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Fresh seafood Naklua market

Fresh seafood Naklua market, it’s been 4 years since I published my blog on this lively venue, so I thought it was time to re-visit & see what changes have taken place.

The variety is amazing.

So is the crowd, better to visit mid week if you can.

Price is per kilo

I’m guessing you would get around 3 for a kilo.

Many varieties of fish

Including live fish that they will clean for you on the spot.

Fresh seafood Naklua market

Lots of fresh vegetables also on sale.

Scallops look very good.

There are so many choices, how do you make a decision on what to have for lunch? 🙂

First I’m going to try an oyster.

These are B50 each or $1.60 USD, there are also some for B40, or $1.30 USD. I can buy imported oysters from France at El Mercado in Bangkok for the same price.

Quite large as you can see

I was pleasantly surprised, very tasty even without lemon, lime or sauce.

OK, now for some fresh prawns

B270 or $9 USD a kilo, what a bargain.

Now here is the clincher…

This guy will cook your prawns or other seafood for B30 a kilo, how easy is that?

He will even supply a chair. 🙂

So you can eat the freshly cooked seafood right here. We had our prawns boiled rather than barbecued, so we decided to eat them at home after they cooled down.

Here is the result

Delicious on a fresh bread roll from Central Marina.

Fresh seafood Naklua market

They will cook fish for you as well.

So many varieties of shellfish

I’m not sure what some of these are.

I guessing this is an unusual type of prawn or shrimp.

They are quite a strange looking creature selling at B1500 a kilo, or a whopping $72 AUD.

More crab

As they say in the classics, too much crab is never enough. 🙂

Mussels

Not one of my favourites for some reason.

This is a super prawn. 🙂

Great shot, this & the next one were taken by Mike McNamee from the group Pattaya 24/7. Fairly expensive at B1300 a kilo, or $62 AUD.

Only B280 a kilo

That’s more in my price range. 🙂

That’s all for now folks.

I hope you enjoyed my Fresh seafood Naklua market photo blog.

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Food Park Central Marina

Food Park Central Marina is a great example of eating cheap in Thailand. Only 5 minutes walk from my condo & offers a huge variety of very good fresh food.

There are so many choices here

Like most food courts you put money on a card & get your refund when you finish.

Duck is always popular

The hanging ducks are a common sight in Thailand.

Fresh seafood is available

So many choices & such little time. 🙂

Food Park Central Marina

Cooked food examples on display to tempt you.

Wonton soup

A favourite of mine & only B70 or $3.40 AUD.

Lots of skewers

The staff here are deaf, but you would never really know.

Bbq skewers

They also specialize in sausages however the skewers are world class.

Teriyaki chicken

Absolutely delicious, as good as I have ever eaten, and only B15 each or $0.70 AUD. These great skewers just melt in your mouth.

Food Park Central Marina & finish off with a Thai classic

Magnificent Mango & Sticky Rice. Certainly one of Thailand’s iconic dishes.

Sadly now in October 2020 we are in the middle of the Covid-19 crisis & 80% of the outlets here at the Food Park have closed. I really can’t see them re-opening until mid 2021.

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Fat Coco Beach Club construction

November 13, 2019 by David Herd

Fat Coco Beach Club construction

Fat Coco Beach Club construction has been in progress for many months during 2019, many of the following photos have been taken from the 20th floor of Markland which overlooks the A-One Hotel. As you can see above it was just a normal swimming pool area.

Lets dig some holes they said…

It will be an improvement they said. 🙂

From ground level

This was September 2019.

What a mess. 🙂

They work from very early in the morning until late at night.

September 12th, week 2.

Still too early to get an idea of their plans.

Concrete roof

First they made a frame then set the concrete on top.

Raised platform

Adjacent to the footpath, perhaps if will provide privacy? Wh knows what they are planning.

It’s getting very confusing

They have put dirt in the bottom of the pool, & those large white blocks are foam.

Foam being laid on top of the dirt.

I have no idea why they are following this procedure. 🙂

Chopping up the foam

Hopefully I can find out about this method.

The bar I presume

I’m betting the alcohol prices will be rather expensive. 🙂

On her perch. 🙂

Fat Coco Beach Club Work is finished & she is sitting four meters in the air checking her messages.

November 15 2019

They work on this structure to after 10 pm at night.

Lets thatch this gizmo. 🙂

Looks good.

Fat Coco Beach Club

Paradise, I doubt, more like a noise factory.

Houston, we have a problem…

The noise factory is about to open, my advice to my neighbours in Markland, start getting quotes on double glazing. 🙂

December 8 2019

You can see a round shallow pool being built here.

Thatched canopy

Not sure, but this may be where the band sets up.

Houston, we have a problem.

Check out the size of the speakers, noise city will not be pretty.

