My Way Restaurant Near 2nd Road & Soi Diana

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

My Way is a small restaurant that specializes in Dutch cuisine. It's located in what's called the Central Shopping Arcade, which is across 2nd Road from Mike's Shopping Mall and runs parallel to Soi Diana. You pass KISS Restaurant, the Beefeater and Patrick on the way to My Way.

 

A friend from New York and I ate at My Way last night around 7,00 pm. It had almost filled up inside and out by the time we finished our meal at 7.45 pm. The same was true for KISS, the Beafeater and Patrick's. The inside and outside dining areas of all three were full when we walked past. If last night was typical, the restaurants in the Central Shopping Arcade weren't suffering this high season.

 

My Way is noted for its large portions of hearty Dutch food at reasonable prices. Besides attracting Dutch visitors with a taste for home, it's popular with Scandinavians and Germans, judging by the languages spoken at the tables the times I've been there.

 

 

I decided to try the fried pork belly with stamppot, a traditional Dutch dish consisting of a vegetable or vegetable mixed with mashed potatoes. I chose the variation with sauerkraut.

 

 

I liked it, but the stamppot would have benefitted from a bit more sauerkraut.

 

The pork belly was also good, but I missed the crackling with which I'm accustomed to getting on pork belly in the U.S. or U.K. I'm not familiar enough with Dutch cuisine to know whether pork belly is usually served without crackling. For me, the crackling is the best part of pork belly. At 280 baht for the pork belly and 50 baht for a bottle of SML, I certainly couldn't complain, but I doubt I'll order it again. I will go back to try the sausage with stamppot.

 

 

 

 

My friend had the fish and chips, which he thought was very good. The substantial slice of fish had been breaded nicely and wasn't at all oily, he said. He also gave the thick-cut chips full marks.

 

 

 

A small side of garden salad was included and he was pleased with it as well.

 

 

On earlier visits to My Way, I've usually had one of their beef tenderloin variations. It's Thai beef that is surprisingly tender and flavorful. At 285 baht for 180 grams, it's a good deal. My Way also offers 300-gram portions of beef.

 

 

The tenderloin wrapped in bacon was particularly good. Since it is Dutch style, I can accept that the sauce is poured over the meat in the kitchen. Normally, I would ask for the sauce or gravy on the side.

 

 

I've also tried the Dutch-style tomato soup with small meatballs and it was excellent.

 

 

Bottom line: there's nothing fancy about My Way and the dishes on it's menu aren't delicate, but it does deliver large and tasty portions at reasonable prices. There are some Thai dishes on the menu, but I've never tried them.

 

Evil

[halfaboy 31]

Good food, but when you finish the whole dish (especially with something like 'stamppot') you will not eat for the next three days.

 

Thanks for the review and have fun !

[capdagde 1,954]

I would guess the fish was frozen and breaded in a factory from the looks.....

Edited January 13, 2016 by capdagde

[Evil Penevil 7,628]

Just a brief update-

 

I recently had nasi goreng (Indonesian fried rice) with pork satay and deep-fried shrimp chips at My Way.

 

 

It cost 325 baht, but the portion of fried rice was at least double the size of what you get in most restaurants. It's definitely a meal you want to order when quite hungry.

 

 

 

The prok satay was also excellent, particularly the peanut sauce. I think nasi goreng is most flavorful of all Asian fried rice variations and the cook at My Way did it well. If you enjoy nasi goreng, you might want to give My Way's version a try.

 

Evil

[Bazle 1,500]

That looks to be another place that cannot fry eggs properly!

[Chang_paarp 253]

That looks to be another place that cannot fry eggs properly!

Sorry for the red it was supposed to be Green but my finger is too fat for this tablet.