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Mes meri s ed by t he s heer vol ume of great val ue eat i ng and wat eri ng hol es around Pat t aya and Jomt i en? Fear not , our new Wi ne & Di ne c ol umn wi l l br i ng y ou a bunc h of t r i ed and t es t ed s ol ut i ons t o s ui t al l poc k et s , s t ar t i ng i n t hi s mont h’ s , J anuar y edi t i on. Need pr ompt i nf or mat i on about a f eat ur ed r es t aur ant , or s omewher e el s e y ou’ v e hear d about ? Sear c h t he Thai l and Wi ne and Di ne gr oup on Fac ebook , or j oi n and as k us ques t i ons t her e. Pol i t e c omment s and adv i ce wi l l qui c k l y f ol l ow! Tr ut h be t ol d, t he ol d adage about quant i t y not al way s equat i ng t o qual i t y i s nev er mor e t r ue t han when dec i di ng wher e t o go and eat i n Pat t ay a. Yes y ou c an f i nd a r es t aur ant f or j us t about ev er y t y pe of c ui s i ne and ev er y nat i onal i t y goi ng. Yes t he pr i c es ar e pr obabl y t he mos t c ompet i t i v e i n al l Thai l and f or i nt er nat i onal c ook i ng v ar i et i es , i f not Thai f ood. Yes t her e s eems t o be al mos t as many eat er i es as bar s i n s ome par t s of t own. But c av eat empt or - j us t as many Wes t er n- owned bar s wer e bought on a whi m i n a moment of i ns ani t y by a t wo week mi l l i onai r e when bac k home he woul d hes i t at e bef or e buy i ng s har es i n Appl e, a s i gni f i c ant number of r es t aur ant s ar e owned by peopl e who t hi nk hy gi ene c ont r ol s ar e s omet hi ng y ou onl y hav e t o wor r y about when ex pl or i ng t he ni ght l i f e. Or bel i ev e t hey c an open a pi z z er i a bas ed on t hei r ex per i enc e of eat i ng t ak eaway s f r om Pi z z aHut . That s ai d y ou wi l l f i nd no hat c het j obs i n t hi s c ol umn. Her e we s i mpl y poi nt out t he gener al r i s k s and dr awbac k s , and mak e r ec ommendat i ons bas ed on t he c ons i s t ent per f or manc e of t he r es t aur ant s we hav e c ome t o k now wel l and whi c h hav e ear ned r epeat c ust om. For mor e c ut t i ng and c ons t r uc t i v e c r i t i c i s m, pl eas e r ead t he TWD gr oup. as t wor d about how TWD f ood r ev i ewer s and A l es pec i al l y i t s admi ns oper at e. We ar e unpai d. Res t aur ant s don’ t k now of our v i s i t s i n adv ance, and we don’ t br oadc as t bef or e, dur i ng or af t er t hat we may be doi ng a r ev i ew of t he meal on s oc i al medi a. We don’ t ac c ept f r ee meal s . We don’ t as k f or or ac c ept of f er s f or pai d adv er t i s i ng. We do t hi s bec aus e we l ov e our f ood, and bec aus e we enj oy gi v i ng s omet hi ng bac k t o t he c ommuni t y . Shor t s t ay hol i day mak er s don’ t r eal l y hav e t he t i me t o mak e mi s t ak es - our r ol e i s t o hel p t our i s t s and des er v i ng r es t aur ant s f i nd each ot her . Ev en f or l ong s t ay or f ul l - t i me ex pat r es i dent s , i n a s pr awl i ng, ev er - c hangi ng met r opol i s l i k e Pat t ay a, t her e i s al way s s omet hi ng new t o di s c ov er . Good, and bad! GROUPS / Thai l andWi neAndDi ne/