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Food Park Central Marina

November 17, 2019 by David Herd

Food Park Central Marina

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

Food Park Central MarinaLike most food courts you put money on a card & get your refund when you finish.

Duck is always popular

Food Park Central MarinaThe hanging ducks are a common sight in Thailand.

Fresh seafood is available

Food Park Central MarinaSo many choices & such little time. 🙂

Food Park Central Marina

Food Park Central MarinaCooked food examples on display to tempt you.

Wonton soup

Food Park Central MarinaA favourite of mine & only B70 or $3.40 AUD.

Lots of skewers

Food Park Central MarinaThe staff here are deaf, but you would never really know.

 Bbq skewers

Food Park Central Marina They also specialize in sausages however the skewers are world class.

Teriyaki chicken

Food Park Central Marina 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

Food Park Central MarinaMagnificent 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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Beachfront restaurant Pattaya

August 24, 2019 by David Herd

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya

Beachside pattaya restaurant

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

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya On the beach next door to the Long Beach Garden Hotel.

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya A fairly ordinary front entrance.

Air conditioned inside section

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

Catering for the smokers

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya The further away from me the better. 🙂

Inside in the aircon.

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

Another outdoor area

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

This is the beachside section

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

An unusual dish

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya 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

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya Rather delicious.

Chicken Satay

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya 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

Beachfront restaurant Pattaya 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.

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Pattaya coffee shop review

August 18, 2019 by David Herd

Pattaya coffee shop review

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.

Pattaya coffee shop review

 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.

Pattaya coffee shop review

 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?

Pattaya coffee shop review

 Coffee art at the Holiday Inn. 🙂

Pastry Addiction next door the Hard Rock Hotel.

Pattaya coffee shop review

 An excellent up market coffee shop on Beach Road. 

Breakfast at Pastry Addiction

Pattaya coffee shop review

 Good food, coffee & decor.

Bon cafe in Naklua Rd

Pattaya coffee shop review

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

Bon Cafe coffee machines

Pattaya coffee shop review

 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

Pattaya coffee shop review

 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

Pattaya coffee shop review

 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

Pattaya coffee shop review

 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.

Pattaya coffee shop review

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

The Bay center on Beach Road

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Good value coffee in a pleasant atmosphere.

Location

Pattaya coffee shop review

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Starbucks Pattaya every morning

July 28, 2019 by David Herd

Starbucks Pattaya every morning

Starbucks Pattaya every morning

Starbucks Pattaya every morning is a perfect start to my day. Not just the excellent coffee, the friendly smiling staff always put me in a positive mood. Above is the branch at The Bay on Beach Road Pattaya between Soi 5 & Soi 6.

The Bay Beach Road

Starbucks Pattaya every morning

 Let’s go to Starbucks & stare at our phones. 🙂

Opening day at the Bay

Starbucks Pattaya every morning

 September 22 2015.

My breakfast of choice.

Starbucks Pattaya every morning

Ham & cheese croissant with a tall latte. B240 or $7.8 USD

There are two Starbucks at Central Festival

Starbucks Pattaya every morning

That makes 4 within 10 minutes walk from my condo.

Inside Central Festival branch

Starbucks Pattaya every morning

 Quite an attractive fit out.

A birthday candle for me. 🙂

Starbucks Pattaya every morning

 As I mentioned earlier the smiles on girls are a really nice start for the day.

Sometimes they run out of croissants.

Starbucks Pattaya every morning

So I settle for a sandwich. 🙂

Starbucks Pattaya every morning

Starbucks Pattaya every morning

 Every 12 coffee is free if you have a Starbucks card so I often take one home for later. Also they often have a two for one offer.

Almond croissant

Tough times Thailand

 A nice alternative to the ham & cheese.

Mr Donuts

Central Festival food hall

Starbucks change B115 for a latte, here at Mr Donuts I paid B93 for what you see.

Xmas day 2021

Starbucks Pattaya every morning

Two of the lovely girls who look after me every day. 🙂

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MYTT Hotel Pattaya Thailand

March 6, 2019 by David Herd

MYTT Hotel Pattaya Thailand

MYTT Hotel Pattaya Thailand

MYTT Hotel Pattaya Thailand is part of the A-One hotel group & is located in Soi 3. I watched the whole construction process from my condo in Markland one street away in Soi 1.

