Three Mangoes

Three Mangoes
25/3 Moo 8
Bang Talat, Pak Kret
Nonthaburi, 11120 Thailand
Tel: 02-574-0909-10
Hours: 10:30am-midnight

Rating: 4.5 / 5 stars

Our neighbors invited my parents and I to have dinner at Three Mangoes yesterday. I had a very nice experience. The exterior and interior decor of the restaurant is amazing. The place had a feeling of a local coffee shop. There are small toys being displayed on bookshelves and magazines for people to read. We sat in the air conditioned room [around the cash register area] and I saw that each dining area is unique and different. There is also plenty of outdoor seating where you can enjoy live music at night. Sadly, we didn't sit in the outdoor area [that didn't have shelter] yesterday since it was raining outside. :(

Three Mangoes offers a variety of traditional Thai dishes and desserts [i.e.: cake slices]. I don't remember how many dishes we tried but it was a lot though. I know that I left the restaurant being stuffed. My friend recommended me to try the "3 Mangoes Iced Coffee" since he said it's a popular drink here. You can see from the picture below that there is A LOT of whipped cream in the iced coffee and the drink was very creamy. Most of the entrees came out pretty fast. I had no complaints about any of the entrees because the food was fresh, delicious, and flavorful. For dessert, we ordered and shared three cakes and ice cream. I was a little disappointed with the "Red Velvet Cake" because it's a little bit different from the ones that I tried in the past. The red velvet cake here had strawberry sauce drizzled around the cake. I also thought that the cake was a bit dry. However, the "Crepe Cake" was good and it was moist.

The service was great and as I mentioned before the food came out pretty fast. I would definitely here come again and I would also have to try the tiramisu dessert since I didn't try it yesterday. Plus, I want to dine in the outdoor seating area to listen to some live music! Hopefully it won't rain next time.

Pepsi Cheer

http://www.pepsithai.com/pepsi2010/

Rating: 3.5 / 5 Stars

Pepsi Cheer is a limited edition soda offered by PepsiCo during the FIFA 2010 World Cup event. This product is similar to Pepsi GOLD which came out for a limited time during the FIFA 2006 World Cup. I decided to give this soda a try because it's unique and it's a limited edition drink! I don't think you can find this product in the US. I brought this soda from 7-Eleven Thailand for 17 Baht [about 50 cents US]. Overall, this soda is OK. This soda tastes very similar to ginger ale but with the added orange color.

Hachiban Ramen @ Fashion Island Mall

Hachiban Ramen [@ Fashion Island Mall]
http://www.hachiban.co.jp/english/index.html

Rating: 3 / 5 stars

Hachiban Ramen is another typical Japanese franchise in Thailand. You'll see this place in many malls or grocery store chains [i.e. TESTCO Lotus] in Thailand. This place is specializes in ramen. The first time that I ever try this place about 5 years ago at TESTCO Lotus in Rangsit.

A few weeks ago, my parents and I came to Hachiban Ramen for dinner. [Originally, my mom wanted to go to Fuji Restaurant, but there were 11 groups of people ahead of us. :P]  It was a Friday night and the place was pretty busy. As we entered the small restaurant, I can clearly see that the place was understaffed. There were a few tables that weren't cleaned up from the customers who had already left. There wasn't a hostess to greet people at the door. The cashier was the only person in the front and she was busy collecting payments.

Well, I ordered a set entrée for dinner. I had the pork ramen set and it came with fried dumplings & a glass of Coke. It was about 100 Baht [around $3 US]. My dad also ordered the same thing as me. My mom just ordered the duck ramen. I thought that my meal was good but the ramen entrée was kinda boring because there weren't many ingredients in the ramen.

The service here that Friday evening was awful. As mentioned earlier, the place was understaffed. It took awhile for my parent's entrees to come too. My dad also ordered another entrée but that never came and he cancelled it because it took FOREVER!!! My dad kept reminding the waitress that his order didn't come yet. I saw that my dad was very pissed off. lolz...And that doesn't happen often too. =X

I would definitely go to Hachiban Ramen again because the ramen is pretty cheap and good. But probably not at Fashion Island Mall though.

[NOTE: Pictures taken from my NOKIA E63]