Aroy Restaurant in Chaam

Aroy Restaurant in Chaam

During our recent family and work outing to Pattaya we stopped over in Chaam for a night. A couple of years ago, my wife and me stopped over in Hua Hin but we didn't really warm up to Hua Hin and last time we were travelling we just peeked into Chaam, after stayed overnight in Prachuap Kirikhan and we decided to stay in Chaam one day.

Well, that day came last week, we stayed overnight and we enjoyed it.

One of the guests in our hotel, who happened to be also Dutch, recommended Aroy restaurant to us, stating it was well priced and big portions were served. This sounded good so we had a look.

The place is easy to find, coming from the beach road, go to the Narathip road, the main road leading into Chaam and walking or moving away from the beach, it's at the first street to your left about 300 meters into this street on your right hand.

The restaurant is decorated in a nice way with all sorts of clocks and it gives the place a nice feel to it.

It was also full, with a lot of Thai people eating there which is always a good sign. The plates were indeed big with lots of food on them and the prices were very good indeed. If I would live in Chaam I'm sure I would eat there plenty of times. I had a pork chop with potaters and vegetables for 120,-THB, excellent value!

I can definitely recommend Aroy restaurant for it's cosy atmosphere, big servings and real good value!

Camille

27th February, 2010

Today's weather;

Coming from Chaam this morning where we stayed over for the night on our way to Pattaya for some new wreck diving adventures in combination with a family holiday.

A near perfect blue sky is opening up over Chaam with a current temp of 32.3C at 7am.

Sun rise over Chaam beach just before 7am

Yesterday saw Samui with a 31.2C max temp and we travelled under blue skies all the way to Chaam with only one freak moment when a truck with a snails pace hang a U turn on our side of the lane and plenty of cars at high speed came to a screeching halt and with three trucks turned upside down next to the road within the first 100 km's of our journey. You gotta love it, driving in Thailand!

Almost forgot, our car battery giving up in Surat Thani so we had to get a new one. A dry battery so folks like me don't have to check the water levels anymore.

Max temp in Chaam reached 32.3C yesterday.

Camille

Second day, the Big Mango; Bangkok

The second day of our trip brought us into Bangkok.

After an early start this morning, out of Prachuap Khirikhan, we headed first for Cha'am, for breakfast, which was just under an hour away.
How much we liked Prachuap, how disappointing the hotel was, the aircon was leaking in such a way that the whole area in front of the bathroom was drenched with water, which was rather not very safe and enjoyable with the kids.

Cha'am is very near to Hua Hin and I like the feel of Cha'am, although we just had breakfast there, definitely a place to look closer into. Just for the record, Cha'am is a beach resort, popular with both Thais and Westerners.

Around noon we entered Bangkok and it took us a while to find our way to Legacy Suites in Sukhumvit, Soi 29, with all the one ways, no right turns allowed and other traffic rules around Sukhumvit, but we managed at last.

The day followed up as predicted yesterday, with lots of shopping at Siam Paragon an upscale shopping mall and Central Chitlom. At Paragon it would have been nice to visit the Aquarium at Siam Ocean World but we just didn't have the time.

Tomorrow we're off to Samut Prakan and the three headed Elephant or Chang Erawan, so keep your eyes posted!

Camille