Restaurants in Asia
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Falafellim
Friends of the falafel should make their way here, a hole-in-the-wall fast food–style place with bargain bites.
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Nagpal Pure Vegetarian Dhaba
Canteen-like but clean and never short of customers, it serves hearty helpings of paneer and the like.
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Le Bordeaux
One of the city’s best French restaurants serves delicate scallops, succulent sea bass and other delights.
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Hannah’s Place
Hannah’s Place has the finest seaside terrace in Moalboal and easily the best seafood.
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Hotel Sanjay
This basic but bustling spot does excellent thalis; the Keralan style fish meal is especially tasty.
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Coco Leaf
An affordable Asian fusion restaurant that offers everything from tuna sashimi to tasty pad Thai.
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McMagic's
In the big Daria store building, this is a reasonable Western-style burger and pizza bar.
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Sagar Palace
A pure-veg restaurant and bar serving good food, including rum-spiked ice-cream sundaes!
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Highlands Coffee
Part of a successful nationwide chain, this garden branch sits behind the Opera House.
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Givral
A landmark place that has fine views towards the Opera House and the busy junction.
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Ashoka
Moderately priced Indian place, with a lunch buffet and halal food.
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Tum Tum Bamboo Restaurant
Authentic flavours in an ambient setting.
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Sai-ji-ki
This vegetarian restaurant serves an all-you-can eat buffet of mostly Japanese food for ¥1799. If you go at lunchtime, be prepared to sit in line.
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Railay Phutawan Resort
Amid dense jungle and karst cliffs, it's best to dine here during the day to appreciate the view. Try to get one of the intimate shaded booths at the jungle's edge.
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Porto Caro
Colourful, 2nd-floor trattoria specialising in pasta dishes with local seafood, and pizzas; look for the English sign two blocks down from the post office.
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Paradise Behind the Sea Restaurant
If you're cruising the east coast for scenery, stop in for a view and a meal at this cliffside restaurant. Vietnamese and Thai dishes crowd the tables and cool breezes provide refreshment. In Thai, this is called 'Lang Talay'.
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M2
This kitschy place around the corner from the Fuji-Yoshida Youth Hostel serves Western and Japanese diner food, like fried shrimp and curry rice; look for the orange awning.
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Quan An Ngon
Fancy that street-food experience, but afraid to take the plunge? Head to this incredibly busy, popular place that’s rammed with locals and a smattering of expats. Minikitchens turn out terrific food, including specialities from all over the nation like squid with lemongrass and chilli or chao tom (grilled sugar cane rolled in spiced shrimp paste). Be prepared to wait for a table.
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Angkor Palm
Combining the authentic taste of Cambodian country cooking with Western attention to detail, the combination platter here is the perfect crash course in Khmer cuisine, with seven dishes (including fresh spring rolls and stir-fried morning glory) beautifully presented in banana leaves.
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Amazing Sandwich
A self-described island in a sea of rice, Amazing Sandwich delivers bread to the wheat-deprived. Expats rank the make-your-own sandwiches right up there with sliced bread. Has recently expanded into pizza, hamburgers, and breakfasts. Rely on takeaway; the dining room does not win any awards.
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American Steak House
A meat-lovers haven, with plenty of 'Wild West Steaks' on offer: filet mignon, T-Bone, green pepper and Hawaiian, just to name a few. There are also nonsteak options such as burgers, tandoori fish, grilled prawn skewers and a small selection of pastas, pizzas, soups and salads. The interior is chilled-out, with some comfy booth-style seating, and the mocktails/smoothies are guaranteed to quench the most savage summer thirst. Beware, however, of flat whites masquerading as cappuccinos.
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Café Carinho
This excellent little café near Ginkaku-ji is one of the only places in town where you can find proper bagel sandwiches. It also serves daily specials, light meals and excellent tea and coffee (from ¥400). There is wi-fi for those with laptops. The owner speaks English and Portuguese, which makes ordering a breeze. All told, this is one of the best spots in the neighbourhood for a drink or meal.
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Blue Wolf
Run by the folks at Blue Wolf Tours, this café is in a bright room, its walls decorated with dramatic photos of eagle-hunters and the Altai Mountains. The menu includes delights such as American breakfast (eggs, sausage and bread) and Kazakh breakfast (sausage and apple). Vegetarians will appreciate some of the salads. The taco salad isn't particularly Mexican but does taste good. Kazakh crafts are also sold here.
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King’s Confectionary
Not only does it have a good range of light lunches and a mouth-watering selection of cakes (including Portugal’s finest, the pastéis de Belém for Tk 70), but it gets one of Dhaka’s only green-and-social awards for running a bring-and-buy scheme for old clothes. All proceeds go to charity.
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DeRoyalle Café
Like it's direct neighbour, the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, this cosy little coffee-shop is a good place to kick back and relax with a magazine. If you're in a hurry, however, we suggest their more famous next-door neighbour, as the staff here is well meaning but slow. There's also wi-fi.
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