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Food review Pattaya 2022

February 20, 2022 by David Herd

Food review Pattaya 2022

Food review Pattaya 2022 featuring my favourite restaurants in this city on the gulf of Thailand. The dish above was only $3 AUD at one of the local food courts.

This photo blog covers the first 6 months of 2022.

It’s all about oysters

Flown in fresh from France every week. These are Fine de Clare No 2. These oysters are finished for several weeks in shallow clay ponds where they acquire a superior quality shell to oysters grown in the open sea.

Belon oysters

The true Belon Oyster is culitivated in the Belon River, France and has the AOC protected name. Technically, only oysters from this region in France can be called Belon Oysters.

Two varieties

At L’Aberge, 6 Fin De Claire & 6 Belon. Belon Oysters have a world famous name and reputation. They are the European Flat species (Ostrea edulis).

Excellent fried rice

At Playa, the new restaurant on the ground floor of Markland, my condo building on Beach Road.

Waffles at Playa

I can’t resist a good desert. 🙂

Satay chicken at the Bistro

Without a doubt this is the best satay chicken I have ever tasted.

BJs sports bar in Soi 3.

Sukiyaki soup is excellent. 🙂

Lobster soup at the longhorn

As good as it gets.

MK Restaurants

Very good food at a low price, I am a regular customer at their Central Marina branch.

Fusillo Italian Restaurant

This is a very good restaurant that I often visited when it was on Naklua Road, sadly they have moved quite a distance down Soi 18 so it really isn’t convinient anymore.

iO Italian Osteria Terminal 21

A delicious ham & mushroom bruschetta.

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Sky Gallery Pratumnak Hill

November 22, 2021 by David Herd

Sky Gallery Pratumnak Hill

Sky Gallery Pratumnak Hill Pattaya is a terrific venue for food & an ocean view in a very lay back enviroment. TripAdvisor rating is #91 of 1,099 Restaurants in Pattaya.

Ocean view

Looking west to Koh Larn.

Relax & enjoy the view

This is one of the best places in Pattaya to enjoy food with a view.

Excellent bar

Relax and choose your poison. There are many different places here to eat & drink with your friends.

Sky Gallery Pratumnak Hill with koh Larn in the distance

A wonderful sopt to enjoy Pattaya’s magnificent sunsets.

Scallops & garlic

Very tasty indeed although I left most of the garlic cloves. 🙂

My friend John Martin

More commonly known as Pothole Bin Ladin the Mouse of Markland.

Fried rice with crab meat

We both agree this was one of the best examples of this popular dish we have ever tasted, it was absolutely perfect.

Nice air conditioned section

Most people tend to eat outside & enjoy the view, my preference is always the aircon. 🙂

Mango juice

Served in a small ice bucket, it’s a well known fact that I’m a sucker for mango.

Pothole ordered fish

In my opinion it didn’t look to attractive but apparantly it tasted fine. 🙂

Another section

As you can see there are quite a few choices of where you can sit in this rather large establishment.

Semi outdoor setting

It’s been abut two years since I visited this excellent restaurant, I certainly won’t leave it that long to visit again.

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Low cost Pattaya restaurants

November 21, 2021 by David Herd

Great value at Foodland

Low cost Pattaya restaurants, there are hundreds of them. Lets start with Foodland, a well known supermarket chain in Thailand, in each store you will find an excellent fast food counter. The quality is excellent, the food is always fresh because of the turnover, (it is always crowded) and the price is so cheap, for instance breakfast is about $2, and lunch under $3.

Central Festival food hall

Located in the basement of Pattaya’s most luxurious shopping mall is the food hall. A very cheap fast selection of good food. Always crowded because of the excellent value.

Mango & sticky rice

The food hall at Central Festival shopping mall has a great selection of deserts including a Thai specialty, mango & sticky rice. Yesterday I ordered this after my roast duck with vegetables & steamed rice, including a clear soup for a total cost of 280 Baht or $2.50.

KFC at Central Festival.

I would not normally mention a fast food outlet in my post, however there are exceptions. KFC without a doubt have one of the best views in Pattaya, so while the kids devour their chicken nuggets etc, sit there and soak up the view.

Beer Garden near Walking St

The Beer Garden offers good low cost food with a wonderful view of Pattaya Bay, a great spot to dine before hitting the bright lights of Walking Street. To find the entrance you must walk past all the bars near the kick boxing. Like most Thai restaurants the menu is a huge selection of western or Thai food.

