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Hawker Chan Hollys Coffee

September 3, 2020 by David Herd

Hawker Chan Hollys Coffee

Hawker Chan Hollys Coffee are both at Terminal 21 in Pattaya, I visit both for lunch at least once a week. Being a creature of habit I always order the same dishes. Hawker Chan is located next to Foodland & Hollys Coffee is upstairs on Tokyo Street.

Here are your choices

Lots of delicious choices at very low prices. The noodle dishes are my favourite. Having said that I will have to make an effort to try some of the other dishes on offer.

Noodles & pork

Crispy pork belly & noodles is only B130 or $4.15 USD & totally mouth watering. The sauce they use with this dish is a fabulous taste.

Slight difference from the previous dish

It’s always difficult to decide between the roast pork or the pork belly. 🙂 You have to admit that is a great problem to have.

It’s worth mentioning the restaurant & tables etc are always spotlessly clean, & the staff very efficient.

Hollys Coffee

I think this may be the best pancake I have ever eaten, a little expensive for Thailand at B170 or $5.40 USD but worth every cent. 🙂

Living on Beach Road is so convenient, I can walk to Cental Marina in 5 minutes, Terminal 21 in 8 minutes & Central Festival in 10 minutes, that gives me access to about 250 restaurants. 🙂

I have never tasted a pancake so light & fluffy, it's the sort of desert you dream of. For many more terrific Pattaya deserts please just follow THIS LINK.

Hawker Chan Hollys Coffee

Put Hollys pancakes on your bucket list.

Thanks for visiting my photo blog. My lunch at these two restaurants totals B300, or $9.55 USD.

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Le Bordeaux Pattaya Restaurant

August 19, 2020 by David Herd

Pattaya French Restaurant

Le Bordeaux Pattaya Restaurant is located in what you could call the Pattaya French Quarter behind Tukcom, due to quite a few French restaurants in the area.

Nice warm atmosphere

I was the only person there at 6.30, 2 more customers arrived an hour later, however like most businesses in Pattaya they are suffering due to Covid-19.

Very friendly staff

Meet Lay. he provides great service at Le Bordeaux Pattaya Restaurant.

Wine & a liquor

Two drinks are better than one. 🙂

This is what I came for

Marennes Oleron number 2, these oysters are born in Marennes Oleron, then when they are 1 year old they are taken to Brittany where young oysters will grow more easily thanks to a more favourable environment. At the age of 2 they come back to Marennes Oleron, a few kilometres out in the sea, so that the shell can harden and take a cupped shape. There they remain for 1 year, until the time comes for refining in Claires (saet marshes) for up to 6 months.

Lamb stew

Lots of flavour here however I wish I had ordered the slow cooked lamb shank. 🙂

Warm atmosphere

A very classy fit-out, put this delightful restaurant on your bucket list.

Gay Paree

Très bonne ambiance

Here is a nice version of the song Gay Paree.

Gay Paree - Robert Preston

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The bar at Le Bordeaux Pattaya Restaurant

As you can clearly see the decor is excellent.

Crème brûlée to finish

One of my favourite deserts, for more great deserts just follow THIS LINK.

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Art of desert Pattaya

August 2, 2020 by David Herd

Art of desert Pattaya

Art of desert Pattaya is a far more interesting subject to me than the Art of War for instance, written by Sun Tzu in the 5th century. For some excellent images of the Art of Desert here is a LINK on Pinterest.

The photo above was taken at the Pullman Hotel at Wongamat Beach.

Belgian waffles at Patrick’s Steakhouse

Many people in these troubled times of Covid-19 will feel they are living in their own winter of discontent, well to brighten up their day just check out some of my favourite deserts in beautiful downtown Pattaya. 🙂

Great pancake at Leckerle

Researchers have found pancakes in the stomach of Otzi the Iceman, human remains dating back 5,300 years. In ancient Greece and Rome, pancakes were made from wheat flour, olive oil, honey, and curdled milk.

Magnificent Crème brûlée

France, England, and Spain all claim to be the country where crème brûlée had its origin. The first printed recipe for a dessert called crème brûlée is from the 1691.

A special from The Bistro at Soi Yamato 13/1.

Tripadvisor rate this small restaurant very highly at #6 of 1,085 Restaurants in Pattaya

Mixture from the Mantra

Sadly the Mantra closed it’s doors in 2018, their Sunday buffet was the best I have ever seen anywhere in the world. Here is over a decade of dining on THIS LINK.

Mango & sticky rice

The iconic Thai desert needs no introduction, it’s simply wonderful.

