Omu: Omurice & Cafe @ Park Lane Ekkamai, Bangkok

Cuisine: Japanese

Map: Omu: Omurice & Cafe @ Park Lane Ekkamai, Bangkok - โอมุ: โอมุไรซ์ แอนด์ คาเฟ่ @ พาร์คเลน เอกมัย กรุงเทพ

Price: THB250 per person without alcohol (what I paid for)

Visited: 5 June 2011

Food: 6/10

Atmosphere: 6/10

Value for money: 5/10

Services: 5/10

Omu @ Park Lane, just by its name we probably no need to mention what its menu would consist of. Omurice comes from the word "omelette" and "rice", being fried rice wrapped with omelette. It is a famous Japanese fusion cusine. This restaurant is surely specialise in omurice and is just recently opened. We, somehow, just found our photos of this place when we had a chance to pop by Park Lane a few months back. Still have memory of the taste and atmosphere in mind but cannot really remember dish by dish though. Hence, this would be a really brief one. On the location side, if you know Ekkamai Road well then you probably know that it is not far from BTS Ekkamai station: a couple of minutes walk perhaps.

Omu @ Park Lane Bangkok

The Exterior

The Interior

Overall, each dish was enjoyable with a matter of difference in coupling sauce, e.g. demi-glace, tomato sauce, cream sauce, curry sauce, hayashi sauce, and etc. Stuffing fried-rice had tomato ketchup as the core ingredient. Each dish had some final touch of unique ingredient to add more variety, e.g. deep-fried pork cutlet, baked cheese, and bacon or mushroom. This may not be a place worth a special detour but surely an enjoyable and delightful if you happen to be around this place already.

Omurice with Mushroom and Aubergine in Tomato Sauce

Omurice with Mushroom and Bacon in Cream Sauce and Hayashi Sauce

Cheese Baked Omurice in Curry Sauce

Omurice with Deep-fried Pork Cutlet in Demi-glace Sauce

Omurice with Deep-fried Pork Cutlet in Demi-glace Sauce (inside)

Omu: Omurice & Cafe @ Park Lane Ekkamai, Bangkok

18 Park Lane Ekkamai
Soi Sukhumvit 63, Sukhumvit Road
Khlong Ton Nuea, Wattana
Bangkok 10110
Thailand

โอมุ: โอมุไรซ์ แอนด์ คาเฟ่ @ พาร์คเลน เอกมัย กรุงเทพ

18 พาร์คเลน เอกมัย
ซอยสุขุมวิท 63 ถนนสุขุมวิท
แขวงคลองตันเหนือ เขตวัฒนา
กรุงเทพ 10110

Open Hours: 11:00am - 10:00pm daily

Tel: +66 (0) 2382 0138

Web: http://parklanebangkok.com/omu-japanese-omurice-cafe/

Xin Tian Di @ Crowne Plaza, Bangkok

Cuisine: Chinese

Map: Xin Tian Di @ Crowne Plaza, Bangkok - ซินเทียนตี้ @ คราวน์พลาซ่า กรุงเทพ

Price: THB800 per person (what I paid for)

Visited: 31 July 2011

Food: 6/10

Atmosphere: 6/10

Value for money: 5/10

Services: 6/10

During past weekend we happened to have a chance to visit Xin Tian Di @ Crowne Plaza with our family for dim sum lunch. Just to bear in mind that Crowne Plaza Bangkok was formerly known as Pan Pacific Bangkok. This Chinese restaurant is located on 22nd floor and is decorated in Chinese style (of course) and perhaps a little old fashion. We were actually recommended by our family's friend that this restaurant is famous for its Prawn with Wasabi Cream Sauce. Hesitation was definitely neglected and we came straight to try out. 

On the service side, staffs here were pretty friendly, polite, and helpful but may lack some knowledge but not a big deal though. For those who do not know where about Crowne Plaza Bangkok is, it is on Rama IV road and right next to BTS and MRT Silom station. Hence, it is pretty surely easy to find.

