Laongs Bistro: Gabor’s menu

[Gabor 296]

Chatting with the owner about girls and other deep themes about the life, he was so kind to offer me a menu... Hmm, great idea, why not ? For the first course he offered.... WHAT ??? Deathwish... Hungarian goulash soup... For me, the little hungarian, who don’t know any jokes about the goulash soup.

For the first sight it was a really authentic hungarian goulash soup.

Following the first bite I understood, now I’m sitting in a fine dine restaurant, all ingredients were cut for very small pieces....

No any problems with it, any hungarian fine dine restaurant would do the same. What is more important, the soup was thick and full with meat and the proper ingredients. I would miss out only the local bell pepper... Yes, I know the hungarian bell pepper makes it thicker, but they are two different things... Anyway a nice effort to be authentic, because the kind of hungarian bell pepper simple not available here. It was a really great and tasty soup... Only one cricitism: The slightly sourish taste remembered me the over use the tomato or maybe tomato cream, which is killed the taste of the sweet paprika powder... if there was any... I can’t say, but the soup was red colour as it must be. The bread was fine, fresh and good quality... However, instead of the butter I would serve fresh chilli cuts, as we do in Hungary.

Following the goulash soup we eat only some pancakes or desserts, because it is a real belly filler, like this soup was too... And then arrived the huge portion „ Avocado fries with lemon Mayo, salsa & cocktail dipping sauces „ It was a really exciting experience I never tried before... It was marvelous and striking... The „ coat „ on the avocado was crispy and something different, I really liked. The dipping sauces were simple perfect, my favourite was the lemon mayo... and the two things together ( fried avocado and the sauce ) made an enjoyable taste experience... I’m sure, I will share this recipe back home to harvest some congratulations. ( I’m sure, it will be just a pale copy... But the concept ! )

At this time I was already full... and the „Pork Saltimbocca rice Ball „ landed in front of me...

I made a smoke interval to attack this food... and I lamented... Pork Saltimbocca ... what a noble name for a piece of fried pork with a piece of ham on it... ( googled it... it was really a nice piece of „Pork Saltimbocca „ ) The pork was a piece of fried pork, the ham was quality, a very nice work... it couldn’t be better in the simplicity of the food under the rotund name... But the rice ball, yesss... it was something special under the modest name... what a great concept, generous with the ingredients... crispy outside, soft inside...and softer in the middle, the melted mozzarella...

However I would be more brave with the spices to give more character to the rice ball or to choose a more characteristic type of cheese... to dominate the whole experience... We like the mozzarella, but not because of it’s strong taste... I had the same problem with the generous portion of the mixed salad ( the big positive: farang tomatoes, not the crap thai version ) around the food... I saw, it was sprinkled with some olive oil based dressing... but no any strong taste to make the salad something special... OK... I know... I like the strong tastes and the peasant foods... not a fine dine customer...

Something to add... I hate the fine dine concept, because the nice serving hide the lack of the materials served on the plate... Not in this case... The meals were served like work of arts, it was simple good to look on the plates... and every plate was a very good portion....

In the menu was included a small soda... ( ice and lime slices as it must be )

Verdict: It was a really nice experience, great and creative concepts.... still feel full at 10:07 pm....

Very, very friendly 336 baht ( I still thinking... why not 335 or 330 or 340 ? )

Edited April 9, 2016 by Gabor

[Odense 489]

Looks pretty good - like goulash soup. But where is the bistro ?

 

Posted from my mobile so I blame any spelling errors on that.

[losgrad 264]

Gabor,

 

Good review and pictures. I may give it a try.

 

 

Looks pretty good - like goulash soup. But where is the bistro ?

 

 

I did a Google search and found:

 

http://laongs.com/about.html

 

 

From the pictures and prices on the web, it looks like a 'fine dining' place. I assume G had the 'set menu.' For larger appetites, they have 2 course meal at 595 baht and 3 courses at 695. Converted from USD, it's pretty minimal for 'fine dining.' It's on my list.

Edited April 10, 2016 by losgrad

[yorta2 693]

It all looks great and I particularly like the idea of the avocado served like that. However I don't know about the pork saltimbocca - I think I'd prefer the traditional veal dish with prosciutto instead of the ham (ham on pork doesn't sound as good). Also, the traditional sage really adds to the flavour. I am not putting the dis down, just stating my preferences.

[laongsbistro 8]

Thank you for your feedback Gabor. We are pleased that you enjoyed the selection.

 

Yorta2, you are spot on, usually the Saltimbocca is a veal dish, we like to try different things here at Laong's, the ham Gabor mentions was indeed prosciutto.

 

We try not to define ourselves as being a fine dining restaurant. We are more a family style place where you can come and enjoy a coffee with cake, breakfasts, lunches in a relaxed atmosphere, our evenings menu is a little more refined with some higher end choices. That said, if you chose to come to Laong's of an evening and would prefer something from our afternoon or even breakfast menu, we are flexible enough to be able to provide you with whatever you feel in the mood for at the time.

 

 

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[teelack 9,628]

Thanks Gabor. Looks like my sort of food at my sort of prices.

[Gabor 296]

Laong’s bistro: Friday lunch buffet

I raped myself and dragged myself from the poolside to the restaurant..... killing heat.... Entering to the restaurant with the hope I will chill down, but the temperature was only lighter lower, so decided to sit outside... and for my surprise it was pretty comfortable, the wind chilled me down.

Let see the Offer.... There was some kind of light soup, but it looked so light like the soup in the canteen of my former high school.... Ok, the appetizers. The salad bar contained cucumber and tomato with two kind of creamy sauces... it was fine, my pet hate if no any crispy veggie or salad. The bruschetta ( tomato sandwich ) was perfect, soft, fresh white bread the tomato topping was tasty with nice herbs, I liked it very much. The chicken wings were correct, nothing special... it was soft and not dry, like in many other places. The german meatballs were soft, tasty not dry... I liked it really much. The Cornish pasty .... it was the calling word: Lamb inside. maybe there was, but I felt nothing from the lamb... On the other side it had a really strong caramellized cheese taste I miss so much from the tastes back home. It was my favourite, I simple adored it.

The mains: ( as you can see bruschetta and pasty again... ) The indonesian ( ? ) fried noodle was perfect garnish for the sweet and sour chicken, which one was also tasty and correct, however I would add some more veggies to it. I don’t know what the ragout was, but it was a bit similar to a hungarian dish cooked with red wine... I liked it very much.

It was strange to me, bolognese on the menu, but no cheese on the buffet table... when I mentioned it, the staff kindly served me a small jar grated parmiganno cheese. The bolognese ragout was somehow plain, no strong tastes.... I can say, correct, but boring. First I tought the pasta was al dente ( my boorish, I like it cooked to soft ) but not, it was fine, just on some places it was simple parched.

249 baht

Small soda water 45 baht ( ! )

Verdict: All in all good value for a light lunch in the hot summer.