Spectacular entrance

MYTT Hotel Pattaya Thailand As you can clearly see it’s a stunning foyer.

The view from my condo

MYTT Hotel Pattaya Thailand I’m on the 20th floor of Markland in Soi one & the MYTT is in Soi two.

Here is the building site.

MYTT Hotel Pattaya Thailand It was quite a radical change to Soi 2.

The Kitch restaurant

MYTT Hotel Pattaya Thailand Many people may find the name is a rather poor choice, here is the meaning courtesy of Google; “Kitsch is art that’s garish, nostalgic, and very low-brow. Some people who love the aesthetics of souvenir culture think kitsch is really cool, while others think it’s in very poor taste. Kitsch is a German word that’s been adopted into English, meaning“worthless, trashy art,” or the quality of that art.”

Swish may have been a better name.

MYTT Hotel Pattaya Thailand Kitch may be short for kitchen, but it’s pronounced the same as kitsch. Swish means impressively smart and fashionable, which the restaurant certainly is. 🙂

Live lobsters

MYTT Hotel Pattaya Thailand The following is from their website; Seafood Buffet Dinner Promotion • 2,500 THB per person includes unlimited Lobster(serve half of the Lobster at once). Not include a beverage. • 3,000 THB per person includes unlimited Lobster (serve half of the Lobster at once) and also beverage (Alcohol included) Special discount for you to add Line @:MYTTHOTEL or check on Facebook. Please kindly contact MYTT Hotel Pattaya Thailand directly to get the special discount.

Sky Bar on the 19th floor

MYTT Hotel Pattaya Thailand A nice atmosphere with a great view, far too expensive for my budget however. A Singha beer is B220 or $9.80 AUD. Most of the beer bars in Pattaya sell it between B65 & B85.

At last they have a “special”.

Pippa

They invite you to join them every Friday for 99 Be Mine – where 99 Baht gets you a glass of wine, a pint of beer or 3 in 1 Tapas.

Small intimate bar

MYTT Hotel Pattaya Thailand Two DJs were playing fairly loud music, as they do in Thailand. 🙂

Looking over Pattaya

MYTT Hotel Pattaya Thailand The view at night is rather stunning.

MYTT Hotel Pattaya Thailand

MYTT Hotel Pattaya ThailandLooking south from the 2nd floor of the Sky bar.

Looking north

MYTT Hotel Pattaya Thailand Towards Terminal 21 & the Holiday Inn.

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Final feast Mantra Pattaya

February 18, 2019 by David Herd

Final feast Mantra Pattaya

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.

Final feast Mantra Pattaya  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.

Final feast Mantra Pattaya  I would always ask to be seated near the seafood & sushi. 🙂

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

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

My friend from Sydney Roland Bonnici.

Final feast Mantra Pattaya  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.

Final feast Mantra Pattaya Pork Belly, roast pork & duck, delicious.

A favourite dish

Final feast Mantra Pattaya

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

Wonderful decor

Final feast Mantra Pattaya

The Mantra featured 7 different kitchens. 

Lets look at previous years, 2007 Trevor & Nui.

Final feast Mantra Pattaya

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

This was 2008.

Final feast Mantra Pattaya

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

 Big group in 2010

Final feast Mantra Pattaya

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.

Final feast Mantra Pattaya

No better place to celebrate than the Mantra.

Beautiful Benjamas Sitthi

Final feast Mantra Pattaya

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

Before Ben there was Amy

Final feast Mantra Pattaya

Amy really knew how to make you feel welcome. 

Another birthday in 2009.

Final feast Mantra Pattaya

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.

Final feast Mantra Pattaya  Another super Sunday.

February 2010

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

Xmas with Yaowaluck Bumrungthum aka Kartoon

Final feast Mantra Pattaya  For Xmas day lunch the Mantra was always our choice.

How could we forget Pothole aka John Martin.

Final feast Mantra Pattaya 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.

Allan & Vicki Chiswick from Sydney.

Final feast Mantra Pattaya 

Laem Chabang Their cruise ship spent 24 hours at Laem Chabang so they hightailed to the Mantra. 🙂

Putting on the Ritz

Final feast Mantra Pattaya Finally here are some of the glamorous Mantra girls putting on the Ritz. 

