NongJai 1, Thai & European Restaurant on 2nd Road

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

NongJai 1 is located on 2nd Road in the Tipp Plaza between Sois 10 and 11. It's basically across the street from the Apex Hotel and close to Mike's Mall.

It serves good Thai good and some European dishes, but I've only had the Thai dishes there. Friends who have eaten the European dishes say they're good, too, but it's the Thai food that's best.

It's basically an outdoor restaurant, but covered seating is available right next to the kitchen area. And if it starts to rain, the huge umbrellas are put up PDQ. I've not sure how effective they be in a real downpour, but they work well in a light rain.

The menu is fairly extensive, although there are plenty of restaurants that offer more items.

The service staff always asks whether you want the food spicy or not. Fish is probably the signature dish at NongJai. The white snapper in lime sauce was delicious, very fresh with a "just caught" taste. It was big enough to feed two hungry males and cost 380 baht.

A friend from New York and I ate with BM capdagde and his wife. Andy had a fish dish:

And his wive had pad Thai and a vegetable stir fry:

Another night I had the pork spare ribs in soup:

My friend had a Thai noodle soup, followed by fish 'n chips:

Another night a waiter came out and blew a whistle to get everyone's attention. I didn't have time to adjust my camera and the flames were so bright they "whited out" the crucial part of the picture, but you can get an idea of how high they were. At first I thought the guy had set himself on fire, but the flames quickly died down.

Bottom line: A consistently good restaurant for Thai food, but you have to be comfortable with al fresco dining. Large portions at a reasonable cost.

Evil

[teelack 9,640]

Thanks for the review. I have eaten at times in the other restaurant that is straight across from this one in the Tipp. This place is also quite good for a European breakfast.

As a side issue this side of Second Road heading back into Walking Street is actually worth a night out. There seems to be a permanent Issan show at one bar and there are good bands at places like the Bodega and Wonderbar.

[papadoc 66]

Thanks Evil.. I really do appreciate your revues and will be into them in November. when comme d'habitude, I will post many pictures of my meals

Hope to see you around on a crawl.

 

regards Papadoc

[MM 6,562]

I've always passed this place by because it seemed full of farang diners whenever I have gone there.

 

I go down to the restaurant on the right side (heading from 2nd Road), just before the market. I've always had a good meal there, but it's been a few years.

 

I'm a fan of that restaurant's goong pad nam phrik pao (web image follows)

 

[bratpack 91]

The pad thai looks fantastic

[Patna 3,802]

I've always passed this place by because it seemed full of farang diners whenever I have gone there.

 

I go down to the restaurant on the right side (heading from 2nd Road), just before the market. I've always had a good meal there, but it's been a few years.

 

I'm a fan of that restaurant's goong pad nam phrik pao (web image follows)

 

That is a very nice pic, Martin. Thanks for the report, Evil, I like that place too, the food is good and the price is fair. Eat there at least once on each trip.

[Patna 3,802]

 

 

 

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

Update from Nongjai. The young lady and I were both hungry so we had a pretty big meal. Very tasty!

 

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Deep-fried fish

 

 

Pork with basil

 

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Gang (kaeng) som, or sour Thai curry

 

 

Seafood platter

 

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Som tam Thai

 

 

The first mouthful on my plate

 

 

Dessert

 

 

Flambe demonstrations are popular at Nongjai

 

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Edited March 5, 2014 by Evil Penevil