Dining in a car park.

Great value Thai food here, average cost for dinner or lunch 200 Baht or $6. Next to theAlcazar carpark in 2nd road North Pattaya, opposite Soi 4, if you see a tall beautiful Thai woman here I can guarantee it is a ladyboy.

Agoda is a great place to book your Pattaya hotel.

Oishi Ramen low cost Japanese.

Oishi Ramen is another chain of very low cost Japanese & Thai food, I have lunch at least twice a week at the Big C mall on 2nd road north Pattaya. The Salmon and salad shown above with bottomless Green Tea costs 220 Baht or $7 usd, great value. More information about Oishi click here.

Oishi Japanese Buffet Restaurant

The buffet is excellent value at around 400 Baht or $14, eat as much as you want. I don’t rate the food as highly as Fuji however you can’t beat the value.

Mae Sri Ruen

Mae Sri Ruen is right next door to Central Festival on Beach Rd and serves good fresh Thai food at very low prices. The BBQ pork & dumpling soup is one of my favorites, add spring rolls and the price is 120 Baht or a touch over $4.

Queen Victoria Pub

Located on Soi 6 featuring an excellent breakfast at B99, or $4 AUD.

Hungry Hippo best value in Pattaya

The chowder was so good I had it home delivered. Check out THIS LINK.

Lunch September 4 2021

I ordered this ice-cream sunday & was suprised when the waitress said, “today it is on special at B39”.

The avocado is my favourite at Mathilda in 2nd Rd.

Last time I had lunch there sadly there was was no avocado.

Leckerle is a German Restaurant

Prawns & bacon on German bread, delicious.

L’Auberge French Restaurant

Great value at B390 or $12.50 USD.

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Two days Bangkok

November 6, 2021 by David Herd

Two days Bangkok

Two days Bangkok seemed like a week because of all the walking I did, over 20,000 steps in 48 hours. By the time I got home to Pattaya I was desperate for a foot & leg massage. 🙂 My hotel was in a graet location, only 50 meters to Chit Lom sky train.

Nice room

Great value at a low cost of B1100 pn, or $45 AUD.

An added bonus

A very nice view from my room. For a terrific room rate just book through THIS LINK.

Chit Lom station

Taken from the Golden House hotel, a terrific location. Only 5 minutes walk to Central Embassy shopping mall.

Looking in the oposite direction

One of the many fantastic Bangkok buildings.

But wait, there is more….

Always someting to look at in this great city.

A shot from Chit Lom BTS.

And always something to photograph. 🙂

My favourite bangkok restaurant

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Oysters from France

Here is the main reason I love to dine at El Mercado. Beautiful Fine de Clare No 3 at B886 or $36 AUD, quite a good price for Bangkok, although I get them for $23 at L’Auberge in Pattaya. These were Fine de Clare No 3.

The Fines de Claires Oysters are exclusively produced in the Marennes-Oléron basin in France. They have an elongated shell which makes them easily recognizable.

The Fines de Claires Oysters are less fleshy than normal oysters and have a softer-coloured flesh. The Fines de Claires Oysters are rich in water and have a stronger, slightly sweeter taste thanks to the « affinage” made in ponds connected to seawater during the last weeks of the farming.

JW Marriott on Sukhumvit

For many years I have been enjoying breakfast here.

And here it is

Poached eggs, avocado & crispy bacon.

Late night snack

Only the lonely. 🙂

Golden House location

A great location in Bangkok.

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El Mercado Bangkok 2021

November 5, 2021 by David Herd

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El Mercado Bangkok 2021

El Mercado Bangkok 2021, any time I visit this great city this restaurant is on the top of my list. They now have three branches, but so far I have only been to two of them. This photo blog is on their Calle 35 branch at 15/8 M Tower, Sukhumvit 35 Alley, Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110. Phone: 02 011 1712

A fairly compact venue

However there is also an upstairs section. They have a home delivery service as well as three branches in Bangkok. Check out their website on THIS LINK.

Quite a stylish unique fitout

All products provided by El Mercado will be delivered as per strict temperature control: – Seafood 2 to 5 degrees . – Dairy 4 to 10 degrees

Bread, pastries & croisants

After you dine make sure you take some of these home for later. 🙂

Here is an outdoor area for the smokers

It would be ok to sit here at night but certainly not at lunch time.

