Kobe Wine Beef at Scarlett Wine Bar & Restaurant @ Pullman Bangkok Hotel G - เนื้อโกเบไวน์ ร้านสการ์เลตต์ ไวน์บาร์แอนด์เรสเตอรองท์

Cuisine: International

Map: Kobe Wine Beef at Scarlett Wine Bar & Restaurant @ Pullman Bangkok Hotel G - เนื้อโกเบไวน์ ร้านสการ์เลตต์ ไวน์บาร์แอนด์เรสเตอรองท์

Charged Price: n.a.

Visited: 8 June 2016

Food: 6/10

Atmosphere: 8/10

Value for money: 5/10

Services: 6/10
Scale: [1=poor ---- 5=average/standard ---- 10=outstanding/exceptional]

It has been long since my very last visit to this wine bar, Scarlett. I, personally, admire the atmosphere of this place: the view of Bangkok is wonderful and the ambient is friendly. Food is as well decent and enjoyable. It is not those so-damn-good joint but nice enough to fulfill your casual Friday night with your party. If you like al fresco, they do have spaces for you too. Selection of food is varied from AOC cheese range to Iberico ham to classic pasta dishes and to everyone favourite steak cuts. By the way, their choice of wine and beverage is quite good as well, both in term of range and pricing. If you are to visit this 37th-floor-restaurant of Pullman Bangkok Hotel G, I would recommend advance booking to avoid disappointment.

Scarlett Wine Bar & Restaurant @ Pullman Bangkok Hotel G

entrance

wine pleaseeee!!!!

excellent wine bar atmosphere

This time we had been invited to try dishes made from Kobe Wine Beef which is available until June 30th 2016. Just a bit about Kobe Wine Beef. It is called Kobe Wine Beef because these cattles (Tajima Gyu) are fed with grapes pomace (marc) in addition to typical corns, oats, and wheat and are raised in Hyogo Prefecture. During the night, Takeshi Yamada, who is the guy behind these little good things, also presented the insight of his production himself. In my humble opinion, Kobe Wine Beef gives excellent texture as in other Japanese wagyu but with a little firmer texture and sweet juicy palate.

cheese selection

ham station

Kobe Wine Beef month

dry aged refrigerator

the crowd favourite

The very first one to arrive was not beef but it's something to boost appetite: Paleta Iberica de Bellota (6/10) (I think I heard it rightly, fingers crossed). It came along with pickles. I do like the texture of this iberico ham but the flavour was somewhat too salty to my liking. Then it came the first Kobe Wine Beef dish: Kobe Wine Beef Carpaccio, Imperial Caviar and Turnip Mousse (6/10) from rump. The flavour of this carpaccio was excellent and when combined with spiciness of the mousse and saltiness of carviar, it came out balance nicely. The bit that let this dish down was the choice of beef part in my opinion. The rump was the choice instead of tenderloin. Thus, it was a little chewy on the part connected with fat lines. Kobe Wine Beef Tartare with Soft Quail Boiled Egg (7/10) was next from the raw range. I, personally, particularly like this one. It brought out the natural flavour of Kobe Wine Beef in a lovely way. Tender and rich on the palate. The seasoning was not too sumptuous that it would overwhelm beef flavour. Nevertheless, the boiled egg did not keep up with the overall picture. I would prefer it raw in this case.

Paleta Iberica de Bellota (THB650 for 100 grams)

Kobe Wine Beef Carpaccio, Imperial Caviar and Turnip Mousse (THB660)

Kobe Wine Beef Tartare with Soft Quail Boiled Egg (THB680)

Next one was a disappointment in my view. It was Kobe Wine Beef Sate with Peanut Sauce (3/10) and this was the chuck part. When thinking of satay / sate, the very first 3 words that would pop up in my mind would be tenderness, spices, and peanut. Here it lacked tenderness. With beef, it simply has to be medium / medium-rare. When it is overcooked, it would utterly be chewy. As for flavour, beef flavour here seemed to play a bigger role than spices. Oh yes, the juicy fatty thing that ran out tasted wonderfully but it didn't answer the character of the dish. Lastly, the peanut sauce lacked texture and a bit too sweet. On the other hand, Kobe Wine Beef Burger (6/10) was rather nice. This came with red wine caramelised onions, roasted garlic aioli, Cheddar cheese, and served alongside truffle fries. Love the juiciness of the patty. Only problem for me for this burger would be the bun. It was too fluffy as though it was not the typical brioche, which should be soft and buttery. Otherwise, a nice one.

