Zeist Restaurant Bangkok

Some nice dishes are available here. The menu focuses on a small number of choices, which ensures maximum attention to detail. Home-made smoked duck makes a divine starter with sprouts, mushrooms and other meticulously selected ingredients under slices of warm meat. Smoked salmon is wonderful, wrapped around a tasty blob of mascarpone cream cheese mixed with crab meat, alongside a tiny rocket salad. Warmed salad of butternut squash brings cubes tasting similar to pumpkin, sprinkled with garlic, and pieces of sauteed ham, tomatoes and sprouts. Rack of lamb with ratatouille and red wine sauce arrives as five chops with a side of cubed carrots and garlic mashed potatoes. Duck leg confit is crispy, served with mushrooms, squash and a cheese-infused potato gratin. Make space for dessert because tiramisu is very delicious.

Mustard-coloured walls frame a large, sensuous mosaic and a big aquarium, lending a lively ambience to this small, intimate restaurant. Modern, tasteful touches include chocolatecoloured tablecloths and soft ballads playing in the background.

Address: 40/25 Soi Ekamai 12, Sukhumvit soi 63, Bangkok 10110 

Tel: 0-2391-9946


  

To Die For Restaurant Bangkok

To Die For is considered one of the coolest places in town, whether you come for a drink at the bar or for its cuisine. This modern eatery offers an array of innovative European dishes. A complimentary bread basket with tomato salsa is offered at the beginning. Tempura salad is a perfect choice as an appetiser, the crispy tempura blending well with the light dressing. Main courses offer poultry, meat, fish and vegetarian selections. A meat dish such as veal saltimbocca is worth trying, the veal stuffed with sage, parma ham and melting mozzarella cheese. For those who want a lighter dish, fish roll-over is very unique in its presentation and flavour; it comes with a creamy sauce and is accompanied by spinach and potatoes. A number of pasta dishes are also available here and Yunnan ham carbonara is highly recommended. The dessert menu is limited, but lists fruit tart and homemade cakes, among others.

The outdoor area is the perfect place for a meal with low, shared cushion-seating under candlelight at night. Inside, guests can enjoy house and funk music by DJs nightly when the restaurant opens its bar section after 9pm.

Address:

H1, 998 Soi thonglor, sukhumvit soi 55, Bangkok 10110

Tel: 0-2381-4714-5

Style: European

  

The Andaman Restaurant Bangkok

Fondue may be the highlight here, be it the seafood or Bourguignonne variations, but the foie gras, pasta and steak are not to be dismissed either. Baked Alaskan scallops with cheese that slowly melts in the mouth is a delight, or go for leafy rocket salad with fresh balsamic dressing and Italian sausage. Bourguignonne fondue presents chunks of local or imported beef like kobe, while prime rib from Australia also proves a fine choice, diced and served traditionally with a sizzling oil pot, sauces and garlic bread. Another speciality is cheese fondue warmed in a clay pot based on an authentic recipe that perfumes melted Swiss gruyere and emmental with white wine and kirsch. It tastes exceptional. Dessert adaptations include rich chocolate fondue with fresh fruits and butter cake as well as hot chocolate souffle.

On the outside The Andaman looks like a normal Thai house, but the inside is a brilliant interplay of colour.

The Andaman Restaurant Bangkok

Address: 56/1 Thonglor Soi 5, Sukhumvit Soi 55, Bangkok 10110

Tel: 0-2391-1611

Style: European

Monopoly Restaurant Bangkok

The food served here is modern Euriopean cuisine. Starting off with smoked snow fish salad will definitely perk up one's appetite; the fish is soft and succulent, and is drizzled with a light lemon dressing. Everything in this dish - grapes, salmon roe and oranges, the fish itself - operates in perfect harmony. Lobster bisque and pan-fried duck foie gras are alternative appetisers, both bursting with flavour. For mains, hearty white bean stew complements the pan-grilled red snapper's light meat while yellowin tuna with red wine reduction is a unique dish waiting to satisfy your taste buds with the hint of Eastern influence that can be sensed in the sauce. The bread basket at Monopoly deserves a mention as well; the bread is freshly baked and delicious, and diners can choose from five different styles of butter.

Although the exterior is dark and closed in, the elegant decor inside the restaurant subtly soothes you while smart lighting enhances the dining mood.

Monopoly Restaurant Bangkok

Langsuan Balcony, 99/18-19 Soi Langsuan, Bangkok 10330

Tel: 0-2684-5921

Style: European

The Cup Restaurant Bangkok

The Cup is comfortable and the menu reflects this. There is Bangkok's perhaps only hydroponic salad bar to start with, which is why The Cup provides a litany of salads from classic caesar, greek and tuna to a smoked duck breast salad with blackberry and port sauce that is a meal in itself. In true English style the menu's main attractions are its roast and meat entrees. Roast pork and lamb are done perfectly and are the reason why so many patrons are loyal to The Cup. Several steak entrees are included in the menu, and each is given the choice of sauces and vegetable to go with it, thus multiplying options. There is little in the way of fish dishes aside from a very filling and fresh grilled salmon with a choice of three different sauces to accompany. Desserts are prepared daily and are totally engrossing.

