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Jasmin’s cafe Pattaya Klang

September 12, 2021 by David Herd

Jasmin’s cafe Pattaya Klang

Jasmin’s cafe Pattaya Klang has a very relaxed atmosphere & good low cost food. I must admit I often go there for breakfast but have not tried anything else other than breakfast. I’m sure however the rest of the menu will be a similar quality.

Jasmin’s cafe is located in Pattaya Klang 200 meters from Beach Road. TripAdvisor rating is #32 of 1,096 Restaurants in Pattaya

Nice casual atmosphere

Inside seats around 18 people with a similar number outside.

Standard breakfast

There are quite a few good breakfast choices on the menu.

This is my favourite

Only B99 or $5 AUD, I really enjoy the little bit of Chinese sausage in this dish. My other favourite is their omelet.

Excellent croissant

After breakfast I usually wander along to Starbucks for my morning coffee & the Bangkok Post.

Prawn & Brocolli

This was absolutely delicious. Add 2 glasses of red wine & mango & sticky rive for a total cost of B540 or $24 AUD.

Chicken & cashew nuts

Nice dish with a glass of red & coconut ice cream at a cost of B360, or $15.75 AUD.

Mango & sticky rice

A Thai classic, morning, afternoon or night. 🙂

Coconut ice cream

A fantastic surprise, I only ordered after they had no sticky rice & it was delicious. 🙂

Club sandwich

A club sandwich & a coconut ice cream was great value at $12 AUD.

Omelet for breakfast

Good value including coffee or tea at B99 or $4.40 AUD.

Super beef burger

Another low cost exceptional meal, B189 or $8.00 AUD.

Followed by a tall mango juice

More great value at B89, or $3.80 AUD.

Outside or inside

The choice is yours. 🙂

Jasmine cafe Pattaya Klang

Halfway between Beach Road & 2nd road.

I go out for breakfast every morning, I find it’s a great way to start the the day. It also gives me some much needed exercise as I always walk for around 25 minutes or so. Other favourite places are Starbucks, Bon Cafe in Naklua Road, Took lae Dee at Foodland in Terminal 21, & Retox Game On in Soi Honey.

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Bake n’ Brew Pattaya

August 10, 2021 by David Herd

Bake n’ Brew Pattaya

Bake n’ Brew Pattaya iserves an excellent breakfast, & I’m sure lunch & dinner would be bery good as well. It’s located in Chaloem Phrakiat 23 Alley, near 3rd Road. It’s a little awkward to get there but certainly worth the effort.

Very pleasant atmosphere

They always have a nice choice of cakes to temp you. 🙂

Let them eat cake…

Is a saying that shows insensitivity to or incomprehension of the realities of life for the unfortunate.

Let them eat breakfast. 🙂

The breakfast choices here are excellent.

The poached eggs were perfect

There certainly are cheaper breakfasts in other restaurants including Cheap Charlies, JBs in Soi 3 & Robin Hood, where you can eat well for B99. having said that the quality at Bake N’ Brew is very good indeed.

Eggs Benedict is always a favourite

Looking at this photo just makes me hungry. 🙂

More choices here.

When every dish is so tempting it’s sometimes hard to decide.

Bake n’ Brew Pattaya

Third road is just 200 meters along, in Chaloem Phrakiat 23 Alley, close to 3rd Road.

In the opposite direction

This high rise hotel is about 200 meters tpwards Soi Buakhao.

Location

Now you know exactly where Bake n’ Brew Pattaya is located, so there is no excuse.

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Sicily Pizza Pattaya

March 8, 2021 by David Herd

Sicily Pizza Pattaya

Sicily Pizza Pattaya is located on the dark side opposite Maprachan Lake about a 25 minute drive from Beach Road. A popular family restaurant serving some affordable delicious Italian food.

A pre lunch drink at the bar

Orange juice please, I’m driving. 🙂

There is the pizza over on the right

On my next visit I’m having a pizza.

Looks very tasty indeed

Perfect meal for two people.

Bruschetta Di Montagna

This was my choice of entre. I think I may be mistaken with the name of this dish, my apologies.

Fresh Melon & Prosciutto

This is the entre I should have ordered. I had a taste & the melon was delicious. 🙂

Delicious mushroom soup

Very tasty with lots of truffles.