Xin Tian Di @ Crowne Plaza Bangkok Lumpini Park

22nd floor it is!!!

The Atmosphere

Let us started off with Baked Char Sui in Pastry. This did taste good and well balance. Loads of filling of char sui. Pastry texture was crisp but thinner would be more appreciated (6/10).

Baked Char Sui in Pastry - พายหมูแดง

Deep-fried Taro Filled with Roasted Pork is another of our favourite choice. The taste was right, sweetness from taro and salty taste of roasted pork to combine, but smoother texture of fill would be better (5/10). 

Deep-fried Taro Filled with Roasted Pork - เผือกทอดไส้หมูแดง

Pan-fried Turnip Pudding was ok. Rather soft in texture and tasted just like many other places. Not a big fan of this though (4/10).

Pan-fried Turnip Pudding - ขนมผักกาดทอด

To have dim sum without all time famous Shui Mai (5/10) and Har Kow (5/10) is probably wrong. Shui Mai, in contrast, was a little better than Har Kow here. As Har Kow had rather thick flour skin and size of prawn was not so big. Shui Mai on the other hand was a little tough but tastier.

Steamed Shrimp Dumplings (Shui Mai) - ขนมจึบกุ้ง

Steamed Shrimp Dumplings (Har Kow) - ฮะเก๋า

Shanghai Xiao Long Bao here was not one of the best in town surely. Thick skin and not so juicy and flavourful filling (4/10).

Shanghai Xiao Long Bao - ซิวหลงเปา เซี่ยงไฮ้

Next was Steamed Rice Flour Tubes with Roasted Pork. This one was delightful. Thin and soft rice flour tubes with tasteful roasted pork with sauce that was sweet and salty. Really enjoy this one (7/10).

Steamed Rice Flour Tubes with Roasted Pork - ก๋วยเตี๋ยวหลอดหมูแดง

Steamed Sweetened Cream Bun was just as expected. Just another cream bun with sweet tasty filling. Nothing special but always enjoyable (5/10).

Steamed Sweetened Cream Bun - ซาลาเปาไส้ครีม

Prawn with Cream Wasabi Sauce, the signature dish of Xin Tian Di, did its job rather well. Definitely a great one to try out but do not expect something amazing. Great texture of prawn and crisp on the outside with juiciness in its taste. Creamy with hint of spice of wasabi. Another enjoyable dish (7/10).

Prawn with Cream Wasabi Sauce - กุ้งทอดวาซาบิครีมซอส

The last dish of this meal was Home-made Tofu. The tofu was well fried and had soft texture. The coupling sauce was wonderful with hint of chilli oil, not spicy though. We love this one the most for this meal (7/10).

Home-made Tofu - เต้าหู้ทอดทำมือ

We did also have Pio Cesare, Moscato D'Asti 2008 to go with the meal. Not so bad at all, loving it actually. Delicate with sweetness (lychee sense) and light floral note. ^^

Pio Cesare, Moscato D'Asti 2008 ^^

Xin Tian Di @ Crowne Plaza, Bangkok

22nd Floor Crowne Plaza Bangkok Lumpini Park

952 Rama IV Road

Suriyawong, Bang Rak

Bangkok 10500

Thailand

ซินเทียนตี้ @ คราวน์พลาซ่า กรุงเทพ

ชั้น 22 โรงแรมคราวน์พลาซ่า

952 ถนนพระราม 4

แขวงสุริยวงศ์ เขตบางรัก

กรุงเทพ 10500

Open Hours: 11:30am - 02:30pm for lunch and 06:00pm - 10:30pm for dinner

Tel: +66 (0) 2632 9000

Web: http://www.panoramabangkok.com/

Pizzazo Bistro @ Sukhumvit 16, Bangkok

Cuisine: French and Italian (Casual Dining)

Map: Pizzazo Bistro @ Sukhumvit 16, Bangkok - พิซซาโซ่ บิสโทร @ ซอยสุขุมวิท 16 กรุงเทพ

