Sundy Lunch at Khun Churn

I know I haven't been good with updating this blog. Many times I said "I will" but the will power wasn't strong enough to move mountains. I am kinda lazy and free today so my time has been on the laptop almost half of the day. While browsing my picture folder, I noticed lots and lots of food pictures. So I guess it's time to get my hands/fingers on this page.

pictures courtesy of KhunChurn's fb page

Yesterday Hobbit and I had lunch at Khun Churn again. This is our second or was it the third time there. The food was so good and filling that we both skipped dinner. If you haven't heard of Khun Churn, it is a vegetarian restaurant located at a medical mall. I blogged about this place here. So, here's what we ate...

I ordered khao khluk kapi (comes in big servings)

Larb Esan (made of toufu since it's veg.)

Raw greens that comes with the larb

pineapple fried rice

Our favorite appetizer and I don't know the name still urgh!

To go there, here's the address:

Bangkok Mediplex Building
Ground floor, next to Ekamai BTS station.
Tel: 0-2713-6599 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 0-2713-6599 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Dine at Hong Min, MBK

It was the last day of school and we felt like doing something together and so Nok and I went to Mah Boon Krong to shop and check out some stuff. I was actually feeling under the weather but I went anyway. All I bought was 2 working shirts for Hobbit and nothing for myself. I know...such a goody-goody wife! NO. We were hungry and randomly went into Hong Min (if I'm not mistaken) for some Chinese cooking.

dim sum #1

dim sum #2

crab meat in yellow curry

fish maw soup for the sick me

The restaurant was not so busy when we stepped in but usually when I passed by any Hong Min restaurant after working hours or weekends, they are usually packed with people. For one reason, crab meat. Well, they provide good service, always checking on our table and standing close by just in case customers needed anything or want to re-order. Not too many on the dim sum selections though. We spent about 400+B for the above food we ordered including two bowls of rice. Both of us were satisfied with the food.

To go there, here's the address:
MBK center 3rd fl branch (near BTS entrance) 02-611-5643 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 02-611-5643 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Chokchai Steakhouse Bangkok

Chokchai farm and all the eatery outlets are no stranger to those of us that resides or once resided in Muak Lek, Saraburi. Imagine our excitement when we first discovered where the Bangkok branch steakhouse was situated at in Bangkok!

Upon deciding where to eat today, I suggested we go to Chokchai Steakhouse to give it a try! When we arrived, I was marveled by the steel mache displayed around the wall that looked like this:

Then the next thing was the natural elegant Woody feel inside the diner that looked like this:

Warm and welcoming, my not-so-hungry tummy then suddenly rung "appetite!" right after we walked in. Browsing through the menu, they had a big range of food listed on the menu. Most of it were of course steaks, then pastas, salads, several dishes, cocktails, fine wines and other beverages. As I scrolled through, my mind picked out several dishes to be ordered but sadly tummy only agreed to one. Thus I had the beef pepper steak and the rest of my companion picked honey chicken steak respectively.

The men finished their plate of honey chicken steak but for me, I could barely finish half of the steak (appetite was big but tummy can't take it anymore)and had to let Hobbit savor it all! Not enough with real food, we ordered dessert and if you have tasted Chokchai's ice-cream, you surely won't miss it out! Take a look at our orders...

Vanilla ice-cream coated with caramel and nuts


Plain vanilla


Mix fruit

Steak and ice-cream! The moment we walked out I felt 1 kg heavier! Haha! So, if you wish to visit, come with a big appetite and loads of stories because it might take sometime for the steak dishes to arrive IF you order and what more platters. :) I had a good time and surely will come back again for steak and cocktails *wink*!

Restaurant: Chokchai Steakhouse
Place: Prasarnmit PlazaNana Prompong (MRT: Sukhumvit BTS: Asok)
Price: Affordable to pricey
Hours: Recommended lunch-dinner

Dalah Restaurant Muak Lek

Daron was the one who suggested we go to Dalah Restaurant. Before going to the MSML, we actually planned to dine at Dalah but it was closed. However we insisted to go again and this time were we glad it was open and we were the only customers (you know ML!)!













Located not too far away from Muak Lek town (about 3km), Dalah is just next to a big open space go-cart track. According to sources, the owner of Dalah owns the track entertainment biz and have another restaurant biz somewhere around Thailand. Hmm, no wonder Dalah looked a lil' bit pricey for a small town. A "little" bit pricey it is but the food I can testify is just so scrumptious! With delectably Thai and American cuisine, who can resist from not coming back?? In Dalah, it's like you're surrounded by nature. Houseplants, ferns, Chinese evergreen...as if the owner knows how to zen up diners who are looking for a nice and quite place to enjoy their noon lunch and evening dinners...



