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Gabor

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  1. Pad thai gai My order was the pad thai with chicken... pretty good portion to fill my belly, the amount of the chicken and veggies was ok... but it was still a mess... first of all it was somehow more red coloured, than it has to be and I swear I tasted the taste of the ketchup... maybe an innovative try, but I don’t liked it at all... the lack of the grounded peanuts was annoying, just like the dry and hard unedible thai tofu cubes... Verdict: unedible even for the reasonable 60 baht price... Pad see you with chicken... I tried only a bite... it was Ok, thanx God, no any innovative tries, also a decent portion with enough veggies and chicken meat...but nothing special to mention... unless the new trend I can’t understand... the deep frozen veggies in the food... ( see the piece of carrot ) Poor quality of the ingredients and much more expensive, than to use fresh ingredients.... again... probably only the laziness... Otherways the usual street food in a nice environment for the same prices...Good value for 60 baht.... The soda water for 25 baht was surprising, even in our overpriced pool side restaurant it costs 20 baht...
  2. Well... bruschetta, carpaccio, porcini etc... sounded me just some snobbish hocus pocus in an english language Pattaya group... For me, for the simple hungarian guy the italian kitchen is the Pizza and the spaghetti bolognese with a huge portion of meat sauce, carbonara full with bacon and chamipgnons ... with half kilo grounded ementaler cheese on it ( we ... the wannabee sophisticated cooks at least use the parmiganno cheese as a spice for the meat sauce ) Remembers me the story when an italian guy cooked for us back home „Spaghetti aglio olio e pepperoncino „ and everybody cried for some toppings, like cheese or at least some sour cream.... OK... we may be boorish pricks in the eye of the italian gourmets, but we like it on this way.... For us the pasta is simple garnish not a food... the food is the topping...and a main course, not an appetizer... So, my gourmet buddy invited me to try those meals I criticized, but never tried.... He named me two italian restaurant he thinks is great, Rinapp and the new Italian Bistro on Jomtien...No mood to travel to the city, so his choice was the Italian Bistro... The free welcome food... some tomato sauce with garlic and vegetable pieces... and fine olive oil with a few drop of balsamic vinegar...to dip the very fine fresh bread and some dry tasteless sticks... The sauce was made obviously from fresh ingredients and it was really tasty, I simple liked it and only being polite to my buddy I dot’t ate all of it ... the olive oil, balsamic vinegar dip was an interesting concept for me, but I liked it too.... The appetizers arrived: carpacchio and bruschetta... Bruschetta... In my book a few piece of toast with butter and garlic, but it was really tasty and the quality of the bread was good, an enjoyable thing... maybe for 40 baht... Carpacchio: Yep... I felt the touch of the quality ingredients... I followed my gourmet friend’s instructions and splashed it with lemon ( no lime ) juice, olive oil and balsamic vinnegar... The meat was simple delicious... for the very first sight I thought it was some smoked stuff, but not... the ruccola salad’s look remined me on the dandelion leafs, but all of the ingredients made a perfect taste harmony... 5 star appetizer... For the main course I wanted a pizza, but my gourmet buddy offered me better to try a pasta.... to try it as it is on the proper way.... Penne Quattro formaggio... For this price I expected at least huge melted cheese nuggets... but not... When it was served my very first thought was: it is just a garnish.... OK... a thick sauce, very good taste, fresh parmiggano on the top... but anyway... the sauce was so thick and full with cheese I can’t finish the meal and hard to breath when the plate was taken away.... Still not my style... no any veggies, no any meat ... I would add fried smoked ham, onion .... or something more... In my book a cheap belly filler sold for premium price... And I know, by the rules it was a high quality and fine food...made in high level... an italian gourmet probably would rate it 5 star... but not me... sorry... Lasagna: I tried a few bites from my friend’s lasagna... there were much more material in it...meat, veggies, the sauce was simple delicious... also very thick... I would die if to eat it all and he was a living zombie following the food... going home to sleep... But still... to compare the value and the ingredients... at least for my boorish taste... It was more expensive, than the not cheap Sportsman’s ribs... Guess, which one I would choose ? Following the meals a kind surprise: the ice cold wet towels... ( in the past even the beer bars served... ) Only one mistake... I finished my meal, my plate was took off and the towels arrived whilst my friend still in the battle with his lasagna... The final bill was 1490 baht... with a bottle of water and a soda water... in my book a horrible bill , in my gourmet buddy’s book it was OK... I can only justify the high price of the carpacchio, because of the quality ingredients....and the unique experience.... My buddy also mentioned his opinion: Still cheaper and better food, than the La Bocca, no any VAT and service fee tricks, you pay what you see on the menu...
