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A REAL Mexican Restaurant in Pattaya Thailand!
Over the years I have had freinds tell me how great a Mexican restaurant called Tequilla Reef was and how someone s=else loved Blue Parrot Mexican.
Well I have tried them both and thought both were a 3 on a scale of 1 - 10 for mexican food. I mean GENUINE Mexican food.
so of course you could see the reaction on my face when yet another freind told me about yet another Mexican Reaturant called Sam's. Blah blah blah and I am paying little to no attention until he tells me that the owner of Sam's is from TEXAS, USA. WELL, Texas borders both Mexico and Colorado, and I am from Colorado and I know what Mexican food tastes like. Now my freind has my undevided attention!!
He tells me how to get to Sam's and he will treat me in 2 days and that was tonight.
Well i ordered some starters for all of us to share (there were 4 of us). We had jalapeno poppers and Nachos Grande. 10 on a scale of 10! Shit I can't go wrong! Then for my main dish I had a chicken enchalada, a beef taco, with refried beans and mexican rice. Again a 10 out of 10!! I am in love.
Anyway, for anyone who loves or wants to try what REAL Mexican food tastes like.......
Sam's Mexican restaurant also has American food. Steaks, hamburgers, buffalo wings, chili....hmmmmmm!
If you are going to Jomtien Beach, keep looking on your left for Mignon Restaurant. make a left there and a short few yards down the road is another left.
On that corner where you make that second left is SAM'S.
A nice casual rastaurant and the food is quick and service was fine. Sam was a very social host. ENJOY!
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The location fits with a place I visited a couple of years ago. It was so-so then, so I guess things must have improved!
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The location fits with a place I visited a couple of years ago. It was so-so then, so I guess things must have improved!
Is it possible that you, coming from the UK which is very far from Mexico, only had what you believe was Mexican food and that real Mexican food is strange tasting to you? After all, your Chinese food and other things are very different to me from USA and even Chinese food from various parts of the USA are very different indeed!
I went to London twice and had breakfast and lunches where the eggs were barely cooked, the toast burnt and the suasage horrible tasting. The only thing I felt that was edible was the beans. Well the place was packed and everyone seemed to be really enjoying the food, a well known establishment whose name escapes me as it was long ago. I have also eaten at English restaurants here and most things are the same. Ham served cold with runny eggs.
All I can say is that coming from right next to Mexico where the Mexicsans escape over the border all day long and out number the citizens of America and have Mexican restaurants everywhere, I think the food was really good.
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Sorry to burst your bubble but I know Mexican food very well, from both Mexico and California (Sam is from San Diego and claims he does AMERICAN Mexican style food, not even Cali-Mex really) and I think the food there is HORRIBLE. Bland, no spice, not authentic. Everything is wrong. They don't even have passable salsa. Sorry, Sam is a nice guy, but the OP is an advert. It isn't real. Please don't waste your money. Please stop supporting fake Mexican food in Pattaya. Bangkok and CM have some half decent places. Pattaya doesn't. Maybe someday. Not now and not Sams!
BTW, it's also a very poor value. The last time I was there I had their so called beef burrito. Don't recall the exact price, something like 200 baht, but it was more like an appetizer than a full meal that a California burrito should be.
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All I can say is that coming from right next to Mexico where the Mexicsans escape over the border all day long and out number the citizens of America and have Mexican restaurants everywhere, I think the food was really good.
I thought you just said you were from Colorado? That's muy lejos from Mexico, amigo! Anyway - times, recipes and cooks can change, and it may be worth checking out. Thank you for the suggestion.
I wish Narakmak would have mentioned what is (in his opinion) a restaurant closer to his standard for Mexican food in Pattaya, if there is one. Maybe he still will.
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No, no Mexican in Pattaya is worth eating at. All a waste of money to anyone who really knows Mexican food. I am sure there is good Mexican food in Colorado though. Any urban area in the US with lots of Mexicans has at least some decent places (where the Mexicans eat mostly).
A place like Sams, this is how they stay in business. People hoping they will get better. I've responded to these kinds of promos myself there ( which I have my suspicions about, hint hint) and nope. crappy as ever. Anyone who knows Mexican will feel totally ripped off.
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N Any urban area in the US with lots of Mexicans has at least some decent places (where the Mexicans eat mostly).
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Do you mean Taco Bell? When in San Diego area I saw many Mexicanos eating at Taco Bell. I tried it and much better and cheaper then some real Mex restaurants. In Pattaya I prefer Mikes where portions are large and prices reasonable and a nice ambiance.
But by far, best Mex food was in Tombstone, Arizona of all places.