A huge lamb shank

Very tasty indeed, a little expensive at B690, or $29 AUD. Patrick’s Steakhouse has a similar dish for B390. A little smaller perhaps.

Fire up that pizza oven

A good pizza with red wine is hard to beat. 🙂

A very interesting wall

The featured lady has been given an extra leg. 🙂

Location

As I mentioned earlier it is located on the dark side opposite Maprachan Lake about a 25 minute drive from Beach Road. This friendly establishment is certainly worth the drive, it offers very good food & service with a nice atmosphere. On the way you will pass 3 or 4 other interesting looking restaurants.

Thanks for visiting my Sicily Pizza Pattaya photo blog, check out the links below for some interesting restaurants I have visited all over the world, including a review of popular Pattaya venues.

Thanks also to my friend Hamish Elton for introducing me to this interesting Sicilian venue. Here is a LINK to Sicily Pizza.

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Surf and Turf Pattaya

February 24, 2021 by David Herd

Surf and Turf Pattaya

Surf and Turf Pattaya is located at the front of the 4-star Long Beach Garden Hotel. For a more accurate description replace Pattaya with Naklua. The photo above is the original restaurant, the following shots taken in February 2021 will show the new section which is currently not in use due to having few customers because of the Coronavirus.

The new section

It more than doubles the size of the original section.

Lots of surfboards feature

However I have never seen a surf in Pattaya. 🙂

Outdoor section

My preference is inside in front of a fan, however today was February 24 2021 & the breeze coming off the bay was magnificent.

Surf and Turf Pattaya

A very popular restaurant, there always seems to be more Thai people than foreigners.

Avocado smoothie

At B140 it was fairly average, I did have high hopes as I do love avocado. 🙂

Hamburger

With prawns, the beef patty was very good, as were the fries. One of the features of this nice restaurant is the huge choice of dishes, both western & Thai, the staff are very nice as well.

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Long lunch Bistro Pattaya

December 22, 2020 by David Herd

Long lunch Bistro Pattaya

Long lunch Bistro Pattaya was a 5 hour session including 3 bottles of red wine. We should had have the brains to stop at 3 but by then common sense went out the window. 🙂 My entre above is fairly easy to pick, prawns & avocado for B320, or $14 AUD. My friend Mark Yagalla hade the mixed platter of cheese & cold cuts for B480, or $21 AUD.

Italian red wine

From Collio in Italy, very smooth indeed at B1,750, or $77 AUD.

Grilled Australian Wagyu

Mark ordered this very tender Australian steak priced at B790, or $35 AUD.

Pork brawn

Instead of a main course I ordered a 2nd entree for just under $10 AUD.

Second bottle of red was a Pinot Noir

AOC Valais 2017 from Switzerland, priced at B1850, or $81 AUD.

Time for desert

Caramel custard was very good at B180, by now however I’m starting to slow down. 🙂

Chocolate mousse for Mark

Looks good & priced at B240, or $10.50 AUD.

Things are starting to get messy

Mark said “hang the expense” lets order another bottle of red. This ridiculous idea certainly guarantees us entry into the “Idiots R us” Club. 🙂 It was a 316 Traluna Toscana for B1,180, or $52 AUD & it was a little disappointing, or perhaps we were too drunk to know the difference. 🙂

Here is the story of our 5 hour marathon lunch.

A lazy $320 AUD, well, after all Xmas only comes once a year. 🙂

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Don Pepe Tapas Bar

December 14, 2020 by David Herd

Spanish Tapas

Don Pepe Tapas Bar is a welcome addition to what should be called “restaurant row.” It shares the arcade with several well known restaurants including Alter Ego, Beefeater, Patrick’s & Longhorn steakhouse.

Nice decor

Not too many customers at 6.30 pm. 🙂

Very interesting choices of food.

The octopus looks spectacular, I will definitely order it next time I visit. This & some of the other food shots were taken by my friend Hamish Elton on his Google Pixel XL 3 phone.

Lamb Balls

At a price of B180 or $8 AUD.

Bomba Iberica

Those a quale eggs on top.

Prawns

As you can clearly see, this is another dish Hamish ordered.

