โรงแรมโคโม เมโทรโพลิแทน กรุงเทพฯ 27 S Sathon Rd, Thung Maha Mek, Sathon, Bangkok 10120, Thailand
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Definitely will return.
Love their ambience and the thin crystal stems. Dark lattice wood made the room feeling cool, especially when one comes in from the hot weather, and the hustle and bustle of Bangkok.
Good service and great food, too much of it – we’ve their tasting menu. …
I particularly liked the stir-fried young fiddlehead ferns and Wagyu beef. Two soups, one pungent which I like and the yellow cream was sweet, which I don’t like: pretty extreme.
The outdoor section of the restaurant is on the narrow side of the rectangle pool. At night, the pool looks equally beautiful.
Definitely will return: one of the better Thai food I’ve had, so far, thank you.
It’s on the water; an early afternoon, on the last Friday of November. Coming out of car, I thought we could sit outside under the shade. But the young server suggested inside. And we did: he knows better because it was pretty hot.
Airy space, industrial decor; half the room has second floor.
We ordered three but got two and both are delicious:
Retail catfish – very pungent
Fried tofu – oh so soft
Clams didn’t come unfortunately but I didn’t push either.
We started by watching a short video, about 8 minutes long, giving an overview of Thailand’s place in the world of gem stone. Neat, clean display, and staff is helpful, not pushy, at least the lady who follows me around and only steps forward when I have a question, thank you.
Roof top hot pot, on top of Pannarai Hotel, entrance is in the garage.
Spacious. Good service. Good food.
The space between tables is very large. When we arrived, a small group German tourists was there, debating if to stay but ultimately against it, leaving us the only diners there.
Shabu-shabu is Japanese name for hotpot, a meal where you dip your food into the boiling pot on the table yourself, piece by piece. The ingredients are (in general, it varies by region …) thin sliced meat, seafood, veggies, tofu, taro, and anything you desire.
Although Japan had invaded China twice in the near past, 1894 and 1937, she was a vassal state of China during the Tang Dynasty, and tributary as late as Qing dynasty. They might have invented the term ‘shabu’ in 20th century but the cooking method is ancient in China, where we call it hotpot.
I’ve hot pot almost weekly at home. The heart and soul of hotpot is the boiling base soup and the sauces on the side, such as soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, scallion, etc., you mix it yourself to your liking.
This restaurant serves side dishes, which in my view is unnecessary but maybe a thing the locals enjoy. They offer a la cart or buffet, which we chose.
Due to communication and darkness, I picked four side dishes (the middle age staff encouraged me to pick more…) but I only ate edamame, which is really good. The sliced meats are good, and the vegetables are fresh. Their sauces are not to my taste – I generally don’t like Thai cuisine due to its sweetness. But the boiling soups are flavorful and salty enough that I don’t really need the dipping sauce. Overall, I enjoyed it.
One staff on duty. We’ve Singha and Gin and tonic. The Thai beer is great but my drink is flat and not sure of the ingredients -:) I
It’s a short walk from Century Park. The staircase is more like makeshift. The second floor has about 10 people dinning (not sure it’s part of the bar); third floor is the indoor bar. 4th floor is the roof top, with a nice view of the skyline and heavy traffic below.
Bangkok‘s Chinatown is pretty big. According to our tour guide, the first Chinese came to Thailand in 13th century. Aside from the restaurants and shops, gold shops are abundant! They sell 96.5% as v 99% in Hong Kong or elsewhere.
It’s on the southern bank of Chao Phraya River (River of Kings), can be accessed from the river as well as from the land – parking lot.
The service is good, food is average but the coconut soup is awesome.
The pineapple cocktail inside the pineapple, I wondered if it’s being used repeated – doesn’t look fresh.
I had wine. The first was white (actually I ordered red … but didn’t want to trouble the server), Birchgrave Bird’s Block Cuvée from Australia. The second one, the server said the white is not more, can he bring a red. Sure … but the red is terrible, skunked (turned, undeniable), and they insisted that I pay for it.
A real Chinese restaurant, sea to table kind of place. Multiple seafood tanks are up front, some creature are swimming around constantly while other are napping – I presume -:) or swimming slowly.
No frill decor. Efficient and good service.
They cushioned the chair legs, so it doesn’t make noise when moving it.
No table napkin (other than tiny one from a box, to dab your mouth) and no bathroom tissue either. Canteen utensils, plastic tableware.
We’ve
– snails
– salty fish veggie
– steamed snapper
All are good. Did I taste sweetness in snapper’s soy sauce – ok my taste is kaput -:)
One of things to do in Bangkok. The massive markets has so beautiful flowers and many more vendors, mostly flowers but also some produces. I got a fat coconut, that costs ฿40, which is the going rate.
Or Wat Pho, is a Buddhist temple complex in the Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is on Rattanakosin Island, directly south of the Grand Palace.
We went on a Saturday, toward end of November, the place is still jammmmmed packed. The watchers are making sure everyone is shoe off, over the knees skirt or pants, to enter the halls. I used my large scarf. I brought a pair of socks – can’t forget that in one of episodes in Sex and The City, Carrie Bradshaw’s shoes were stolen at her friend’s party. Ok, mine is neither Jimmy Choo or Manolo Blahnik -:)