Hollys Coffee

Without a doubt this is the best pancake I have ever eaten. 🙂 This company was established in 1998 and opened Korea’s first espresso shop that year. Its shops offer espresso, coffee, tea, specialty coffee- and tea-based hot and cold drinks, a variety of pastries and other snacks and coffee supplies.

Banana pancake

Absolutely delicious & only B40, or $2 AUD.

The finished product

Surely must be the best value in Pattaya, or perhaps even the northern hemisphere.

Thanks for visiting my Art of desert Pattaya photo blog, I will certainly add more delights as I discover them.

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Food review Pattaya 2020

July 23, 2020 by David Herd

Food review Pattaya 2020

Food review Pattaya 2020 is simply a record of many of the great dishes I have enjoyed in the Autumn of my years. 🙂 According to TripAdvisor there are about 1300 restaurants to choose from. However 90% of the time I tend to visit places I know & like. The 1st & 2nd photos are from the food court at Central Festival shopping mall.

Oysters at Central Festival

Oysters were on special, B360 or $11 USD for 9 & they tossed in one for free. 🙂

Baked Ham & vegetables

Excellent dish with lots of flavour.

Sunday roast at Robin Hood tavern

Good value here at a reasonable price.

Salmon sashimi

At Genki in Soi 4, one of my favourite Japanese restaurants.

Another dish at Genki

Egg roll with onion, delicious.

Toast Skagen at Longhorn Steakhouse

Consisting of two pieces of toasted bread, mayonnaise, and many prawns. Sometimes crab or crabsticks are substituted for prawns.

Excellent breakfast

Bake & Brew is a little out of the way for me, however the food is very good indeed.

Roast pork & noodles

Another dish from the food park at Central Marina shopping mall.

Teriyaki chicken at Miyazaki Japanese Teppanyaki restaurant

This tasty dish comes with vegetables, steamed rice & miso soup. Located at

Hachiban-ramen

Another excellent Japanese restaurant at Central Marina.

Hollys coffee at Terminal 21

The best pancake I have ever eaten. 🙂

For lots of information on Terminal just follow THIS LINK.

Hamburger without a bun

Terrific burgers at Anos in Terminal 21.

Phad Thai with prawns

They serve much more than coffee at the COFFEE CLUB.

The Tuesday night special at Patrick’s Steakhouse

Without a doubt they serve the best lamb shank in Pattaya, perhaps even the northern hemisphere. More on Patrick’s HERE.

Jasmine’s Cafe breakfast

Located in Pattaya Klang between Beach & 2nd Rd. Great value at B99.

Yayoi at Central Marina

Located next to MK, excellent Japanese food.

L’Auberge French Restaurant

Thanks for visiting my Food review Pattaya 2020 photo blog. Expect more updates in the next few months.

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Fresh seafood Bangkok

Steakhouse New York

Korea restaurants Itaewon

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Craft Beer A-One Pattaya

July 19, 2020 by David Herd

Craft Beer A-One Pattaya

Craft Beer A-One Pattaya at the Royal Cruise hotel, which is named because it looks like an actual cruise ship. Malibrew is a rather spectacular bar & an interesting concept, with some good points & some bad which we will discuss below.

Main entrance is on Soi 2.

About 60 meters from Beach Road.

Happy hour is between 5 & 6 pm.

You can get 2 for one Singha for only B120 or $3.80 USD. The bar has only been open for a few days & strangely enough has no craft beer on sale yet.

Price list

Red wine is B290 per glass which is way too expensive in my opinion.

Open plan kitchen

The food is very reasonably priced.

Cold appetizers

good selection here.

Main course

Menu is a computer tablet, my preference is a normal style menu, but I guess I’m a bit of a dinosaur. 🙂

More main course choices

I had the spaghetti & meatballs.

Spaghetti & meatballs

Enjoyable without being exceptional.

Beer taps are not connected yet.

I can’t help wondering why they opened before the craft beer was available.

Another dining area

Lots of places to sit at Malibrew Craft Beer A-One Pattaya.

Here is the entertainment area

I have already admitted to being a dinosaur so please view my comments accordingly. I was 2/3 through my meal at 7.30 & the music started. A guitarist & a drummer decided to pound out around 100 decibels. It was so loud I didn’t finish my meal, I just paid my bill & left.

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A-One hotel on Beach Road

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Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya

July 8, 2020 by David Herd

Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya

Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya is located in the arcade off 2nd road opposite Mike shopping mall. In the same arcade you will find Patrick’s & the Beefeater.

A table or a booth sir?