In fact here are all the dishes he ordered

His wife Mai is a small eater, but Hamish has one of the best appetites’ I have ever seen. 🙂

Interesting name…..

They call it “Burger me softly”, & it will set you back B180, or $8 AUD.

Pork Belly

Looks delicious.

Don Pepe Tapas Bar presents their Pulled Pork Taco

They have certainly created some interesting dishes. Patrick Van Den Berghe, the owner of Patrick’s Belgian Steakhouse is part owner of Don Pepe Tapas Bar, his vast experience will have quite an influence on this new establishment.

Barcelona style creme brulee

Not a bad way to finish an excellent meal. 🙂

A tapa is an appetizer or snack in Spanish cuisine. Tapas may be cold or hot. In some bars and restaurants in Spain and across the globe, tapas have evolved into a more sophisticated cuisine. Tapas can be combined to make a full meal. In some Central American countries, such snacks are known as bocas. Wikipedia

Many thanks for visiting my Don Pepe Tapas Bar photo blog, & thanks to my friend Hamish Elton for the use of some of his excellent photos.

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Pattaya Fireworks Food Crocodiles

November 29, 2020 by David Herd

Pattaya Fireworks Food Crocodiles

Pattaya Fireworks Food Crocodiles were all on display the weekend of November 27 & 28. Thousands of Thai people headed for the beach for lots of food & two nights of noisy fireworks.

Dine on crocodile

It tastes like chicken, with a mildly fishy flavor, and is often chewy, depending on preparation. I’m told it tastes like chicken, with a mildly fishy flavor, and is often chewy, depending on preparation. Maybe one day I’ll try it. 🙂

Look out here it comes

Being so close the noise is deafening. 🙂

Always spectacular

Also very noisy indeed. 🙂

on the beach right amongst the action

These guys are only around 80 meters from the drop zone.

Time for some food

This guy is cooking quale on a rotisserie.

The quale looks delicious

I remember many years ago living in Sydney, quale was a favourite dish of mine at a popular restaurant in Leichardt.

The food stalls look terrific.

A couple of years ago the council banned alcohol sales along Beach Rd.

Quite an amazing variety of food

These Thai vendors really work hard to provide good food to the thousands of people watching the fireworks on the beach.

Two nights in Pattaya

Then they pack up & leave.

Pattaya Fireworks Food Crocodiles

It was so good to see the thousands of people (90% Thai) gathering in this seaside city with all the Covid-19 problems that have destroyed so many jobs & businesses.

Witherspoons corner Beach Rd & Pattaya Klang

Rarely do you see many customers in this new Beach Rd bar, however it was a great spot to watch the fireworks.

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Pullman Hotel Beach Club

November 25, 2020 by David Herd

Pullman Hotel Beach Club

Pullman hotel Beach Club is a perfect place for dinner while watching the sunset. There are two pools where you can take a swim otherwise just jump in the ocean.

My friend Hamish Elton

With his beautiful 8 month old daughter Jasmine.

Check out the sausages

The Beach Club offers a very good ala carte menu or a buffet. There is something to please everybody.

Delicious Prawn croquettes

From memory they cost around B250 or $11 AUD.

The name of this dish alludes me. 🙂

I’ll try to get the name next time I visit.

Oysters from France

Oysters Beach Club Pattaya are on special Tuesdays from 3 pm until sold out. These fabulous fresh French oysters are only B35 each including ++, so I indulged buy ordering 18 at a cost of B630, or $28 AUD. To see the history of my affair with oysters from around the world please follow THIS LINK. Did you know that American and Italian researchers found they are rich in amino acids, which trigger increased levels of sex hormones.

WOW!

Lets not forget the fabulous sunset. For more beautiful Pattaya sunsets just follow THIS LINK.

Pork & rice

Hamish thought the pork was a little tough in this dish.

The beach

Perhaps you may prefer to swim in the sea water rather than the pool, or of course you can do both.

High rise condominiums

These tall condo buildings tower above the Beach Club. The buildings facing west would certainly get very hot from the afternoon sun.

Thanks for visiting my Pullman hotel Beach Club photo blog. For a very good room discount at this terrific hotel just book through THIS LINK.

