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Pattaya – the Best of the City’s Wining and Dining Scene

The city meets this demand admirably with a plethora of venues dedicated to satisfying the needs of the hungry and thirsty. A large number of establishments are aimed specifically at tourists, while others continue to provide the same fare to the same Thai clientele that they always have.

For lunch, fast food lovers will find the City Grill restaurant on Walking street a good call, with its excellent selection of burgers, hot dogs and similar fare, while Bob's BBQ & Grill makes some pretty awesome Wagon Wheel burgers and tasty barbecued ribs. In addition, a branch of the famous chain Subway is located on Pattaya Klang road and sells the usual impressive selection of hearty sandwich creations.

For a lunch with a distinctly English flavour, Pat’s restaurant on soi 3 is well -known for its fish and chips, pie and chips and Sunday roasts, while the Queen Victoria Inn on soi 6 has favourites like shepherd's pie, ploughman's lunch and Cumberland sausage with mash.

Come sunset, hunger will be creeping up on you again and it’ll be time to find an evening dining destination. The selection in this category is a good deal wider than that of lunchtime venues, with many establishments only opening their doors for evening business including many Thai eateries of the roadside variety.

The stalls of Thai food vendors are ideal places at which to find cheap and authentic local cuisine. As long as you don’t mind the absence of competent English speakers and the grit and grime of the roadside setting, these stalls are great places to enjoy an evening meal.

If you still want Thai food but in a more pleasant environment, then Somsak on soi 1 offer authentic cuisine at affordable prices, while Baan Thai on Central road presents a nouvelle cuisine approach to Thai food (and its prices reflect this). For dining alongside live performances, head for PIC Kitchen on soi 5 or Adam & Eve’s at Sabai Jai Village, Sukumvit road.

International options in Pattaya are plentiful and include French, Belgian, German, English, Italian, Mexican, Japanese and Indian. While international establishments are invariably run by Thai staff, the proprietors are generally foreign and on hand to oversee operations.

Pattaya has a good selection of French eateries among which is Mon Ami Pierrot on Walking street and Au Bon Coin on soi 5 (the latter having the better reputation of the two). At Klein Vlaanderen on the Pattaya 2nd road customers can enjoy authentic Belgian cuisine, as they can at Patrick's Belgian situated at the Diana Arcade. Italian food is best enjoyed at either Duilio's on Central road or at Little Italy situated opposite the Royal Garden Plaza. Pattaya’s finest restaurants

For a good curry of the Indian variety, Ali Baba on Central road or Sher E Punjab on Beach road should fit the bill, while Yamato on soi Yamato is a safe bet for Japanese cuisine. Daidomon at Big C and the Royal Garden Plaza also offer Japanese food although they have a chain-restaurant feel. Finally, if it’s tacos and chili you are after try out the Mexican cuisine at either the Tequila Reef on soi 7 or the Blue Parrot on soi 2.

After dinner, the appeal of an ice cold beer or wine cooler at one of Pattaya’s watering holes may well encourage you to set off in search of the best spot at which to enjoy a pleasant drink. Depending on the kind of character you are after, you may want to take advantage of the city’s abundant girly-bar selection, a booming scene which dominates the main drinking area known as Walking street.

It is however possible to avoid the venues associated with this scene. Kilkenny's Irish Pub, for example, is a great little place to enjoy a drink with likeminded individuals, as is the Bamboo Bar on Walking street. On Beach road, the Hard Rock Café, Hopf Brew House and Rosie O'Grady's offer pleasant ambiences with no skin trade associations. For a pub with a traditional English atmosphere and beverages to match, try the Queen Victoria Inn on soi 6 of the Pattaya 2nd road, while Shenanigans, located on the same road, is a cheery Irish style venue.

To be entirely sure of avoiding the riff-raff and not having to be accosted by flirtatious young Thai ladies, visitors are advised to seek out the bars at the city’s respectable hotels such as the All Seasons on Pattaya 2nd road, Sheraton in Pattaya Hill, Royal Orchid Resort in North Pattaya and Marriot on Beach road. Best Pattaya bars While these venues are unlikely to raise the roof, they do offer quiet and upmarket settings where drinks may be pricey but the atmosphere is anything but cheap.

These hotels and others of a similar rating all have their own restaurants and it’s worthwhile considering enjoying a high quality meal of either Thai or international food in one of their dining suites before retiring for a relaxing drink in the bar.

About the Author

During the last five years Andy Burrows is based in Bangkok where he successfully runs a tour company. The British Thailand lover often spends his vacation in Pattaya.

what was the riesling wine the Queen drank on her birthday?

Which birthday*? (Second update -- The Queen most recent birthday was her 80th birthday in 2006. There were many events, lunches and dinners in honour of it that she attended.

I've found the menus for three of them so far and at two Riesling was served. At a Birthday lunch two dayson 19 April 2006 at Buckingham Palace for 99 people sharing the Queen's 80th birthday the white wine was Riesling Cuvée St. Catherine 1999 - the full menu was

Tian de Légumes et Fines Herbes

Filet de Boeuf Bordelaise
Carottes à l'Estragon
Haricots Verts
Pommes Fondantes
Salade
Mille-feuille au Citron

The wines were Riesling Cuvée St. Catherine 1999 and Clos René, Pomerol 1998 (Source http://www.royalinsight.gov.uk/textonly/Page5220.asp )

There was a luncheon at Mansion House where the menu was

STARTER
smoked salmon with blinis

MAIN COURSE

loin of venison

DESSERT

with custard tart

WINES
Ridge View Merret Grosvenor Blanc de Blancs
Te Mata Estate Woodthorpe vineyard chardonnay
Chateau Margaux
Mount Horrocks Cordon Cut Riesling

(Source http://www.thestandard.com.hk/weekend_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=35&art_id=23369&sid=8901013&con_type=3&d_str=20060722 )

Here is the Queens Birthday menu (source Daily Mail - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=383831&in_page_id=1770 )

The Queen's birthday menu

STARTER

Timbale of organic Hebridean smoked salmon, Morecambe Bay brown shrimp mayonnaise and fine herbs, with caper, lemon and parsley dressing

MAIN

Juniper-roast loin of Sandringham Estate venison with a port wine sauce, served with steamed young cabbage and spring vegetables

DESSERT

Birthday chocolate sponge cake coated with a dark chocolate ganache and filled with a Highgrove fruit filling, served with a Highgrove red berry compote.

WINES

Red wine - Le Fleur Petrus (Pomerol) 1995
White wine - Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 1994
Pudding wine - Chateau d'Yquem 1982

*she has two, the real one and an official one

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