Diary Restaurant (Sponsor)

Post by **trubrit** » February 18, 2015, 3:27 pm

My wife and I popped in yesterday, we were amazed at the variety of foods on offer on the menu and really took a long while to choose, eventually I settled for three dishes which were all delicious but I must mention the panang curry was excellent, possibly the best I have ever had .How you can produce such high quality for such a ridicurously low price is amazing .Must mention a warning about parking on the premises, you have to reverse out into a busy road, which is quite dangerous . Maybe a mirror might help.

Post by **parrot** » February 18, 2015, 3:50 pm

I also stopped by for lunch yesterday......had a spicy stir fry pork with herbs, rice, icy-lemon, and cup of hot coffee to polish things off. The stir fry was excellent....nice blend of ginger, red chili, green pepper corns, and other herbs. I'll be back for more.

Post by **Diary-Udon** » February 19, 2015, 2:49 am

Thanks so very much Trubrit for the kind words, Chef Nooy was very happy to hear your opinion of the Panang Curry. It was great to see you and the wife in.

-And an excellent idea regarding the mirror to assist drivers in backing out onto Soi 6. Hadn't thought of a solution but the mirror seems like a good start. It shall be in place soon.

And thanks Parrot for the review ref. the Stir Fry, -it's good to see those who when ordering it "spicy" get it exactly as they requested. I think that dish and some others are going to be my training wheels for switching to a lot more Thai fare. But maybe "ha sip percent pet" 50% เผ็ด for me

BLUEBERRY PANCAKES STILL GOING STRONG, "BLUEBERRY PANCAKES SET" ON SPECIAL FOR 159THB, which includes:

Blueberry Pancakes;
Home Fries;
2 strips of USA style "streaky" bacon OR back bacon;
and your choice of either Coffee or Orange Juice;

BLUEBERRY PANCAKES ALSO AVAILABLE SOLO for 79THB.

Post by **Diary-Udon** » February 19, 2015, 7:48 pm

Happy Chinese New Year!

Today busy with a lot of locals on their "New Years" day off.

Thanks to the fact we have TWO chefs + a Chef Helper, it went easy. Only our 3rd week in operation & we're settling into a rhythm.

Look for our new website to launch in the coming weeks.

Here's a new link to our downloadable menu. https://www.scribd.com/doc/256248249/Di ... ruary-2015

And, here are 2 new pics from today:

Strawberry Pancakes @ 79THB

Garlic Cheese Toast 2 Slices @ 60THB

Post by **Diary-Udon** » February 21, 2015, 2:32 am

Hello Udon Thani,

Fridays always more of a dinner crowd & tonight was no exception. Week 3, and we're seeing that word's getting out. Lots of new customers coming in from all around Udon now.

Our menu range offering THAI and WESTERN food, with good flavor, at great prices, is working out VERY well.

Today's Food Pic: Stir Fried Chicken with Garlic Sauce just 60THB and VERY tasty!

And for those who read Thai (or can get their wife/girlfriend to read it), a FREE Watermelon or Kiwi or Mango Passionfruit smoothie OR Cuppa Coffee or TEA for the first one to translate the below (relates to the pic):

อากาศเย็นๆแบบนี้ รับข้าวพะแนงร้อนๆหอมๆซักจานมั้ยค้าาาาาาาาา

aaaaand a MAP since this thread is now on Page 2. We are on Soi 6 Udondutsadi right outside of Gomen City Estates, just past White Elephant Resort and before Soi Baan Laot.

Happy Customers....

Post by **d1gromet** » February 22, 2015, 7:54 am

I was in town Friday, and was going to have lunch. but when I tried to put Longitude into GPS , Their are no such number as E 102.79 ???? Today I am coming to town again, and see you are closed. Sorry I am going to miss lunch again. But I now have you pin pointed on map so I can find you next time..

Post by **Diary-Udon** » February 22, 2015, 8:20 pm

d1gromet wrote:I was in town Friday, and was going to have lunch. but when I tried to put Longitude into GPS , Their are no such number as E 102.79 ???? Today I am coming to town again, and see you are closed. Sorry I am going to miss lunch again. But I now have you pin pointed on map so I can find you next time..

