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I hadn't been into White Pines for several months because of some disappointing meals in the wake of last year's staff hassles. However, I'd heard about the new chef and wanted to try his food. At 11.00 p.m., I was the only customer- not a good sign- although one other person entered while I was there. I didn't have to wait long for my meal- I ordered the salmon with garlic rice- and it was quite good, especially the garlic rice. The salmon was fresh and cooked properly, not at all dry. The garlic "chips" atop the rice has also been fried perfectly and added a nice accent. The dill

There's also a difference between what bar owners may say to reporters and what they say to Thai police. Evil

Yes, it is one of my favorites. For those of you who like big burgers and especially Australian-style burgers with beetroot, fried egg and grilled pineapple, Kilkenny's has added to its menu the Ozzie Works burger reviewed in post #199. Kilkenny does a good job with farang comfort food and its daily specials are great value for money. From Kilkenny's FB page: Evil

In the U.S., pork belly is mostly used to make bacon or salt pork, which today is used as a seasoning or flavor accent in soups and stews, especially clam chowder. But there are many ways in which pork belly can be prepared: 17 Best Pork Belly Recipes. My dad and grandfather were great fans of pork cracklin'. Evil

Pete- I would certainly agree that "managing expectations" is a huge problem for the entire hospitality industry, hotels as well as restaurants and bars. This is a particular problem in Pattaya because many visitors from W. European and English-speaking countries expect the same standard of food and accommodation as they enjoy back home but want to pay much lower prices since Pattaya is a "Third-World" shit hole. It's fairly common to find that mindset reflected in food reviews on the punter boards and the FB food groups. But a few reviewers aren't simply stupid or uninformed, they have

The Royal Grill Room & Wine Cellar is on the list at #46. The other two Royal Cliff restaurants among the top 60 are Caprice and Rossini. It is a one of the, if not THE, most classic Western restaurants in Pattaya. A pic from the management: In a resort area like Pattaya, it's a bit overwhelming for most tourists and residents, plus it's very expensive by Pattaya standards. And as you say, most bar girls wouldn't like it at all. It's understandable it wouldn't rank high on a popularity list. But in terms of a fine dining experience, it is a top-range option.

The problem with T A's ranking of restaurants in Pattaya or anywhere else is that it doesn't measure what people think it measures. It's not a listing of restaurants by quality or even popularity in terms of the number of diners. It only measures how the restaurant ranks according to T A's system of ranking restaurants. That system has some inherent flaws and it is also easy to manipulate, so sometimes restaurants get high rankings that reflect neither quality nor the number of diners. It's a bit like what is sometimes said about certain students- they may not know much about the su

This is a list of Trip Advisor's top 59 restaurants out of 944 in Pattaya as of Jan. 28, 2017. It was supposed to be a list of 60, but Mai Thai Cuisine at #9 fell by the wayside while I was formatting the list. My apologies to Mai Thai. You can find the T A ranking's for Pattaya here, However, T A continuously updates its rankings, so what you read today may differ from the lists below. And the top 10 in more detail: These 60 restaurants were placed highest by Trip Advisor's algorithm for ranking restaurants based on reviews by anonymous posters. It is NOT by any s

No luck so far. She wasn't there on Australia Day. Evil

Yeah, I've been living dangerously this week. I had the Ozzy Burger at Kilkenny last night as I continue to meander along Coronary Lane. That was quite an impressive burger for 185 baht including fries. It consisted of a thick beef patty topped with cheese, fried onions, side bacon, fried egg and a slice of grilled pineapple. The beef patty rested on a layer of pickled beets, a couple of slices of tomato and a lettuce leaf. A toasted bun held this hefty concoction together. The fried egg had been splashed with HP Sauce, but there wasn't any other dressing on the burger.a T

MC Burger on Soi Bukhao is a recent entry in Pattaya's crowded field of hamburger restaurants. It's located roughly halfway between Pattaya Tai and LK Metro, about 50 meters south of, and on the same side of the road, as the ill-named Action Street. It's a small single-shop restaurant without a large external sign, so it's easy to miss if you're riding the baht bus. It has three tables for four inside and one table outside, plus a low table flanked by sofas. The walls are decorated with rather garnish graffiti-style paintings. But what the hell. This is a ha

A heads up for fans of Australian-style hamburgers (with beetroot, fried egg and grilled pineapple ring): Today at Kilkenny on LK Metro. Evil