Smart and upholstered enough to be one of Bangkok's premier English restaurants.

The Cup Restaurant Bangkok

Address: Lake Rachada Office Complex, 193/21-22 Ratchadapisek Rd, Bangkok 10110 Tel: 0-2264-0247

Style: European

Gourmet Gallery Restaurant

STYLE: European
Dress code: Smart/casual
Reservations: Recommended
ADDRESS: 6/1 SOI PROMSRI 1, SUKHUMVIT SOI 39, BANGKOK 10110 Tel: 0-2260-0603

SETTING: Elegant and blissful, this white-onwhite restaurant is a sanctuary similar to the fine cafes attached to European museums. Classical music and sofas with pillows provide a modern living room comfort beneath artistic posters, including photographs by Mapplethorpe.

FOOD: An exact deliciousness, refined to extremely pleasing specifications, defines each choice — emphasised by not including any distracting accessory items. Caesar salad is mostly just lettuce and grated cheese, but the flavour is precise. Grilled eggplant salad with roasted garlic is dazzling and brightened by mint leaves, tomatoes and string beans. Duck cassis is also fabulous, with dark meat accompanied by a peach slice alongside some carrots and peas. Delicate, boneless sole comes with small, pale mushroom slices and a creamy champagne sauce, creating a lighter-than-light essence. Soups, gourmet pizza, baked clams, sandwiches, pasta and salads round out the array of offers. The cakes here are divine and New York cheesecake is a must for a superb dessert.

Fondooz Restaurant

STYLE: European
Dress code: Casual
Reservations: Recommended for dinner
ADDRESS: 7th Fl, Central World, Rajdamri Rd, Bangkok 10330 Tel: 0-2613-1382

SETTING: Modern and trendy, this high-ceilinged restaurant offers diners indoor seating and a terrace for an al-fresco experience.

FOOD: As the name suggests, fondooz specialises in Swiss fondue, but also offers an extensive list of other European cuisines. The highlight among the appetisers is rocket salad served with seared US scallops that prove to be marvellously fresh. Balsamic dressing adds a zesty tang to the molluscs, although the portion size is small. Other specials include oven-baked spinach cannello and salmon tartar. Lamb capuns (think Swiss dim sum) comes in a light cream sauce or gravy. for mains, mixed seafood them rmidor served with rice should be considered: squid, shrimp and salmon mingle in a creamy mustard-cheese sauce. Further tasty offerings include Australian meltique sirloin steak and traditional fondue cheese warmed in a small pot. Diners should leave room to taste a dessert adaptation such as chocolate fondue with a variety of fresh fruits. fruits.

Bei Otto Restaurant

STYLE: German/European
Dress code: Smart casual
Reservations: Recommended
ADDRESS: 1 Sukhumvit Soi 20, Bangkok 10110 Tel: 0-2262-0892, 0-2260-0869

SETTING:
In its 22nd year, Bei Otto continues to be one of Bangkok's favourite German eating-houses with a genuine Black Forest feel to it.

FOOD:
The extensive menu features over 70 dishes with various seasonal specialities on offer. Hearty pea soup filled with chunky bits of ham or Hungarian goulash are warming starters, likewise deep-fried mozzarella cheese with sesame and linseed and served on garlic bread. But the main courses here are what really sets the tone with a choice of over 10 different types of sausage served with potatoes prepared in a variety of ways. Also try pig knuckle either grilled or boiled, or perhaps wiener schnitzel served hunter style covered in a creamy mushroom sauce and served with home-made Swabian pasta. Try to leave room for rote grutze mit vanille sosse (red berry grits), packed with red currants, raspberries, strawberries, cherries soaked in red wine and topped with vanilla sauce.

A Garden Restaurant

STYLE: European
Dress code: Casual
Reservations: Recommended for dinner
ADDRESS: 64 Sukhumvit Soi 51, Bangkok 10110 Tel: 0-2260-4992

SETTING:
A house decked out in Victorian style fronted by a lush garden for al fresco dining.

FOOD:
Instead of specialising in one cuisine, A Garden presents cuisines from several regions of Europe with a dash of originality from owner/chef Ayupat Jirayus. Begin with shrimp salad featuring a mould of avocado guacamole with balsamic dressing; its zesty tang makes for a reinvigorating appetiser. Showing that A Garden emphasises presentation as much as taste is tenderly grilled lamb chop with aromatic rosemary jus, vegetable ratatouille and potatoes in a serving enough to satisfy two. Cajun-seasoned salmon with rocket salad is an adventurous pick, but rewarding because of the mango relishes which reduce the cajun spices to a sweet nuance with its fruity succulence. The food's light nature should leave room for desserts such as hot chocolate soft cake.