Beer bar areas everywhere, extremely boring, providers quality - no quality at all. I have no idea why there are still some customers visiting those beer bars. The closer you come to Walking Street the more customer those beer bar areas have.
Gogo's: Happy A Gogo was somehow ok. Provider quality average ... but no reason to run away immediately. No smoking in that bar ! I was surprised. Bar had customers.
Diamond a GoGo - the hit a few years ago - now dead. No customers, no quality providers. I left immediately.
Tahitian Queen - bar is still good, has customers, providers quality average, good music.
Beach Road at night:
I don't see any difference to what I have seen some years before. Still lots of lonely [horny???] ladies waiting for customers - ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW!!! Yikes, I have no idea how this ladies can ever find somebody - but obviously it does happen sometimes.
Next update on Pattaya then in 3 years [earliest] - I hope I can avoid it, I definitely don't like it.
Giotto
I like to eat SOM TAM myself, but I never heard about they use mango to make that. Everyone I ask will use pappaya to make SOM TAM
Maybe you are not so experienced as you try to make the impression of??????
Ken.
The only food that may be ok, IMO, is somtam because the mango and vegetables are usually kept in a glass case and the mango often replenished with freshly chopped mango.
The only people that eat this street food are Thais on a budget and tourists. I don't know anyone among my aquaintances, both Thai and Farang who eat on the street, except maybe for the occasional snack.
There are many good Thai restaurants everywhere, many of which are also reasonably prices where the quality is far superior and safer.
Besides all of this, I think street food just doesn't taste all that good.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Old Thai Hand]The only food that may be ok, IMO, is somtam[/QUOTE]
Pra ra is healthy? :eek:
[QUOTE=Ken Orvik]I like to eat SOM TAM myself, but I never heard about they use mango to make that. Everyone I ask will use pappaya to make SOM TAM
Maybe you are not so experienced as you try to make the impression of??????
Ken. .[/QUOTE]
Som tam or Som tum (Thai: ส้มตำ, IPA: som ɗam) also known as Tam mak hoong (Lao: ??????????, Isan: ตำมักหุ่ง, IPA: ɗam mak huŋ) is a spicy salad made from shredded unripened papaya originally from Laos and Lao-settled Isan region of northeastern Thailand. Variations of the dish are found throughout Laos and Thailand, as well as in the West, where it is more commonly known by its Thai version and Thai name. A similar dish is also eaten in Cambodia, where it is known as bok l'hong. It is often served with sticky rice (Lao: ເຂົ້າໜຽວ, Thai/Isan: ข้าวเหนียว, IPA: kʰaːw nio) and gai yang (Lao: ປິງໄກ່, IPA: piŋ gɑj, Isan: ไก่ย่าง, gɑj ɲːaŋ, Thai: ไก่ย่าง, IPA: gɑj jːaŋ). It is also sometimes served over rice noodles and raw vegetables to mitigate the spiciness of the dish, or simply as a snack by itself with crispy pork rinds.
[QUOTE=Giotto]...Next update on Pattaya then in 3 years [earliest] - I hope I can avoid it, I definitely don't like it...[/QUOTE]
So nice to see an honest unbiased report here for a change. :) It's such a pleasant contrast to all the slobbering knuckle dragger stories we usually see on this thread.
Please don't make us wait 3 years for the next one.
Maybe if you had a business located in Pattaya you might like it better.
[QUOTE=Ken Orvik]I like to eat SOM TAM myself, but I never heard about they use mango to make that. Everyone I ask will use pappaya to make SOM TAM
Maybe you are not so experienced as you try to make the impression of??????
Ken.[/QUOTE]
Well, in fact they can make somtam with either papaya or mango. Mango somtam is one of my favorites. They also make a somtam with long beans. That's called somtam tua - also a favorite. Have you actually ever been to a proper Isaan restaurant? You'll find a whole variety of somtam on offer.
But, in actual fact I did mean to say papaya, not mango in my post as papaya is by far, the most common form of somtam, and usually the only kind available on the street.
Terry...You're right. pra ra is decidely unhealthy and has been linked to stomache cancer. But, I don't think there are many Farang who eat anything but the sweet and sour somtam Thai. Personally, I hate pra ra and those little black crabs, too.