Flavors

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Buffet on second

Joined my friends to have dinner buffet at Flavors, the coffee shop of newbie hotel Renaissance Bangkok near Rajprasong intersection. Ambiance is superb, service is good, food-wise selection is narrow while quality is guaranteed.

Flavors ***
Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong Hotel
518/8 Ploenchit Road
Pratuman, Bangkok 10330
Tel.: 02.125.5000
Flavors

Open daily : 6 am - 11 pm
Pay (food only for two): expect THB 4,000;
dinner buffet THB 980++ per person

Haus Hamburg

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House of a Bavarian treat

Shall every sinfully good foreigner owned European restaurant be located in downtown Bangkok (esp. on Sukhumvit stripe)? I used to think - yes they are.

Secretly serving Bangkokians authentic German pork knuckle and cuisine in Bangkok suburb area, found by a German husband and his Thai wife, Haus Hamburg is there for over thirty years.


1. flavorsome German mixed sausage THB 270

2. complimentary green salad; 3. spinach cream soup THB 50

4. succulent German pork knuckle THB 270

Haus Hamburg German Restaurant ***1/2
1201/34 Srivara Town In Town
Ladprao Soi 94
Wangtonglang, Bangkok 10310
Tel.: 02.559.3721

Open daily : lunch 11:30 am - 2:30 pm, dinner 5 - 10 pm
Pay (food only for two): around 800

Le Vendome

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Modern French power lunch

How much do you think this superb 3-course lunch set at one of Bangkok most exquisite and prestige French fine dining restaurants shall cost?

It is THB 380++. A steal of the century for the connoisseur.


1st course (choice of appetizer)
potato leek soup, crispy bacon infused with fresh herbs and garlic cheese tortellini
/or smoked red snapper salad, with herbs, aging white balsamic & shallot vinaigrette

2nd course (choice of main course)
milk fed lamb shoulder, five-hour braising, served with baby veggie and natural jus; or/

poached ox tongue in aromatic broth, potato moussline garlic with herb infused pan jus
0r/ pan roasted pompano, with white bean puree and baby squid

3rd course (choice of dessert)
roasted pineapple, with dark rum sauce & pineapple cream cheese
or/ canel mint ice cream, in a pool of white chocolate carrot cream soup

complimentary mocha and bread

Le Vendome ****
267/2 Soi Sawasdee (Sukhumvit Soi 31)
Wattana, Bangkok 10110
Tel.: 02.662.0530

Le Vendome

Open daily : lunch 11:30 am - 2:30 pm, dinner 6 - 10:30 pm
Pay (food only for two): around THB 6,000 (lunch set THB 380++)

Minibar Royale

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The huge "mini" gourmet

Finally a place for real a-la minute American sandwich and brunch.


1. wild mushroom soup THB 180+ (rich, flavorsome, so good!)
2. French onion soup with gruyere cheese THB 190+ (rich, hearty)

3. soft boiled eggs on toast with grilled mushroom and tomatoes THB 160+
4. pasta, semi-dried tomato, home-smoked salmon with pink sauce THB 280+

5. red velvet cake THB 160 (ultra sweet, became bitter)

6. roasted Aussie beef sandwich THB 250+; 7. petite wagyu burger THB 240+

8. aromatic roasted Cafe Americano THB 80+; 9. unique mulberry tea mojito THB 130+

Minibar Royale ****
Citadines Bangkok Suk 23
37/7 Sukhumvit Soi 23
Wattana, Bangkok 10110
Tel.: 02.261.5533
Minibar Royale

Open daily : 6:30 am - midnight
Pay (food only for two): around THB 1,200

Anna

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The glory of Anna is back!

During Thailand suffered from its worst economic turmoil in 1998, many restaurants in the region were forced to farewell from the scene. Entrepreneurs were so reluctant into new restaurant venture at that time. Except one. The Anna's Cafe.

If you are a fan of Thailand and a frequent traveler to Bangkok; I assume that you had been eaten at the original and once legendary Anna's Cafe on Soi Saladaeng, at least once, before its closure in 2006.

Five years later, the Anna returns (somehow with a swanky price tag).


1. crispy fried catfish with hot and spicy salad THB 160+
2. deep-fried shrimp cakes THB 160+

3. stir-fried baby kale THB 100+
4. deep-fried trevalley with mango salad THB 340+

5. apple crumble THB 110+

6. sauteed calamari with salty eggs THB 160+
7. chicken in green curry THB 160+

8. Anna salad THB 200+; 9. grilled dory fillet in white wine sauce THB 250+

Anna Restaurant & Art Gallery ***
27 Soi Piphat, North Sathorn Road
Silom, Bangkok 10500
Tel.: 02.237.2788
Anna

Open daily : 11 am - 10 pm
Pay (food only for two): around THB 900