According to the current menu, the price has increased to 110 baht, but it still looks to be excellent value for money. Of course, the heavy weight champion of value for money in a Pattaya breakfast is the Baht Buster for 99 baht at Retox on Soi Lengkee. The Baht Buster isn't a breakfast I would have myself because it's too much food and too many calories. But for those who want a full English breakfast, you won't find a bigger one anywhere in Pattaya for the price. Some other restaurants charge close to 300 baht for the same size breakfast. Tonight I had the Sunday roast lamb at Kilk

Yes, FastStone is very good. It's what I use if I'm using a computer in an InterNet cafe or otherwise don't have access to Photoshop. It's also very good if you have to batch process a large number of photos. Evil

The "Save for Web" function in Photoshop. Evil

Last night I had the pork chop special for 169 baht at Kilkenny Bar & Guesthouse on LK Metro. For the price, it was a good meal. It came with mashed potatoes, gravy and vegetables. It was a substantial chop, not thick but large. The portions of mash and veggies were larger than you usually get in Pattaya restaurants. My bottle of SML cost 60 baht, so I got a very filling meal for 229 baht. The pork chop had been fried nicely. The vegetables (cauliflower, broccoli and carrots) hadn't been boiled too long and tasted quite fresh. The mash was excellent and the cook hadn'

Not in a service capacity. I don't know about the chef/cooks, although they looked Thai to me. There was one young man hovering in the background who I thought might have been a Korean owner or manager, but that's only a guess. I also thought Firepork might be a Korean chain restaurant that had opened a branch in Pattaya, but the hostess/cashier said it wasn't. Evil

An update on Cobra Gold 2018 from the Bangkok Post More nations to take part in Cobra Gold 11 Jan 2018 at 06:11 3,333 viewed11 comments NEWSPAPER SECTION: NEWS | WRITER: WASSANA NANUAM The opening of Cobra Gold 2017 in Chon Buri province. The Supreme Commander said Wednesday that more countries are applying to join the war games than the exercises can comfortably handle. (Reuters file photo) Many more countries have expressed interest in taking part in the multinational Cobra Gold military exercise in Thailand this year, Supreme Commander Thanchaiyan

Sorry this got so fractured. The review still isn't finished, but I may have to wait a bit for the final revision and comments. My meal cost 395 baht for the grilled pork and accompaniments, plus 40 baht for the Coke Zero. To that 435 baht had been added 7% VAT (31 baht) but no service charge. I left 20 baht of the change from my 500-baht note on the tray and gave the girl who did the "grilling" 40 baht in her hand. Evil

Firepork Thailand is a new Korean barbecue restaurant under the Robin Hood Tavern at The Avenue Shopping Plaza on 2nd Road. The premises had previously been occupied by a branch of Au Bon Pain. Firepork had only been open a few days when I ate there last week. It's specialized in grilled pork, namely samgyupsal gui (grilled pork belly), a very popular dish in Korea. If you don't like or can't eat pork belly, there's no point in going to Firepork as there isn't much else on the menu. As soon as I stepped in, before I even sat down, the attractive hostess showed me the

Flash is disabled by default in Firefox because Mozilla considers Flash to be a security risk. Firefox recently underwent a big revision that caused a lot of incompatibilities with various software programs, including Invision. It usually gets straightened out in a few days. For a couple of days, the board wasn't letting me post more than one pic at a time, no matter what browser I used. Flash was the culprit, but it sorted itself. Evil

GASCO is closed Jan. 1-3, reopens on Jan. 4. Presumably the January special will be revealed then. From GASCO's FB page: Evil

If you are tired of Christmas food, you still have a few days left to get a nice chili cheeseburger as GASCO's December special. It costs 245 baht. Chili cheese dogs, chili fries and bowls of chili are also specials. It's a great-tasting burger with a good chili topping. I've yet to have a burger or sandwich I didn't like at GASCO. That's why it distressed me to see this notice on their Web site: I sure hope GASCO will continue to serve up its U.S.-style food. It is a welcome addition to the food scene in central Pattaya. Evil

Generally speaking, hotels will not allow you to register a new guest every day. The Avani doesn't. The hotels which are guest- and monger-friendly just skip registration for mongers' overnight companions; the family-oriented hotels like Avani put restrictions in place to discourage mongers from staying there. They are saying in effect, "We don't want your business if you are going to bring back different girls every night." Evil Penevil