The Lobby afternoon tea

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Tea in style

The Lobby at Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok features grand columns with high ceilings adorned by exquisite hand-painted silk panels. Such surroundings promote a relaxing, elegant atmosphere where all of us can enjoy afternoon tea under vibes of the Lobby's renowned live entertainment.



The Lobby (afternoon tea) ***3/4
Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok
155 Rajadamri Road
Prathumwan, Bangkok 10330
Tel.: 02.126.8866
The Lobby

Open daily : 8 am - 1 am (afternoon tea 2 - 6 pm)
Pay (afternoon tea for two): around THB 2,000

Nava River Noodle

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The good noodle

Every city has a good market. Bangkok has one. The Bon Marche in Bangsu district. I went there for a bowl of noodle. An excellent bowl of noodle, I mean.


boat noodle with fish ball in thick broth, not spicy, excellent soup base

boat noodle with liver and fish ball in nam-tuk broth, yes, very spicy

Nava River Noodle ***1/4
Bon Marche Market Park

Prachaniwet 1 Road
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900

Open daily : 10 am - 7 pm
Pay (food only for two): around THB 150

Petra

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Fragrant vs. fragrance

Very unusual! Today I went to Sukhumvit's Soi Arab twice. During the afternoon I was there to meet my tour driver to hand him a map of a Hua-hin resort. At night, I went there (again) to eat.


Lebanese salad; mutton masala

Yemenese mutton soup, grilled lamb

hummus, eggplant mousse, and nan bread

pickled vegetables with dips; barbecue chicken

nan bread; biryani chicken

Petra Restaurant ***
75/4 Sukhumvit Soi 3/1
Nana Nua, Bangkok 10110
Tel.: 02.254.9226

Open daily : 5 pm - 5 am
Pay (food only for two): around THB 500

somtum

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Seasoned with dust

A friend in London asked me why he didn't see roadside somtum dishes were reviewed in my blog.

Here we go, my roadside somtum feast. A no-frills dining experience.

Available anywhere in Bangkok and throughout Thailand. (I got mine on Silom Road near Saladaeng.)



somtum pla raad (raw papaya spicy salad with fermented fish dressing)

Lhao Lhao

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Midnight comfort

Friends told me Lhao Lhao is a renowned high-so khao tom restaurant in Bangkok. On a Friday evening around 8pm, I visited. The restaurant is pretty full. My khao tom adventure begins.


hoy waan (eastern conch) THB 200; vegetables with sea asparagus THB 400

poo don (raw pickled crab with spicy dressing) THB 250

grilled Thai sea bass THB 350; tomyum goong (spicy and sour prawn soup) THB 600

Lhao Lhao Restaurant ***
1271/4 Phahonyothin Road
Samsen Nai, Bangkok 10400
Tel.: 02.271.2256

Open daily : 4 pm - 4 am
Pay (food only for two): around THB 1,000

Took Lae Dee

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Non-sleep comfort food

Cafeteria style eateries Took Lae Dee (literally means cheap and good), attached to Foodland Supermarkets, serve millions of inexpensive and hot meals to diners and night owls around the clock, since 1985.



Took Lae Dee Restaurant ***
at Foodland Sukhumvit 16 branch
48 Column Tower
Soi 16 Sukhumvit Road
Klongtoey, Bangkok 10110
Tel.: 02.204.2177
(and at other Foodland Supermarkets, except Foodland Patpong branch, and Foodland Petchburi branch)

Open daily : 24 hours
Pay (food only for two): around THB 200

@Rajthevee

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A touch of Arabic

Following my foodie friend's recommendation, I visited this nice pub cum restaurant, @Rajthevee, in Bangkok's Ratchathewi area. At 7 pm, this Arabian one-thousand-and-one nights theme eatery was quite empty while the other three restaurants down the soi (small lane) were already packed. I puzzled!

The two-story pub cum restaurant is decorated in Moroccan style to deliver chic and a bit of Aladin's bling; quite romantic in ambiance. Menu is small but practical. It doesn't serve Middle-eastern cuisine; instead she has Thai on offer, the authentic accent. In addition to her Thai menu, @Rajthevee also serves pub food and ox tongue stew on rice from the owner's grandparents recipe. Though it is not very "stew", but, to my liking, and still best ox tongue stew on rice I have ever sampled in Bangkok.





@Rajteevee Thai dishes however fail to reach the mark; they do not follow the glory of their western neighbor - ox tongue stew. Tom-yum-goong (spicy and sour prawn soup) is at average, but already considered the best shot that night; while keang-kieo-wan gai (green curry with chicken meat) seems to have landed from outer space, one layer, ultra salty and lacking of the aromatic ingredients it should have. Yum silver fish salad, fried thousand-year-egg with basil, and grilled pork with jim jil sauce are all so-so.

As a pub cum restaurant, booze and cocktails are of course never of any worry. Besides, the fruit and green tea smoothies are delightful as well. Overall our meal was a pleasant one; if no dog barks.

Before disembarking we went to the restroom, and decided to leave through the parking lot at the back of the restaurant. Suddenly a barking noise, in high db, asked us not to "trespass". There we saw an old skinny human-alike-being run out from the kitchen, rudely ordered us not to take the parking lot access to leave. Weird! We were therefore limited the access only through main entrance in the restaurant, but not from the parking lot. Mafia sack!

@Rajthevee Cafe-Bar & Restaurant **1/2
342/3-4 Phayathai Road
Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400
Tel.: 02.611.1414

Open daily : 5 pm - 1 am
Pay (food only for two): around THB 600