Kobe Wine Beef Sate with Peanut Sauce (THB990)

zooming kobe sate

Kobe Wine Beef Burger (THB1,100)

Shabu-style Kobe Wine Beef, Double Boiled Beef Consomme, Porcini, and Baby Roots (6/10) was next and it was made with rump. This looked definitely like Japanese but it didn't taste as expected. If I were asked whether this was nice. I would say enjoyable but confused. The flavour that exploded out extremely was mushroom and this overshadowed beef taste. Nevertheless, the texture of rump with this Japanese shabu style was lovely. As for the last one, it surely must be steak. Tasting beef without steak, there surely must be something wrong. For this case we fortunately had a chance to try Rib-eye Kobe Wine Beef Steak (7/10). Tender?, yes. Juicy?, yes. Full of rich flavour on the palate. The smokiness technique of the chef added another dimension of aroma. Nice one. Ones would not deny about deliciousness of this steak. For me, it would still be US beef as the top choice for steak. This type of beef gives too fattily tender kind of texture and exhibits too much oil. The part that would be just right for steak is perhaps tenderloin in my humble view. By the way, they have many choices of salt and pepper to go with steak. Excellent indeed.

All in all, it is a good experience if Kobe Beef is something you crave for. A good opportunity indeed to compare another type of Kobe Beef that has been fed somewhat differently from the standard one.

Shabu-style Kobe Wine Beef (THB720)

Rib-eye Kobe Wine Beef Steak (THB2,800 for 200 grams portion)

selection of salt and pepper

Kobe Wine Beef at Scarlett Wine Bar & Restaurant @ Pullman Bangkok Hotel G - เนื้อโกเบไวน์ ร้านสการ์เลตต์ ไวน์บาร์แอนด์เรสเตอรองท์

37th floor, Pullman Bangkok Hotel G
188 Thanon Silom Road
Bangrak
Bangkok 10500
Thailand

Open Hours: daily from 06:00pm - 01:00am

Tel: +66 (0) 2238 1991
Web: http://www.pullmanbangkokhotelg.com/restaurants-bars/scarlett-wine-bar-restaurant/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/scarlettwinebarbangkok/

Peko @ Soi Sukhumvit 49, Bangkok - เปโค @ ซอยสุขุมวิท 49 กรุงเทพฯ

Cuisine: Steak / Japanese

Map: Peko @ Soi Sukhumvit 49, Bangkok - เปโค @ ซอยสุขุมวิท 49  กรุงเทพฯ

Charged Price: THB420 per person without alcohol

Visited: 11 October 2015

Food: 6/10

Atmosphere: 7/10

Value for money: 6/10

Services: 6/10
Scale: [1=poor ---- 5=average/standard ---- 10=outstanding/exceptional]

It was one cloudy Sunday when we were heading our way to have lunch at a noodle street food stall in Soi Sukhumvit 49 and we found out that there was no parking space at all along the street. An immediate notice of Peko, which is just a small house, with its lunch set advert board was spotted. Without hesitation due to hungriness, our car turned right in and here we were.

First thing we spotted is that the place is lovely decorated in country style. As we settled down, I noticed the surrounding carefully and OMG, there was no local at all but Japanese only. Ok, this must be a rather good one with local taste. Without fail, the meal was good enough indeed. However, often local people here might prefer strong taste while many Japanese dishes are somewhat lighter. This place too it might be soft in term of taste but I do like the overall balance though.

Peko @ Soi Sukhumvit 49, Bangkok

ddd

country atmosphere

Peko = Cow in local language

lunch set advert board

Most of dishes here are steak or beef based dishes. The owner of Peko is from Hokkaido and owns a cattle farm called "Ohira Ranch". Cattles at Ohira Ranch are crossbreed between Wagyu and Holstein. An excellent hybrid surely. Often Wagyu is too fatty and is not suitable for steak but undeniably wonderful for shabu shabu and sukiyaki, while Holstein is lean but packed with flavour of red meat. This crossbreed then gives both excellent flavour and tenderness.

During lunch time, they only serve lunch sets which were rather nice in fact. We had Burgersteak Set (6/10) and Beef Stew Set (6/10). Both sets came with a choice of bread or rice, salad of sesame or caesar dressing, and soft drink. Both burgersteak and stew were enjoyable. The stew was prepared with demi glace sauce base, so as the burgersteak (I believe). The demi glace was rich and flavourful which went along well with Ohira beef.

Definitely, we did enjoy the lunch set here. Next time we shall return for dinner and surely we must taste steak with Ohira beef to see how it goes. At this juncture, I personally suppose it should be awesome but let keep fingers crossed for the time being.