  3. Jomtien Plaza... Chicken Cordon bleu... Generous portion of the chicken breast, average ham, poor portion of cheese... OK, I’m understand the small portion of the cheese, but... I can’t understand in the Pattaya restaurants ( not only here ) if the cheese is a filling it will be the cheap in other countries, but more expensive in thailand chip cream cheese ... I guess only the lazyness.... It was freshly made and tasted really good, the meat was tender and juicy ( not the usual dry chicken breast ) the breading still crispy... The fries were freshly made and crispy as I like it... The pleasant surprise were the veggies, just cooked right, still crispy... Price: 150 baht ... ( no service fee, VAT tricks ) Verdict: Very good value, despite of the „ farang tax „ the meal was tasty, fresh and filled my belly...
  4. Nope... I still buy my quality ciggies ( not the thai and philippine crap ) for 50 baht / pack... just use your brain instead of the " flow with the row " dumb statement....
  5. Enjoy the Large room for low season prices from february 14....just write me, you are from this board... http://vt2a.weebly.com/
  6. Following a heated debate on the FB about the pork ribs the Pattaya farang restaurants serve ( I called it a bone-membrane-bone dogfood ) as a premium food... A restaurant owner had the balls to challenge me to offer me 300 baht just to try his restaurant's pork ribs. I accepted the challenge, but not the " bribe " .... here is my report: Sportman’s pork rib... a challenge... I decided to sit outside, fresh breeze from the sea side and I was the invisible customer, but later realized, when the kind waitress informed me, it was my own fault, I didn’t saw the button I should to push for the service with a huge sign on it: „ Push for the service „ ... even more, I thought, the tour guide office girl sat next to the restaurant was the check bin girl for the restaurant... My own mistake... I’m a smoker and an annoying detail: there was a „ public ashtray „ but no personal ashtrays on the table, a minus... I had to stand and throw my fag in the public ashtray... at least twice, as the good job take times and I was waiting for my food cca 25 minutes... No any problems, this is not a fast food venue... My very first order was served quickly.... my bottle of water... it was cold and as I ordered, my glass was full with ice... perfect. Finally the ribs arrived... I had mixed thoughts to see the thing on the plate... my very first thought was: Yepp.. the same membrane-bone thing....but my second thought was: What animal lies on my plate looking on the size of the bones.... maybe a dinosaur ? Ok, I thought, never mind after the lunch I will drop in for a sandwich to the 7/11... Yep, the meat was thin on the bones... But it was just an optical illusion.... About this, later... So, let’s try the taste... At this moment I understood, it will be something really different food, not what I call pork rib BBQ... However, no problems, always interesting to try a new food. The sauce on the ribs was something new to me, we don’t use it back home.... And my gastronomical ejaculation started.... the sauce was super tasty, the meat was tender, simple melted in my mouth...Than again, I became clueless, there was an other sauce in a small plate... On the rib had already the super tasty sauce, not worth to touch, I can only spoil it to add anything to it. It was perfect as it was. So I decided to dip the generous portion crispy ( my pet hate if it is stale and soft ) french fries into the extra sauce, making a taste orgy in my mouth... ingredients ( it was a sauce with smoky taste... also brilliant for my own taste ) adding slowly one by one .... probably I behaved with this dipping thing not correctly, maybe boorish, but who care when I enjoy it... The corn as garnish was an interesting concept for me ( I guess only for me... different cultures ) I don’t really liked, it just spoilt the taste orgy, but I tried. Also was served in a sauce bowl ( is it something trendy ? ) some baked beans with crispy bacon on the top. It was good, obviously home made, not canned. Now about the optical illusion... the meat, what I was called „ membrane „ in reality were healthy piece meats, what you can see on the picture actually three bites... and they were enough make me feel fully gobbled... it was hard even to move following the lunch.... so the 7/11 sandwich was cancelled... The dinosaur bones on my plate after the mission....The optical illusion probably was due to the huge bones... Verdict: Not what I expected, as a pork rib BBQ, but 9/10 ( only because 10 not exists ) Finally: No any tricks, Vat, service fee thing on the bill....
