La petite planete restaurant review

Hi

As the name suggests, this is a French style bistro/restaurant located on soi Day Night pattaya tai ( south pattaya road.) by Tukcom IT center, very well known.
Telephone number is 038723755.

I have been 2 times, very pleased with it.
Service is good, food is good, considering the very low prices.
A 3 course set menu is available at 320 baht ( about GBP 6 )
Even 3 courses al la carte would come in at about 400 baht.
Limited menu.

On my first visit I had country pate starter, beef bourguignon with sauted potatoes and a small quantity of vegetable.
Apple pie and ice cream for desert.

Small portions but all tasty

House wine OK and reasonably priced.

Star Focus bar pattaya klang

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Just an example of one of the many bars in Pattaya, tere is estimated to be approximately 2000 + of them , the figure doesn`t surprise me.
"pattaya klang " merely means central pattaya ( a major road )

I  popped in to this bar merely because I recognised the excellent voice of a Thai lady singer who used to work in anther bar that I used to frequent

One of the all too familiar Pattaya ladyboys, loads of them here

This shows the lady singer that I rate, to the right of the picture as you look at it

One more photo, it was fairly quiet, not many customers and that on a Saturday night

Jocky`s Bar Restaurant soi Lenkgee off soi Bukhao British style pub grub

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This is a bar/restaurant with 2 branches in Pattaya, one on soi bukhao ( a major soi/street ) and one on soi lengkee which runs off soi bukhao.

I tried the latter, every day they put a " special " on with a generous discount to the standard price.

Busy and popular and a decent deal.

I had their beef & chicken roast combo,with roast potato, OK only 2 small ones, mashed potato, Yorkshire Pudding, 1 but it was nice + a small amount of vegetables.

Usually about 240 baht ( 5 GBP ) reduced on the day to 150 baht ( 3 GBP )

Not top quality but a big plate of acceptable food for a very reasonable price.

Service good, air con inside or sit outside underneath fans.

Soft drinks about 45 baht, beers from about 60 baht, all very fair.

Doggies in tuk tuk

Unlike Bangkok, which has many tuk tuks, they are quite rare in Pattaya.

Here`s one caught in traffic transporting some dogs

Then a little later fuelling up at the gas station

The yellow label discounted items buyers at Tesco Lotus Pattaya

The UK based supermarket Tesco operates as Tesco Lotus here, some Thais refer to it merely as "Lotus"
Every evening one or 2 staff will go around the fresh produce section reducing prices on certain products that are either on or very near their Sell By Date.

This attracts quite a following, mostly Thai but some foreigners also.
It can at times be like a mini scrum as people jostle for position.

Some of the buyers probably need the reduced prices, others maybe just like spending as little as possible.

There is an interesting article by Zoe Williams writing for the Guardian that describes a very similar situation in the UK

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/oct/25/tales-tesco-reduced-to-clear-aisle

Restaurant review Alby & Mickeys Italian soi bukhao

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Another Italian restaurant on soi bukhao, Italian owner with Thai wife.

Mostly Italian customers.

Good service, reasonable prices for here.

Foccacio with garlic and rosemary topping, about 110 baht ( £2,20 )

Main course Tortelloni, beef filling with bolognese sauce served with Parmesan cheese

House wine OK at 350 baht a 1/2 litre ( £ 7 )