Sesame Salad and Caesar Salad

Burgersteak Set (THB390)

Beef Stew Set (THB390)

Grapefruit Juice and Oolong Tea

Peko @ Soi Sukhumvit 49, Bangkok - เปโค @ ซอยสุขุมวิท 49  กรุงเทพฯ

5/15 Soi Sukhumvit 49
Sukhumvit Road
Khlong Toei Nuea, Wattana
Bangkok 10110

Thailand

Open Hours: Tue-Sun from 11:30am - 02:00pm for lunch and 05:30pm - 10:00pm for dinner

Tel: +66 (0) 83 542 3199
FB: https://www.facebook.com/pekokitchen/

Build Your Own Burger at BarSu @ Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok

Cuisine: Pub / Bar food

Map: Build Your Own Burger at BarSu @ Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok

Charged Price: THB440 per person without alcohol

Visited: 23 May 2015

Burger: 7/10

Atmosphere: 6/10

Value for money: 6/10

Services: 6/10
Scale: [1=poor ---- 5=average/standard ---- 10=outstanding/exceptional]

Burger, burger, and burger!!! It is occupying streets of Bangkok these days. You can find grill bar in this corner and perhaps a burger truck a few block away. It is just everywhere. Even in a 5-star hotel like Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit also offers "Build Your Own Burger" now at its gastro bar: BarSu. Just briefly about BarSu first. Though I am a regular at Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, it was my first time at BarSu though. The place indeed offers those pub foods as you may expect: fish and chips,  bite foods, pizza, prosciutto, terrines, sandwiches, and etc. The ambient it offers is kind of relax and chill. I believe it is a nice place to hang around and chitchatting with friends and even customers: friendly atmosphere, open until late night (1am though it is close on Sunday), decent food, and variety of drinks. For non-residence, it is also convenient to pop by Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit with a path connected directly to BTS Asoke Station.

BarSu menu

preparation counter and grill station

For "Build Your Own Burger", you get to choose the combination of your liking to pair with a side dish, and a standard drink such as soft drink, local beer, and house wine. All of these is priced at THB440 net. Not bad at all in my view. To create your burger, you start off with choosing a patty (200 grams): beef vs. chicken. Feel like more, tick it for double at some additional cost. There are 4 choices of cheese: cheddar, emmenthal, brie, and blue cheese. Then pick your fillings and sauce, avocado, lettuce, bacon, ketchup, truffle mayo, and etc. Lastly, finish off with your choice of buns: between regular bun, beatroot red bun, and charcoal black bun. Honestly, these buns are just for fancy colour. They are hardly any difference in taste.

For example, I chose to go with beef and charcoal black bun with fillings of avocado, fried onion, lettuce, pickles, brie, and truffle mayo. These were to go with curly fries. Simply and full. Highly recommend. By the way, don't forget to tell them how you'd like your patty cooked, otherwise, it will be well done.

As said, they are so many burger joints around Bangkok nowadays. You better go judge it yourself to see if you like it. For me, I did enjoy it. Fatilicious!!!!

Charcoal Black version

Beetroot Red burger

square cut view

Water Melon Frappe and Pineapple Juice

Build Your Own Burger at BarSu @ Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok

250 Sukhumvit Road
Khlong Toei
Bangkok 10110

Thailand

Open Hours: Mon-Sat from 05:30pm - 01:00pm

Tel: +66 (0) 2649 8358
Web: http://www.sheratongrandesukhumvit.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/sheratongrandesukhumvit

Le Boeuf @ Marriott Executive Apartments Mayfair, Bangkok - เลอ โบฟ @ แมริออท เอ็กเซ็กคูทีฟ อพาร์ทเมนท์ เมย์แฟร์ กรุงเทพฯ

Cuisine: Steak and Fries

Map: Le Boeuf @ Marriott Executive Apartments Mayfair, Bangkok - เลอ โบฟ @ แมริออท เอ็กเซ็กคูทีฟ อพาร์ทเมนท์ เมย์แฟร์ กรุงเทพฯ

Charged Price: THB1,200 per person

Visited: 27 April 2015

Food: 5/10

Atmosphere: 6/10

Value for money: 5/10

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

From March 2015, Bangkokians do no more have to fly all the way to Paris or Geneva to have a steak-frites meal at the famous "Le Relais de l'Entrecote". Here, Le Boeuf, in Soi Lang Suan claims to have offered the very same divine herbaceous buttery sauce. David Perrot of Crepes and Co. has converted the previous Limoncello, which is located right in front of Marriott Executive Apartments Mayfair, into a Parisian bistro joint.

