After the huge success of seaside Thai restaurant The Glass House in 2011, its owner, Atthapol Itthirattanakomol, has opened this new Japanese-Italian venture on Wongamat Beach. Silver Lining features a giant, seven- ton awning that sits above a smaller glass dining room furnished with art deco details, steel surfaces and ancient samurai armor. The menu was devised by TV’s Iron Chef Noom Thaninthorn, and features both traditional and fusion dishes like sashimi sets (hamachi, tuna, salmon B1,700), robasta Kagoshima wagyu (B1,850) and chilled angel hair pasta with salmon tartar (B250), while mixologist Karn Liangsrisuk (Escapade Burgers & Shakes) designed the cocktails. Try the torched watermelon sake (B320) or Little Blood (B320), a twist on the Bloody Mary featuring crispy bacon. Live jazz and soul plays Tue-Sun. Book ahead if you want to get one of the three beachside tables.

 

 

 

This small cafe-cum-bar belongs to a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in Sydney, Thakorn Wannawong (who also runs Betta x Beach Cafe in Bangsaen). The menu is packed with nearly a hundred dishes and desserts, from traditional Thai to fusion creations, but we recommend the simpler items like nam prik long rua tuna foo (shrimp paste rice with crispy tuna, B140) and gaeng phed ped yang (roasted duck in red curry, B120). For dessert, there are various toasts (from B170), chocolate fondue (B120), pancakes and, the highlight, mango meringue (B120). At night, the cute wooden barn-like cafe turns into a bar with live folk music on weekdays from 9-11pm.

 

 

 

After running Silavadee, a small spa in the Naklua area for a decade, Chairat Ratnopas revamped this abandoned house on the same soi into this all-day cafe. Taking its name from the Latin saying salus per alimentum (meaning good health by food), Spa Cafe serves food and drink with a healthy angle, such as the Spa coffee (hot B75/cold B90), which is made with soymilk and flavored with fragrant ingredients like orange peel and cinnamon, which is said to alleviate muscle pain and spasms. Even the black honey toast (B150) is made using health-conscious ingredients like Japanese bamboo charcoal, which is believed to clean bacteria from your digestive tract. You’ll also find it in the black beef burger (B250) and black spaghetti salmon (B180).

 

 

 

This four-year old breakfast place has expanded to a second branch in the new community mall, Welcome Town. The space matches industrial loft style with surfing influences, and also features a shopping corner for swimwear. The owner, Uthai Niratkulchai, gained his cooking credentials through a short course at Ecole Ritz Escoffier at the Ritz Hotel in Paris, and serves both Eastern and Western dishes. Try the Doi Mae Salong shitake mushrooms cooked Yunnan style (B155), ciabatta bread topped with mascarpone cheese, smoked salmon and spices (B185), French toast (start B225) and English breakfast (B275). Next door you’ll also find the well-regarded Thai restaurant Bor Bai Mai.

 

 

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