I think I know Jomtien -but I don't!

[dorayme]

For croissants you might try: www.labaguettepattaya.com. Not far from Jomtien going toward South Pattaya.

[Up2U]

For croissants you might try: www.labaguettepattaya.com. Not far from Jomtien going toward South Pattaya.

..... Not croissants, but the Wooden Box next door is inexpensive and excellent!

[poshglasgow]

For croissants you might try: www.labaguettepattaya.com. Not far from Jomtien going toward South Pattaya.

Many thanks for the recommendation!

[AsDaRa]

I understand when you live as an expat in Thailand you want to eat sometimes non-Thai food. But when I am on holiday here I eat only Thai. I am surprised that the many, almost all, restaurant tips here are for non-Thai food. Thai food is delicious. Back home you can eat your lasagna or steak again.

I would love to read about good Thai restaurants preferably having a a Thai chef. I still think it feels more authentic Thai when a Thai makes it then when the Pad Thai or Pad Krapow Gai is made by say a Dutch chef. I would welcome such recommendations.

[bkkguy]

I still think it feels more authentic Thai when a Thai makes it then when the Pad Thai or Pad Krapow Gai is made by say a Dutch chef.

it tends to be the opposite problem here - all too often though the western restaurant is fronted by a falung it is Khun Lek in the kitchen trying to reproduce the secret family recipe for authentic fettuccine alfredo or bœuf bourguignon or for that matter even basic scrambled eggs and bacon!

though often for both Thai and western food it also comes down to the quality and freshness of ingredients the restaurant owner is willing to stretch to

bkkguy

[Newbie99]

I always stay at Poseidon. They generally give me a room upgrade, so I can't complain.
In the evening I go cruising for Cambodian boys, who allegedly don't exist, per some other board member.

[Manforallseasons]

I would love to read about good Thai restaurants preferably having a a Thai chef. I still think it feels more authentic Thai when a Thai makes it then when the Pad Thai or Pad Krapow Gai is made by say a Dutch chef. I would welcome such recommendations.

Huh? Are you sure you have been to Thailand? I have lived here for 15+ years and have never seen anyone but a Thai cooking in a Thai restaurant and come ro think of it have only seen Thais cooking western food in Italian, German, etc. restaurants, check your passport to see if you actually have a Thai immigration stamp in it!

[frequent]

Huh? Are you sure you have been to Thailand? I have lived here for 15+ years and have never seen anyone but a Thai cooking in a Thai restaurant and come ro think of it have only seen Thais cooking western food in Italian, German, etc. restaurants, check your passport to see if you actually have a Thai immigration stamp in it!

That may be true of Pattaya but it’s certainly not true of Bangkok. Telephone Pub had a westerner cook for several years and that’s just one example

[AsDaRa]

Huh? Are you sure you have been to Thailand? I have lived here for 15+ years and have never seen anyone but a Thai cooking in a Thai restaurant and come ro think of it have only seen Thais cooking western food in Italian, German, etc. restaurants, check your passport to see if you actually have a Thai immigration stamp in it!

Poseidon has a Dutch chef. And I never see the cook when I am in a restaurant. If you know that many businesses are partly foreign owned I wouldn’t be surprised in some kitchens an expat is doing the cooking.

[paborn]

Thailand is the size of France. A few anecdotal examples of foreign cooks does not change the inevitability that the vast majority of cooks, in country, must be Thai.