thai food

[Guest aot87]

If you want to eat thai food , where do you consider is the best place, regardless of price in pattaya

[kokopelli]

On the low price side, I like Rin's Kitchen; on the high side, Cabbages and Condoms. The bf would disagree with me on these choices.

[KhorTose]

On the low price side, I like Rin's Kitchen; on the high side, Cabbages and Condoms. The bf would disagree with me on these choices.

 

Excuse my Chiang Mai ignorance, but you have a high priced Thai restaurant called "Cabbage and Condoms"? My first reaction was you have got to be kidding. Talk about a strange name. What is next for Pattaya? A restaurant called sausage and penises.

[Guest lvdkeyes]

Cabbages and Condoms is not only in Pattaya, there is one in BKK too.

 

http://www.cabbagesandcondoms.co.th/

[kokopelli]

Talk about a strange name. What is next for Pattaya? A restaurant called sausage and penises.

 

Well,it is not in Thailand but where I live there is The Cock and Bull!

[Guest lvdkeyes]

UK has lots of pubs with strange names - The Maidenhead comes to mind.

[Rogie]

There's indeed a town called Maidenhead in England, but I wasn't aware of any pub called 'The Maidenhead'. That doesn't mean there isn't one!

 

There are plenty of different pub names, some are funny and some plain daft IMO. In the daft category I would include a chain of pubs that appeared on the scene about 20 years ago called 'Slug and Lettuce' - I'm sorry but to me that one's too contrived. Here's another daft one but at least it has some genuine history attached to it:

 

The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn

 

That pub has the longest name of any pub in the UK. Maybe there are longer elsewhere!

[Rogie]

If you want to eat thai food , where do you consider is the best place, regardless of price in pattaya

 

Back to OP's question.

 

A similar question was posted on gaybuttonthai.com a few days ago. . .

 

A contributor on that message board fired back just two words 'Street food' which I thought was a pretty good (and perhaps unintentionally witty) response.

 

My answer to OP's poser is this: Street food certainly but also any small restaurant or even hole in the wall - I am quite happy venturing into those kinds of places because I go with my Thai friend who does the choosing (knowing thr kind of thing I like) and seldom am I disappointed. The price is right too, rarely do we pay more than 500 baht for two which includes a large bottle of beer for me and a soft drink for him. One of his favourite types of places are where they do what he calls a barbecue. Those places where you cook your own food, meat and veg and noodles over hot coals. They are amazingly cheap too and I've often been with 4 or 5 Thai friends and the bill's a snip. Although you might (well I know I do!) think there's a risk of catching food poisoning from that kind of cooking - where in addition the meat's left out in the open for customers to make their choices - I've never had any adverse reaction at all.

[kokopelli]

Other then eating in the street, does anyone else have recommendations for Thai restaurants? I know Salt and Pepper is popular as is OrAhHarn near Center Condo, Second Rd.

[Guest Kurt]

We would also appreciate a decent address in Pattaya (Jomtien) because the best Thaifood we have only eaten here in Switzerland <Kurt

[Guest]

I know Salt and Pepper is popular

 

kokopelli is right. Salt and Pepper is popular and a great value. I highly recommend this place to anyone looking for good inexpensive Thai food.

 

I also like Cabbages and Condoms. It is not that expensive and the view is amazing. The food is good and I had always gotten good service there.