Hi d1gromet,

Sorry to have missed you Friday, and yes, we're closed Sundays.

I took the time to visit http://gps-coordinates.net and processed our parking lot coordinates as:

DMS (Dgrees, Minutes, Seconds):
N 17° 25' 20.486"
E 102° 47' 46.608"

Decimal Degrees:
Latitude : 17.422357 | Longitude : 102.79628

There's a building across the street from us painted bright Orange, we have green awnings, etc.

See you in soon!

Post by **samuel** » February 22, 2015, 11:31 pm

is this the building? (google street view november 2014)
https://www.google.co.th/maps/@17.42246 ... !2e0?hl=de

Post by **Diary-Udon** » February 23, 2015, 1:16 am

samuel wrote:is this the building? (google street view november 2014)
https://www.google.co.th/maps/@17.42246 ... !2e0?hl=de

Bravo Samuel, -one FREE smoothie for you compliments of the house. Just let me know when you might be coming in so the staff are aware of the deal.

It's very close, this one is more accurate:
BEST MOST ACCURATE STREET VIEW LINK
https://www.google.co.th/maps/@17.42242 ... !2e0?hl=en

It shows back before we did a LOT of construction, pretty fast I might add. It's an excellent "before" picture my wife will get a kick out of.

For those without a fast PC w/ a lot of RAM that might not be able to render Google Street View, here's the pic. of our location as copied & saved in JPG pic format from Google Street View.

And, I guess we will have to wait for their car to pass us again, as the place now looks like:

AND to help a little with orientation, if you were driving down Soi 6 toward Nong Sim Lake, just past Gomen City Estates entrance, right as you get to our place you'd see the Orange building across from our parking entrance:

AND if you were driving the other direction, toward White Elephant Resort or Udon Christian School, you'd see:

AAAAND if you were at today's Udon Expats Club presentation, RAVENS FACS would maybe see it like this?
http://www.ravens.org/

Post by **Diary-Udon** » February 23, 2015, 2:16 pm

Hi All,

Happy Monday to you, come try our home-cooked style Thai & Western dishes, made with care and flavour, at a price well ahead of the rest.

Also, here's a new pic of the interior, and one of the exterior...

And of course a close-up of our popular cheese omlette & home fries. 90THB

And one of our breakfast plate. 140THB eggs any way you like, Wagyu sausages, USA streaky bacon or UK back bacon, and crispy home fries, 140THB.

Post by **Diary-Udon** » February 23, 2015, 3:28 pm

Hi,

Here's our menu again, downloadable.

https://www.scribd.com/doc/256248249/Di ... ruary-2015

Delivery Available in Udon Thani within the Ring Road.

Hours OPEN 10AM thru 9PM Tuesday thru Sunday, Closed MONDAYS.

Post by **Diary-Udon** » February 24, 2015, 6:59 pm

Hello Udon, welcome to Page 3 of our thread, we reiterate some info in the previous pages for ease-of-access.

For more pics and info click here:
http://www.udonmap.com/udonthaniforum/d ... 36319.html

and here: http://www.udonmap.com/udonthaniforum/d ... 19-15.html

Expats and Thais & their friends, spouses, kids, relatives ALL continue enjoying flavourful, authentic, affordable Thai and Western meals together. The Thai food is excellent, the western fare as well. We aim to please both and so far we have done well.

HOURS: 10am thru 9pm Tuesday - Sunday. Closed Mondays.

