Your favorite place to eat in Bangkok?

[HawaiiBoy]

There is a seafood restaurant on Soi 24 that my bf delights in for a special meal. It is not cheap, but the selection is enormous. He particularly enjoys selecting a king crab leg (I think because he just can't believe it is for real).

I like the buffet lunch at the Novotel Siam Square. Thai and Western, fresh cooked food stations. Not cheap. Last time I was there I pigged out on salmon sashimi. And don't miss the chocolate fountain.

Also like the Indian Sunday lunch buffet at the Rang Mahal at the Rembrandt Hotel off Sukhumwit.

Yeah, I like buffets. So sue me.

There is a seafood restaurant on Soi 24 that my bf delights in for a special meal.

Is that the place with the big "If it swims, we have it" sign? I had always wondered if that place were any good.

[manfarang-old]

Nearby O-Ho don't do too bad. Thai food is quite good, and Thai persons seem to like it. A rather good American breakfast for the price. Service can be a bit curious sometimes.
Also nearby, and not bad for an affordable steak, is Trajai Steak House. Not the best you'll ever get, but given it is in Thailand where steak is not common, worth a try. I'm not much on steaks even in the West, but go here a couple of times a year.

BF and I liked these places as well. Along with Just One, all were very close to our hotel Penguin House. As noted, the steaks at Trajai were adequate and quite reasonably priced, and they also offer an inexpensive, bountiful breakfast, but on the late side as they don't open until 11am. (The time suited us fine.) The owner and staff were very friendly. I think somone on this board mentioned that the owner of O-Ho had relocated from Phuket after losing his prior enterprise to the tsunami.

[sjaak327]

I hardly ever visit restaurants when in Bangkok, if I go I usually go to Vientiane Kitchen in Suk soi 36 at least once in my vacation. My favourite street vendor (where I almost eat daily) is located at the Soi 38 nightmarket, his Kapow Kung is great.

There is a seafood restaurant on Soi 24 that my bf delights in for a special meal.

Is that the place with the big "If it swims, we have it" sign? I had always wondered if that place were any good.

If that's the place he's talking about, The Seafood Market, we've hit a new low in restaurant recommendations.

[AMARETTO-old]

The Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok is gearing up to host the 7th Annual World Gourmet Festival which will be held between 10-17 September 2006.

Since its inception seven years ago, the World Gourmet Festival has grown in prominence to feature an extraordinary line up of some of the worldтАЩs best chefs. Several food festivals are hosted throughout the world, however, the Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok is one of the few hotels to bring award winning Master Chefs under one roof for a week long celebration of outstanding food, superb wines and to share tips and information on how to create award-winning cuisine.

Participating chefs this year are:

тАв Yoshii Ryuichi, Yoshii, Sydney (Japanese)
тАв Geoff Lindsay, Pearl at the Peak , Hong Kong, Pearl Restaurant and Bar, Melbourne (Modern Australian)
тАв Michael Mina, Michael Mina Bellagio and Seablue and NobHill at MGM Grand, all Las Vegas (Steak and contemporary Californian cuisine)
тАв Sarah Schafer, Frisson, San Francisco (Californian)
тАв Emily Luchetti, Farallon Restaurant, San Francisco (Pastry)
тАв Michael Ginor, Hudson Valley Foie Gras, New York
тАв Peter Gordon, The Providores, London (New Zealand)
тАв Hal Fatema, La Mansouria Restaurant, Paris (Moroccan)
тАв William Ledeuil , Ze Kitchen Galerie, Paris (Modern French)
тАв Ruth Van Waerebeek-Gonzalez, Concha y Toro тАУ (Chilean)
тАв Marco Talamini, La Torre di Spilimbergo тАУ Spilimbergo (Italian)
тАв Vincent Bourdin, Valrhona Chocolates (Pastry)
тАв Robert Joseph Jr., Good Wine Guide
тАв Pitak Srichan, Chief Instructor, Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai, Cooking School (Thai)
тАв Nicolas Schneller, Executive Chef, Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok
тАв Philippe Agnese, Executive Pastry Chef тАУ Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok
тАв Satoshi Sawada, Shintaro Chef, Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok

Source : www.asiatraveltips.com/news06/38-WorldG ... ival.shtml

I love the Lebanon restaurant in the little shopping arcade across from KFC on Silom Rd. There's also a Subway sandwich shop in there too. Lebanon serves great Lebanese food. Lowwer in fat and good for you too.

