Chocolate Ville

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A day in New England

I really love this place - the Chocolate Ville, especially the scenic setting, so I would just show the ambiance of this restaurant instead of their food, as, to keep only the good memory be recorded.

Chocolate Ville ***
Thanon Kaset-navamin Km.11
Bueng Kum, Bangkok 10230
Tel.: 083.077.3738

Open daily : 4 pm - 1 am
Pay (food only for one): around THB 400

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Okashi by Poonni

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Sweet cravings

Okashi by Poonni is run by a local patissier who bakes cakes with a French-Japanese touch. The owner guarantees that at Okashi they only use fresh and quality ingredients, and their cakes are light in sugar, not causing our teeth to have cavities. I found that their cakes are mild in sweetness and have a fairly nice texture and taste.

When they mentioned that their cakes are of French-Japanese style, it seems that the price is also of quite a 'French-Japanese' standard.



Okashi by Poonni Patissier ***
Navamin Festival Walk
299 Prasertmanukit Road (Kaset-Navamin Road)
Ladprao, Bangkok 10230
Tel.: 02.676.4395

Open daily : 10:30 am - 9 pm
Pay (desserts only for two): around THB 400

(Okashi branches are also available at City Viva, a lost and quiet community mall on Narathiwas-rajanakarin Road in C.B.D.; and at the very busy new shopping center - the Central Plaza Grand Rama 9)

Pae Klang Krung

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Floating palate

The concept of Pae Klang Krung Restaurant is to let customers dine on the water, while the restaurant had been built on a man-made pond. Ambiance of the restaurant is magnificent which made customers feel like they were eating on a floating palace.

Recently, I went to Pae Klang Krung for a round of early dinner before heading to a booze-bound birthday party at the CDC (Crystal Design Centre). However, the food is not as magnificent as the scenic view of the restaurant.



Pae Klang Krung Restaurant ***
13/1 Moo.9, Kaset-navamin Road
Klong Kum, Bangkok 10230
Tel.: 02.943.9531

Open daily : 5 pm - midnight
Pay (food only for two): around THB 700
(seafood dinner with crab around THB 1,600)

Thung-Prig Thung-Khing

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Heat that screw into our hearts

Some friends complain that those Thai restaurants chosen in our reviews were too tourist-friendly, meaning the food was mild on heat but not spicy enough!

Therefore, for the next few weeks I will show you the color of Thai cuisine.

First one in the roll, Thung-Prig Thung-Khing on Kaset-navamin Highway. It shall pronounce theung-phrik theung-khing. Meaning the heat (can refer to either spicy food or political fight) shall screw into your heart! So, are you ready for a spicy journey?



Thung-Prig Thung-Khing ***
Kaset-navamin Road
Ladprao, Bangkok 10230
Tel.: 02.974.3225

Open daily : 5 pm - midnight
Pay (food only for two): around THB 700




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Thai E-sarn

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Thai E-sarn Restaurant

Thai E-sarn Restaurant serves almost the best Issan grilled chicken in Bangkok. Presentation of the grilled free range chicken (gai-baan yang) didn't look excellent on the plate, but the taste was. Chicken was marinated to the right taste yield full aromatic from various Thai herbs and seasonings; succulent meat was tender, not salty but full of favor. Best to describe the chicken is aroi ma ma (or very delicious).

Grilled pork neck in Issan namtok dressing (nam-tok kor-moo-yang) is always my favorite order in any Issan eatery; in Thai E-sarn Restaurant its version didn't disappoint me. Another must order in an Issan eatery shall be the spicy raw papaya Thai-style salad (somtum Thai). Thai E-sarn somtum Thai did pass the mark. The shredded raw papaya and ingredients were fresh, with nice heat (spicy), sour and salty in good balance.

Deep-fried snake-head fish with Issan herbs in fish sauce (pla chong leoi-suan) is also a popular dish in an Issan eatery. Since I am not into snake-head fish, my deep-fried leoi-suan fish changed to sea bass (pla kapong) on requst and it came out with satisfying. Stir-fried squid in salty eggs (pla muek khai khem) maybe seafood that promotes high cholesterol. In Thai E-sarn Restaurant the salty eggs sauce stir-fried with the squid was just too delicious to be true, having us willing to forget the cholestrol index for a while!

But not every dish was heavenly tasty in Thai E-sarn. Our Issan spicy and sour soup (tom-zaap) had no favor. We felt like sampling boiled tap water with chilies, white pepper and extra salt in a bowl. Worst tom-zaap I ever sampled in Thailand.

The whole meal costed us less than Thai Baht 1,000 ($30).

All in all, dining in Thai E-sarn Restaurant was pleasant!



Thai E-sarn Restaurant ***1/2
Kaset-Navamin Road
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10230
Tel.: 02.940.2637

Open daily 11am - 10pm
Pay (food only for two): around THB 500

Kung-ten

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Kung-ten



Signature dish - Kung-ten salad.

Kungten Seafood Restaurant ***1/2
Kaset-navamin branch
26/10 Moo.4 Kaset-navamin Road
Ladprao, Bangkok 10230
Tel.: 02.578.0208
Kung-ten