1. If you like Dim Sum (Yum Cha), you can’t do much better than “The Good Earth” restaurant at the Arnoma Hotel. Only 300 baht gets you a large buffet-style (but not choose your own) selection of Dim Sum dishes, plus soup, a noodle dish of some kind (such as Rad Nah), fruit salad desert and unlimited refills of green tea. Just across the road from Central World, so conveniently located.
2. I’ve only eaten at 2 mexican restaurants since I started coming to Bangkok, but we keep going back to Senor Pico each time we come back here. Excellent skewered bbq chicken, good live music (which my daughter loves), and the fajitas aren’t bad either (although I don’t think the fajitas are as good as the Mexican Cafe in Auckland — but that might just be personal preference).
3. There are a huge number of food courts in Bangkok. Most of the Central department stores have a food court attached somewhere — FoodLoft at Central Chit Lom is arguably one of the best of these (very upmarket though). Haven’t been to the MBK food court in years, but last time I went there they had a couple of pretty good vegetarian booths.
4. If you want to have an expensive meal out, a lot of the major hotels have all-you-can-eat buffets with a mixture of International and Thai cuisine. I really like the lunch buffet at the Grand Hyatt Erawan (excellent service), and dinner at the Riverside Terrace at the Marriott (rather expensive for Thailand, but has a show as well, which is good for kids).
5. Non-food-related (surprise): the Ancient City is really worth a visit. Full of replica and relocated temples, buildings, mini villages, etc. I’ve been twice now and still enjoy it. Will probably go back on the next trip, because there’s parts of the 300+ acre park that we haven’t visited yet (plus they’re building more attractions). You will be impressed. By the way, contrary to that article I’ve linked to, entry fees have increased to about 300 baht per person (at least for foreigners).
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