These last 2 weeks, while constantly looking for the right location and oportunity to continue the J&B Bar way at a different location as before, I offcourse also run into a lot of different places. bars, gogo bars, cabarets but also restaurants etc.
Today I will write a little bit over two places I visited lately, though not at all ubknown with them from previous weeks/months/years, hehe
Earlier this week I went out for a meal and a little walk around with my dear friend RB, an australian from Perth and former regular guest of J&B, and who now lives here in Phuket.
I took him to the little restaurant I often pointed out to guests of J&B and which is situated next to C&N Hotel, in the little soi running left of the hotel aaand oposite the 'backentrance' of the hotels massage business.
Its called Sebai sebai, if I am correct and run by a couple of THai ladies.
The rpices of the food and drink is very resenable if not cheap compared to its quality. Its located on a little concrete raised floor with an iron canope over it and very wel lit (for me a big plus... not only because of my poor eyesight but also because I like to read and when alone I do that a lot, also during a meal).
The softdrinks are priced around 30/40 baht aaaaand shakes are all 30 baht. The average dish prices between 40/50 and 100 baht, with fish dishes as much as around 200 baht. Compared with most restaurants in and around Paradise thats more then reasonable I believe ;-)
IN the past I ate their chicken in yellow curry, duck in red chilly cury, their chicken sate,,,,, pad thai, their selection of omelettes, etc. And I can tell you, one gets not to much, but definitly also not to little ;-) The service is simple but eficient aaaaBUT one has to wait his turn when waiting for the food, because they have only a small kitchen and everything is prepared fresh. So when its busy one has to wait a little... but who cares (in general) because the food is simply good and one is often in no hurry as well. Haha, and with a book, time allways flies as well as in good company!
All the menioned dishes I can recommend easily, as well as Tom Ka Khai (though I prefer to eat that dish at 1st of Seafood, located in the little soi opposite C&N Hotel), their garlic bread, etc.... O, and do not be surprised that when you order something which you think of as an appetizer, that it arrives after your designed maindish ;-)
Just go with the flow and am sure when you visit the place you will leave happy and content........... as I am happy to say most of you guys did when I recommended the place to you ;-)
Afterwards my friend RB aaaaaaaaaaaaaand I made a walk around Bangla Road, Beachroad and back the other way in the direction of Paradise, because we wanted to see if it was so quite everywhere and not alone in Paradise. As we discovered it was, relativly ofocurse, because of the 100% tourist, only 5 up till 10 % is averagly gay (when one follows the statisics that is)... and qwe could not help to feel sorry for most of the smal business owners and all those hard working people who try to make an honest living in and around this bussing nightlife area of Phukets patong Beach.
When walking the last leg of our walkabout, we passed the sign if the to some wel know Superboys, and we dicided to have a look.. to see how they were doing, what changes might have taken place.
Well, happy to say, the place is not changed, hehe... its still that naughty place with boys who like to challenge the customer if the customer shows any interest at all (and one should, when one enters a place like that haha otherwise whats the use going there?). The music is like everywhere else but same time one feels a bit more private there and free to be a little bit more naughty then one would otherwise be.
Some of you I took there in the past, so they will know what I mean, hehe
The boys gave me and RB ofocurse all their attention and we had a hard time fighting ourselfs not to be too tempted to take one or more with us.... yea yea, I know......
2 weeks before, when feeling pretty lonely I took one of their boys with me to hang out inParadise and simply to accompany me to have a good time, and he did a most marvelous job ..... in the end both of us were surprised not only about the amount of people we both seemed to know but aklso that we had lot of them in common as well... haha, so much for wanting to have a night out without too many knowing about it..... but for most of oyu that will not be a problem, as it wasn't for me, I assure you ;-)
But it is good to bump into a guy who knows how to be a good, entertaining host, speaks decent english, knows his way around and is not shy!
In generla Superboys has more of these kind of guys working for them, and as such its a nice way to step out of the Paradise world for a change and jump in something else, though ofcourse: different but same same ;-)
O, price wise, Superboy, being of the beaten track, is not cheaper, though one can not help feeling better entertasined while there... at least, thast how my friend RB and I allways seem to fele when paying them the odd visit every so many weeks....
and to think, its just a few minutes walk from paradise soi ;-)
I will try to make a few pictures later so it will be more easy to recognise when you get back here in Patong!