Try it out some time.

ajarntrade

[wowpow]

Measured by my frequencies of visiting then tops by far is Dick's Cafe in Boy Plaza. The place is so lively and the street cabaret unique and endlessly fascinating. The staff are a delight. Drinks are usually what you oder and there is plenty of the reasl stuff in one's glass. The food is generous and tasty but not gourmet - it's a cafe. Chicken with cashew nuts seems to be everyone's favourite but they also do a descent club sandwich and toasties.

Second is probably The Oriental Bakeries at Central Chitlom, Central World Isetan, Emporium has two one being ultra smart and priced accordingly - that's the one that Mrs Taksin had her handbag stolen when she went to the loo - and another two similar at Siam Paragon though the posh one does not seem to have taken off as yet. The food is bakery stuff but very nicely served - silver plate, linen napkins, fine china and one can enjoy a delicious large slice of quiche, a range of salads in plastic boxes a superb range of cakes and gateaux plus their wonderful reasonably priced ice creams. No booze but some branches have fine wines on sale for takeaway.

Third has to be Saladang Cafe by Jim Thompson. It is on Saladang Soi 1 and is beautifully decorated and has a gorgeous garden. Service is excellent and they have interesting twists - dare I fusion - such as salmon spring rolls and pasta with Thai red curry with duck. A strong favourite is their, Atkins friendly, roast chicken and burgers. Hand hewn fries are large and the best in Thailand. Their own ice creams can be superb. Prices are not too bad but booze is costly and sadly they take last orders around 9 p.m.

I am a fan of Central Chitlom's excellent food court - each stand is run by a specialist restaurant. it does suffer by being crowded at peak times and oddly has to keep the odd licencing hours of a supermarket. I am pleased to hear that there is something similar at MBK. Emporium spent a lot trying something similar but it's a disaster foodwise and the accoustics are terrible - one squeaky baby can ruin a hundred lunches.

Treat time is a visit to Biscotti at the Four Seasons - some of Bangkok's best Italian foods. I love the terrace at The Oriental now delightfully shaded by The Peninsula mid afternoon. Terrific food quickly served and great wines by the glass. A groups of 15 or so went once and they were not fazed and service was deft and quick. Pricey but a must. I have yet to have an occasion important enought to wear a jacket and tie and go to The Normandie at the Oriental but it has a world class reputation.

I have enjoyed meals at Cabbages and Condoms Soi 12 Suckhumvit, and nearby Crepes and Co, Greyhound restaurant are an excellent chain and the food is generally very good. Fuji restaurants are amazingly good and consistent. Papa Alfredo's is amusing - if only it were busier. Smokehouse and Barbecue on the corner of Suriwong and Rama 4 has a great American atmosphere, vast beef sandwiches met with US friends approval and I am looking forward to enjoying their Sunday roast smoked ribbs one day.

On the negative side - and yes I am a fussy retired hotel manager - I remain to be impressed by Anna's, Mango Tree, Scuzzi Restaurant - though I would like to try their pizza and pasta place nearer the road, that fashionable Italian place on Saladang in fact many Italian restarants in Thailand.

If only a few of us had the wordsmith brilliance of A A Gill in The Sunday Times - a recent paragraph read " The place was fullish тАФ a mixture of business people, bottom-sniffing and willy-measuring, a couple of bright and early tourists, and a smug smatter of grinning first-time couples in their night-before clothes, showing off their post-coital glows. I watched a table of half a dozen young professionals listen to their elderly boss, who didnтАЩt draw breath or crack a smile for an hour. They ate like nervous cats, and all wore identical charcoal suits and expressions of stoically born despair." Michael Winner's restaurant reviews are legendary - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,632,00.html

1) Sukothai Buffet daytimes

2) Huge Seafood Market in car park next door to Pizza Hut on Sukumvit (opposite side of road to Nana) nites. Near overhead walkway. Fresh and the best