Praties, A Meal with A Peel. (Now changed hands - Kelly's)

Happy New Year, my dear readers! Wishing everyone wonderful, successful, very happy, and of course, delicious 2010!

We begin this year with a little plug for my friends, Charlie & Anne's new little restaurant, Praties. Praties? No, it's not a Thai word, or English, for that matter. It's actually an Irish word that means potatoes. And no, it's not an Irish restaurant, Praties actually serves Australian food, or I guess you could say Western food with an Aussie twist. Charlie, is of course, from Australia (Perth), and his lovely wife, Anne, from Thailand.

Praties is a cheerful and welcoming little restaurant. The food is hearty, delicious and healthy, yes, even the pizzas, with wholemeal base! The coffee is also great, and the prices reasonable. Having been opened only since October 2009, there is already a following of regular customers.

Here are some of my favourites from Praties:

Prawn Pizza - Very nice pizza, as mentioned before, on a wholemeal base. It's not your traditional Italian pizza, but very tasty, with a generous amount of prawns and of course, plenty of flavour. The base is more bread like, but still very good and crunchy.

The Aussie Burger - What's an Aussie restaurant without an Aussie burger? This is an excellent burger (and rather healthy....really!...if you don't count the fries..) with good quality beef patty, vegies, sauteed onions and melted cheese in a wholemeal bun. The fries are great too - it can be hard to find good fries in Chiang Mai, and, Praties' are pretty good. Very filling dish!

Charlie's English Fish & Chips - Charlie's Fish & Chips are simply delicious! Served on a generous bed of chips, and comes with tartare sauce a lovely salad.

There are also other dishes on the menu as well eg. various pies, hot dogs, potato wedges, pasta bakes. The menu often changes and there are always something new to try!

Breakfasts here are also very good too.

Other dishes to try: Charlie's Apple Pie with ice-cream - this is a very popular dish amongst local expats; Pancakes & Ice-cream - this is really nice. Be prepared to wait a little though, as the batter is whipped up fresh for each order. This ensures the yummiest and soft pancakes!

Praties

Shop 206/26 Meechoke Plaza

(Near Rimping Supermarket, Middle ring Road)

Moo 6, T. Faham, A. Muang

Chiang Mai 50000

Tel: 081 9510049, 053 249340

Opens:

Tuesday-Sunday 8:30am-8:00pm

Breakfast also available!