MENU / DOWNLOADABLE: https://www.scribd.com/doc/256248249/Di ... ruary-2015

GPS LOCATION:

DMS (Dgrees, Minutes, Seconds):
N 17° 25' 20.486"
E 102° 47' 46.608"

Decimal Degrees:
Latitude : 17.422357 | Longitude : 102.79628

AREA LOCATION: We are on Udon Dutsadi Soi 6 (otherwise known to locals as Soi "Hang Jhia") just outside of Gomen City Estates (housing estate). Soi 6 intersects the main road known as Udon Dutsadi, and is at the same stop light as Udon Thani Christian School and circuits toward Nong Sim Lake. Our restaurant is situated about 1 minute's drive from Udon Dutsadi, in a new shop house building with a white picket fence and a 3 car private parking lot. Visual cues: Green awning. Orange building across the street.

GOOGLE STREET VIEW MAP: https://www.google.co.th/maps/@17.42242 ... !2e0?hl=en

MENU: 1MB downloadable PDF Link on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/download/previ ... 8092446086 (you'll need to be signed in to facebook)

MENU IN FACEBOOK "GALLERY" FORMAT: https://www.facebook.com/diaryofnooy/ph ... =1&theater (you'll need to be signed in to facebook)

FACEBOOK Page: https://www.facebook.com/diaryofnooy (you'll need to be signed in to facebook)

LINE ID For Delivery (English & Thai spoken) : dandelionzinnia

DELIVERY available within the Udon Thani "ring road".

FAMILY-FRIENDLY
GROUPS and EVENTS welcome (pre-arranged).

Pineapple Fried Rice w/ Shrimp 80THB:

Blueberry Pancakes: 79 THB

Cheese Omlette & Home Fries:

Spicy Seafood Yellow Noodles --- 90THB

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MAPS:

Post by **wazza** » February 24, 2015, 8:54 pm

Went there last week with an another expat and his wife , 4 in total

Lovely food, well presented and " Arroi Mak " from the 2 Thais

Well priced, good extensive menu , both expat and Thai selections.

Well done

Post by **Diary-Udon** » February 24, 2015, 10:33 pm

wazza wrote:Went there last week with an another expat and his wife , 4 in total

Lovely food, well presented and " Arroi Mak " from the 2 Thais

Well priced, good extensive menu , both expat and Thai selections.

Well done

Thanks VERY much for that Wazza, -an honour to have all in your group happy with their food, and Chef Nooy sends a special thanks, we would be delighted to have you in again.

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To all whom may have some input, we are now considering a change to the HOURS / DAYS open.

Due to POPULAR demand, we are seriously considering opening on SUNDAY and closing on MONDAY instead.

We are also considering staying open LATER, e.g. till 9:30PM vs closing at 8:00PM.

Plenty of visitors coming for dinner so it's an easy decision to stay open later but what do you think about the MONDAY closed vs. SUNDAY open?

If open Sunday we also consider that we'll likely offer some kind of Brunch Special.

-DIARY Restaurant

Post by **Udon Map** » February 25, 2015, 7:16 am

I vote for open Sunday, close Monday. No opinion on staying open later, but would it make sense to open earlier for breakfast?

Post by **nmcd1649** » February 25, 2015, 8:55 am

We had dinner at the Diary last night, 4 adults and 4 kids. Food was very nice and well presented, kids enjoyed their food and of course the ice cream. Will certainly make a return visit.

Post by **trubrit** » February 25, 2015, 8:05 pm

Took the wife and daughter in for lunch today. I'm hooked on your panang so had that again. The others had various dishes which they said were alloy mach. I actually left room to try those blueberry pancakes, oh man they were absolutely delicious, bang goes my diet :-" Fine dining, in comfortable surroundings and you don't break the bank, what more could you want . =D> See you again , soon .,

Post by **Diary-Udon** » February 25, 2015, 8:23 pm

trubrit wrote:Took the wife and daughter in for lunch today. I'm hooked on your panang so had that again. The others had various dishes which they said were alloy mach. I actually left room to try those blueberry pancakes, oh man they were absolutely delicious, bang goes my diet :-" Fine dining, in comfortable surroundings and you don't break the bank, what more could you want . =D> See you again , soon .,

SO MANY thanks for that Trubrit, it was great to have you in again.

Since the time we have been open, I have yet to taste the Panang. So tomorrow will have one for sure.

