Deadly Bunny & Chubby Penguin: Mother May I @ Sukhumvit 59, Bangkok - มาเธอร์เมย์ไอ @ ซอยสุขุมวิท 59 กรุงเทพฯ

Cuisine: Thai

Map: Mother May I @ Sukhumvit 59, Bangkok - มาเธอร์เมย์ไอ @ ซอยสุขุมวิท 59 กรุงเทพฯ

Charged Price: THB400 per person without alcohol

Visited: 5 March 2016

Food: 5/10

Atmosphere: 7/10

Value for money: 6/10

Services: 5/10
Scale: [1=poor ---- 5=average/standard ---- 10=outstanding/exceptional]

Finding a restaurant to hang out with family and friends around Thong Lo / Ekkamai area (except the old boring Audrey Cafe), "Mother May I" in Soi Sukhumvit 59 may be another one in your list. What we like about this place is the location and the atmosphere. It is located not to far from BTS stations with Thong Lo Station as the nearest one. In addition, for those who drive, they also provide some parking lots in front of the restaurant, otherwise, parking in the Soi is as well not a bad idea.

This house-converted-restaurant is rather beautiful. The front garden with big trees does its job in cooling down temperature rather nicely. The decoration inside is somewhat contemporary. Whether you are in a big group or just a couple, it definitely can suit you. For me Mother May I might not at all be a choice for dining in my head if I were to select a meal to enjoy. However, it would surely be a choice when I have to hang out with a group of friends.

Mother May I @ Sukhumvit 59, Bangkok

the entrance

nice house with garden

the garden

al fresco corner

the counter and open kitchen

dining hall

glass house like ambient

Here comes to the part that I was not so impressed. Food here are not priced too dearly nor too friendly. The kind of logic can as well be applied to the quality and taste of each dish. They were not that delicious but they were not bad either.

Riceberry Rice in Coconut - ข้าวไรซ์เบอร์รี่มะพร้าว (THB6/10) : THB75 for a small portion of rice. This is insane in my humble opinion. Some may argue its riceberry rice. So what? Ok, it may have a touch of coconut scent giving added value. But not this expensive still for just boiled rice.

Chicken Wings - ปีกไก่คั่วเกลือ (6/10) : Rather nicely fried and came in a small portion.

Stir-fried Minced Pork with Purple Olive and Phak Wan (5/10) : Delicious if you forget the purple olive part as you might think "Where are my purple olive?".

Riceberry Rice in Coconut (THB75)

Chicken Wings (THB115)

Stir-fried Minced Pork with Purple Olive and Phak Wan (THB165)

Pork Belly with Shrimp Paste - หมูสามชั้นรวนกะปิระยอง (6/10) : It is like yum sweet pork belly with shrimp paste. Not bad at all with nice boiled rice but not the coconut riceberry rice as shrimp paste and chilli would just eliminate the perfume of coconut.

Thai Omelette with Chai-ya Salted Egg, Century Egg, Shrimp, and Chilli - ไข่ติงลี่ ของเชฟป้อม (4/10) and Thai Omelette with Squid, Black Squid Ink, and Sweet Basil - ไข่ไอ้เท่ง ของเชฟชุมพล (4/10) : Not a bad idea in stuffing in various ingredients in omelette. But come on, you better fry omelette with much better skill. Where is the fluffiness?

Pork Belly with Shrimp Paste (THB165)

Thai Omelette with Chai-ya Salted Egg, Century Egg, Shrimp, and Chilli (THB165)

Thai Omelette with Squid, Black Squid Ink, and Sweet Basil (THB145)

For soup / curry range, I don't think they really know how to cook this kind of food.

Lotus Stem and Semi Salted Fish in Coconut Soup - ไหลบัวต้มกะทิกับปลาสลิดทอด (5/10) : Like the crispy salted fish part but the lotus stem coconut soup part needs to be improved. Lack of texture there.

Yellow Curry with Prawn and Jackfruit Served with Roti - โรตีแกงกะหรี่กุ้งขนุน (4/10) : Tasted more like pineapple curry in my view, not really yellow curry. Too sweet and need more spices. Also prawn with yellow curry and roti don't seem to go well with each other in my humble opinion.

White Crab with Tumeric Red Curry Served with Vermicelli - ขนมจีนแกงปูใบชะพลู (5/10) : Not bad for crab curry. Not too spicy also, guess everyone should be able to take it. Might not be exactly the authentic kind of crab curry but nice enough.