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Soho Village Plaza upgraded

October 1, 2019 by David Herd

Soho Village Plaza upgraded

Soho Village Plaza upgraded since I published my first photo blog for this food market in 2015. Not only have they added a whole new section at the back they have improved most of the kitchens etc on both sides of the market.

Lots of fresh seafood here.

Mussels, crab, prawns, oysters, lobsters, you name it they have it. 🙂

Tanks of live seafood.

It does not get any fresher than this. 🙂

Here are more choices

Just wander around until you see something you like. 🙂

How about spares ribs & skewers?

So many choices & such little time.

Here is the local serpent

To find him just walk to the back of the market and up the stairs. This will also lead you too the new section which has recently opened. Check it out on THIS LINK.

The view from beside the serpent

As you can clearly see it is far from full, however it’s only 9pm on a Monday night.

There are many choices other than seafood

All sorts of Thai & Chinese dishes are available.

Live lobster November 15

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Reasonably priced compared to Walking St.

B1600 or $77 AUD at Soho Village Plaza upgraded. Photo taken with his new iPhone. The staring price was around 2400, so make sure you negotiate. 🙂

Directly across 2nd Road

Another market has opened, I don’t know if it is owned by Soho Town or not.

Soho Village Plaza upgraded

Thanks for visiting my Soho Village Plaza upgraded photo blog, as you can see the choices are endless & the prices are reasonable. Here is a LINK to my original post in 2015. Also follow THIS LINK for the new section adjacent to the serpent.

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New Soho Town Pattaya

October 1, 2019 by David Herd

New Soho Town Pattaya

New Soho Town Pattaya is an extension of the original food market. The entrance is around the corner in Pattayasaisong 1 Alley, however it connects with the original market area with both venues forming an L shape, so you can simply climb the stairs at the rear of Soho Village & turn left at the temple.

It will need promotion

The original market is extremely busy every night but this section was almost deserted when I dined there September 30 2019.

Lots of cooking stations

In fact more cooking stations than people at this early stage.

Entertainment was very good

The singer had a nice voice & the volume thankfully was not too loud.

I chose this Saigon kitchen

The food ranged from average to very good.

Interesting prawn & noodle soup

It looked far better than it tasted, sadly it was rather bland but the prawns were good.

A mixed result here

The chicken skewers at B10 or .48 AUD each were excellent, the other small rolls were only average. I will certainly return just for the skewers alone. 🙂

I did return 4 days later.

Enjoyed 4 chicken skewers then took home another 6 for a total cost of B100, or $4.80 AUD.

New Soho Town Pattaya

At the moment the staff converge upon you as you arrive due to a lack of customers, no doubt people will come once they know New Soho Town Pattaya exists.

The Temple

Take off your shoes if you are using the stairs.

This guy is very impressive.

I’m guessing it’s a Chinese serpent. 🙂

From another angle. 🙂

With the temple in the background.

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Beachfront restaurant Pattaya

August 24, 2019 by David Herd

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya is aptly named Surf & Turf & is rated number 100 out of 1187 restaurants in Pattaya. For far better food photographs than in this post just check out THIS LINK for my previous Surf & Turf photo blog.

Location

On the beach next door to the Long Beach Garden Hotel.

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya

A fairly ordinary front entrance.

Air conditioned inside section

It’s much nicer inside which you can clearly see.

Catering for the smokers

The further away from me the better. 🙂

Inside in the aircon.

Especially during the day the front area beside the beach is the most popular part of the restaurant.

Another outdoor area

There is quite a number of different sections in this popular Beachfront restaurant Pattaya.

This is the beachside section

No aircon but they have plenty of fans & there is usually a beautiful breeze coming off the ocean.

An unusual dish

My friend ordered snapper, as you can see the portion was rather small & there was a skewer of beef with it.

Here is the seared tuna

Rather delicious.

Chicken Satay

The peanut sauce was excellent.

Oysters from France

Delicious, rather expensive here, around B500 or $24 AUD for 6, double what I pay at El Mercado in Bangkok.

My 2 Australian friends

Ian Fraser-Smith & David Robertson from the Gold Coast in Australia are regular visitors to Pattaya. They were both impressed with the food at the Surf & Turf.

For far better food photographs than in this post please check out THIS LINK for my previous Surf & Turf photo blog.

Thanks for visiting my Beachfront restaurant Pattaya photo blog, Surf & Turf has good food in a great seaside location.

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Pattaya coffee shop review

August 18, 2019 by David Herd

Pattaya coffee shop review

Pattaya coffee shop review from my perspective. These are the venues where I choose to spend my time and money. 🙂

The photo above is the Coffee Club at Markland on Beach Rd, this in fact was opening day on 31-8-2018. It closed permanently 2 years later.

Coffee Club Eggs Benedict.

