Re: A REAL Mexican Restaurant in Pattaya Thailand!
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Originally Posted by Narakmak
No, Sam does not know me. Like I was the first person he ever spoke to about his "style" of food. Again, now it sounds like you deliberately distorted what I said here. Very sleazy. What's your agenda?
No agenda. I took umbridge at your cowardly attacks on people as if you were some god. The fact that my reply was mostly quotes from your own postings might be a little too subtle for you, but I tried.
Sleazy invites more honesty than you deserve. Get a life.
You could prove to have a lot of value if you could harness your ego, and shaved your big head.
PM me if you wish. I dont bite.
Re: A REAL Mexican Restaurant in Pattaya Thailand!
Trashing a restaurant's food is cowardly? WTF! We are obligated to love everyone's business product? Get real.
Re: A REAL Mexican Restaurant in Pattaya Thailand!
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Originally Posted by Narakmak
I say starve them out until someone opens a decent Mexican place in Pattaya... I am serious that I'd like to see all the Mexican places in Pattaya go out of business.... I want all Pattaya Mexican places to go under because that opens the space for a new place to set a decent standard here.
Come on Narakmak... this is getting ridiculous.
I respect you may be very fond of Mexican food and your opinion may come from possessing a lot of expertise and experience with it. But that kind of irrational attitude alienates people. One of the biggest complaints against food critiques is when they have absolutely no consideration or care for the sheer investment and energy that's gone into starting a new business. Sure, it might be shit product (to you), but you alienate the community when you're irrationally and unnecessarily cruel towards something that's taken a lot of effort.
As for Sams... why do you want to see it shut? That's such an immature thing for a food critique to say. You can't deny there's a good number of people who enjoy it and even rave about it. Are you so selfish as to deprive them of that? I think Starbucks serves horse piss for coffee but others like it. I accept that.
Worse still, you fail to realise closing these "sub-standard" businesses would do NOTHING to encourage the superior type of restaurant you describe to open. In fact, their presence is an important stepping stone as they create and re-affirm the market for Mexican food there and better open the way for someone to come in and deliver an even better product. That then encourages existing businesses to step up to a higher standard.
Lonely's right. Not all food reviewers are anonymous and follow the same practices you might have done as a top-tier critique...
Re: A REAL Mexican Restaurant in Pattaya Thailand!
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Originally Posted by Narakmak
No, Sam does not know me. Like I was the first person he ever spoke to about his "style" of food. Again, now it sounds like you deliberately distorted what I said here. Very sleazy. What's your agenda?
No dear, you very specifically said that Sam's served "crap" and was disgusting.
You did say Blue Parrot and Tequilla Reef were last but that CLEARLY insinuates that Sam's would be next on that list of yours as well you said it should be boycotted and shut down. Not in those exact words but damned close.
You also said that Sam was a very freindly man. You said you had discussions with him regarding his food. If this were so, why wouldnt he remember you? I would remember if a raving lunatic came into my restaurant and told me tat my food was crap.
Recently, I spoke to Sam and advised him about this thread and what our dear food critic at large said.
His reply was that some people had already told him about the thread and asked why he did not join and defend himself. His reply was that those that want to attack him or his food, will continue to do so and his trying to defend himself doesnt help. People will come into his restaurant nevertheless and like it or not. He also said that several people have been by to see his food since the thread started specifically mentioning the thread. He did not say what they thought.
I can only say that since this thread has started, I have been back to Sam's and enjoyed it!
1 soi behind Mignon's Restaurant there is a small soi and it is on the corner.
Sam's Mexican and American Grill. Say hello, he is a nice person and a member of our community!
And the food while not 5 star is a great place for a meal!
Re: A REAL Mexican Restaurant in Pattaya Thailand!
Nobody has really raved about his food. Go ahead and try it. Anyone who really knows Mex food or Mex-American food (which is what he claims he serves) will agree it is CRAP. For example, his salsa. A joke.
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IDIOT!!!! LOOK AT THE FIRST POST TO THIS THREAD.
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Re: A REAL Mexican Restaurant in Pattaya Thailand!
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Originally Posted by justme
IDIOT!!!! LOOK AT THE FIRST POST TO THIS THREAD.
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Just you, dear. Never from any other person. I don't count you. You are irrational. You suggest we should give money to businesses just because the owners are gay. Also, you clearly are ignorant about this food. Did you try the salsa? You have ZERO credibility. You won't find one other person to rave about this food. I am sure Sam knows that too. He better than anyone knows the level of food he is serving.
Seriously ask Sam how many people have EVER "raved" about his food to him. The best he can hope for is if asked if the food is "OK" customers say yes to be polite, and to indicate the meat isn't rotten. BTW, his burritos are a joke. A 200 baht burrito should be a meal in itself portion-wise. His are appetizer sized.
BTW, I never trashed Sam's food to Sam's face. I know he knows what he is serving so no point in telling him what he knows. The public doesn't all know it yet, how crappy the food is there. They will either listen to my informed report about it or they can waste their money trying it out for themselves. I can't stop you from burning your money on crap food, so go ahead, knock yourself out.
BTW, I am sorry this is so much about Sams but the OP is about Sams. There isn't even one half decent Mexican place in greater Pattaya, and Sams is just one of a number that are all BAD.
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Listen psychopath....must not be too bad as he has been open for several years now. I am sure there must be "some" returning customers.
Go take a valium! :evil4:
BTW still looking for some of those articles you have written on Escargot and fine dining. :dontknow:
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I doubt he gets many regular local repeats. It's in a heavy tourist area. With food that bad, I reckon most are tourist one offs. Lots of very bad restaurants survive that way. Go ahead, folks, try it yourself. Waiting for that elusive second "rave" from someone with an ounce of credibility/background with Mexican food. In other words, most Brits wouldn't know, sorry. Never claimed to be a fine dining expert, my scene has always been ethnic food.
BTW, even if I WAS a psychopath, it's irrelevant to the quality of the food at Sams. It would still be crap food. Objectively so. Don't believe? "Taste" their salsa.
Re: A REAL Mexican Restaurant in Pattaya Thailand!
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Originally Posted by Narakmak
... even if I WAS a psychopath, it's irrelevant to the quality of the food at Sams...
Whereas, if you were schizophrenic you'd be in two minds about it.
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