My most favorite shabu-shabu joint Mo-Mo Paradise was down in the "red" fire last month. I miss her. As Mo-mo offers best value all-you-can-eat shabu-shabu with a market style vegetables bar; for just Thai Baht 399++ Mo-Mo serves melt-into-mouth beef from Australia and hygiene pork products by S.Pure.
Fortunately we don't have to mourn on losing Bangkok most favorite shabu-shabu joint too long as Central World Plaza is scheduled to reopen in September 2010. If one couldn't wait any longer, then head to her new branch at Crystal Design Centre in Ladprao for a round of authentic Japanese shabu-shabu with melt-in-the-mouth beef on demand. Mo-Mo-Paradise **** Crystal Design Centre, Building E 1420/1 Praditmanutham Road (Ekamai-Ramindra Highway) Ladprao, Bangkok 10230 Tel.: 02.102.2050
Open daily : 11 am - 10 pm Pay (food only for two): THB 939.25 all-you-can-eat
I did review many of Dusit Thani outstanding outlets such as Benjarong (royal Thai cuisine), Hamliton's (steakhouse), and D'Sens (French), so it is time for its Italian restaurant, il cielo.
classic minestrone THB 330++ (assorted root vegetables and tomatos with pasta and basil) porcini cream soup THB 350++ (with fresh ricotta cheese and a drizzle of hazelnut oil) appetizer tasting platter THB 970++ from left to reght, they are (beef carpaccio with arugula, lettuce, porcini mushroom and cubes of duck liver; Param ham with sweet honeydew melon and figs; tuna tartar with artichoke, olives, sun-dried tomatos and Trout caviar; marinated goat cheese with garlic, chili and olives; garlic bruschetta with mozzarella cheese, anchovies and black truffle; pan-fried duck liver with crispy Coppa ham; pancetta and sage wrapped prawns with lemon dressing; deep-fried calamari with tomato and lemon) al granchi THB 510++ (tomato, mozzarella, crabmeat, caper berry, black olive, Trout caviar) al pomodoro THB 390++(tomato sauce, basil and olive oil) pan-roasted corn feed spring chicken THB 620++ (braised in white wine and tomato with black olive, capers, thyme and baby spinach) braised wagyu beef rib in Borolo wine THB 880++ (with small risotto, mushroom emulsion and rosemary jus) marinated and pan-roasted snow fish fillet THB 790++ (served on root celery mousse, red pepper coulis, Italian basil and selected vegetables) tiramisu THB 350++ (Italian mascarpone cheese cake flavoured with coffee and Kahlua) panna cotta THB 290++ (cream and vanilla pudding served with raspberry sauce crunchy almond pastry)
il cielo Italian Restaurant ***1/2 Dusit Thani Hotel Bangkok 946 Rama IV Road Bangrak, Bangkok 10500 Tel.: 02.200.9000 ext. 2299
Found 1961 in New York. Häagen-Dazs is a worldwide renowned brand in gourmet ice cream. Some countries only sell Häagen-Dazs ice cream in supermarkets. Lucky that in Thailand we were served in its ice cream parlor with choices of sundae and special items, though the local franchisee does not really know how to run a dessert restaurant. But better than none!
Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream Parlour **** Maneeya branch 518/3 Ploenchit Road G/F Maneeya Centre North Building Prathumwan, Bangkok 10300 Tel.: 02.652.0807
Open daily : 11 am - 11 pm Pay (ice cream sundae only for two): around THB 500
During college years, one blue night with tears in my eyes, I landed at a fast food restaurant in British Columbia, stayed for a while, then left the shop with smile, slept well that night. Since then, A & W Restaurant had walked through many blue nights with me in the old school days.
A & W root beer and friend chicken, the comfort food in need, and a friend in time!
A & W Restaurant *** Silom Complex Shopping Plaza 191 Silom Road Bangrak, Bangkok 10500 Tel.: 02.231.3120
Open daily : 10 am - 9 pm Pay (food only for two): around THB 300
A Bangkokian bakery since 1951, the Little Home turns 60 next year.
First time I passed by Little Home, the impression was OMG another local owned pancake and bakery shop without merit. As time goes by, the bakery turns restaurant is one of my loved eating hut for late lunch.
The menu is big and food taste nostalgic. From delightful Thai fare of traditional recipes, to Western cuisine and American old school bakery items (taste adjusted to the Thais palate), my hut has them all. Little Home is simply too big too be little!
Little Home Bakery and Restaurant *** 413/10 Soi Thonglo Wattana, Bangkok 10110 Tel.: 02.185.1485 Little Home
Open daily : 9 am - 9 pm Pay (food only for two): around THB 400
Two decades old Chou Long Luk-Chin-Pla (Long's Fish Ball) serves bouncy fish ball in a bowl of hearty clear soup with rice noodles. An inexpensive treat of the day.
Chou Long Luk-Chin-Pla **** 456 Charoenkrung Road Bangrak, Bangkok 10500
Open daily : 8 am - 8 pm Pay (food only for two): around THB 80
Dinner buffets at Rain Tree Cafe of the Plaza Athenee Hotel Bangkok are the talk-of-the-town kind in the city, especially her weekend dinner seafood buffet and Sunday brunch.
The bountiful seafood buffet may be too rich for my cholesterol control; but, who cares!
Just to name a few, in the buffet show-off are freshly baked sourdough and bread, hearty mushroom soup and tumyumgoong, organic greens from the salad bar, fish roe caviar, canapes, Japanese sashimi and sushi, chilled seafood bar consisting of fresh oysters, Canadian lobster, Alaskan king crab legs and river prawns, barbecue station with choices of meat and seafood such as Aussie rib eye steak, rack of lamb, snow fish, Maine lobster tails and foie gras, live station of Thai, Chinese and Italian specialties, cheese varieties, fruits and desserts.
Don't forget your Combizym!
The Rain Tree Cafe **** Plaza Athenee Hotel Bangkok (a Royal Meridien Hotel) 10 Wireless Road Lumpini, Bangkok 10330 Tel.: 02.650.8800 Rain Tree
Open daily : 5:30 am - 11:30 pm; Dinner buffet 6 - 10 pm Pay (food only for two): around THB 3,000 (a la carte), weekend dinner seafood buffet THB 1,680++ per person
There is a restaurant, food is okay although not distinctive, when price factor taken into account there wins the top prize as a good family restaurant in the area.
There I spent many afternoon alone or with associates while I did my first luxury condo project in Bangkok, there I spent countless lunch while I resided on Soi Langsuan, there I started my travel business by signing my first agency contact with the Centre Point Apartments Group, and most important is there I found memory of smile and chatting with friends, including p'Ning.
There, the Coffee Shop at Centre Point Serviced Apartments Langsuan, a revisit to her last night was like seeing an old friend being known for decades, so warm!
1. spicy glass-noodle Thai salad (yum wunsen) 2. red curry with beef 3. fried flat rice noodles in gravy (rad-na) 4. stir-fried kale with crispy pork 5. pan-fried sea bass with white sauce 6. pork cutlet on Japanese rice (ka-tsu don) The Coffee Shop **1/2 Centre Point Serviced Apartments, Langsuan 60 Soi 1, Langsuan Road Lumpini, Bangkok 10330 Tel.: 02.657.2400 Centre Point
Open daily : 6 am - 10 pm Pay (food only for two): around THB 500 *Mon - Fri super-value lunch set at around THB 150 per set