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John Cleese Monty Python

November 23, 2020 by David Herd

“It’s just a flesh wound.”

John Cleese Monty Python is a selection of my favourite segments, not all of them are from Monty Python, however 95% feature John Cleese, who in my opinion is the greatest comedian who ever lived, along with the rest of the Pythons.

Biggus Dickus

Biggus Dickus - Monty Python, Life of Brian.

Watch this video on YouTube

He is a Roman nobleman and officer. He is married, according to his friend Pontius Pilate, to Incontinentia Buttocks.

Dead parrot

Monty Python: The Parrot Sketch & The Lumberjack Song movie versions HQ

Watch this video on YouTube

The “Dead Parrot Sketch”, originally known as the “Pet Shop Sketch” or “Parrot Sketch”, is from Monty Python’s Flying Circus about a non-existent species of parrot, called a “Norwegian Blue”.

I’m a lumberjack & I’m ok…….

Monty Python - Lumberjack Song

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I’m a lumberjack and I’m OK
I sleep all night and I work all day
(He’s a lumberjack and he’s OK
He sleeps all night and he works all day)

I cut down trees, I eat my lunch
I go to the lavat’ry
On Wednesdays I go shopping
And have buttered scones for tea
(He cuts down trees…)
(He’s a lumberjack…)

I cut down trees, I skip and jump
I love to press wild flow’rs
I put on women’s clothing
And hang around in bars.

Wink wink nudge nudge, say no more.

Nudge Nudge Live.mp4

Watch this video on YouTube

One of funniest comedy sketchs in the history of comedy sketches?

Don’t Mention the War!

Watch this video on YouTube

Once again classic Cleese, nobody else could pull this one off like he does.

A room with a view – Fawlty Towers

Watch this video on YouTube

it’s hard to believe there were only 13 episodes of this classic show.

Monty Python Gumbys Template

Also called: Gumby, My Brain Hurts, Monty Python.

John Cleese Monty Python

The whole gang.

Play night

From left to right, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones & Michael Palin.

Flashback to 1970

Thanks for visiting my John Cleese Monty Python photo blog, obviously I could add many more great sketches, these however are my favourites, many thanks to John Cleese & the magnificent pythons.

Please follow this link to see John Cleese at his absolute best, no other human being could pull this one off. 🙂

Unlike the parrot John is not dead yet, in fact you can follow him on Twitter where he is very active.

Europe before Covid-19 & mass immigration.

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Oysters Beach Club Pattaya

November 18, 2020 by David Herd

Sunset over Koh Larn

For many years I have been saying that in my opinion Pattaya has the best sunsets I have seen anywhere in the world. If you don’t believe me just follow THIS LINK.

Looking south along the beach.

Just 30 minutes before sunset, time for some fresh oysters from France. 🙂

Surrounded by high-rise condos

Spectacular views of Koh Larn, but they would get very hot inside every afternoon with the hot sun belting in from the East.

Tuesday oysters special

From 3 pm every Tuesday they serve fabulous oysters from France for B30 a piece. Of course being an upmarket hotel the Pullman adds ++ to the price, 7% VAT & 10% service which brings the price to B35 or $1’60 AUD. About $19 per dozen making it the best value I have found in Thailand.

A complementary wine

Many thanks to the friendly waiter, I will be a regular Tuesday customer.

Spectacular at night

For a very good room discount here at the Pullman hotel just book through THIS LINK.

Escape from the sun

This is the undercover outdoor area, if you want aircon just go inside. 🙂

Oysters Beach Club Pattaya, Fine de Claire No 4

This oyster can be grown in various parts of France, but must have spent at least 28 days in the famous ‘Claires’ to be called a Fine de Claire. The Fine de Claire oyster has a higher liquid content and a delicate salty taste.

Oysters Beach Club Pattaya, I’ll be a regular Tuesday customer.

Just looking at this photo makes my mouth water.

I have eaten oysters all over the world

To see the history of my affair with oysters from around the world please follow THIS LINK. Did you know that American and Italian researchers found they are rich in amino acids, which trigger increased levels of sex hormones.

Thanks for visiting my Oysters Beach Club Pattaya photo blog. For a very good room discount at this terrific hotel just book through THIS LINK.

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