Bangkok Reports

[Goatscrot]

I think abysmal is a bit extreme. I would describe the food as average Thai tourist food. Well, I suppose you could say that is another way of saying the food is abysmal. I agree with you, the draws are food and view. Thanks for recommending The Local. I'll add it to my data base.

Paul, if you like South food the local has quite a few dishes. Southern Thai food was very foreign tasting to me at first, but after my second meal of Gaeng Luang and Kua Kling, I was hooked. A great place for South food is Janhom on Ramkhamhaeng 21. Really good and not so expensive, but be warned, the spiciest food you will ever eat.

We should have some ISG food meetups!

[Paul Kausch]

Long Table is great for a drink and the view, the food is abysmal. Want some good food, head to The Local on Soi 23. Past Cowboy and past the cut through Soi to Asoke. It is one of the better Thai venues in the city. Run by a true foodie who uses traditional recipes.

I think abysmal is a bit extreme. I would describe the food as average Thai tourist food. Well, I suppose you could say that is another way of saying the food is abysmal. I agree with you, the draws are food and view. Thanks for recommending The Local. I'll add it to my data base.

[Goatscrot]

bangkok is a food monger's town. there are good eats all over. below are some very good restaurants rep001tered around cowboy and nana that will more than satisfy you and your date.

baan khanitha on soi 23, wanakarm on soi 23, isao sushi restaurant on soi 31, raan derm on soi 22, cabbages & condoms (a little touristy, but very good) on soi 12, monsoons on soi 8, & oskar's bistro on soi 11.

now if you really want to impress your date with how much taste and class you have and yet not break the bank, take her to bussaracum at 1 si wiang road (off soi pramuan, one block south of silom). www.bussaracum.com. it is not near asok or nana, but who cares if you have 2 hours to kill and you want to dine really well. after your date take the bts back to asok.

eat well!

plus one on isao. amazing place, but closed from the 7th till the 11th for their annual holiday. most thai food in the lower suk area is not so great and way overpriced for what you get. soul food mahanakorn on thong lor is great, bolan on 26, for isaan j goi at petchburi road near ratchatewi station will amaze. eatingthaifood. com is about the best blog i have seen for local obscure places.

[Goatscrot]

Yes, as a dining destination I would rate Busscaracum well above Long Table. The advantage of Long Table is you could walk to Soi Cowboy from there.

Long Table is great for a drink and the view, the food is abysmal. Want some good food, head to The Local on Soi 23. Past Cowboy and past the cut through Soi to Asoke. It is one of the better Thai venues in the city. Run by a true foodie who uses traditional recipes.

[Member #4698]

Well since you don't seem to know the area well and she is Thai, why not let her decide where to go? And who told you she wasn't the one to bang afterwards? Those are the main ones, and you don't have to give them money. Shit most of the time we bang before and eat after. Don't be a lame, step up your game. Some of you guys try to make shit harder than it really is.

Really good advice Mr E. All women are available. You just have to find the right key to open them up.

[BionicMan]

I was responding to the original OP's question: "[I] Want to spend two hours with a nice thai chick there but since she's not the one to bang afterwards have to get to Soi Cowboy quickly from there."

Maybe my humour didn't go through. I will try better next time, LOL

[Mr Enternational]

Sorry guys, may not be the bet thread to ask but I need a recommendation for a nice restaurant near Asoke or Nana station. Can be Thai, Western or Fusion. Doesn't have to be like the Vertigo but no street foor either. Want to spend two hours with a nice thai chick there but since she's not the one to bang afterwards have to get to Soi Cowboy quickly from there.

Well since you don't seem to know the area well and she is Thai, why not let her decide where to go? And who told you she wasn't the one to bang afterwards? Those are the main ones, and you don't have to give them money. Shit most of the time we bang before and eat after. Don't be a lame, step up your game. Some of you guys try to make shit harder than it really is.

[Member #4698]

do you take your date to a taste and class dining spot and then go back to Asok by BTS?

Save the BTS money and eat at a noodle stall, very tasteful too and patronized by office clerks too who can be classy too.

I was responding to the original OP's question: "[I] Want to spend two hours with a nice thai chick there but since she's not the one to bang afterwards have to get to Soi Cowboy quickly from there."

ME: sometimes I take my girls to elegant restaurants like Bussaracum on special occasions in which case we always take a taxi. More often I take my favorite Go Go girl to local places like "our" favorite restaurant, the Love Scene on Soi 23. What a place! She turned me on to it and you never know who you are going to bump into there, like another board member with his girl.