The concept of Le Boeuf is simply "just one great dish all day, every day". There are a few selection of starters but only a choice of main course: entrecote. In case you do not take beef, there are also two other choices to be chosen from: lamb (THB740) and salmon (THB880). As for the place, it is indeed a kind of bistro atmosphere located in the heart of Bangkok. Travelling here via public transport is not easy. The closest BTS station is Chidlom Station which is almost a kilometre away. But you can always grab a taxi or motorbike from the station. If you drive, you can park at Marriott Executive Apartments Mayfair conveniently.

Le Boeuf at Marriott Executive Apartments Mayfair, Bangkok

Le Boeuf sign

bistro kind of atmosphere

As mentioned, there are only a few choices of starter at the time of our visit and they are all terrine dishes. We did try Rillettes de Porc (6/10) or simply pork kind of terrine. It was smooth and flavourful, but not strongly pungent, which was nice with toast and some pickles. For Entrecote Steak (5/10), it came with walnuts green salad and french fries which is refillable. I believe the steak was sirloin of Tasmanian beef. The quality of beef was decent. However, the tedious part was preparation by the kitchen team. We had ordered medium-rare and medium and they turned be all medium towards medium-well. As for the Sauce Cafe de Paris, the herbal aroma and creamy texture were delightful. The down point was saltiness. I felt it was too salty to my liking. Even with french fries, I could still feel over seasoning in the sauce.

To end the meal, we did also try Tartelette Citron (5/10). It was not bad for a non-specialised shop on pastry. The tart was kind of too soft but the creamy citrus filling was smooth and not too sweet. If the abundance of citrus flavour was more, it would be much better in my opinion.

For this place, Le Boeuf, it is not the very looking forward kind of place but it is good to experience, especially if you had tried the one from Le Relais de l'Entrecote before. Nevertheless, the pricing of entrecote is not ridiculously expensive. It is not a bad choice at all to visit from time to time.

Rillettes de Porc (THB295)

bread basket

Entrecote Steak (THB680 per person)

Tartelette Citron (THB240)

square cut of tartelette citron

Le Boeuf @ Marriott Executive Apartments Mayfair, Bangkok - เลอ โบฟ @ แมริออท เอ็กเซ็กคูทีฟ อพาร์ทเมนท์ เมย์แฟร์ กรุงเทพฯ

Floor G, Marriott Executive Apartments Mayfair
60 Soi Lang Suan
Lumphini, Pathum Wan
Bangkok 10330

Thailand

Open Hours: daily from 11:30am - 11:00pm

Tel: +66 (0) 2652 0207, +66 (0) 9 3971 8081
Web: http://leboeufgroup.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/leboeufgroup

The Capital by Water Library @ Empire Tower, Bangkok - เดอะ แคปปิตอล บาย วอเตอร์ ไลบรารี่ @ อาคารเอ็มไพร์ทาวเวอร์ กรุงเทพฯ

Cuisine: Steakhouse / Seafood / Burger / Grill Bar

Map: The Capital by Water Library @ Empire Tower, Bangkok - เดอะ แคปปิตอล บาย วอเตอร์ ไลบรารี่ @ อาคารเอ็มไพร์ทาวเวอร์ กรุงเทพฯ

Price: THB2,700 per person (what we paid for)

Visited: 28 March 2015

Food: 8/10

Atmosphere: 8/10

Value for money: 7/10

Services: 8/10
Scale: [1=poor ---- 5=average/standard ---- 10=outstanding/exceptional]

In general, restaurants associated with Water Library do guarantee consumers at some degree of appreciation for example Water Library @ Chamchuri Square in the form of fine dining and 1881 by Water Library @ Central World in the concept of hanging out bar. Here "The Capital by Water Library", which is located on the 2nd floor of Empire Tower, comes in the concept of urban steakhouse and grill bar. Inside, the ambient is cool and chic resembling the old time New York financial theme with strikingly elegant and opulent decoration. It was my first time here at The Capital and I felt from the first moment that this was going to be a nice meal. And yes, from the service to food, we were totally satisfied. I have to say that the service here is good, and could even beat the service Water Library @ Chamchuri Square where I had felt the let down in service quality during my last visit.

Here, if you are crazy about steak, you can find quite a variety of beef: from German Simmental to Piedmontese to Japanese Kamichiku and grass fed vs. grain fed. Steak lover will sure be excited. What I really like about this place apart from great food and lovely service is the location. Location, Location, and Location is always and still all time classic important factor. Being situated in Empire Tower which is on Sathon Road means that it is right adjacent to BTS Chong Nonsri Station. It is, hence, super convenient to come by via public transport. Though driving here for dinner during weekdays can be a bit of disaster on an unfortunate day due to office staffs storming out heading home, it is at least away from night time/weekend hanging districts like Siam Square, Thonglor, or Sukhumvit Road in which traffic is definitely less crowded during weekend.

