Restaurant Review

Stan and Mem invited Pui and I out to dinner at L'Olivier in Jomtien Complex last night. They have menu items to which you can add soup, an all-you-can-eat appetizer buffet, and dessert for an additional 100 baht or so.

Didn't care for the buffet food very much: I bit into a deviled egg only to get a mouthful of tuna; I bit into a giant shallot only to get a mouthful of tasteless mush; and I tried 5 different varieties of paté all of which barely had any taste to them. (I think the paté is homemade, so they get kudos for the attempt.)

However, the onion soup before, and steak with Roquefort cheese sauce afterwards was somewhat above average. The waiters (being in Jomtien Complex, Pattaya's gay downtown) were all swishy gay Thai guys who have their own entertainment value (and were quite capable staff as well as speaking excellent english), and the restaurant is done up nicely. The custard creme for dessert was also above average... but none of the food especially so.

Pui had Thai food, I also had a beer. Total cost of 650 baht for the two of us.