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Italian food Beach Rd

January 19, 2019 by David Herd

Italian food Beach Rd 

Italian food Beach Rd
Italian food Beach Rd Pattaya at Trattoria Pizzeria Toscana is a delightful experience. TripAdvisor obviously agree with a rating of 45 out of 1,111 Restaurants in Pattaya. Owner & chef Luca Marchetti is originally from Pracchiola, a tiny village in the mountains to the north of Tuscany.

Flashback to 2006

Italian food Beach Rd

The original restaurant was on the block where the Holiday Inn is now situated.

Here’s to old times in 2006

Italian food Beach Rd Pattaya

The restaurant was much smaller & more intimate, in fact I preferred the atmosphere to the current location which seats over 700 people.

Pizza with parma ham.

Italian food Beach Rd  Definitely one of my favourites.

Fettuccine is absolutely delicious.

Italian food Beach Rd Pattaya  Of course they serve every kind of pasta & pizza imaginable.

Memories of 2012

Italian food Beach Rd Pattaya Dinner & red wine with Irina from Ukraine.

Take your pick

Italian food Beach Rd It all looks so good, Toscana’s menu is huge.

There are several sections of the restaurant

Italian food Beach RdThis is my preferred area to dine.

What a fearsome sight this is.

Italian food Beach Rd The big fellow Luca with a knife in his hand should be avoided at all cost. 🙂

Lots of stock in the cold room.

Italian food Beach Rd Luca operates his own organic and sustainable farm not far from Pattaya where he grows his own vegetables,  rears free-range chickens, rabbits, ducks, pigeons, guinea fowl, wild boar, goats, sheep, pigs and cows. No processed food, no growth hormones, no chemicals, no problem. 🙂

Another pizza

Italian food Beach Rd Notice the anchovies on the side, delicious.

The boys from Oz in 2014

Italian food Beach RdLenny, yours truly & my brother Warren. Sadly we lost Lenny early 2016 after losing a battle with cancer, RIP.

Seafood anyone?

Italian food Beach RdToscana has recently opened a new seafood section in the front garden.

Lots of wine, mainly ITALIAN.

Italian food Beach RdQuite a few wines available y the glass.

A very friendly waitress in 2014.

Italian food Beach Rd PattayaAs you can see I’m not a person who misses a photo opportunity. 🙂

Dinner with friends January 2019

Italian food Beach Rd PattayaFrom the left we have May, Alex, Hamish & Gary.

Hamish’s favourite

Italian food Beach Rd Beef carpaccio tasted as good as it looked.

May chose the Baby Clams aka Pippies.

Italian food Beach RdThis is the same dish she had on New Years Eve.

Quail for dinner December 2021

Italian food Beach Rd

Quite tasty but very fiddly to eat.

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Coffee with Luca

Italian food Beach RdFebruary 6th I met Luca for coffee during my morning walk.

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AVANI Pattaya Resort gardens

December 1, 2018 by David Herd

Beautiful tropical garden in the heart of Pattaya.

AVANI Pattaya Resort

AVANI Pattaya Resort gardens

AVANI Pattaya Resort gardens and pool area has a wonderful relaxing atmosphere. I remember staying at this hotel way back in 1998 whit was call the Royal Garden Resort. More recently it was the Marriott.

The main entrance from 2nd Rd.

AVANI Pattaya Resort gardens

The property runs all the way to Beach Road & is adjacent to the Royal Garden Plaza shopping mall.

Entrance to Royal Garden Plaza is next door to Avani Resort.

AVANI Pattaya Resort gardens

 Lots of interesting shops & a very good food court.

AVANI Pattaya Resort gardens reception 

AVANI Pattaya Resort gardens

Has not changed much in 20 years. 🙂

Lounge bar off the foyer however the pool area is the main attraction.

AVANI Pattaya Resort gardens

 This lovely hotel is in a perfect location, TripAdvisor rate it number 10 out of 497 hotels in Pattaya. If you would like a very good discounted room rate with free cancellation & a pay later option, just book through THIS LINK.

AVANI Pattaya Resort from Beach Road

AVANI Pattaya Resort gardens

Wander through this arch & enter the beautiful gardens.

Now we start seeing Thai architecture.

AVANI Pattaya Resort gardens

 Plants & trees grow at a very rapid rate in Thailand as you can imagine.

AVANI Pattaya Resort has a beautiful inviting pool

AVANI Pattaya Resort gardens

 It has a pool bar as you cane see where you can sip a cocktail or a cold beer while you cool off. 🙂

It really feels like you are on a tropical island.

