June 25, 200917 yr For the price and consistency, Salt and Pepper Restaurant in Soi Day Night 2 is the best value in Pattaya. The menu is Thai and the owners are easy to deal with. The place is clean and easy to have conversations and watch the street traffic for those heading to Tut Com. The food is good and always prepared well. I normally have the steamed fish which is not on the menu but it is great. They also make a good cup of coffee. The restaurant is directly next to the old Flamingo Hotel and right across from the Mosaik apartments.
June 25, 200917 yr Good cheap food and nice owners and workers. I don't eat eggs and i'll often order breakfast specials and tell a restaurant to hold the eggs. Without me asking the farang owner charged me less, although that probably won't happen all the time. Re the old Flamingo, Jaap the owner is a good guy and great host but I really wasn't too thrilled with the rooms.
June 26, 200917 yr TUT com? jeez the arabs are buying everything lol Sorry couldn`t resist! LOL, it is actually TUK COM, but good one.
June 26, 200917 yr Good cheap food and nice owners and workers. Without me asking the farang owner charged me less, although that probably won't happen all the time. The owner of Salt & Pepper restaurant referred to in the original post is from India and his wife is Thai. I do not think there is any farang involved in the ownership of this restaurant - maybe you are referring to the other Salt & Pepper just up from this one on the other side of the soi. I think it is now closed - I do not know anything about the owners of that restuarant.
June 26, 200917 yr The owner of Salt & Pepper restaurant referred to in the original post is from India and his wife is Thai. I do not think there is any farang involved in the ownership of this restaurant - maybe you are referring to the other Salt & Pepper just up from this one on the other side of the soi. I think it is now closed - I do not know anything about the owners of that restuarant. Ok, so when is a farang a farang and when is an Indian a Thai? I did ask the bf and he said the owner, Mr.Z, is a Thai from India. Or maybe an Indian who was a Thai? I think if you have white skin you are a farang, but does that apply to black people? PS- The steamed fish was excellent but best to ask Mr. Z when you order. "I want what Mike ordered" and he will know.
June 26, 200917 yr TUT com? jeez the arabs are buying everything lol Sorry couldn`t resist! Well, the boys say the butt is called a tut. I sit and watch all the butts go by into the building so I like to call it Tut com. How is that? Did you buy that load of shit? PS- The steamed fish was excellent but best to ask Mr. Z when you order. "I want what Mike ordered" and he will know. LOL. That works too. As far as being a falang. Mr. Z is not Thai and therefore all the boys call him a falang. For most Thais color doesn't matter. If they are foreign, they are Farang.
June 27, 200917 yr Well, the boys say the butt is called a tut. I sit and watch all the butts go by into the building so I like to call it Tut com. How is that? Did you buy that load of shit? LOL. That works too. As far as being a falang. Mr. Z is not Thai and therefore all the boys call him a falang. For most Thais color doesn't matter. If they are foreign, they are Farang. I guess I have a misunderstanding - I did not think Thais referred to other Asians or Arabs or blacks as farangs. My Thai friends differentiate between white skinned foreigners - Americans, Europeans, Australians and foreigners from Pakistan, India, China, Japan, etc,. Mr Z is from India - his native tongue is Urdu - he understands and speaks Thai, but not fluently - he told me he still has never mastered the tones but Thais can understand him by the context of the sentence spoken.There are many Asians whose skin is as white as mine and I have never heard them referred to as farang. Live and learn, I guess.
June 27, 200917 yr I did not think Thais referred to other Asians or Arabs or blacks as farangs. They don't. Farangs are Caucasian foreigners. You won't hear Thais referring to any other race as 'farang.'
June 27, 200917 yr They don't. Farangs are Caucasian foreigners. You won't hear Thais referring to any other race as 'farang.' My bf confirmed this to be true.
June 27, 200917 yr And farang is the Thai word for guava. Go figure! Not quite right ... I think?? It was explained to me, thus: Farang is the Thai word for a caucasian foreigner. Bak-Si-Da is the Lao word for a caucasian foreigner. Bak-Si-Da is the Thai/Isan word for a Guava. I am happy to be corrected by those who know better.
June 27, 200917 yr Not quite right Actually, yes it is correct. Farang is one of those words that have more than just one definition, just as in English "rare" can mean scarce, but it can also mean the way you want your steak cooked. Farang does mean a Caucasian foreigner and it also is the Thai word for "guava." It is even spelled the same. You can easily check that out at: http://www.thai-language.com . In the "lookup" box enter 'guava.' Then enter 'foreigner.' You'll see for yourself.
June 27, 200917 yr The owner of Salt & Pepper restaurant referred to in the original post is from India and his wife is Thai. I do not think there is any farang involved in the ownership of this restaurant - maybe you are referring to the other Salt & Pepper just up from this one on the other side of the soi. I think it is now closed - I do not know anything about the owners of that restuarant. I'm talking about the one on the corner. Indian sounds right, he somehow looked different though noi Thai.
June 28, 200917 yr I'm talking about the one on the corner. Indian sounds right, he somehow looked different though noi Thai. I think we agree that the food is good and cheap and the owners and staff are super nice people.
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