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No, I don't mean Taco Bell. That's American fast food. Even they admit that. I guess this isn't really a serious food crowd ... So go ahead and support more crappy Mexican food. I say starve them out until someone opens a decent Mexican place in Pattaya.
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Colorado is very close to borders New Mexico and Mexico. There are many many Mexicans in Colorado. I am not t=driving 2 hours to Bangkok for a taste of Mexican food and yes, I have had "what I call" good Mexican food in Bangkok. Sam says he is from BOTH San Diego and Texas and BOTH San Diego and parts of Texas are a hot spit away from Mexico. As a matter of fact much closer than Colorado. I clearly compared my experiece and recomendations that were given to me of Blue Parrot and Tequilla Reef which were a HUGE disappointment to me. I felt that Sams was a ME+UCH better place and enjoyed myself!!
You have your different opinions and that is cool but then again, some American freinds of mine sweared by Blue Parrot and Tequila Reefs. That doesnt make them good. I felt the quality of food that I had and the portions were quite adequate. I dont need to eat humongous portions.
I still liked the place and I will still go back. Sam is also a member of our community. Disagree all you want. UP2ME! :occasion9: :occasion9:
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No, I don't mean Taco Bell. That's American fast food. Even they admit that. I guess this isn't really a serious food crowd ... So go ahead and support more crappy Mexican food. I say starve them out until someone opens a decent Mexican place in Pattaya.
Narakmak; what you say of Mexican food restaurants could be said of all non-Thai restaurants. French, German, Italian, etc and thus we would all starve if following your advice. For me many of the Thai restaurants are mediocre. What's a gourmand to do?
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PS. You also complained that the postions were too small. Well three of us had his Nachos Grande. Three. There were 8 pieces of Jalapeno peper appetizer and all of us shared a chicken burrito and taco plate. How much food could one eat??!!
Franciois, I also have to say that many THAI restaurants are in my opinion NOT good. Just because we are in Thailand, doesnt make them good. And if you go to Hong Kong, which is close, my Thai b/f thinks the Thai food there is a freaking joke! It is all a matter of opinion. :dontknow:
Yours Namarak is NOT, the only opinion.
Also, look at the map, San Diego is less than 1 hour from Tiajuana Mexico :occasion9:
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It isn't real. Please don't waste your money. Please stop supporting fake Mexican food in Pattaya. Bangkok and CM have some half decent places. Pattaya doesn't. Maybe someday. Not now and not Sams!
Fake Mexican food in Pattaya!! The insult to humanity. Does the Mexican embassy issue a certificate of authenticity for real Mexican food? or do you do that in your spare time? If so are you the worlds expert on other food styles? What would you say is your area of food expertise? Any formal training? I want the detail when I show off your certificate of food authenticity.
Hmmmm..and what if I decide to waste my money on food that I find enjoyable? Will you issue me a citation for not meeting your food tasting standards?
I am going on my next trip just to waste my money.
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Part of the problem with trying to prepare ethnic dishes outside of their region is the quality of the ingredients are just not the same.
There are several Thai dishes that I really enjoy when visiting Pattaya. I have tried them at Thai restaurants in my home area and they are just not the same. At home, even though they are being prepared by Thai immigrants (even gave me a chance to try my embarrassingly bad Thai language skills for a bit) in Mom and Pop stores, the chilis do not have the same flavor, the basil is different, and so on.
I am sure the same is true for other ethnic dishes being served up in Thailand. It doesn't mean they are bad, and obviously they are being enjoyed by some.
I tend to think the whole concept of "authenticity" is a bit odd. Dishes constantly morph due to many influences and regional variations abound.
I am much more of the notion "if it tastes good, eat it".
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Part of the problem with trying to prepare ethnic dishes outside of their region is the quality of the ingredients are just not the same.
There are several Thai dishes that I really enjoy when visiting Pattaya. I have tried them at Thai restaurants in my home area and they are just not the same. At home, even though they are being prepared by Thai immigrants (even gave me a chance to try my embarrassingly bad Thai language skills for a bit) in Mom and Pop stores, the chilis do not have the same flavor, the basil is different, and so on.
I am sure the same is true for other ethnic dishes being served up in Thailand. It doesn't mean they are bad, and obviously they are being enjoyed by some.
I tend to think the whole concept of "authenticity" is a bit odd. Dishes constantly morph due to many influences and regional variations abound.
I am much more of the notion "if it tastes good, eat it".
Oh come on..stop being so reasonable.
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..... the food there is HORRIBLE. Everything is wrong. Not now and not Sam's ... So go ahead and support more crappy Mexican food. I say starve them out ....
The hostility! Was there something else my dear? All 4 thought the food was GOOD, the service EXCELLENT, Sam freindly, the waiter was cute. What more can you ask for?