Here is what I always order.

Oysters from France, beautiful Fine de Clare No 3.

B886 or $36 AUD, quite a good price for Bangkok, although I get them for $23 at L’Auberge in Pattaya. These were Fine de Clare No 3.

Lots of wine available

A very important addition. 🙂

Sauces & mustards etc

As well as the wine, make sure to take home some condiments.

El Mercado started with 4 people “doing it all”, 6 tables, 10 cheeses and cold-cuts, a coffee machine and lot’s of ideas, dreams and hopes.

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Food review Pattaya 2021

September 28, 2021 by David Herd

Food review Pattaya 2021

Food review Pattaya 2021 is simply a record of many of the great dishes I have enjoyed in these uncertain time due to the Coronavirus. Above is a healthy dish at Flow Cafe at the Holiday Inn. Comes with a hot Wasabi sauce. 🙂

Oysters from France

On special every Tuesday at the Beach Club in the Pullman Hotel in Wangamat. Lots more on THIS LINK.

Also from the Beach Club

Satay chicken skewers.

BJs lodge in Soi 3

An excellent soup they call Sukiyaki soup. 🙂

Another dish from BJ’s

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The Hungry Hippo

An excellent Chowder at this terrific low cost eatery on Soi Buakhao. More on THIS LINK.

Killkenny’s roast lamb

This is their small serving at a cost of B159, or $6.50 AUD, great value.

Pasta from Toscana

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Cheap Charlies

An excellent Chicken Kiev.

Desert at Cheap Charlies

This rum & raisin pancake was fantastic. The total cost for main course & desert was only B200, or $10 AUD.

Mathilda 2nd Rd

Low cost good value food located between Central Festival & Mike shopping mall.

l’auberge French restaurant

Very good upmarket reataurant that serves reasonably priced food. For more examples please check out THIS LINK.

Jasmine’s cafe

A delightfull venue on Pattaya Klang between Beach Rd & 2nd Road.

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Breakfast at Jasmine’s

A very tasty croisant.

Mae Sri Ruen

Located on Beach Rd next door to Central Festival, very good low cost Thai food.

Finally more oysters from France.

At L’Auberge in Pattaya fine de claire from France are on special, B570 per dozen, or $23 AUD.

Quail for dinner December 2021

Quite tasty but very fiddly to eat.

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Interesting Food Chiang Mai Thailand

September 4, 2021 by David Herd

Here are some excellent restaurants

Interesting Food Chiang Mai Thailand

Interesting Food Chiang Mai Thailand, even though we were only here 4 days we found some very good restaurants. I hope his photo blog takes away the guesswork for you. 🙂

Aiku

Aiku was right beside our hotel above Starbucks, good Japanese food at a reasonable price. Our hotel the Dusit Princess was a terrific hotel in the very best location in Chiang Mai, book through THIS LINK for a discounted room rate.

Out of 108 Japanese restaurants in Chiang Mai TripAdvisor rate Aiku number 5.

Whole Earth restaurant

Nestled in a beautiful garden setting this turned out to be a nice surprise, food & service were excellent.

Mushroom soup was delicious

Very filling & a great start to our meal.

A large menu & you can sit inside or out.

The staff were very obliging, the chicken above was very good indeed. Rated 51 out of 1,744 restaurants by TripAdvisor.

The long & the short

My friend Patrick is around 200 cms tall, we just had to get a photo with this tiny waitress at Whole Earth restaurant. 🙂

Rabieng Na Maerim

This delightful restaurant is halfway between the city & Wat Ban Den which is the most spectacular Thai Buddhist Temple I have ever seen .

Fresh spring roles to die for. 🙂

My only criticism was the serving was so big. 🙂

Chicken sate & a Thai Omelette.

Both excellent.

Beautiful country view from the restaurant.

Here comes the storm. 🙂

Rock Me Burgers & Bar

Watch the passing parade while enjoying the burgers , hot dogs & beer. Rated 38 out of 1,744 by TripAdvisor.

I settled for a hotdog

The best I have had in years. 🙂

Fabulous green pea soup

TripAdvisor rate David’s Kitchen the number one Chiang Mai restaurant. I’m not going to argue as the food was very good and the staff excellent.

