Comments on: Ubon Ratchathani Tidbits April 27, 2009 http://ubonblog.weloveubon.com/ubon-ratchathani-tidbits-april-27-2009/ Articles and information about travel, living, accommodation, tourism and more in and around Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:08:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Darwin http://ubonblog.weloveubon.com/ubon-ratchathani-tidbits-april-27-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Darwin Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:24:51 +0000 http://ubonblog.weloveubon.com/?p=147#comment-290 Ken, I have actually been to that place on Sukhumvit in Bangkok, once. I had a similar experience there. We ordered and ate, enjoyed the meal, then when the bill came it was twice as much as I figured. They had added cooking fees, ice, wipes and a few other things. When my date asked the waiter about it he replied, "mai pen rai, kao pen farang". Needless to say I never went back there. I have no idea why a shop would feel the need to apply these tactics. Nothing beats out great service and food for building a long lasting profitable restaurant. If someone chooses to do this then I choose never to return. There are too many good restaurants with good service and food. Thanks for reading and commenting. Ken,

I have actually been to that place on Sukhumvit in Bangkok, once. I had a similar experience there.

We ordered and ate, enjoyed the meal, then when the bill came it was twice as much as I figured.

They had added cooking fees, ice, wipes and a few other things. When my date asked the waiter about it he replied, “mai pen rai, kao pen farang”. Needless to say I never went back there.

I have no idea why a shop would feel the need to apply these tactics. Nothing beats out great service and food for building a long lasting profitable restaurant. If someone chooses to do this then I choose never to return. There are too many good restaurants with good service and food.

Thanks for reading and commenting.

]]> By: Ken C. http://ubonblog.weloveubon.com/ubon-ratchathani-tidbits-april-27-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Ken C. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:09:10 +0000 http://ubonblog.weloveubon.com/?p=147#comment-289 Darwin, About your experience at Aw. Kung Pao # 13...reminded me of the Bangkok restaurant "The Seafood Market & Restaurant" which was off Sukhumvit. A huge place, with a giant neon sign of a lobster. You'd walk up to a long counter of raw seafood, select your dinner while it was still uncooked, then tell your waiter how you wanted it prepared. They'd cook it off to the side in these huge woks, with flames shooting up at least 5 feet or so! It was quite the place back in the 1990s--great for groups. Now, they charged a "cooking fee." I guess you bought your food in the "market," and they'd cook & prepare it in the "restaurant." That doesn't quite sound like what happened to you at Aw. Kung Pao, though. Appreciate the review. Regards from Ken, San Diego, CA. Darwin,
About your experience at Aw. Kung Pao # 13…reminded me of the Bangkok restaurant “The Seafood Market & Restaurant” which was off Sukhumvit. A huge place, with a giant neon sign of a lobster. You’d walk up to a long counter of raw seafood, select your dinner while it was still uncooked, then tell your waiter how you wanted it prepared. They’d cook it off to the side in these huge woks, with flames shooting up at least 5 feet or so! It was quite the place back in the 1990s–great for groups. Now, they charged a “cooking fee.” I guess you bought your food in the “market,” and they’d cook & prepare it in the “restaurant.” That doesn’t quite sound like what happened to you at Aw. Kung Pao, though. Appreciate the review. Regards from Ken, San Diego, CA.

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