The God of Wealth Happiness is a new Chinese restaurant located at the entrance to Jomtien Complex. The photos looked good and Peking Duck would be my death row last meal so braving the rain I headed there in Captain Scott mode to give the place a try. It's owned by someone from Shanghai and so is a bit of a forerunner of things to come as more Chinese pitch up and open businesses in Pattaya.
The Peking Duck was a travesty. The duck breast was dry and the skin was leathery and virtually inedible. Even the slicing was slapdash and I ended up having to pull the slices apart with a spoon and fork. Served with pancakes, shredded cucumber and spring onion as well as the usual Hoi Sin sauce that was actually rather good and tasted homemade. Onto the sweet and sour chicken and a new level of mediocrity. Flabby pieces of 'chicken' that had a nasty spongy texture covered in a gloopy sauce with no pineapple, peppers, onions or tomatoes. It was disgusting, vile in fact. The steamed rice was fine. Service throughout was delightful from a rather dashing waiter who spoke perfect English. Only afterwards when he asked me how everything was and I told him did he let on that they have so many complaints from customers who say the food doesn't taste good. The total bill with a bottle of water excluding service was 375 baht. It's a very long time since I had a meal in Thailand as grim as that. Avoid avoid avoid.
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