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Mexican Food, Where to go?
barryofthailand
post 2005-12-23 22:15:03
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Does anyone know of any good Mexican in Pattaya. Taquila Reef on Soi 7 skimps on the cheese, and every mexican resturaunt in Pattaya i've tried does the same.
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tutsiwarrior
post 2005-12-26 14:34:49
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QUOTE(buadhai @ 2005-12-08 04:44:39)
Senor Pico at the Rembrandt Hotel does decent Mexican food.
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I ate there last month and wasn't impressed. However I'm from SoCal so most Mex food from elsewhere doesn't impress...
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post 2005-12-26 15:07:05
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Pretty girls, cold beer, Tex-Mex food, great prices.
Silver Dollar Bar - www.bangkokdollar.com
Menu : http://www.bangkokdollar.com/food_menu.htm

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post 2005-12-26 16:16:46
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QUOTE(tutsiwarrior @ 2005-12-26 07:34:49)
QUOTE(buadhai @ 2005-12-08 04:44:39)
Senor Pico at the Rembrandt Hotel does decent Mexican food.
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I ate there last month and wasn't impressed. However I'm from SoCal so most Mex food from elsewhere doesn't impress...
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Move down to Issan and it doesn't take as much to seem really good LOL, I'm frpm LA and I miss my Hollenbeck Burritos, but that isn't going to happen here.
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post 2006-01-11 01:23:56
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QUOTE(tutsiwarrior @ 2005-12-26 07:34:49) *
QUOTE(buadhai @ 2005-12-08 04:44:39)
Senor Pico at the Rembrandt Hotel does decent Mexican food.
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I ate there last month and wasn't impressed. However I'm from SoCal so most Mex food from elsewhere doesn't impress...


If you've lived in central Mexico then SoCal doesn't impress all that much either.

But we're talking about Thailand, tutsi, is there anywhere else other than Pico's that does anything closer to 'Mexican food'? I don't think so. Charley Brown's maybe, I haven't been to the new location (and I've heard the ownership has changed?) so wouldn't venture an opinion.
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post 2006-01-11 10:14:48
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Charley Brown's - Suk Soi 11
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post 2006-01-11 12:14:17
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QUOTE(ray23 @ 2005-12-12 14:00:36) *
QUOTE(sbk @ 2005-12-12 03:41:29)
How to roll your own flour tortillas:

Two cups of flour, a TB of cooking oil (don't use too much or your tortillas will come out mealy--if you have access to shortening use that instead but if you are like me and don't then you will have to use oil) and enough water (dribble it in in small amounts--until the texture is right) to make the dough stick together but not wet. Flour your counter (I use a cloth and roll on that) heavily and get out your rolling pin. Flour that as well. Then get a small fistfull of dough, form it into a ball and put it on your counter. Roll it out, turn, roll, turn and roll (flouring your pin as you go to keep it from sticking) until you get it quite thin. Then, heat up a large non-stick skillet and place your tortilla on that. Heat until air pockets form, flip --another minute or so on the other side (air pockets forming again) then transfer to a plate. Practice makes perfect. Took me a few times experimenting until I got it right.

You now have a fresh warm tortilla, beats that storebought stuff by a mile.
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Got any ideas for Corn tortillas with local products?

The flour tortilla that are sold here are OK but the corn are a different story


I saw tortillas in central chidlom yesterday
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post 2006-01-13 10:06:03
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I went to Monday Mexican Buffet at Great American Rib last week and was disappointed... very overcooked and almost cold - felt like it had been sitting around for hours..

Oh, and note it's not really a BUFFET.. you choose 3 things from a list of 5 or 6.. and they should NUMBER these 6 items, since the waitresses have no idea what they are...

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And I wonder why no-one has tried to open a Rubios or La Salsa (Fast Mex Food ex Calif/West USA) in BKK yet...??

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post 2006-01-17 18:22:12
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Last night we went to a new Mexican food restaurant here in BKK...Coyote on Convent. Just off of Silom Road on Convent..

