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In Topic: Major New Indian/Chinese (Vegetarian) Restaurant Find!

2012-05-10 16:18:36

Jingthing, on 2012-05-10 15:36:49, said:

Good review, DM, but I'm surprised it took over 500 B to satisfy your hunger. I think most people can get out of there in the 300 baht range. I agree about the paneer momos, bland in itself but what a wow dipping sauce.

Yes it is billed as fast food. Not clear yet if they want you to order at the counter or not though they will take your order at the table. Of course there is food case for the sweet desserts (as said before, really excellent and definitely nothing like it in Pattaya) and some other savory items like somosas, etc.. Not sure the fast food label matters to the food. If you order a masala dosa, they fry you up a dosa just the same as any Indian restaurant not labeled fast food.

Price breakdown is as follows:

Gujarati Thali: 275 Baht
Paneer Momos:   135 Baht
Lassi:                    90 Baht
VAT @ 7%            35 Baht

TOTAL                535 Baht

Agreed that you could feed for less but would you be replete?

DM

In Topic: Major New Indian/Chinese (Vegetarian) Restaurant Find!

2012-05-10 15:32:58

Darrel, on 2012-05-06 10:59:17, said:

Jingthing, on 2012-05-05 23:04:48, said:

I agree the thali price sounds a bit high but based on the pictures they are substantial plates. BTW, they are more like 270 and then there is a so called "South Indian meal" at 160 I think. I have had cheapo Thalis around that aren't very impressive. Personally I'm willing to pay more for more.

BTW, you could fill the old belly for well under 200 baht there I think. Perhaps a couple of their 15 baht samosas, then a masala dosa, and perhaps a sweet.

This Thali http://saras.co.th/s...urma-thali.html doesn't look as though it would fill my large yellow stomach, though appearances can be deceptive. I think I would have to order some samosas etc. to go with it. If it had a half-dozen chapatis instead of just one it might be another matter though. With Thalis I've had outside Thailand the chapatis kept on coming, and just one seems a bit mean to soak up all that sauce.

I paid a visit to Saras yesterday and I was the only customer at 19:00.  As has been said, the place is huge and I felt a little bit lonely in there. It's not exactly laid out in a way that would give you an intimate dining experience, being more of a fast-food configuration - in fact, it says something like 'Fast Food Indian Restaurant' on the glass doors at the front of the place.

The menu certainly had a lot of items - I think that you could eat there every day for a year without repeating yourself.  I am a bit of a novice when it comes to Indian food that is not of the UK variety, hence I didn't recognise most of the items on offer.  So, I took the easy way out and opted for a Gujarati Thali.

I didn't really recognise most of the components of this either, except for the two rotis and the pappadum.  There were a couple of vegetable dishes, a spicy soup of some kind, a yoghurt-based dish that I couldn't decide whether it was savoury or sweet - maybe a bit of both - and a sweet amorphous white ball of something in a syrupy liquid.  There was also some pickle - not enough of this - and some cucumber and raw onion.   The whole ensemble was extremely tasty and I really enjoyed it.  It probably would not have been sufficient to fill our yellow friend's stomach though - in fact it didn't fill me up either so ...

... I ordered some paneer momos to fill the remaining space.  The momos came in a set of six and were quite bland - just another variety of dim-sum I suppose.  However, they did come with a sauce that I could have started a fire with!  Very tasty!

The total bill, including a sweet lassi drink and VAT came to 535 Baht.  This is really no more than I often pay at The Punjabi Tadka or at Indian Touch - albeit for different dishes - so not too bad really.  The service was OK - but i was the inly customer so what it would be like when they are full - if they ever get full - is open to speculation.

Anyway, my verdict is that the place is well worth a visit and gives the opportunity to try some quite different dishes to those that you are probably used to.  I shall go back - very soon - and I'll try to be a bit more adventurous next time.

DM

In Topic: Poll: Where Shall I Go On Holiday.........

2012-04-01 19:17:49

macksview, on 2012-04-01 16:39:10, said:

blether, you could always do it at skegness, its so bracing, i have never been but i heard its a cracking place in april, and the one thai resturant, is run by 3 ladyboys who have sunk all their assets into impressing the customers.

I've been to Skegness in April and believe me, you don't want to go there. I had my Thai wife with me at the time and she was not impressed!

DM

In Topic: Punjabi Tadka Indian Restaurant, South Pattaya

2012-03-23 12:15:33

Jingthing, on 2012-03-18 21:42:25, said:

Update on Punjabi Tadka!
They are definitely still open and going strong.
However, the original location IS closed. The new location is directly across the street. It doesn't even seem to have a sign yet saying Punjabi Tadka in English but it really is Punjabi Tadka (same menu).
Although yes they did raise the price on many items since the original opening, the food is still quite good. The new indoor space is a little bit better than at the old place, but it remains a somewhat funky experience. I suggest people revisit.

Well, I did revisit and I'm sorry to say that this place has probably lost my custom.

I called in on Wednesday evening last - first time since they moved across the road - and ate in the A/C room at the back, which is certainly an improvement on the one at the old location.  I had the chicken tikka starter, followed by the mutton karahi and jeera rice.  I had a garlic naan on the side and a sweet lassi to drink.

The chicken tikka consisted of six small pieces of very dry chicken - good flavour but no onion or coriander or pickle with it, just the chicken.

The mutton karahi had a good flavour but the mutton was 90% bone with very little edible meat.  The portion seemed rather smaller than I was expecting as well.  On previous visits the portions have always been on the generous side.

The rice, naan and lassi were fine.

When I received the bill I was surprised to find that they now charge for water - I'm sure that this was free previously.  In total, the amount came to 550 Baht, which was well up on the 350ish Baht that I have typically paid on previous occasions for about the same amount of food.

I think that Indian Touch, just a bit further up Pratamnak, is now a better option.

DM