The Capital by Water Library @ Empire Tower, Bangkok

restaurant entrance

30's style fashion of interior

comfy seats outside the main restaurant

For me, one of the very first thing to arrive on the table, being bread and butter, happens to be one of my all time favourite. Bread here, at The Capital, did not disappoint me at all. The soft kind of bread came along with yuzu and cranberry butter: mild flavour and aroma with delicacy. Additionally, I, without fail, did swipe through the moderate list of wine in which I found reasonably selected. The list is not extensive but modest and comprehensive. It ranges selection from both old world and new world: sparkling wine, Champagne, white wine, red wine, and dessert wine. Wines are categorised by variety of grapes and then sub-categorised by new or old world. Pricing wise, I would say the mark up is moderate. Not exactly value for money nor ridiculously expensive. For the night, I had Cavallotto Barolo Riserva Bricco Boschis Vigna San Giuseppe 2004 (93pts). The tannic and complexity of this Barolo crafted by Cavallotto did pair wonderfully with tenderloin. I have to say I do like this one a lot and ones should not miss it if you happen to face one.

bread portion

Cavallotto Barolo Riserva Bricco Boschis Vigna San Giuseppe 2004 (93pts)

When it came to the actual food, the first to arrive on the table was Wagyu Bolognese (9/10). This was so so so classically delicious. There is perhaps no need for necessity of Kamichiku wagyu at all. Any decent beef would be so delicious with this recipe and skill. The flavour was just right with good balance of herbs and spices. Texture was delicate. It was served with in-house made pappadelle cooked to al dente. This was my first dish here and the best dish as well. Next was an American classic style of sandwich: Philadelphia Steak and Cheese (8/10). Just by looking what had been placed on the table, I drooled unconsciously already. Tender slices of steak and cheese complemented so well with generous vegetable and peppers. It was the peppers that brought the picture together nicely. The final magic was the bread which was soft but crisp on the outside. Just the first two dishes, good impression has started building up.

Wagyu Bolognese (THB420)

Philadelphia Steak and Cheese (THB470)

Moving on to steak, there were German Simmental Tenderloin 230g (7/10) and Japanese Kamichiku Striploin A4 150g (8/10) for the night: two kinds of beef from two different cuts and from two continents. Both were tender and yielded distinctive flavour and aroma. The German tenderloin was less fatty and less juicy (of course) but exposed more of natural flavour and texture of meat. On the other hand, Kamichiku striploin burst out the juicy fatty character more and indeed was more tender on the touch. Personally, I enjoy the German tenderloin more due to the bite-able texture. Only if the cut was thicker, meaning heavier weight, it would be such a perfect piece.

On the downside, steak at The Capital does not come with any kind of sauce at all. You will have to order if you would like one. For us, we did try Mushroom Cream Sauce (THB150) which was nice, aromatic, and creamy. But honestly, this was too expensive for such a small portion of sauce (approx. 2 portions of glass shots). I believe this should not be charged to customer at all. It is just sauce and sauce should usually compliment along side steak, unless the restaurant sees that their steak does not need any kind of sauce at all to be enjoyed. From my point of view, a touch of Dijon mustard does its job wonderfully. By the way, salt also played a crucial role for steak and there are 3 types of sea salt here to be chosen from: white flake from UK, merlot infused himalayan, and spices infused himalayan.

Last but not least, a side dish was also ordered to complete the act: Dauphinoise Potatoes (8/10) or simply called potatoes gratin. It was so creamy, so cheese, and so flavourful. Well, all in all The Capital is definitely an excellent place for dining. It is not cheap but it sure will satisfy your appetite.

German Simmental Tenderloin 230g (THB950)

Japanese Kamichiku Striploin A4 150g (THB1,100)

Dauphinoise Potatoes (THB150)

The Capital by Water Library @ Empire Tower, Bangkok - เดอะ แคปปิตอล บาย วอเตอร์ ไลบรารี่ @ อาคารเอ็มไพร์ทาวเวอร์ กรุงเทพฯ

Floor 3 Empire Tower
195 Sathon Road
Yan Nawa, Sathon
Bangkok 10120

Thailand

Open Hours: Mon - Sat from 11:30am - 11:00pm

Tel: +66 (0) 2286 9548
Web: http://www.waterlibrary.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheCapitalBangkok/