UDON SOCIAL

I was released unsupervised in Nong Khai. I dropped Mrs N off at the relatives who I hate with a passion so I always bugger off until she wants picking up. The Girl was supposed to be staying to play with her cousins but decided she wanted to come with me.
I usually doss down in a Cafe Amazon or Mackys but I made a plan last night for a Sunday roast.
I’d seen some adverts for AJ’s Bar & Grill so messaged them to see if they did walk ins or I had to book. Booking is always tricky because I can’t read Mrs N’s mind & don’t know what time anything will happen.
Walk ins were fine so off we pop & for there at 1:15. I didn’t know at the time they start serving roasts at 1pm so that fitted nicely.
The bar is just about the last place on the promenade after the huge Vietnamese place, which incidentally was absolutely packed.
I had roast beef & The Girl had a cheeseburger which when it arrived was as big as her head. It was all very nice.
I don’t know how long this place has been there but all tables were taken & the chap, Adam immediately welcomed us & was mingling with other customers who he seemed to know the names of so regulars. It was a refreshing change to usual expat places where the owner just sits at the back nursing a Chang.
He’s an Aussie & I guess the family had lived there for quite a while because wifey on chef duties & 2 kids serving all spoke perfect English.
I’ll definitely visit again when I’m let loose in the wild.
(It’s only on Google Maps & not Apple Maps. I put in a missing place report but it usually takes at least a month for them to update it)

Been eating quite a lot of Vietnamese on weekends in Florida as lots of places.

Think i'm bored of the 2 same options. There are loads of viet restaraunts but the food choice at them is really limited. Of couse Pho and fried spring rolls is standard but not all even do Ban Mi or any rice based dishes. Certainly not seen anything like VT type offerings you get in Udon.

Since tried butter chicken at home before now trying chicken jalfrezi pizza to devour on my own for brunch

If needing an alternative sunday lunch then butter chicken pizza deal awaits

They serve a bigger than normal plate when i order a double meal in there,customer service at its finest

Fek me, Desperate Dan would not have gotten through that lot. Good effort '2 Pies Pomps'

Brunch and starving so 2 pies pomps,2 mash 2 veg time at the Gallery,chicken pies to be precise

Handed out lottery tickets to staff and nice to see Charlie so lottery tickets for himself and his swedish friend

As always no vat added here marvellous

Inspired by sukanya restaurant butter chicken pizza using pataks sauce,very enjoyable

None of that is served in Udon
We’ve just got boxes like when bought in Makro

Went to Shabushi for the 1st time in ages as our usual haunt (Chinda) has closed down in KK.

Pigged out on the usual conveyor belt fare and sushi but, saved room for ice cream. In the 2 or 3 years since I've been, it's improved massively with chocolate chunks, Oreo shavings, sauces and an array of jellies to accompany the ice cream.

What I really liked were these red balls. They pop in your mouth and strawberry juice oozes out. Never had them before but I was letting out a little yelp of excitement each time they popped. Was pushing the kids out of the way to get my 3rd helping

Well worth the 399 plus tax per person for them alone