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Pattayanis Greek Taverna offers excellent Greek food in central Pattaya. It's located about 40 meters in on a small soi off Soi Bukhao. It 's certainly not hard to find, but it can be easy to miss if you're riding a baht bus along Soi Bukhao, so take a look at the screenshot from the map on Pattayanis' Facebook page. You can also find a complete menu there. Last night I had the Greek salad and finished every bit of it. Fresh feta cheese atop a large portion of sliced tomatoes, onions, cucumbers and green peppers plus a few black ol

At least not for the better. Evil

On a whim, I ate at the Sea Side Restaurant (sometimes called Sea Side 2, although I'm not sure if there still is a Sea Side 1). Anyway it's located in a subsoi off Soi 7, not far from the intersection with Beach Road. The subsoi is directly across from the Silver Star A Go Go. It's just before Tequila Reef if you're heading up Soi 7 from Beach Road. It's not fancy, but a cheerful and clean place, quite busy the evening I went. A nice basket of condiments, but the bottles were running low. The waitress was friendly

Beefeater Steak House & Pub on Soi Diana is my favorite place for a steak dinner in Pattaya. You can enter from both Soi Diana and the arcade walkway. The quality of the food is high, the prices are reasonable and the location is perfect for me. It's often crowded and can be difficult to get a table if you just walk in. One point that irks me is the menu is written in English and Swedish, but there's no Thai text or picture menu. That can make it difficult for Thai ladies to order, but the wait staff are helpful in that respect. Clearl

Now that's a peculiar question! Evil

I agree. We tend to overlook everyday kindest and honesty, almost to the point that it seems extraordinary when a story does pop up. Evil

About 10 pm. Evil

"2 girls 1 cup" is the name used on YouTube for a Brazilian scat fetish film called Hungry Bitches. Two girls sh*t into one cup, then apparently eat it and puke into each others' mouths. A one-minute trailer for the film went viral, then a lot of YouTubers began posting videos of the horrified reactions of people watching either the trailer or the actual film. In the video posted by MM in the OP, the commentator is saying reactions to seeing the inner workings of FIFA would be the same as the reactions to "2 girls 1 cup." Evil EDIT IN: Here's a compilation of reaction videos:

This report really belongs in a thread titled, "Not quite so good meals," but with that proviso, I'll post it in this one. I had osso bucco (veal shanks and vegetabes braised in white wine and broth) at Patrick's last night. It was the modern version with tomatoes, which the original Milanese speciality didn't have. Osso Bucco was the daily special at Patrick's (in the arcade off 2nd Road across from Mike's Mall) and cost 300 baht. It was OK, but the sauce could have been tangier with a bit more flavor. It was served without gremolata, the traditional accompaniment. Gremolata is both a

Delta has the same set-up regarding electric power/USB port. A number of airlines have for quite a few years had power outlets so you use/re-charge your laptop, but not always in the Economy cabin. Evil

I lived in View Talley 5C in Jomtien from Feb 1, 2012 to Jan. 31, 2013. The sole reason I moved into Central Pattaya was all the hassle with the baht buses, especially during high season. Sometimes 15 or 20 baht buses would go past without stopping. Many were full of Russians, others dead-heading into central Pattaya. Getting back to Jomtien from Second Road wasn't as time-consuming as long as you threw a few shoulder blocks into the Russians trying to jump the queue. On the peak days of high season (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve), it was damn near impossible to get into Pattay

Has the Beefeater changed ownership or management in recent years? I just looked at its Web site to check the opening hours and noticed several Scandinavian dishes on the menu, including "planked steak." I can't recall seeing it in the past, but that could be because I haven't looked much at the Beefeater's menu. I usually know what I want and don't bother with the menu. Yes, there are four restaurants in that arcade that are noted for meat. Beefeater is the best all-round in terms of steak, but it is often crowded and sometimes a group of diners will get quite boisterous. By 9.00 or

I stayed there for four nights in February last year when I was between condos. It was during the Chinese New Year weekend and it was surprisingly difficult to get a hotel room in central Pattaya. Privi was one of a very few that showed vacancies on the hotel search engines, so I booked there. It's a smaller to mid-sized hotel, owned and operated by a Filipino family. The staff were all friendly and helpful. The room was comfortable and adequately equipped. As I recall, the free wifi was fast and the TV reception clear. There was no pool but that was not an issue for me. It did have outdo