Good quality food & coffee but far too expensive. For instance the equivalent of a Starbucks tall latte is B146 or $6.97 AUD, at Starbucks you pay B115 or $5.50 AUD. Even though they have a branch in my condo building I generally walk 200 meters to the Holiday Inn where I only pay B113.

Smiling faces at Flow in the Holiday Inn.

The staff here are very friendly & the food & coffee is excellent. The large coffee is B150 which is what you would expect for a 5 star hotel. However as I’m a member of the Hi Club I get a 25% discount which brings the cost down to B113.

Pattaya coffee shop review, how nice is this?

Coffee art at the Holiday Inn. 🙂

Pastry Addiction next door the Hard Rock Hotel.

An excellent up market coffee shop on Beach Road.

Breakfast at Pastry Addiction

Good food, coffee & decor.

Bon cafe in Naklua Rd

Certainly has one of the best value breakfasts in Pattaya, B185 including excellent coffee.

Bon Cafe coffee machines

Bon Cafe import coffee machines from many countries around the world for including Italy, Switzerland, Spain, the United States of America, and other countries to satisfy their various types of customers.

Starbucks, my favourite coffee shop in Pattaya

Around 5 days a week I am at Central Marina or the Bay in Beach Road. The lovely girls put a candle in my croissant for my birthday. 🙂

My Starbucks breakfast of choice

Accompanied by a tall latte of course. Starbucks sell 4 BILLION cups annually. Which (divided by 365 days) means that roughly 10,958,904 cups sold daily between ALL Starbucks locations. So we are talking about 388 cups of espresso and/or coffee drinks daily on average per store globally.

This is Boonthavorn

Surprisingly they have the best value coffee in Pattaya. They are on Sukhumvit Rd,see the map below.

Just inside the front entrance on the left.

Top quality coffee for only B30, or $1.40 AUD.

The Bay center on Beach Road

Good value coffee in a pleasant atmosphere.

Location

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Hamish Elton visits Portugal

June 8, 2019 by David Herd

Hamish Elton visits Portugal

Hamish Elton visits Portugal on one of his many overseas junkets, he is a member of the worldwide Entrepreneurs Organisation, whose goal is “to provide learning and networking opportunities for its members”. If you would like more information just follow THIS LINK.

Nobody I know travels more than Hamish does, he is a director of a company called HealthCert who train doctors in Australia & overseas on the treatment of skin cancer. Hamish is based in Thailand & travels to Australia several times a year to assist with HealthCert seminars.

Hamish is the selfie king.

No male in the northern hemisphere takes more selfies than Hamish, if you want proof just follow THIS LINK.

Great photo

Having a beer with Rodrigo Koxa, world record holder, largest wave ever surfed at the famous Nazare break in Portugal.

Have a look at this wave.

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Time to check out some food.

As well as the selfie king & a world traveller, Hamish certainly is a bon vivant who has the ability to eat huge amounts of food without putting on any weight. 🙂

Fabulous restaurants & delicatessens

One of the many mouth watering venues.

Bar Terraco de Santa Luzia

TripAdvisor rating of #1,798 of 4,476 Restaurants in Lisbon.

Restaurant Row Lisbon

No shortage of places to eat in this fascinating city.

You gotta love the terracotta roof.

Roof, what roof? I don’t see any roof.

OK, now I see them.

One of the interesting things about Lisbon is the lack of high rise buildings.

Here are Hamish’s comments on Lisbon.

“First impression of Lisbon was the Taxi from the airport to my hotel in the city centre. The airport is very close the city – it was about a 15 minute drive, and there was no traffic at midday on a Sunday. First thing you notice is the lack of high rise buildings. There is still some 10-15 story buildings so it’s not a flat city like Vientiane but nothing much taller. Certainly not that you would call “high-rise”.

In the old city there is nothing more than about 6 stories tall – and most of those have rooftop bars.

This is the view from the number one rated rooftop bar at the Hotel Mundial.

Make sure you take time to explore the Alfama district which is an old part of the city set on a steep hill leading up from the riverside with a lot of hidden small shops, restaurants and bars.”

Tuk Tuks.

“The old city is quite compact and you can walk to most places, however there are now many Tuk-Tuks available to run your from place to place – as it is quite hilly. Don’t worry – the Tuk-tuks are all electrics so there is none of the noise or small you get form the ones in Bangkok. IT’s a great idea and I think many more cities will start to introduce them – especially where there are narrow streets. They are also a great resource for finding good local sights or places to eat.”

Time to head to Cascais

Cascais is 30km to the west of Lisbon, and is connected to the capital by the “Linha de Cascais” urban railway.

It’s Party time at Arriba by the sea.

However if you are not wearing white you are not invited. 🙂 Check out this great venue HERE.

Talking about parties

This is a fantastic venue for a party, the Adega Regional de Colares.