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I'm guessing that those of you saying you want some Mexican food in Pattaya may really saying you want Tex Mex or Cali Mex food. I think Tequila Reef offers pretty good Cali Mex entres (try the Reefer Madness listed on their appetizer section). Sam's is ok, but not my favorite. I'm surprised no one has mentioned Mike's (off Thapyra between the overpass and Jomtien). It has it's own version of Tex Mex food and Margaritas that can put you under the table in no time. But, my current favorite for Tex Mex food is Purple Space Monkey on Chapaira. The place doesn't bill itself as a Tex Mex restaurant but offers quite a few such dishes. Try their fajitas.
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I too think it is a mistake to equate the food in the US South West with being Mexican. While there is certainly a strong and broad influence, what is usually called TexMex or CaliMex is very different to what you actually get in Mexico. It then depends on what part of Mexico you are talking about as there is huge regional variation. For example, the frijoles refritos you get in Dallas are completely different than what you get in Mexico City which are different again to Merida. While all may be delicious they are not the same. And while San Diego may be less than an hour from Tijuana, Denver is a good 10 hours from Juarez.
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It has it's own version of Tex Mex food and Margaritas
Answers everybody. Everyone has their own VERSION. I liked Sam's VERSION.
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Are there any good Thai restaurants in Cancun? Should there be?
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Are there any good Thai restaurants in Cancun? Should there be?
Sure there is! Right on Guacamole Blvd right next to that Italian restaurant. :sign5:
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Colorado is very close to borders New Mexico and Mexico
I didn't think Colorado is any where close to Mexico.
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Colorado is very close to borders New Mexico and Mexico
I didn't think Colorado is any where close to Mexico.
You need to go look at the map. In a straight line south, it is Colorado then New Mexico, then Texas and then Mexico. Mexicans fleeing from their homeland usually travel right up north and settle down in Colorado, Arizona, California although some go further.
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Part of the problem with trying to prepare ethnic dishes outside of their region is the quality of the ingredients are just not the same.
There are several Thai dishes that I really enjoy when visiting Pattaya. I have tried them at Thai restaurants in my home area and they are just not the same. At home, even though they are being prepared by Thai immigrants (even gave me a chance to try my embarrassingly bad Thai language skills for a bit) in Mom and Pop stores, the chilis do not have the same flavor, the basil is different, and so on.
I am sure the same is true for other ethnic dishes being served up in Thailand. It doesn't mean they are bad, and obviously they are being enjoyed by some.
I tend to think the whole concept of "authenticity" is a bit odd. Dishes constantly morph due to many influences and regional variations abound.
I am much more of the notion "if it tastes good, eat it".
Oh come on..stop being so reasonable.
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My apologies. Don't know what I was thinking. :laughing3:
But damn I miss good Thai food !
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I think you are totally correct Annone. Different areas have diffent flavrs and prepare things differently. There is a considerable difference between Pattaya and Issan. So why not a diffence between Thailand and USA? Ingredients are hard to aquire and you just have to go with the best you like and what you feel is good.
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BS. There is no excuse, no excuse at all to do poor Mexican food in Thailand.
Bangkok has a number of Mexican places that have real Mexican flavor.
Most of all of the needed ingredients are available in Thailand.
And salsa, don't get me started. Is there even one Mexican place in Pattaya that does proper salsas?
That monkey place. It was also total crap.
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BS. There is no excuse, no excuse at all to do poor Mexican food in Thailand.
Bangkok has a number of Mexican places that have real Mexican flavor.
Most of all of the needed ingredients are available in Thailand.
And salsa, don't get me started. Is there even one Mexican place in Pattaya that does proper salsas?
That monkey place. It was also total crap.
OK Namakrak, every place is shit and they all have the stuff to make good Mexican food and SALSA but choose not to. Calm down before you put yourself in the hospital with this.
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They serve that crap because so many of you are willing to buy their crap.
All I am saying is that other places mostly in Bangkok have proven for years now you can produce much better Mexican in THAILAND than is offered anywhere in Pattaya. So don't make excuses for them serving such crappy food.
I am serious that I'd like to see all the Mexican places in Pattaya go out of business. Then nobody would dare to serve such a low standard Mexican food here and some smart person might realize they can do as well as the better Bangkok places, and then we could finally get at least one half decent place for Mex food in town. As long a these lazy fakers are "good enough" then there is little hope.
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Colorado is very close to borders New Mexico and Mexico
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You need to go look at the map. In a straight line south, it is Colorado then New Mexico, then Texas and then Mexico
Well I have looked at a map for you all. (Google Earth).
And a direct line from the nearest point of Colorado to Mexico is 361.67 miles. And thats from the Colorado State Border to the Mexican Border only!
