The Hungry Bunny

It's been a long time since we indulged in brunch, and we were told not to miss out on Trisara's "legendary" Sunday Brunch (1,990 Baht per person for brunch only). While the selection at Trisara wasn't mind-boggling, it sure made up for the lack of variety with astoundingly high quality. All of their dishes were so good on their own that they could have been served up straight from the ala carte menu. Also, I loved that Trisara offered bite-sized portions of everything, just so their guests get to sample the entire buffet spread. Oh and get this, a roving pair of masseuse went round giving free head and shoulder massages to the diners. How's that for 6-star pampering?  A mix-and-match Salad Counter , with arugula, romaine lettuce, red cabbage, cherry tomatoes, sliced almonds, pine nuts, julienned carrots and beetroot. Olive oil and thousand island were the duo of dressings available for your salads. While I'm not a fan of Smoked Salmon becau...

A couple of my gal pals brought me to Islamic Restaurant , a hole-in-the-wall Indian eatery along North Bridge Road specialising in biryani. According to the gals, this is "the best biryani place in town". It's funny that I've frequented the nasi padang restaurants around the same area as Islamic Restaurant for years, and yet never even knew this place existed! Please note that it's best to dine during the off-peak hours because the place is so tiny.All the tables are crammed pretty tightly so you inadvertently end up hearing the next table's conversation. While the restaurant is air-conditioned, a (slight) downside of the cool surroundings is that your hair does end up smelling of Indian spices by the time you leave the restaurant. Save for the coriander, the Aloo Gobi ($5) was delicious! The vegetable retained its crunchy texture and the mildly spiced, cumin-accented sauce managed to complement the natural sweetness of the cauliflower s...

This is the all-day dining menu at Trisara, as opposed to the breakfast menu in the previous post . We'll start off with the appetizers, Goong Sarong (THB490) prawns wrapped in rice noodle vermicelli with a honey mustard dipping sauce. I think freshwater prawns were used. While they are big and juicy, they weren't particularly sweet. We totally loved the Gai Yang 'Phuket' (THB400), with succulent, thoroughly flavoursome and smoky barbecued chicken skewered on chopsticks, seasoned with fresh tumeric and served with a piquant, peppery nam jim jaew dipping sauce.We repeatedly ordered this throughout our stay in Trisara. We also ordered several rounds of the Thod Mun Goong (THB490). The oh-so-juicy deep-fried shrimp cakes were the best shrimp cakes I've ever had, bar none. This was served with plum sauce, but seriously, the shrimp cakes were so good on their own that the dipping sauce was rendered completely redundant. Of course we ordered the cl...