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Bangkok Phil · 5th March 2007, 22:14

This afternoon, the missis and I perched sunglasses on top of our heads, locked horns with the Thai hi-so crowd, zig-zagged around horrible snivelling expat children, and strutted around the shopping and restaurant zone at Thonglor soi 13 like a couple of game cocks, eventually settling for The Greyhound Cafe. There is also a branch in the Emporium and one or two others knocking around I think.

I would sum up The Greyhound Cafe as 'fusion food on a budget' . Elvis Burgers, Seafood Paella, Chicken in rice-paper, fish in beer batter. The portions are small but very well presented. I was unadventurous and had the lemon sole goujouns with a cajun salad while my wife had a Vietnamese chicken dish with sticky rice balls. Always save a bit of room for the cakes though. The missis made her waistline scream for mercy with the home-made banana and chocolate cake and I was only slightly less devil-may-care opting for a terrific cherry crumble with vanilla custard. Price for two - 700 baht with drinks. It's fusion food on a budget.

The only thing that irks me about Greyhound is the staff all seem a little dim. Requests for menus, the check bin, more water, an additional order are all met with a sort of blank stare and there's this tortuous few seconds as the message is decoded and finally delivered to the brain. However, our main meals did arrive at almost the same time - not exactly but almost - and I'm grateful for that in any Thai-owned restaurant.

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Bangkok Phil Bangkok Phil is generally in bed by 10.30 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,517 vCash: 50 Blog Entries: 2 Rep Power: 217	Greyhound, Soi Thonglor This afternoon, the missis and I perched sunglasses on top of our heads, locked horns with the Thai hi-so crowd, zig-zagged around horrible snivelling expat children, and strutted around the shopping and restaurant zone at Thonglor soi 13 like a couple of game cocks, eventually settling for The Greyhound Cafe. There is also a branch in the Emporium and one or two others knocking around I think. I would sum up The Greyhound Cafe as 'fusion food on a budget' . Elvis Burgers, Seafood Paella, Chicken in rice-paper, fish in beer batter. The portions are small but very well presented. I was unadventurous and had the lemon sole goujouns with a cajun salad while my wife had a Vietnamese chicken dish with sticky rice balls. Always save a bit of room for the cakes though. The missis made her waistline scream for mercy with the home-made banana and chocolate cake and I was only slightly less devil-may-care opting for a terrific cherry crumble with vanilla custard. Price for two - 700 baht with drinks. It's fusion food on a budget. The only thing that irks me about Greyhound is the staff all seem a little dim. Requests for menus, the check bin, more water, an additional order are all met with a sort of blank stare and there's this tortuous few seconds as the message is decoded and finally delivered to the brain. However, our main meals did arrive at almost the same time - not exactly but almost - and I'm grateful for that in any Thai-owned restaurant. __________________ The wheels on my house go round and round. Round and round. Round and round.