There is also a Coyote in Hong Kong where I have eaten many times... IMHO it is the best Mexican food in HK and this is the same group...

It is not cheap and they still seem to be working on their menu, but the experience was very good

Oh yes, Happy Hour til 7 PM...Great Margaritas
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post 2006-01-17 21:20:01
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Thanks! I'll try the one on Silom. I've been really missing Mexican food lately.
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post 2006-01-19 09:38:18
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Went to Coyote last weekend. We triex to get in on Saturday night with 7 people, but were told it was at least an hour wait. So we went to Patsy's fiest, had a good time, but with VERY average food. We went back to Coyote on Sunday for lunch as our thirst for mexican wasn't quite quenched. I would have to say it is the best in Bangkok, although a little expensive. They seem to make their own guacamole and tortillas, so I'll happily pay extra for the real thing. Good margaritas, too! I Will definately go back.
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post 2006-01-19 11:46:34
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If someone could get in touch with Roberto, tell him there is a market for a dozen or more shops in BkK.
Think I would give it a try.... ohmy.gif
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Ulysses G.
post 2006-01-20 09:24:48
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Mike of Mike's Hamburger fame (he sold it) is opening Miguel's Mexican in front of the Miami Hotel in Chiang Mai soon.
He owned a bunch of Mexican restaurants in California, so it should be good! smile.gif
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Thaiquila
post 2006-01-20 14:20:52
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Yeah!
The Mexicans are coming, the Mexicans are coming!
Now is the right time to start a JALAPENO farm.
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Boon Mee
post 2006-01-20 16:41:08
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QUOTE(Thaiquila @ 2006-01-20 01:20:52) *
Yeah!
The Mexicans are coming, the Mexicans are coming!
Now is the right time to start a JALAPENO farm.

Couldn't compete with the native Thai pimentas - nam prik ka pik rules! biggrin.gif
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travlling
post 2006-01-31 06:45:38
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Travel to Pattaya and go to the Blue Parrot, very good food I think biggrin.gif

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PeaceBlondie
post 2006-01-31 09:06:44
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That's the second time I heard that Mike sold his hamburger franchise, but when I was in Chiang Mai in early December, the guy at the second store said no, Mike hadn't sold out and moved away. But actually he said, "He didn't go to Hua Hin; I saw him today."

anyway, I tried Great American Ribs in Hua Hin yesterday. They put tortilla chips on the table as an appetizer, and they were a bit over-cooked. The hamburger wasn't worth the price, but it was Texas size (too big). Maybe I'll try their Tex-Mex food. Still, the staff was all Thai, and I couldn't tell what the cook was doing, so I'm worried. Tex-Mex can be pet mahk mahk.
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Thaiquila
post 2006-01-31 12:52:43
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Travel to Pattaya and go to the Blue Parrot, very good food I think biggrin.gif

Is that before or after drinking five margaritas?
I ate there once. Must muy non bueno.
They wouldn't get one customer in Mexico or a Latin area in the US.
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post 2006-02-01 02:24:57
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I think The Salsa Kitchen, in Chiang Mai, offers the best mexican food in the country, (as the owner of the restaurant I may have some bias), but allow me to extend an offer to try hand-rolled tortillas, the only genuine slow side chamber wood smoked ribs, (that i am aware of) in Thailand, slow braised beef enchiladas/home dried smoked chipotles/ home dried cured mexican sausages, and other tex mex/mexican delights all prepared with heart/from scratch/using only what local markets will provide fresh daily. Our prices are fair 89-159 and you can wash it all down with a litre of fresh lime margaritas for only 279. We've been open for 4 years and I hope some of you mexican afficianados, so desperately missing that taste of home will consider giving us a try.

thank you
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Thaiquila
post 2006-02-01 02:49:49
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Hey, a Canadian dishing out Mexican grub to Scandanavians in Thailand.
Only in Thailand.
Good on you, Cmsoulbrother, I am on the next plane ...
Pray tell, however, what is Mexican lasagna (which I hear you carry)?
Anything like that Italian Mexican dish, squid ink pasta with black mole (chocolate mole) sauce?