Some of the happy diners

Two blondes are always better than one. 🙂 Tonya Lanthier & Sue Hrib.

Here is the room empty

Looks a little different. 🙂

A very happy gang of entrepreneurs.

Eat drink & be merry in fabulous Portugal.

Mussels look delicious

So much food & such little time.

How about this steak at Gulli Mercato?

Our boy Hamish loves his steak.

Lets not forget the Sangria.

He also likes his booze. 🙂

What a fabulous room

Sadly I’m not sure which restaurant it is.

Another unknown venue

Not to worry, it’s a great photo anyway. 🙂

Hamish Elton visits Portugal

Am I enjoying Casais? You bet I am. 🙂

Time to visit Sintra.

Sintra is a delightful Portuguese town that is situated within the hills of the Serra de Sintra.

How about the shirt? 🙂

Here I am searching for my inner hillbilly.

Meet my friend Elvish

His job is to scare away the birds from the vines.

Here is proof we did some work. 🙂

However the truth is we mainly ate good food & drank lots of booze.

Feeling no pain after a long lunch.

We have an excuse, we were celebrating a birthday.

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Drifters Beach Cafe Pattaya

May 24, 2019 by David Herd

Drifters Beach Cafe Pattaya

Drifters Beach Cafe Pattaya, or to be more exact, it’s in the Sattahip District which is a twenty minute drive from Central Pattaya. Actually it’s hard to know if you are in Barbados, Brazil or Thailand. 🙂

The best beach bar in Pattaya

What a terrific unique establishment, they offer a large selection of food including wood fired pizzas, meat pies & burgers.

Watch the sunset

While drinking an ice cold Heineken. This certainly is one of the best places in Pattaya Or Jomtien to enjoy seaside drinks.

David Robertson from Australia

Relaxing with a cold beer as he so often does. 🙂 In fact I have never met anybody who can drink as much beer as he can. He has rented an apartment in Markland where I live, however he has not been able to use it for many months as he is stuck at home in Australia due to Covid-19.

Such a unique beach shack.

Not sure what is upstairs, perhaps the Australian owner lives there.

Drifters Beach Cafe

Perfect to sail over to Koh Larn for the day. Otherwise just sit here and enjoy the view.

Brad Robbins from Townsville.

Drifters Beach Cafe Pattaya

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Final feast Mantra Pattaya

February 18, 2019 by David Herd

Final feast Mantra Pattaya

Final feast Mantra Pattaya Sunday brunch with friends, I have so many memories of great moments in the last 12 years at this wonderful restaurant. This photo blog features many of the long lunches dating back to 2007.

We are going to miss the fabulous food.

Alaskan crab & oysters from France have always been my favourite at the Mantra Sunday brunch. Having said that I must admit the quality has been going down slightly in the last 2 or 3 years. I apologize for this criticism just their standards were always so high I guess they were hard to maintain.

The seafood section.

I would always ask to be seated near the seafood & sushi. 🙂

Final feast Mantra Pattaya, lets not forget the cold Sake. 🙂

Included in the price of the buffet, so I would always take full advantage of this special.

My friend from Sydney Roland Bonnici.

Roland loves dining out & the Mantra was his favourite Pattaya restaurant. This visit was a week before it closed on February 10 2019.

From the Chinese kitchen.

Pork Belly, roast pork & duck, delicious.

A favourite dish

From the Chinese wok the beef & onion creation just melts in your mouth.

Wonderful decor

The Mantra featured 7 different kitchens.

Lets look at previous years, 2007 Trevor & Nui.

Trevor hails from Western Australia & spends lots of time in Pattaya.

This was 2008.

Nick Partridge from the Gold Coast & his lovely lady Sharron have been Mantra fans since the beginning.

Big group in 2010

At the back is Trevor & his son Cameron + xxx, then myself, my brother Warren, Nok & Phil Avalon, & at the front we have Greg Johnston & Herbie Pastor.

Big birthday with lots of friends.

No better place to celebrate than the Mantra.

Beautiful Benjamas Sitthi

Ben now works at the Avani Hotel adjacent to Royal Gardens.

Before Ben there was Amy

Amy really knew how to make you feel welcome.

Another birthday in 2009.

I remember this one very well, my great Phil Thomson from Australia bought his 21 yo son Michael to Pattaya as part of his introduction to life in the fast lane. 🙂

March 2012.

Another super Sunday.

February 2010

On the left is my brother Warren & Bill Austin & Joan Baptiste from Wiltshire in England.

Xmas with Yaowaluck Bumrungthum aka Kartoon

For Xmas day lunch the Mantra was always our choice.

How could we forget Pothole aka John Martin.

We call him Pothole Bin Ladin the mouse of Markland. A flashback to Potholes birthday, aka John David Martin, at the Mantra in 2013 when love was sweet.