• By GROVE
  • | Jan 20, 2012

1. Water Library Brasserie's three-course set menus

 
For both lunch and dinner, this brasserie from one of Bangkok's most reliable restaurant names offers a three-course set menu at B990. You can choose from mains like roasted duck breast, grilled sea bass and lobster pasta to accompany shrimp salad or pumpkin soup and pineapple compote. They also have a buy-one-get-one-free deal running on cold tea.
 
5/F, Central Embassy, 1031 Ploen Chit Rd., 02-160-5893
 

2. Italics' business lunch

 
Everyday from 11am-3pm, the Italian restaurant lets you enjoy business lunch with a salad and a choice of pasta or pizza at just B390. Pasta options include the eggplant and ricotta lasagne, slow-cooked beef penne, aglio olio peperoncino and duck breast ravioli, while pizza choices span pumpkin ricotta, seafood pesto and parma ham and mascarpone.
 
63/3 Soi Ruam Rudi, Phloen Chit Rd., 02-253-2410
 

3. Chikalicious's three-course prix fixe menu

 
In the mood forsomething sweet? The New York-hailing dessert joint always has some attractive deals. This month, they're offeriang 25 percent off the B400 price of the three-course prix fixe menu.  This dessert-only dinner starts with the chef’s selection of three petit amuse-bouche, followed by fresh granite in your choice of flavor and finished with a signature main dessert. 
 
5/F, Central Embassy, 1031 Phloen Chit Rd., 02-160-5892
 

4. Daily happy hours

 
The area is quite the spot for after-work drinks. One of our favorite places is a cool izakaya in Park Ventures called Ogu Ogu, which every day from 5-8pm offers buy one get one free on draft beer (Kirin, Asahi, Singha), glasses of wine and carafes of sake. Round the corner on Soi Ruam Rudi, check out Hyde & Seek, a well-established cocktail favorite which always has some interesting drink deals 4-7pm on week days.
 
 

5. JW Marriott’s all-you-can-eat pleasures

 
For fans of buffets, there’s a whole lot for you to choose from at JW Marriott. Lunch-time all-you-can-eat dim Sum at Man Ho Chinese restaurant starts at B790 net on Mon-Fri while you can expect shark fin and barbecue pork and duck on Sat-Sun at B1,150.
 
Seafood fans need to check out daily international buffet at Marriott Cafe, which features Alaskan king crab and imported oysters on top of tiger prawns and foie gras.
 
Sundays feature a grand feast in collaboration between two Japanese restaurants—Tsu and Nami—that includes  a huge line of fresh sushi, sashimi, tempura and teppanyaki at B2,690 inclusive of alcoholic beverages.
 
4 Sukhumvit Soi 2, 02-656-7000. BTS Phloen Chit. www.marriott.com/bangkok
 

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