A choiceful menu toppled with a friendly smile from a lady made us felt more than welcomed and at ease. As I browsed through, I thought I wanted to sample most of the dishes listed and not to mention that the rest of my food buddies were speaking of mouth watering dishes of too many! Well, the lady (we guessed she must be the owner) was kind enough to suggest what we must try on the menu! One of the many that we all went gaga over was Big Fish kapong fried in Thai herbal sauce. If you happen to visit, do try this dish. The sweet sour spicy taste sure will remain until flesh is all removed from the bones! I guess I'm beginning to exaggerate! Other dishes ordered were chicken salad (came in big portion), Thai coconut milk soup (perfect taste), and mix vegetables. As we were occupied with the food, I thought we kept blurting out compliments here and there.









Truly, we really enjoyed the evening and the food. If there is one bad to confess, I have to say it's the mosquitoes! You know how a jungle like place would be do you? Yet, the repellent provided was all we needed to keep the pleasure pleasant!

Thanks Dee & Darz for a lovely evening!

Santa Fe

Hobbit and I dined at Santa Fe for several times already but never took any pictures of what we ate. Maybe we knew since this Franchise is common in Thailand, the chances of us coming back is big. Well, today we craved for some steaks and decided to pay Santa Fe a visit again. So we drove to Seacon and settled at 1st floor Santa Fe. FYI, there are two Santa Fe's around Seacon Square. One is right at the top floor (same floor as the theater) and the newly opened which is at the 1st floor.

As usual we were greeted by all the sweet voices from the waiters/waitresses and one of them brought us to our seat inside the mini train. As the waitress waited for our order, she must have heard our little discussion and decided to speak in English. As Hobbit placed his order, I was still busy flipping through the menu salivating and can't really decide what to eat. I was torn apart between fish fillet and beef steak. So at first I said fish fillet and the waitress quickly wrote it on the menu. Then suddenly I turned to the promotion leaflet and wanted beef steak then. So I politely said "Can I change?" and did the gesture of canceling the fish fillet. Next I heard was "yes" and thought she had canceled my first order to the beef steak.

As we chatted away food started coming. Hobbit got his chicken steak first. Then I thought I saw two waiters each carrying a platter of what looked like a fillet and beef steak. Funny both the platters reached our table. Then just as I was about to say "I canceled my fillet" I noticed a familiar face on one of the waiters. Quickly my head told me that it's my former student Bur the singer! I then asked him if he's a student of my school to which he replied "yes". We then talked about the miscommunication and he politely said that he will take care of the mistake. Oh, how easy peasy! Thank you Bur.

When we were done with our steaks (yummy despite of my chewing problem), Bur came to our table and collected the now empty platters and asked me calling "ma'am"!! "How is the food?" Wow! I immediately wished all the waiters in Thailand would have those courtesy and politeness to ask such questions! Well, I thanked him again before we left for the help and left some tips behind. Good food, good service!

Dine @7

Pasted from my personal blog for I don't feel like blogging about this place twice. :)

Saturday or Sabbath for me is always a special day because Hobbit and I get to enjoy church and food. The location for food splurge this time was at Majestic Grande's Dine@7. This was our second time here. *A bowl of asparagus soup did convince me well to dine here again* Well, the splurge was just not because it was Saturday and it's our Food day but it was Jj's birthday. Ohh, the first thing I looked for was the asparagus soup but guess it was a Saturday so it was carrot soup instead. But hey, carrot soup was good too! With the exquisite buffet, the celebration began...

*I'm still wide awake...might as well make some polaroids...*

I skipped so many dishes this time. Come to think of the food right now *especially wee hours like this*, might have just stuffed tummy with no regrets...<_> *hungry*

Loved the orange design on the walls and everywhere...

The cake Auntie D whisked me to hide until it almost fell while on my clumsy hands under the table! LOL! Lucky enough Zic has incredible hulk's hands which came to the rescue.

The birthday celebrant blogged about his day here too.

Website: Majestic Grande
The buffet lunch cost 350B/person.
Promotion: Bring 7 heads and pay for 6 only.

Baan Tawan Katuang

One evening we decided to have an outdoor dinner and so we drove to a place called Baan Tawan Katuang. This was our second time here. The first time was I guess 3 years ago and the food was rated okay. This Thai restaurant is popular for their beers. Well, we didn't come for the beer but to try out their food. So we started out with the famous khra pao kai (Thai basil chicken fried rice) and som tam (Thai papaya salad).

Okay, lets get straight to the point. I was kind of disappointed when the food arrived. The portions of the two dishes we ordered were too small for two and the rice serving lets just say was just enough to make a small skinny kid full! We wanted to order more but was turned off by the prices that didn't quite match the servings. Oh well, better luck to those of you who wants to try out this place!