  7. Please reply when you tested it...otherways your reply has zero value...
  8. Roaming on the FB I found this great opportunity, I thought I will share....
  9. The marble room: I have a window between november 28 and december 24 850 baht / day, minimum stay 10 days Large room: Between december 04 and 11, 1 week 4500 baht
  10. Give me the old ring... the trumpet copper also attractive and I will give you back a bigger diamond I will buy cheap on the beach from a burma refugee... OR... stay next to him and watch the process... They may make it fast, the jewellery shop on the corner of the Pattaya Tai and Beach Road ( etrance of the WS ) has their manufacture on the site... you can see the works even from the street...
  11. Thanx for the warning.... in my PC have an SSD for the Windows... 7 second boot time...
  12. Add to the line: diamond
  13. The last 1-2 years max... when the japs started to invade Pattaya and the agency girls were introduced... no any 10 years ... The agency plague started it...
  14. Haha.... I don't think it's my software problem... Btw cca 10 days ago installed the windows 10....
  15. I'm not sure... it says november 7-8, but some rumours, it will be in every saturday, sunday. They build the environment at least 2-3 weeks.
  16. Sometimes no any refresh works, sometimes no any problems, sometimes mixed....
  17. Some random pictures, sorry for the quality, my mobile camera... BTW, the 90% of the visitors were thais and many many young and pretty girls....
  18. many times the boards opens on this way, can"t upload etc..
  19. Maybe an excessive message, but maybe will go trough the hard skull bones... I know... mostly not...the hope die last... just being harrased to show the truth and bumped out maybe for a few secons from the rose tinted illusions... I'm understood this years ago, when a good mate who translated and published the book: Private Dancer in hungarian told me in my condo looking honestly in my eyes: This girl is different... ( when I bantered with him about the 2 condo, the house back home, the car, the motorbykes he bought already.... the latest news about him, his kid from this girl was kidnapped and he had to pay a huge sum.... our hungarian community agree... it was the family... ) BTW... I never told anything like : "don't-pay-the-girls-too-much" I just stated the possible conclusions... was I right ?? Judge yourself.... the 1000-2000 only barfines, ( in some places much more ) the girls's demands... 2-3000 and only short times... Funny thing... I asked today myself... how we got from the original GFE, party girls to the mercenary sexworkers... Too bad, I can't find my old post in the archive when I claimed, me and many others aren't sex tourists... just enjoys the girls... Nowadays I feel myself as a hard core sex tourist... and to be honest much more boring, than my " not sex tourist " times... Ok... I change, we change, the girls change.... the times change.... But anyone who wants to claim the " mental cripple lame loser dupes " don't effected the scene... a simple lie... However funny to see the former LDOP heroes being ignored in the bars to fighting with their own LDOPs.... the japs... No wonder, all of the farang based boards are dead... many of the former posters simple stopped to come ( it seems, the majority ) ... many of them - thanx for the success oriented english speaking culture ... to share a personal failure is a shame - simple don't posts...
  20. I know... you targetted me as the author of the acronym... And YESSS....you are right... :-D Ok... more seriously....I call a LDOP. who knowingly pays the double or the tripple prices for the product he / she could buy for the ongoing prices, with the reason to mental wank... Ok... a bottle of Shingha beeer... costs 35 baht in the 7/11... I'm happy to pay the 300% in a GOGO bar.. because of the entertainment value...the draught beer even more value, only the double or a little more... still fair game.. I'm happy to pay 100-120 baht for a 2-4 baht worth ladydrink, because of the personal entertaintment value...but not for more.. OK... my own biased level... I was the ardent supporter of the barfine system when it was a fair game, not a simple rip off.... Because of the LDOPs... the recent scene is fucked... the irony of the story... the former farang LDOPs are the recent cheapos to compete with the brain dead japs.... who are may be perverted, but not the average overweighted, elder. sweating farangs who bragged in the past being a LDOP... The elder farang LDOP"s days are over.... the slim and young or youngish japs kills their scene.... and the former LDOPs will moan about the " no go out girls " ( but probably not... their most important goal to sell a success story, no matter how much it costs ) or to barfine the the last fuglie waste call it a " night with a stunner "
  21. A girlfriend visited me last year... she bought her air ticket with her own credit card.. between the buying and the travel she had to change the card, because it expired... she got an other card, same name, same number, but different expiration date... she had very big problems, almost late the airplain.
  22. From september 27 to november 01... special offer: 1 week stay: 900 baht / day 2 week stay 700 baht / day One month or + 500 baht / day http://vt2a.weebly.com
  23. Noun 1. room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling;
  24. http://vt2a.weebly.com/ The Large room: between aug 12. and sept 03. 600 / day / minimum stay 14 days 700 / day / minimum stay 10 days 800 / day / minimum stay 7 days
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