The Pattaya Hilton Hotel produced a daring experiment for the food and wine lovers of Pattaya - a dinner featuring five meats, five mustards and five merlots. To my knowledge…
It is hard to believe that the Casa Pascal restaurant is now 11 years old, especially when I can personally remember the opening. However, 11 years it is, at the…
A precautionary note is in order. The local police now have digital breathalyzer equipment and have been using it in recurrent crackdowns. From all reports, it is not possible to…
It was during the week of madness called Songkran that I was unable to find a restaurant to review formally (or perhaps even reluctant). Many restaurants just close the doors,…
What is an “icon”? Always difficult to define exactly, but can refer to something which has made a lasting mark on a culture. With that definition, then the letters “BJ”…
The restaurant business is one of the most hotly contested areas in Pattaya. With the hotels pushing their own outlets to their guests, the more pro-active ones are trying to…
The second Pattaya Gourmet Festival was held at the Amari’s Mantra restaurant between March 17-22 and featured five international chefs spanning Chinese, English/Greek, Australian, French and German nationalities, resulting in…
The de Vine Wine Club at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort once again achieved the (almost) impossible, in bringing the ‘world’s best Semillon’ to the McGuigan Winemaker’s dinner on Friday,…
Pattaya now has two Coffee Clubs, reflecting the growth of this restaurant concept. Interestingly, it originated in West End in Brisbane, Australia in 1989 and I have dined there in…
Churrasco is probably not a cuisine that comes readily to mind, but comes from a South American dish of steak skewered and barbecued over a wood or charcoal fire. The…
Some observant readers who drive down Third Road alerted the Dining Out Team to the fact that there was a new Indian restaurant in town called Baadshah (which incidentally means…
Casa Pascal, run by Pascal and Kim Schnyder, is coming up for its 11 year anniversary, and is undoubtedly one of the cornerstones of fine dining in Pattaya. For newcomers…
Friday, 24 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 8
By
Miss Terry Diner
Imagine drinking champagne (or even Prosecco!) overlooking a tropical beach, with palm trees gently waving as you sip and enjoy succulent salmon with capers and cocktail onions. Imaging being able…
Friday, 17 February 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 7
By
Miss Terry Diner
The Mercure Hotel in Pattaya has been established for around 10 years, but being tucked away in Soi 15 off Pattaya Second Road, many diners do not even realize this…