And again, do not pay attenton to typing mistakes etc.... because I am simply too lasy to check everything on spelling, etc... otherwise nothing gets typed on this or one of my other weblogs ;-)
7/15/09
The Search...
For a new location of J&B Bar or whatever name we might come up with, is in full swing!
For us here J&B stands for the way we like to work, the kind of bar/location we like to have aaand the kind of atmosphere we like to offer our customers when they come to Patong Beach Phuket.
It is still hard/ not easy to find the right location for that. We have been offered locations allready in the main gay soi. But while very tempting to do, it has a lot of risks and as such we decided that even when we would do/make a step into the main gay soi, it would not be the J&B way of working as you all have gotten accustomed to this last year. We would and will still be searching for the best location outsite the main gay soi.
Maybe if we go ahead with a location in the main soi as well, it would be more like a satelite then anything more, of whatever enterprise we like to run outsite of the main soi.
We also start to consider looking for location outsite Paradise as well, but also outsite Paradise location is very important: easy to reach, easy access to the gay businesses in Patong, ergo Paradise, easy access to the other main businesses and entertainment area's of Patong Beach, like JungCeylon, Bangla Road, Hotels, Beach, etc.... so our location can again be a good meeting point for gay tourists as well as local gay peple, also the ones who do not like to go into Paradise. More and more we encounter gays here who, though gay and knowing quite a few people here, do not like to go into pParadise.
Well, the search goes on, and becomes more serious by the day!
Also we do not want to pay any keymoney etc. just rent....why? You mighty think, if thats the custom...
Well, several reasons actually:
We do not like such a financial burden, specially with the economy being down and lot of you guys back home not bing sure if you can make it back to Phuket at all to start with... one cna only spend his euro, dollar, baht only once ;-)
Also we would like, for more or less same reasons, to be able to keep our prices reasonable, more affordable for when you come back to stay with us! Its no fun if you discover that all of a sudden you find out you pay actually same or more for the drinks as compared with home (as I discovered when I returned here after a 6 weeks stay in Hollland).
The governement has raised taxes on alcohol and sigarettes with 20% (!!), ssso thats quite an amount to take into consideration and we would like you to enjoy Patong Beach Phuket as much as possble in the same way as you have been used to.
Now for some of you this doesn't make too much of a difference, but for others among you it is important to know you have agreeable places to go to where one can enjoy and still feel one is not over spending at the same time...
Well, considerations maybe not to relevant for our guests who come down (orup) here for their hollidays, but of importance to our guestst who try to live here on Phuket and when one likes to atract the local gay community in the proces as well.
The economic downturn the world economy has taken is something which is not passing by the Thai, even though they like to have it look that way, it doesn't!
Take also into consideration the political turmoil of the last 8/10 months and the international reactions to the events as a result of that, as well as what might be expected.
We of J&B feel that we must do our utmost that whatever location we decide on to continue the formula of the way of work, as we started out on our old location, we can present a well run business with continuity. A place which one can call "home a way from home". A place where you like to start or end your day in Patong Phuket, a place where you know the service is up to standard, your hosts do all that they can do to give you a good time while here, and you find help to/easy access to the relaxing fun Patong also can offer you while we of J&B are still able to serve you with the best and most honest advice you can get in Gay Patong.
Ergo, maybe a tall order... the location doens't need to be big, but well placed.... and for the time being ofocurse we hope it will be in Paradise and otherwise we hope it will be well placed not far from Paradise.................. because not withstanding the economic crisis, Patong continues to develop.........
and also the gay community will develop with it, in and outsite Paradise.
We keep you informed and please, if you have any idears and thoughts about our quest for a new location, please do not keep it away from us, but let us know, so our little comunity can be a true soundboard.
"More" allwasy knows more then "one"!!
For us here J&B stands for the way we like to work, the kind of bar/location we like to have aaand the kind of atmosphere we like to offer our customers when they come to Patong Beach Phuket.
It is still hard/ not easy to find the right location for that. We have been offered locations allready in the main gay soi. But while very tempting to do, it has a lot of risks and as such we decided that even when we would do/make a step into the main gay soi, it would not be the J&B way of working as you all have gotten accustomed to this last year. We would and will still be searching for the best location outsite the main gay soi.
Maybe if we go ahead with a location in the main soi as well, it would be more like a satelite then anything more, of whatever enterprise we like to run outsite of the main soi.