Plenty of space between the tables. 🙂

Walking Street

This is dated 1960, however it should show 1980, the reason is I actually took the photo on my first visit to Pattaya.

The original photo

That’s my friend Rob Symonds walking towards the camera. We have visited Manila & Hong Kong on the way to Thailand. Follow THIS LINK for more 1980 photos.

July promotion was exceptional value.

B595 or $19 USD.

Lobster Bisque to begin

It tasted as good as it looks. 🙂

Australian Ribeye

At Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya this Australian Ribeye was extremely tender & tasty.

Guess who was celebrating his birthday?

Guilty as charged. 🙂

Creme Brulee is a favourite of mine.

It was a toss up between this & the Tiramisu. Creme Brulee is a dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a texturally contrasting layer of hardened caramelized sugar. It is normally served slightly chilled; the heat from the caramelizing process tends to warm the top of the custard, while leaving the center cool. The custard base is traditionally flavored with vanilla in French cuisine or with cinnamon and lemon in Catalan cuisine, but can have other flavorings. It is sometimes garnished with fruit.

Toast Skagen, one of my all time favorites.

The Beefeater also offers Skagen. Toast Skagen is an appetizer and Swedish food. Consisting of two slices of toast, mayonnaise and many prawns. Sometimes crabs are used instead of shrimp. The name of the dish originated from Skagen in Denmark, but the dish is not very well-known and most popular in Sweden, which was created by the restaurant and chef from Stockholm Tore Wretman. He introduced the Toast Skagen … Wikipedia

Australian Shiraz

Tonight I chose to take my own wine as it was a special occasion, the corkage fee is B300, or $9 USD.

Tiramisu

Very rich, I prefer the Creme Brulee.

Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya

Thanks for visiting my Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya photo blog, I highly recommend this excellent restaurant. Don’t forget In the same arcade you will find two other very good restaurants Patrick’s & the Beefeater.

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Tokyo fabulous food

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Amazing World Food

Fresh seafood Bangkok

Steakhouse New York

Korea restaurants Itaewon

Pattaya live webcam

Check out my Pattaya webcam here.

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Everybody loves Thailand

June 30, 2020 by David Herd

Everybody loves Thailand

Everybody loves Thailand, the food, the people, the temples, the beach resorts, the tropical islands, it’s all here for you to enjoy. Lets not forget Bangkok, as they say in the song, one night in Bangkok and the world’s your oyster. 🙂

We are going to start in the north at Chiang Mai & then head south all the way to Phuket, Krabi & Koh Samui. For each location I will give you links to my fabulous photo blogs. 🙂

A beautiful Chiang Mai Temple.

Good restaurants in Chaing Mai.

River Kwai Bridge Kanchanaburi

River Kwai Bridge Kanchanaburi was of special interest to me due to my late uncle Allan Herd, who spent 2 years as a POW on the Burma Railway. In fact I urge you to read his amazing story, you can find it by following this link which will take you to “One Soldiers Incredible Story”.

River Kwai photo blog.

Ayutthaya Historical Park Thailand

Just an hour north of Bangkok, there are lots of low price day tours you can take.

Ayutthaya Historical Park

Bangkok is known as “The Big Mango.”

What a fabulous city, home to over 10 million people. There are so many things to see you need to spend at least a week here. Here is a LINK for a very nice hotel in a great location, for a good discount just use THIS LINK.

However if you want a low cost hotel where all the action is please use THIS LINK. Rooms start at $25 USD per night.

Sirocco Sky Bar State Tower Bangkok

Bangkok Grand Palace

Bangkok’s number 1 attraction Reclining Buddha Wat Pho.

Soi Cowboy Bangkok playground

Pattaya 2 hours south of Bangkok

Beach side city with hundreds of good restaurants & clubs.

Beach Road Pattaya

Pattaya attractions

World famous Walking Street

Sanctuary of Truth.

Here is a LINK to get an excellent room rate at a very good hotel.

Koh Chang

Close to the Cambodian border this is the 2nd largest island in Thailand. A perfect place to enjoy crystal clear water & sandy beaches. Or just relax in the pool with an ice cold beer. 🙂

The Kacha hotel above is on the beach and close to lots of restaurants, use THIS LINK for a great room rate.

White sands beach Koh Chang.

Fabulous Koh Chang.

Phuket

Phuket, a mountainous island in the Andaman Sea, with some of Thailand’s most popular beaches, mainly situated along the clear waters of the western shore. Patong is the main resort town, it has many nightclubs, bars and discos.

Use THIS LINK for great hotel discounts & pay later.

Let your hair down in Phuket.

Krabi in southern Thailand.