Chef Nooy reads the reviews every night & it gives her that much more inspiration to keep going as she has been. For a Chef the usual proof of customer satisfaction = plates coming back empty. It's a great indicator, but she truly & sincerely appreciates the very kind words.

IMPORTANT NEWS:

After hearing from many customers in person, and some votes online here and other online media, it's clear we should give Open on Sundays a go.

New Hours are: Open TUESDAYS - SUNDAYS 10AM - 9PM, CLOSED MONDAYS.

OPEN this Sunday March 1, CLOSED Monday March 2, OPEN Tuesday - Sunday 10AM -9PM as mentioned above.

For the remainder of this week, including Tomorrow Thursday Feb 26 - Saturday Feb 28 still on our previous schedule 9AM - 8PM.

Diary Restaurant

Post by **trubrit** » February 25, 2015, 8:42 pm

I forgot to add, we also had a takeaway for the 18month grandson, some spaghetti dish, he loved it, so much, his mum is going to use your services more often , she only lives round the corner . $\:D/$

Post by **Diary-Udon** » February 25, 2015, 10:26 pm

trubrit wrote:I forgot to add, we also had a takeaway for the 18month grandson, some spaghetti dish, he loved it, so much, his mum is going to use your services more often , she only lives round the corner . $\:D/$

Ah that's good news TB, -we have been running quite a few hot plates of fresh home-cooked style food out the door to the neighbouring businesses that are sprouting up all along Soi 6.

We are happy to deliver it if they like.

Same regarding takeaway, can be called in or submitted during initial order. Chef knows to start prep of takeaway food right as on-table dining is almost finished. This assures a nice, hot/warm[er] meal for those taking it home.

MENU / DOWNLOADABLE: https://www.scribd.com/doc/256248249/Di ... ruary-2015

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Ref Delivery:

Proper high quality delivery containers are en-route from Bangkok. Local ones were just not suitable, leaky & such & food flavour gone after a few minutes. The ones from the supplier in BKK are modelled after the Japanese style ones that have better sub-compartments, sealing, etc.

So if anyone's interested, we are genuinely committed to getting you quality food at affordable prices, suitable to Thai and Western (and Kid!) pallettes, DELIVERED within the Ring Road via our Food Delivery contact. The charge is 59THB.

We finally figured out why the Food Delivery guy was reticent to become a UM Sponsor or sponsor on any "foreigner" community print or otherwise, -he can't speak English. He's not daft, -he doesn't want to screw up orders, so he implored us to take the ones given to us by English speakers.

He is perfectly OK with Thai-spoken or typed orders. I'd paste his website here but he is not a Sponsor and he asked us specifically not to. Feel free to PM us for it.

Word has it the software program LINE actually does a good job at translation. I have yet to see that in action but perhaps you have?

Here's the LINE app link: http://line.me/en/

SO, if you want food delivered, feel free to use our LINE account, and order in English or Thai. Our account name is: dandelionzinnia (we might change this to diaryudon later)

OR, during business hours, call in the order on our Land Line: 042-241-471 English and Thai. If a waitress answers in Thai, no worries, she'll connect you with an English speaker. If you hear her say "Bapp Diow Na Kaa" that means "just a moment, thanks..." $\:D/$

NEW HOURS REITERATED:

Open TUESDAYS - SUNDAYS 10AM - 9PM, CLOSED MONDAYS.

OPEN this Sunday March 1, CLOSED Monday March 2, OPEN Tuesday - Sunday 10AM -9PM as mentioned above.

For the remainder of this week, including Tomorrow Thursday Feb 26 - Saturday Feb 28 still on our previous schedule 9AM - 8PM.

And what is a Food-related post without FOOD PICS?

Here ye are:

Garlic Cheese Toast 60THB

Deep Fried Golden Mushrooms w/ batter 70 THB, comes with Thai sweet sauce.

Spicy Seafood with Glass Noodles 90 THB

Green Pea Soup w/ Cream 70 THB. As with all Soup ordered, comes with a delicious slice of Toasted Garlic Bread.