Mangsaowilat

Sunday, March 16, 2014

AGM

The Annual General Meeting of the Vegetarian Centre of Thailand is on the 30th March 2014.

The speaker is Prof. Dr. Vichai Thaksin.

Ariyasaj Si Building

Soi 65

Petchkasem Road

Bangkae

Bangkok 10160

Tel 0-2421-0489

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Akshaya Restaurant [South Indian, pure vegetarian], off Surawong Road, Bangkok

A new arrival [late January 2014] is Akshaya Restaurant, tucked away between Silom Road and Surawong Road.

It is fairly close to the Holiday Inn Silom. It is behind the former Central department store – around Silom 30. If you approach it from Silom Road, walk through to Tops Supermarket and keep going towards Surawong Road, you’ll spot it on your right-hand side, after about 3 or 4 minutes. It is opposite another Indian restaurant which has been there for some time – one called simply Thali Restaurant. These restaurants are just off Surawong Road.

[The blue asterisk marks the location.]

The restaurant looks clean and fresh, and is decorated in a simple style. The friendly, welcoming man in the restaurant [I presume the owner] said it had been open for 15 days. It was quiet when we visited, but that isn't surprising as it was around 4.00PM. One other table was occupied.

The menu is fairly short [one A4 side, English only], and features South Indian food.

To me it seemed more like South Indian snacks. I spotted rice nowhere on the menu, for example. The prices seem reasonable, though not as cheap as some of the other Indian places in the area. For dosa, pesara, and poori it came to 245 Baht. The food was fresh and hot, and tasty.