Low end Thai restaurants; part two

[Marmite the Dog]

Originally Posted by dirtydog

portions maybe small but they are damn tasty.

Just get two then.

[dirtydog]

Yes today I managed to eat away from Soi Theprasit and went to a shack on Soi Kho Pai, the one in Pattaya that is in the news most weeks, for mundane stuff like gang shootings and murders and drugs.

Anyway didn't get to see anything exciting so had a pad kappow guy, chicken with basil leaf.

As you can see it is mainly an Issarn restaurant, barbequed catfish and chicken on a stick



The old bok bok is in this picture somewhere to do the somtam bum squirt salad.



25baht for this, nice plate and nice presentation, can't be bad

[dirtydog]

Next is a visit to Soi Watboon in Jomtien, the Soi where the Blind Beggar or the now renamed Winchester Gun Club is.

This noodle restaurant does both clear soup and the nice flavoured one.



Plastic Pepsi table cloths, better than floor lino anyway.



My pork noodle soup, a bit sweet so had to chuck some vinegar and chilli in it, also took out a load of the basil leaves, but at 20baht it was a bargain.

[DJ Pat]

Take a visit up to Soi Kao Talo if you get the chance DD, there are about three good places to eat, one noodle place next to the Diamond factory on the left and past that on the right two fried rice and / or whatever etc places that close early-ish.

[dirtydog]

I quoted to build that diamond factory, didn't get the job though

[DJ Pat]

Whoever did was a bargain that's for sure, take a look at the gates.

[dirtydog]

Well it was back to Soi Thepprasit for my favourite noodle soup, yep, the one next to the car wash, I have to admit it was a bit of a shock to see them rise their prices to 30baht for noodle soup, but, hell, they may have just been stitching me up as I am a dumb farang in their eyes, got to admit though I did get more more meat and garlic.

They also do boiled pig.



Cordial drinks.



The restaurant is quite nice and it is big.



At 20baht it is the best down Soi Theprasit, paying 30baht I think is still a good deal but a big increase.

[dirtydog]

Next stop is North Pattaya, I was on my way to the door shop in Naklua and it started raining, yes, I was on the bike, I wasn't hungry but decided it was time to add to this thread, wish I had just rode in the rain

The restaurant is quite nice and clean by Thai noodle shop standards, but the noodles, BLAND, jees, I just filled it up with chilli powder to give it some flavour, it was like clear watery soup with noodles in with all the flavour taken out of it, I assume they cooked the pork elsewhere as it really didn't have any flavour at all till the chile hit it.



43 baht for this and coke, I was robbed

[nightowl2548]

Wow that first place doesn't at all look like a low end restaurant with the fancy wooden tables and well manacured garden. I ate at a low end place in the Ramkamhaeng neighborhood way off the tourist track. Pretty similar to what you get in the tourist area for a lot less price. Only problem is Thai's eat a lot of organ meat that I don't find too palatable, you might end up with some thrown in at the cheaper restaurants. Organ meat also makes the girls breath stink.

[dirtydog]

Back onto the Thai noodle soups down Soi Theprasit, the amount of meat with the soup is getting smaller and smaller, this one was 36baht with a bottle of pepsi, 25baht for the noodle soup? My favourite noodle soup shop was closed today so made do with this one, not very good really

[dirtydog]

I seem to be going back to this one on Soi Theprassit more and more often, the one next to the car wash down Jomtien Beach road end, this place is pretty damn good, ok they put up the price of noodle soup and I aint gonna forgive them for that, so I had the stewed pork with rice, add in a pepsi to that and it cost 40baht, great place to go if you need your car washed

[dirtydog]

I went back again today, had a lovely Thai pork noodle soup with loads of meat, today was 25baht, weird how the prices change.

[bustak]

^^ & ^ looks damn good!

[dirtydog]

I am now sticking with the Soi Theprasit restaurant in post 47 51 52, I have tried about 50 Thai restaurants down that Soi now and this one is consisently the best, you ask for no fat, gristle and offal and you don't get it, every meal I have had there has been good to great, this was my Thai stewed pork over rice today, also comes with a nice spring onion soup, all for 30baht.

[Aquaman]

Dude that looks so nice!

[dirtydog]

^Yeah but seems to be the end of the thread unless I start working again and have to eat in other areas, I really can't see the point of trying others when this one is so good all the time, and i tried them all if a guy can make his fortune out of selling 25baht and 30 baht meals then this guy deserves it, sadly I don't think they can

[jandajoy]

what about a thread on what eating places made you sick?
Or, really bad massages on Pattya beach front. Someones bound to volunteer for that job.

[dirtydog]

Well the prices seem to have settled down now at my favourite noodle shop, soup is 25baht and pork over rice 30baht.

[dirtydog]

Well sadly it seems my favourite noodle soup shop in Jomtien has closed down, he hasn't been open for about 4 days so what to do? All the others in Jomtien are crap compared to him so it was a trip into Pattaya, I used to go to this place a lot several years ago, 15baht for beef noodle soup, it's on Pattaya Klang Road near Soi Bua Khao, I was there at about 7.30am this morning and found out that they only do noodle soup in the evenings So it was off down towards Soi Bua Khao to the next one, the only thing I can say about this place is "Disappointing", mediocre chicken noodle soup for 35baht.



She also does other Thai foods but I was after noodle soup, did meet a nice Phillipino girl in there though with great big breasts, so that made up for it a bit



The noodle soup was ok compared to the majority of places, but I was really wanting to eat at my favourite place