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Annam opened almost a year ago, after Central renovated part of the sixth floor to become an additional restaurant zone other than the existing fifth floor; including Annam, I never had a chance to try those additions on sixth (anyway no need, as most of them are just chain restaurants), until last week, I ran an errand at Central Plaza Rama 3 and my stomach protested while my business was done, so I was brave enough to do my late lunch at Annam (well, at least Annam is not from chain restaurants, I suppose), and it turned out that the food was better than expectations.
Annam is arguably one of the best Vietnamese restaurants in a shopping mall in Bangkok.
Annam Vietnamese Cusine ***1/2
6/F Central Plaza Rama 3
Ratchada Road
Yannawa, Bangkok 10120
Tel.: 02.673.6387
Open daily : 11 am - 9 pm
Pay (food only for one): around THB 200
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.Almost twin - unfortunatelyThai-Issan cuisine is never short of in Bangkok whether in a form of sidewalk hawker, small vendor, or high-end eatery. Right! Those restaurants with specialties of gai-yang (grilled marinated chicken), som-tum (shredded raw papaya spicy Thai salad), yum (spicy Thai salads), tom-zaap (spicy and sour soup), and jim-joom (spicy Issan hotpot).
Today, after tea with a friend at Belle Park, we agreed to eat Issan food where the restaurant is not far from his house. He claimed, rumor says it is a good one.
We started with nam-tok khaw moo yang (grilled pork neck, Issan namtok sauce), gai yang (grilled marinated chicken), tom-zaap (spicy and spicy soup Issan style), and pla pao (grilled sea bass), and would like to order either the Issan hotpot or barbecue after the first round was done. However, after sampled the bland grilled chicken meat, spicy and salty only but not flavorsome pork neck, and also spicy and salty only but not flavorsome tom-zaap soup, we canceled the grilled fish. And of course forget about the hotpot or barbecue.
Rumor says it is a good one? Truly rumor.
Raan Deur Issan Restaurant **3/4
371 Naradhiwas-rajanagarindra Road
(corner Naradhiwas Soi 24)
Yannawa, Bangkok 10120
Tel.: 02.674.3040
Open daily : 4 pm - 1 am
Pay (food only for two): around THB 300
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.Oyster king arrives to BangkokAmerican biologist turned international seafood distributor Bill Marinelli opens his own restaurant in Bangkok, on the back yard of the Kingdom's main financial district, Narathiwas-Rajanagarin Road (a.k.a. New Sathorn Road).
At Bill's Oyster Bar and Seafood Restaurant we sample the same seafood and quality of those Bangkok's 5-star hotels are on offer, only price tagged in half.
Seafood and oysters shipped (from around the world) to the restaurant twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday. The seafood platter at THB 2,000 is a treat, consisting of six fresh oysters of the day, portion of Alaskan king crab legs, scallop ceviche, portion of Dungeness crab, little neck clams, Skookum clams, mussels, tiger prawns and more.
Beef eaters, sorry, Oyster Bar does not serve food that doesn't swim.
Oyster Bar and Seafood Restaurant ***1/2
395 Soi 24 Narathiwas-Rajanagarin Road
opposite Chatrium Residence (formerly Oakwood City Residence)
Yannawa, Bangkok 10120
Tel.: 02.212.4809
Oyster Bar
Open daily (except Monday): 6 - 11 pm (Sunday 10 pm)
Weekend brunch available between 12 - 3 pm (THB 1,680++)
Pay (food only for two): around THB 2,500 (incl. fresh oysters)
