Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Sala Rim Nam, Mandarin Oriental BKK

Got curious about this restaurant for quite some time. Finally tried their lunch buffet as I got reminded of my last pleasant surprise from Sala Rim Nam taking place at Clipper Lounge of MO HK. In general, the food of Sala Rim Nam is at average. When we consider the price at THB750++, we would find it not over-priced. However, I would recommend them to increase the price a bit more by having some stations for freshly made som tam and pad thai which shouldn't be well prepared in a buffet.
1. the rest room door. 2. Something good about MO is that they have many flowers kept in good condition.

3/4. some melon decorations outside the restaurant.

5/6. cold dishes.

7. hot dish. 8. Tom Yam Gong.

9. kind of a tofu pork egg soup. 10. dessert.
11. herbal jelly. 12. Apple Mojito.
13. fresh fruits. 14. food station.
15/16. the restaurant.
17. the restaurant with a view to MO's main complex and classic wing.

7 comments:

pixmation said...

How come only some of the photos have larger views when I click on them but not all?

Stella said...

$25 US for this buffet is cheaper considering it is at MO-BKK.
Yes, they shall increase a little.

Paranoid Android said...

This place is a favourite for Westerners? My German friends always love having their dinner at Sala Rim Nam while watching cultural shows.

in the sea said...

Lately I found out the blogspot having something I don't get it. I know that photo size problem and it's usually only on the left photos that can't be clicked for larger size. Like I told you the other day, I am now treating this blog posting as a hurry-up diary, without spell check and photo adjustment..etc. Too many things from work and too many things at spare time. I guess I'll check those out on my next xxx-pi-li-pa-la villa trip. :)

Stella, you are right. That's what I mean for MO to increase the price by giving a little more quality. I wrote to them for this comment too. We are not talking about an average Thai restaurant. It's a representational Thai restaurant in a legendary hotel in BKK, that made it so falling behind and in such a contrast to her fellow nice restaurants like Le Normandie which can out-win many French restaurants in France (sorry to my French friends for my bias).

Android, welcome back. Last time I noticed from your blog that you seemed to be on travel. Gotta go check your updates. It's true that Sala Rim Nam is more for tourists on the night-time cultural shows. Sitting inside for the cultural shows with a compulsory dinner set is about THB2,500++ I guess maybe THB1,500 goes to the dance artists. One more sad thing they even made China House be derivative from the classic Cantonese cuisine, despite their use of some fine food. Why I wanna try Sala Rim Nam this time is because MO HK's Clipper Lounge offered 2 stations for pad thai and tom yam by their touring chef from Sala Rim Nam. It turned out their home base won't have such a thing.

Stella said...

Hi Sea,
Yes, for this kind of high-end hotel, its restaurant needs to be in line with the good MO quality.
I think their guests will prefer to have a better quality food and don't mind to pay more(like $30 or $35US per person instead of $25 US).

Your so called hurry-up diary is still very thorough and also very responsive to all your reader's comments. Thanks.

in the sea said...

It's funny that Peninsula's cafe (A La Carte) is pretty good but not the room and hotel. Anyway, we judged on the food. Next time if we should take into account of the cultural dance show.

BTW, one more immaculate thing about MO's air-con. It's also humidity auto-adjusted to various temperature so that you won't feel either too dry or humid. I just learned from it when I "tried" to book for their suite. :) Not so expensive for a 2 bedroom family suites at US$900. :)

Stella said...

Everything at MO is just right and perfect.