Pasta Factory review, sorry disappointed
I have to say that the italian opposite the hilton, owned by Carlo is the best i have tried here, wicked rigatonni junio alcessa yumm 
Been to Pasta factory, didn't enjoy the meal at all, first time i didn'y finish an Italian meal if i remember right. No offence to the owner intended but i am not gonna spend that amount of cash on bad food.
Been to Pasta factory, didn't enjoy the meal at all, first time i didn'y finish an Italian meal if i remember right. No offence to the owner intended but i am not gonna spend that amount of cash on bad food.
When a bird is tired it stops flying,
When a Horse is Tired it stops running,
When a man is tired he says 'I understand'
Ancient Japanese proverb
When a Horse is Tired it stops running,
When a man is tired he says 'I understand'
Ancient Japanese proverb
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Just goes to show how "fair and balanced" HHAD is then, all those muppets whining about HHAD editing posts and favouring our sponsors can eat humble pie ... or humble pasta in this caseBaaBaa. wrote:I presume not all the sponsors actually read this site then.
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Pizza corner
The couple of times I have passed Pasta Factory and looked at the menu just the prices scared me off. After reading these reviews ( I just LOVED "Fawlty Towers" by the way! Very popular in America and I will wager that I saw every episode ever made. Cleese is perfect. .just perfect and I never liked him quite as much in anything else he has done)
Anyway, it sounds almost like the entertainment value might be almost ( and I do say almost) worth the price of admission. I would go and see even a weak Basil in actual operation!
But the best pizza in town ( imho) is to be found at the Pizza Corner, the original one with the fat plastic statue and no AC, on the corner of the Hilton soi. The entertainment value there, watching the passing throngs, is alone worth the price of admission, you can get wine by the glass and the prices are right. They do a very nice chicken soup and the thin crust pizza is superb. They are very friendly and efficient.
I must confess I do not like Thai food at all. I live here for the spouse, not the food and many of our eating experiences have to be mixed restaurants serving both Thai and farang food.
I love Indian food, Chinese food, Japanese food and of course Italian. (And no, I am NOT moving to any of these countries because all of these cuisines are available here. And I am not the type of person who moves to another country just because of the food. . .whatever type of person that might be!)
Speaking of Indian food, that little Indian restaurant opposite the over-priced "world" coffee shop on the other corner of the Hilton soi is excellent and I eat there at every opportunity.
If I were a cook at all, I probably could work on Thai dishes to make some of them suit my palate, but the original stuff as I see it served to Thai people is always much too spicy, too weirdly flavored ( cilantro -Yuuk!, rotten fish, beef blood) too strangely textured ( glass noodles?) for me. Yes, it makes life here difficult at times but again, I am not here because of the food and it becomes a minor irritation, like having to drive in Thai traffic. I love rice though (always have) and that helps me through the week.
Anyway, it sounds almost like the entertainment value might be almost ( and I do say almost) worth the price of admission. I would go and see even a weak Basil in actual operation!
But the best pizza in town ( imho) is to be found at the Pizza Corner, the original one with the fat plastic statue and no AC, on the corner of the Hilton soi. The entertainment value there, watching the passing throngs, is alone worth the price of admission, you can get wine by the glass and the prices are right. They do a very nice chicken soup and the thin crust pizza is superb. They are very friendly and efficient.
I must confess I do not like Thai food at all. I live here for the spouse, not the food and many of our eating experiences have to be mixed restaurants serving both Thai and farang food.
I love Indian food, Chinese food, Japanese food and of course Italian. (And no, I am NOT moving to any of these countries because all of these cuisines are available here. And I am not the type of person who moves to another country just because of the food. . .whatever type of person that might be!)
Speaking of Indian food, that little Indian restaurant opposite the over-priced "world" coffee shop on the other corner of the Hilton soi is excellent and I eat there at every opportunity.
If I were a cook at all, I probably could work on Thai dishes to make some of them suit my palate, but the original stuff as I see it served to Thai people is always much too spicy, too weirdly flavored ( cilantro -Yuuk!, rotten fish, beef blood) too strangely textured ( glass noodles?) for me. Yes, it makes life here difficult at times but again, I am not here because of the food and it becomes a minor irritation, like having to drive in Thai traffic. I love rice though (always have) and that helps me through the week.
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Chas - you don't dig on Thai food at all? So your not keen on rice, chicken, sea food, etc etc... I think Thai food is big tummy stylie, and as hot as yer arse can take it. Have you seen the list of what go's into a chicken kitten malawi in the UK!!! sweet baby Blair and all his decipiles, it's baby sick orange for craps sake... 
I mumble an ancient Thai chowin mantra everynight before my pants become flammable and ignight, - Mai Pet Mai Arroy... Now wher's my man sized ice'd daiper....
I mumble an ancient Thai chowin mantra everynight before my pants become flammable and ignight, - Mai Pet Mai Arroy... Now wher's my man sized ice'd daiper....
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Have learned some strategies!
Obviously, since I am still in terrific good health after five years here, I have developed some eating strategies that help me to negotiate any Thai meal situation from eating sticky rice on a mat with the family in a small village in Issan to dining out at a seafood restaurant with a crowd. As I say, I love rice in any form and a lot of that and a tiny bit of whatever else looks edible has gotten me through many a meal. (In Isaan, I have learned not to look too closely at the dishes which don't make it to my corner of the mat. I know one involves raw duck blood) And I have learned to say "mai phet" and "mai sai pachi" . .and gotten quite good at picking out the "pachi" leaves from stuff I am served. I do like seafood, fish esp. and garlic. . .cashew chicken has always been a good fall back. I DO wish I liked Thai food more, but I just don't. After all it would make life a lot easier as this is now my home for good.