Lamb shank

Two of us ordered the lamb shank & were surprised when the bill showed a B200 price difference. It turned out there were 2 versions o the menu, my advice to David the very attentive owner is to ensure staff point this out rather have have an argument at the end of an excellent meal.

Talking about he owner

He makes an effort to interact with his customers & explained that his wife come in of a morning to make he deserts. Here are two fabulous old photos of them in their younger days. David looks like is stepped out of the role as the artful dodger in Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. 🙂

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The staff singing happy birthday to some happy customers.

Dusit Princess good rooms & great location

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Good Indian Food Pattaya

August 23, 2021 by David Herd

Good Indian Food Pattaya

Good Indian Food Pattaya located in 2nd Rd just opposite the Royal Gardens shopping mall. I don’t often patronize Indian restaurants however the food at Zaika was very good so in future I will make an effort to visit other similar places.

Fairly mundane decor

In fact the upholstery on the booths looks like it needs a good shampoo. Otherwise it’s comfortable & compact.

Lets check out the food.

I ordered a chicken curry not too spicy.

Good Indian Food Pattaya

Lets take a closer look at the Good Indian Food Pattaya. The curry was excellent and the long grain rice exceptional.

Chicken Biryani

These two photos I borrowed from TripAdvisor to let you see a couple more food samples.

Fish Tikka with Jasmine rice

TripAdvisor rating is #27 of 1,091 Places to Eat in Pattaya which seems a rather high rating, hard for me to judge after only one visit.

Located on 2nd Rd

Right opposite the Royal Gardens shopping mall. Their phone number is 038 488 958.

These prices are very low indeed.

They have a very busy home delivery service.

A huge selection

I certainly will be using the home delivery service.

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Holiday Inn

Fabulous views, excellent restaurants & a very good room rate if you book through THIS LINK.

The building in the middle is the Holiday Inn, on the left is the Amari Hotel which is another very good five star hotel. Use THIS LINK to book for a very good room rate.

Sabai Wing North Pattaya

The best Pattaya budget hotel, 3 pools & opposite Central Marina shopping mall. For a great room rate just book through THIS LINK.

Sutus Court is a great budget hotel right i the heart of one of Pattaya’s main bar areas, just use THIS LINK for a terrific room rate. 420/100 Moo 9 Soi Buakhao.

Pattaya Hilton

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Tokyo fabulous food 2015

August 15, 2021 by David Herd

Tokyo fabulous food 2015

Tokyo fabulous food 2015, this was my 4th visit to this wonderful city. I was travelling with my friend Hamish from Pattaya who is also a huge fan of Japanese cuisine.

Sushizanmai is my favourite restaurant

This is one of their many branches, my favoourite was near the old Tsukiji market.

Best food in the world

That’s just my humble opinion, good Japanese food all over the country is magnificent 🙂

Did I say perfection?

Well, here’s proof.

Open 24 hours a day & there always seems to be a queue

It’s now 2021 & I hope they have not moved as the fish market has.

So many choices & such little time. 🙂

What a terrific variety of top quality sashimi.

The Cellar Grill at Omotesando

A fabulous restaurant with incredibe food.

Sausauges at the Cellar Grill

Now this does not look Japanese.

Baked avocado was fabulous

I am now hooked on baked avocado. 🙂

Our friendly waiter at the Cellar Grill

If you visit tokyo make sure you try this wonderful restaurant.

Pre dinner drinks at Metro cafe

What a mix, on Canadian, Two American & two Australians.

Heading for Piss Alley

Memory Lane, or Piss Alley as its often referred to (or in Japanese, Omoide Yokocho).

Lots of smal crowded restaurants in Piss Alley.

Located in Shinjuku, Piss Alley is a must see when you are in Tokyo.

Two Ameican girls dining in Piss Alley.

Naturally Hamish & I had a nice chat with the gorgeous girls.

Another terrific restaurant near Shibuya station.

The food was so good I ate there two nights in a row.

Here are two dishes they serve

One beef & one chicken.

Shabusen in the Ginza

Kobe beef to die for. 🙂

Am I happy, or am I happy. 🙂

Shabusen is fabulous.

Farewell from Tokyo

I can’t wait to visit again. Many thanks for visiting my Tokyo fabulous food 2015 photo blog.

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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.

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