Price: THB1,200 per person without alcohol (what I paid for)

Visited: 26 July 2011

Food: 6/10

Atmosphere: 6/10

Value for money: 4/10

Service: 6/10

This recently opened bistro & brasserie style restaurant, called Pizzazo Bistro, is situated in Soi Sukhumvit 16, pretty close to Kuppa. The style of this restaurant is rather relaxing and warming with rather easy-going decor. What we would recommend here is, of course, pizza. It is comparable to Limoncello @ Sukhumvit 11: thin pizza bread with loads of good quality stuffing. The restaurant calls itself as Italian and French Casual Dining because they are serving pizza and Italian dishes but having French as the head chef (it does work though). So you may expect some enjoyable French dishes in the menu. Pizzazo is an isolated house in Soi Sukhumvit 16 with some parking space, hence, driving is not a problem otherwise take BTS or MRT to Asoke station. Notice that there is also an open kitchen right at the front of the restaurant house to show their guests. This place is surely a good one to hang out with friends and family and enjoy pizza.

Pizzazo Bistro @ Sukhumvit 16

Parking This Way Please!!!

The Open Kitchen

The Furniture

We had Bruschetta alle Verdure and Rocket Salad to start off. Both are pretty good. Bruschetta did not just come with tomato but also grilled artichoke and mozzarella. Tasty and crisp (7/10). Rocket Salad was an ordinary one but fresh (6/10).

Bruschetta alle Verdure

Rocket Salad

Next was Fried Calamari which came with delightful dipping sauce: taste of sour cream and dill, rich and thick but not so creamy. Squid was well fried also, let down by just small portion ^^ (6/10).

Fried Calamari

Tiger Prawns with anchovy brandade was just deep-fried prawn with smooth mash. Nothing in particular to us (5/10).

Next was Vegetable and Crab Meat Cannelloni. This felt like crab and vegetable being wrapped with pasta and baked with cheese then finished with the sauce. The sauce tasted like lobster bisque to us: rich and creamy. Let down by the texture of cannelloni that had rather coarse touching in the mouth (5/10).

Tiger Prawns

Vegetable and Crab Meat Cannelloni

Coming to the highlight of the meal, Adriatica Pizza. This smoked salmon based pizza came with cheese stuffing (cream cheese and mascarpone) that went really well together. Pizza bread was thin and tasty (7/10).

Adriatica Pizza

Adriatica Pizza (close-up)

Braised Beef Cheek and Tail had tender texture. Smooth in the mouth but rather salty from our perspective, otherwise a delicious dish (6/10).
We did also have an opportunity to try Caramelised Duck Breast. May be a little chewy but taste good, sweetness of prune and soft touch of stewed zucchini (6/10).

Braised Beef Cheek and Tail

Caramelised Duck Breast

At the end, we were then introduced with the signature dessert, Crispy Chocolate and Almond Flavoured Cake. It was good and not particularly to our taste. The cake had chocolate mousse layer with crispy chocolate as base, rich but not so flavourful. The vanilla ice-cream (not a home-made one) was ok, we could feel some icy bits but not so sweet, more creamy would be preferable (5/10). 

Crispy Chocolate and Almond Flavoured Cake

Pizzazo Bistro @ Sukhumvit 16, Bangkok

188 Soi Sukhumvit 16

Sukhumvit Road

Khlong Toei, Khlong Toei

Bangkok 10110

Thailand

พิซซาโซ่ บิสโทร @ ซอยสุขุมวิท 16 กรุงเทพ

188 ซอยสุขุมวิท 16

ถนนสุขุมวิท

แขวงคลองเตย เขตคลองเตย

กรุงเทพ 10110

Open Hours: Tue-Fri 11:30am - 02:00pm for lunch and 06:30pm - 10:00pm for dinner, and 1/2 hours earlier for weekends

Tel: +66 (0) 2663 8500

Web: http://www.pizzazobistro.com/