AVANI Pattaya Resort gardens

 You are surrounded by a fabulous tropical environment. 

My question is “where are the macaws”?

AVANI Pattaya Resort

 I took this photo in November 2012 when the property was run by the Marriott, they had 2 of these fabulous birds living in a cage in the gardens, however most of the time they were on a perch outside the cage. I wonder where they have gone?

All I could find were swans. 🙂

AVANI Pattaya Resort gardens

Nowhere near as beautiful as the Macaws. 🙂

Lots of places to sit here.

AVANI Pattaya Resort gardens

They serve Thai food in the garden at a very reasonable price for a five star hotel.

Table tennis & sun lounges

AVANI Pattaya Resort gardens

Lots to do & a terrific shopping mall next door.

AVANI Pattaya Resort the rooms are excellent as you would expect.

AVANI Pattaya Resort

 Please remember what I said earlier, if you would like a very good discounted room rate with free cancellation & a pay later option, just book through THIS LINK.

At the Beach Rd entrance there is a Benihana sake bar.

AVANI Pattaya Resort gardens

 A few shots of sake will get you in the mood to party. 🙂 

New Wine Connection

Wine Connection Beach Rd Pattaya

 Turn left when you exit at Beach Road & 30 meters along is one of my favourite restaurants, the Wine Connection. It just opened on November 28 2018. See their fabulous on THIS LINK.

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Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort Hotel

October 27, 2018 by David Herd

Family friendly hotel

Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort Hotel

Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort Hotel

Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort Hotel is in an excellent location right behind the Holiday Inn halfway between Beach Road and 2nd Road. The onsite water park makes it perfect to entertain children, plus it’s only 300 metres to the beach.

A nice infinity pool on the 5th floor.

Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort Hotel

 I’m guessing it would be rater peaceful here as all the children will be down below at the water park. 🙂

Only 5 minutes to Terminal 21 & Grande Centre Point Pattaya

Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort Hotel

 This is a fabulous new shopping mall that opened October 19 2018. Follow THIS LINK for lots of photos of the mall.

Imagine how much the children would enjoy playing here.

Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort Hotel

 A lot more fun than being at the beach. 🙂

Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort Hotel

Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort Hotel

 The unique water park at Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort Hotel.

Restaurant on the 5th floor.

Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort Hotel

Located adjacent to the infinity pool, there is also a gym on this floor.

Seafood promotion.

Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort Hotel

 Only 399 Baht or $12 USD, I found the mussels & crab a little dry for my taste, perhaps because it was BBQ’d. The squid, prawns & corn was excellent.

There was a climbing wall there in 2014.

Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort Hotel

 Not to sure if it is still there or not?

This was taken in 2014 when it was being built.

Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort Hotel

Notice above the building is where Terminal 21 & Grande Centre Point Pattaya now sits.

Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort Hotel is spectacular at night

Mercure Pattaya Ocean Resort Hotel

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Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018

May 8, 2018 by David Herd

So much seafood & such little time.

Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018 Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018

Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018 was a noisy affair as usual. There is a bandstand on the beach which blasts very ordinary music until the early hours of the morning. My condo is on the 20th floor 400 meters away & the sound hits me full blast even with the door closed. 🙂

Beach Road Pattaya

Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018

 One of the bigger kitchens along Beach Road.

Prawns, crab & shell fish

Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018

A good variety & freshly cooked.

 Big variety of meat including crocodile. 🙂

Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018

I’m surprised there is no snake or buffalo. 🙂

Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018

Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018

One of the many stalls lined along Beach Road.

Here is my favourite shot

Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018

A typical spontaneous Thai smile, no wonder we love living here.

Time for a mango shake

Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018

Another huge benefit of living in Thailand, the mangoes are wonderful.

OK, I’m confused…..

Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018

I have no idea what these bamboo tubes are for.

Busy ladies here on Beach Road

Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018

The festival runs for 5 nights and really draws the crowds.

I dined at the same place last year.

Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018

In 2017 the food here was great so I decided to give it another whirl.

 Small but tasty

Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018

 I chose 2 dishes from their signature menu, the one above was fine at B159 or $5 USD.

 This one not so good.

Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018

The calamari was as tough as an old boot & the filling was very average indeed. I would have been better off at one of the smaller stalls.

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