Plank steak is a fiddly and time-consuming dish to prepare, so it's usually only available in classic fine-dining restaurants, but it can turn up from time to time in all sorts of Swedish eateries. The best place to have it is Villa Godthem on Djurgarden, an island in central Stockholm. You can read about it here. Baking planks (the meat is oven roasted) can be used over and over again. The thinner BBQ planks are used only once or maybe a few times. The wood does impart a flavor to the meat, especially when BBQ'd. There's a lot of information about plank cooking and plank grilli

I visited Big Horn Steakhouse several weeks ago. It's located in the arcade across from Mike's Mall and next to Kiss Food on 2nd Road. Our goal had been a meal at Beefeater, but it was closed for renovation, so we took the nearest alternative for steak. It had been several years since I'd last eaten at Big Horn. It wasn't so much the food as the interior decoration that had put me off, so I made a snap decision to give it another try. I wasn't disappointed with the food, but the interior decoration was as peculiar as I'd remembered it. Big Horn is certainly Americ

I see access to the Internet as another form of in-flight entertainment. I don't see much difference between surfing the Net and watching a movie. It's just a way to make the time pass. If I have a "lie-flat" seat, I can sleep, but it's hard for me to fall asleep in a seat in Economy Class. The more ways I have of diverting myself during 20 to 24 hours in the air, the happier I am. But for those who do a lot of business or job-related stuff via the Internet, I imagine it would be a big advantage to be wired during long inter-continental flights. Evil

The proxy I used was Tunnelbear (thanks to MM for the recommendation), which I already had. Evil

The flight landed at 11.00 p.m. last night and was at the gate at 11.20 p,m., exactly on time. I was in Mr Dream's sedan by 11.45 p.m. and at my condo in Pattaya at 1.00 a.m. Very little traffic on the way. There didn't seem to be many people out and around on Third Road and Soi Bukhao. I was mildly surprised there wasn't any problem with my checked suitcase. The plane pulled away from the gate at JFK on time, but there was a queue of 40 planes ahead of us and we weren't airborne for another 70 minutes. We landed at Narita an hour late and I got to the departure gate for the Bangkok

Yes, in terms of pitch and seat width, the equivalent of Premium Economy on other airlines. But the seats on Delta are VERY hard and uncomfortable, not nearly as good as the Premium Economy seats were on the Thai non-stop to/from JFK. I wish, wish, WISH they still had that flight. Thirty minutes until landing. Maybe Buddha is taking care of me, but in all my years of traveling, I've never had an airline misplace a bag. A few have been delayed a day or two, but that always had to do with making a connecting flight by minutes and the bags not keeping pace. But never a lost bag if the flight or

On the NRT-BKK flight now, we land in 3.5 hours. Here's what my laptop says about the speed: You can stream YouTube on the Delta flight. You can also stream porn but you have to connect through a proxy. Gogoinflight doesn't allow a direct connection to porn sites like xhamster. I tried via a proxy and it streamed OK, but I only watched for a few seconds. I really didn't want anyone looking over my shoulder. Evil

Only an hour left to Narita, but still above 36,000 feet. The Internet shuts off automatically at 10,000 feet. Evil

It's not like United was any great shakes, but it had a very generous system of upgrades for frequent flyers. Nine times out of 10, I paid for Economy but flew in biz thanks to an upgrade. But United stopped service to BKK at the end of March so I switched to Delta the only other U.S. carrier to serve BKK from NYC. Yup, my butt and lower back already ache and there's still five hours left until Narita. The Internet connection is a good distraction, though. Evil

I'm posting this from 32,037 feet above northern Canada, about two hours into a 13-hour flight to Narita from JFK. The system is called Gogoinflight and works very well. I've been surfing for about 30 minutes and no problem in connecting with email or the sites I usually visit. The speed is 72.2 Mbps, which is fine for ordinary surfing and email, but you can't stream video from Netflix. YouTube works OK. It ain't cheap, though. It costs US $19.95 for one hour and $39.95 for the entire flight. It's a great way to make the time pass on a boring flight! I'm flying Delta in Economy Comf