I too love street/stall food in BKK. There is a great little food scene developing on Soi 38 with a number of excellent stalls and closer to Cowboy, almost kitty corner across from the Admiral Premier, there is a very popular sidewalk restaurant that serves up very good food every night. I am getting hungry just thinking about it. So many great places to eat in BKK. There should be a thread just for BKK Eats.

[Somewhere15]

bangkok is a food monger's town. there are good eats all over. below are some very good restaurants rep001tered around cowboy and nana that will more than satisfy you and your date.

baan khanitha on soi 23, wanakarm on soi 23, isao sushi restaurant on soi 31, raan derm on soi 22, cabbages & condoms (a little touristy, but very good) on soi 12, monsoons on soi 8, & oskar's bistro on soi 11.

now if you really want to impress your date with how much taste and class you have and yet not break the bank, take her to bussaracum at 1 si wiang road (off soi pramuan, one block south of silom). www.bussaracum.com. it is not near asok or nana, but who cares if you have 2 hours to kill and you want to dine really well. after your date take the bts back to asok.

eat well!

if you really want to impress and location is also not the biggest issue go to chakrabongse villa's.

a wonderful place for a kind of privatie dinning. you will need the whole evening (and hopefully the rest of the night with the lady) but. the investment is paying back (for sure, at least when i did this).

maharaj road, direct to the chao phraya river.

http://www.chakrabongsedining.com/

enjoy.

[BionicMan]

Now if you really want to impress your date with how much taste and class you have and yet not break the bank, take her to Bussaracum at 1 Si Wiang Road (off Soi Pramuan, one block south of Silom). www.bussaracum.com. It is not near Asok or Nana, but who cares if you have 2 hours to kill and you want to dine really well. After your date take the BTS back to Asok.

Eat well!

I don't want to flame, but do you take your date to a taste and class dining spot and then go back to Asok by BTS?

Save the BTS money and eat at a noodle stall, very tasteful too and patronised by office clerks too who can be classy too.

[Paul Kausch]

Absolutely agree with your comments on Bussaracum. Outstanding place.

Yes, as a dining destination I would rate Busscaracum well above Long Table. The advantage of Long Table is you could walk to Soi Cowboy from there.

[Jgm005]

SNIPPED.

Now if you really want to impress your date with how much taste and class you have and yet not break the bank, take her to Bussaracum at 1 Si Wiang Road (off Soi Pramuan, one block south of Silom).

www.bussaracum.com.

It is not near Asok or Nana, but who cares if you have 2 hours to kill and you want to dine really well. After your date take the BTS back to Asok.

Eat well!

Absolutely agree with your comments on Bussaracum. Outstanding place.

[Nclpimp]

Sorry guys, may not be the bet thread to ask but I need a recommendation for a nice restaurant near Asoke or Nana station. Can be Thai, Western or Fusion. Doesn't have to be like the Vertigo but no street foor either. Want to spend two hours with a nice thai chick there but since she's not the one to bang afterwards have to get to Soi Cowboy quickly from there.

The nest on soi 11 at the fenix hotel right by the frazier hotel is very nice. Live band great food and the views are nice. Rooftop restaurant.

[Member #4698]

i need a recommendation for a nice restaurant near asoke or nana station. can be thai, western or fusion. doesn't have to be like the vertigo but no street foor either. want to spend two hours with a nice thai chick there but since she's not the one to bang afterwards have to get to soi cowboy quickly from there.

bangkok is a food monger's town. there are good eats all over. below are some very good restaurants rep001tered around cowboy and nana that will more than satisfy you and your date.

baan khanitha on soi 23, wanakarm on soi 23, isao sushi restaurant on soi 31, raan derm on soi 22, cabbages & condoms (a little touristy, but very good) on soi 12, monsoons on soi 8, & oskar's bistro on soi 11.

now if you really want to impress your date with how much taste and class you have and yet not break the bank, take her to bussaracum at 1 si wiang rd (off soi pramuan, one block south of silom). www.bussaracum.com. it is not near asok or nana, but who cares if you have 2 hours to kill and you want to dine really well. after your date take the bts back to asok.

eat well!

[Globe Trots]

High budget. L'Appart at the Sofitel Sukhumvit.

Casual indoor. Something at Terminal 21.

Both places about a 15 minute walk to NEP or SC.

Sorry guys, may not be the bet thread to ask but I need a recommendation for a nice restaurant near Asoke or Nana station. Can be Thai, Western or Fusion. Doesn't have to be like the Vertigo but no street foor either. Want to spend two hours with a nice thai chick there but since she's not the one to bang afterwards have to get to Soi Cowboy quickly from there.