We also start to consider looking for location outsite Paradise as well, but also outsite Paradise location is very important: easy to reach, easy access to the gay businesses in Patong, ergo Paradise, easy access to the other main businesses and entertainment area's of Patong Beach, like JungCeylon, Bangla Road, Hotels, Beach, etc.... so our location can again be a good meeting point for gay tourists as well as local gay peple, also the ones who do not like to go into Paradise. More and more we encounter gays here who, though gay and knowing quite a few people here, do not like to go into pParadise.
Well, the search goes on, and becomes more serious by the day!
Also we do not want to pay any keymoney etc. just rent....why? You mighty think, if thats the custom...
Well, several reasons actually:
We do not like such a financial burden, specially with the economy being down and lot of you guys back home not bing sure if you can make it back to Phuket at all to start with... one cna only spend his euro, dollar, baht only once ;-)
Also we would like, for more or less same reasons, to be able to keep our prices reasonable, more affordable for when you come back to stay with us! Its no fun if you discover that all of a sudden you find out you pay actually same or more for the drinks as compared with home (as I discovered when I returned here after a 6 weeks stay in Hollland).
The governement has raised taxes on alcohol and sigarettes with 20% (!!), ssso thats quite an amount to take into consideration and we would like you to enjoy Patong Beach Phuket as much as possble in the same way as you have been used to.
Now for some of you this doesn't make too much of a difference, but for others among you it is important to know you have agreeable places to go to where one can enjoy and still feel one is not over spending at the same time...
Well, considerations maybe not to relevant for our guests who come down (orup) here for their hollidays, but of importance to our guestst who try to live here on Phuket and when one likes to atract the local gay community in the proces as well.
The economic downturn the world economy has taken is something which is not passing by the Thai, even though they like to have it look that way, it doesn't!
Take also into consideration the political turmoil of the last 8/10 months and the international reactions to the events as a result of that, as well as what might be expected.
We of J&B feel that we must do our utmost that whatever location we decide on to continue the formula of the way of work, as we started out on our old location, we can present a well run business with continuity. A place which one can call "home a way from home". A place where you like to start or end your day in Patong Phuket, a place where you know the service is up to standard, your hosts do all that they can do to give you a good time while here, and you find help to/easy access to the relaxing fun Patong also can offer you while we of J&B are still able to serve you with the best and most honest advice you can get in Gay Patong.
Ergo, maybe a tall order... the location doens't need to be big, but well placed.... and for the time being ofocurse we hope it will be in Paradise and otherwise we hope it will be well placed not far from Paradise.................. because not withstanding the economic crisis, Patong continues to develop.........
and also the gay community will develop with it, in and outsite Paradise.
We keep you informed and please, if you have any idears and thoughts about our quest for a new location, please do not keep it away from us, but let us know, so our little comunity can be a true soundboard.
"More" allwasy knows more then "one"!!
7/2/09
Behold
Back in Phuket and as such back on the road on behalf of J&B. The real surch for a new location will start next week and already feel some vibes... now the only thing is to discover which are real and which are a lot of hot air (of which we have a lot here ofcourse, haha).
But the surch wil be boring ofcourse except when we get close to some kind of deal... so in the maintime I think it might be good/handy to write some reviews and other things about businesses here in Patong and then mainly the gay orientated ones.
AND if you have any requests for me of places you like me to scout for you or to right a coment on, or persons for that matter you are interested in, don't hesitate to ask... if I can it wil be my pleasure to oblidge you!!
So, thats what you can expect of me these comming days/weks/months and hope to se all, of at least most of you sometime during this year ahead of us... and ofocurse hoping that all of you are not being hit too hard by this economic downturn we all seem to find ourself into.
Okay, see uyou all soon ;-)
But the surch wil be boring ofcourse except when we get close to some kind of deal... so in the maintime I think it might be good/handy to write some reviews and other things about businesses here in Patong and then mainly the gay orientated ones.
AND if you have any requests for me of places you like me to scout for you or to right a coment on, or persons for that matter you are interested in, don't hesitate to ask... if I can it wil be my pleasure to oblidge you!!
So, thats what you can expect of me these comming days/weks/months and hope to se all, of at least most of you sometime during this year ahead of us... and ofocurse hoping that all of you are not being hit too hard by this economic downturn we all seem to find ourself into.
Okay, see uyou all soon ;-)
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