Krabi, on southern Thailand’s west coast, has many craggy, sheer limestone cliffs, dense mangrove forests, and more than a hundred offshore islands. Some of its most popular beach destinations include the Phi Phi Islands.

Follow THIS LINK for more Krabi photos.

Beautiful Koh Samui

One of my favourite places in Thailand, lots of daily flights from Bangkok.

Restaurants on the north coast.

Taxi ride around Koh Samui

20 years of Koh Samui memories.

For a good discount on you hotel room just use THIS LINK.

Farewell folks

Thanks for visiting my Everybody loves Thailand photo blog. If you need any more tips just email to [email protected]

Soi Cowboy

Nana Plaza

Patpong

Everybody loves Thailand & don’t forget it. 🙂 🙂 🙂

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June 10, 2020
by David Herd
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Bangkok restaurants shopping 2020

Bangkok between Nana & Asoke Bangkok restaurants shopping during the Covid-19 lock-down was still an enjoyable weekend, I really needed to get away from my home in Pattaya for a welcome change of scenery. This photo was taken from … Continue reading →

Beefeater Steak House Pattaya

March 21, 2020 by David Herd

Beefeater Steak House Pattaya

Beefeater Steak House Pattaya is ranked by TripAdvisor number 40 of 1340 restaurants in Pattaya. Every Sunday they have a Mexican “all you can eat” buffet. Another excellent feature here is they offer 3 sizes of the steak of your choice.

My friend Larry Krausz

Larry loved his food & really enjoyed visiting the Beefeater, sadly he suffered a major stroke & passed away in 2017.

Toast Skagen

Here is the dish I always have at the Beefeater, the owner/chey is Scandinavian so I guess that’s why Skagen is on the menu.

Toast Skagen – Shrimps in dill mayonnaise served on toast

Ham & salad baguette

The Beefeater Steak House Pattaya offers so much more than just steak, the baguette is excellent as is the Lobster bisque.

Talking about the Lobster Bisque

Very rich as you can imagine.

Prices seem to be creeping up

It’s now 2021 in the middle of the Covid crisis & most venues seem to be lowering prices or offering specials, however not here I’m afraid.

For anyone with a sweet tooth. 🙂

A classic banana split to finish off an excellent meal.

Apple Pie

Homemade apple crumble pie with custard and vanilla ice cream, absolutely delicious.

Beefeater Steak House Pattaya

A well stocked bar for you to choose from.

Beefeater Steak House Pattaya

Located in an arcade on the corner of 2nd Road & Soi Diana. Opposite another well known Pattaya Steak house, Patricks Belgium Restaurant.

Location

If you are coming from Beach Road just walk through Mike shopping mall and cross over 2nd road, the arcade will be right in front of you.

Hours:
Mon – Fri 17:00-24:00
Sat – Sun Lunch 12:00-16:00, 17:00 -24:00
(Kitchen always closed at 23:00) call for reservations (between the hours of 16:00-23:00) at 038-720-926

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Xoho Chinese Cafe Pattaya

March 14, 2020 by David Herd

Xoho Chinese Cafe Pattaya

Xoho Chinese Cafe Pattaya located in Terminal 21 North Pattaya. There are nearly 100 food outlets in this fabulous shopping mall & Xoho is one of my favourites. The high quality food is reasonably priced.

Prawn dumpling soup

This dish is a must have, I order it every time I visit this nice restaurant. I’m usually here at lunch time & it’s normally very quiet. Cost of the soup is B130 or $4.00 USD.

Modern pleasant decor

There is both indoor & outdoor seating here.

Dumplings to die for…

I find it hard to explore the rest of the menu & find myself continually ordering the same favourite dishes.

My brother Warren also likes the Prawn Dumpling Soup.

Always repeating the same dishes must run in the family. Over coming weeks I’ll endeavor to widen my selection. 🙂

BBQ Pork Buns

Certainly as good as I have eaten anywhere in Pattaya, B59 or $1.80 USD.

Xoho Chinese Cafe Pattaya Dim Sum Combo

A small sample for B79, or $2.40 USD.

Xoho Chinese Cafe Pattaya

Located on the 2nd floor right next door to Arnos Steak & Burgers.

There is quite a number of excellent restaurants on the 2nd floor, IO Italian Osteria is another one of my favourites.

XOHO Chinese Cafe, the Hong Kong style Chinese restaurant opened at the beginning of 2020. The shop is on the 7th floor of the MBK Center. In-store menus, in addition to Dim Sum, There are also menus grilled ducks, red pork, crispy pork, porridge, noodles and various fried rice.

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