However, there are no roads showing there so by road the shortest route from the State of Colorado (not Colorado town) to Mexico is actually 467.35 miles.
Yeh "very close"...
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I wouldn't argue facts about Colorado with Justme, if I were you.
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I wouldn't argue facts about Colorado with Justme, if I were you.
Correct, they are FACTS!
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This appears to be good Mexican restaurant in Denver. That's in Colorado.
http://www.patzcuaros.com/index.html
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Yes 400+ a few miles is VERY CLOSE my dear considering that by plane it takes 7 hours from NY to LA and takes 1 hour from Denver to Houston.
In other terms 6 - 7 days by car from NY to LA and less than 1 day to mid Texas.
No direct route dear? Try Interstate 25 South and then Interstate 35 around Houston or Dallas....I forget...BUT I DROVE IT many times. I did not Google it.
Going through Oklahoma for a few miles, there is no BIG road but there is a continued route. Would you like me to Google you there so we can drive it together? I lived there for 15 years but YOPU KNOW BETTER cause you GOOGLED it.
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There are a TON of good Mexican restaurants inb Denver. I was trying to tell you that I know I have had good Mexican food and I felt that outside of BANGKOK, this was damn good. Still looking for a decent Chinese and Italian place and dont say Little Italy!
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Expensive but the Marco Polo in the Montien Hotel is a good Chinese restaurant.
Volterra near Sunnee has some pretty good Tuscan food. A lot of people like Gians but I haven't been there. I think it's harder to find good Chinese at a fair price in town than good Italian. And no I don't much like the shark fin place near Royal Garden or the cheap dim sum place in Central (Canton House or something like that). Though I wouldn't call either total crap like Sams, etc.
For German, the best is Bei Gerhard in Naklua.
http://www.pattayapeople.com/default.as ... icle=16351
I know someone will mention Leng Kee on the Klang. Not bad for what it is, good value, but it's not Chinese food, it's THAI Chinese food.
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Thanks for all those suggestions, I will check them out except dunno about Gians. This is the first recomedation I have had about them, all the others were just that it was so - so. Some people said Pan Pan was good but had not tried it.
Little Italy was good after the original owner, I am sorry to say, passed away and the freinds took over. I used to LOVE their veal entrees, but alas they took all the veal items off and replaced them all with pork. Service stayed pretty good but I like veal.
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Like one or two others, I was surprised to read the OP's glowing report of Sam's. On the one occasion I ate there, I found the food very bland and ordinary and it wasn't freshly prepared. A few hours later, having eaten nothing else in the meantime, I went down with a stomach upset which put me out of action for a couple of days. I certainly won't be going within sombrero-throwing distance of the place again.
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Funny you mention that, PeterUK. The last time I ate there (in response to a glowing review on thaivisa that they had improved), I also experienced stomach upset. I live here and rarely get sick that way even from street food. So take that for what its worth to you.
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Bangkok has a number of Mexican places that have real Mexican flavor.
Could you give some names (and Bangkok areas if you please) . . . I'd like to try.
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Tastes vary, but ALL of these are much better than anything in Pattaya --
Sunrise
La Monita Taqueria
Tacos and Salsa (run by a Mexican)
Los Cabos
In Chiang Mai,
Miguels, also much better than anything in Pattaya.
Haven't tried yet, but hear good things also about El Diablos
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No more excuses. Pattaya deserves better!
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Funny you mention that, PeterUK. The last time I ate there (in response to a glowing review on thaivisa that they had improved), I also experienced stomach upset. I live here and rarely get sick that way even from street food. So take that for what its worth to you.
You JUST NOW remembered that. Interesting! :sign5:
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The last time I was there I had their so called beef burrito.
So you have eaten there more than ONCE.
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It isn't real. Please don't waste your money. Not now and not Sams!
More than once, just now remembered you gots a tummy ache, waste of money.....
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Tastes vary, ......,
Miguels, also much better than anything in Pattaya.
Haven't tried yet, but hear good things also about El Diablos
Havent tried it yet but you are willing to say that it is much better.
well I liked the place and I WILL GO BACK! Thanks for the warning though! :sign5:
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I wouldn't argue facts about Colorado with Justme, if I were you.
Correct, they are FACTS!
I think you'll find he knows far more about Colorado that YOU do.
It may be a fact that two places are X miles apart, but that does not in itself make it a fact that they are close to or distant from each other.
Your dispute with him turns on a personal judgement of what is and what isn't close - Americans and Australians generally will refer to somewhere being relatively close, whereas a narrow-minded little Englander (for example) would consider it being the other side of the moon.
I'm sorry if your intellect does not stretch to a realisation of that.
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