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That's the second time I heard that Mike sold his hamburger franchise, but when I was in Chiang Mai in early December, the guy at the second store said no, Mike hadn't sold out and moved away. But actually he said, "He didn't go to Hua Hin; I saw him today."


HE DIDN'T move away, but he hasn't owned Mike's Hamburgers for quite a while. A British fellow named Brian owns both of them as well as Mike's Cafe which has only been opened for a few days and seems to mostly be a sandwich joint.
Mike is currently building his new Mexican restaurant in front of the Miami Hotel on Chaiyapoom Road.
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QUOTE(cmsoulbrother @ 2006-02-01 02:24:57) *
I think The Salsa Kitchen, in Chiang Mai, offers the best mexican food in the country, (as the owner of the restaurant I may have some bias), but allow me to extend an offer to try hand-rolled tortillas, the only genuine slow side chamber wood smoked ribs, (that i am aware of) in Thailand, slow braised beef enchiladas/home dried smoked chipotles/ home dried cured mexican sausages, and other tex mex/mexican delights all prepared with heart/from scratch/using only what local markets will provide fresh daily. Our prices are fair 89-159 and you can wash it all down with a litre of fresh lime margaritas for only 279. We've been open for 4 years and I hope some of you mexican afficianados, so desperately missing that taste of home will consider giving us a try.

thank you


The soul brother does indeed have good food, but it is more Canadian-style Mexican food than LA or San Francisco style.
I won't take Salsa Kitchen off my list when Mike's Mexican place opens, but I might shoot over to "Miguels" (the name of his new place) when only California/Mex will do! biggrin.gif
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QUOTE(Ulysses G. @ 2006-02-01 02:45:42) *
QUOTE(cmsoulbrother @ 2006-02-01 02:24:57) *

I think The Salsa Kitchen, in Chiang Mai, offers the best mexican food in the country, (as the owner of the restaurant I may have some bias), but allow me to extend an offer to try hand-rolled tortillas, the only genuine slow side chamber wood smoked ribs, (that i am aware of) in Thailand, slow braised beef enchiladas/home dried smoked chipotles/ home dried cured mexican sausages, and other tex mex/mexican delights all prepared with heart/from scratch/using only what local markets will provide fresh daily. Our prices are fair 89-159 and you can wash it all down with a litre of fresh lime margaritas for only 279. We've been open for 4 years and I hope some of you mexican afficianados, so desperately missing that taste of home will consider giving us a try.

thank you


The soul brother does indeed have good food, but it is more Canadian-style Mexican food than LA or San Francisco style.
I won't take Salsa Kitchen off my list when Mike's Mexican place opens, but I might shoot over to "Miguels" (the name of his new place) when only California/Mex will do! biggrin.gif


So now we're going to hear how Mexican food in the US is better than Mexican food anywhere else, including Mexico, right Gen Grant? wink.gif
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It's a fact, Jack!
However, Japanese food is better in Japan. Thai food is better in Thailand. French food is better in France. British food is... well.. uh, fish and chips are better in England.
See how that works? It's called improving on the original and it happens a lot in the modern world. wink.gif
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So now we're going to hear how Mexican food in the US is better than Mexican food anywhere else, including Mexico, right Gen Grant? wink.gif


What most percieve as "Mexican" food is typically what is from the US Mexican populations.

Many areas of the southwestern US have huge populations of Mexicans. Santa Ana, California, for instance, has the largest Mexican population outside of Mexico City, Mexico. There, the ratio is 4 hispanics for 1 of any other ethnicity. One would be hard pressed to percieve much of a difference in the dishes on either side of the border, among the same regional cuisines.

Now, there are incessant debates over US regional Mexican cuisines. Then there's debate over preferences within those!
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