Blue Elephant Bangkok: anyone had the chef’s menu?

[Michael C]

Maybe safer with à la carte with non-seafoody OH.

Just looking at using an Amex plat dining credit…there actually seem to be more
French places on the list than Thai!

[Hbommie]

We had a set menu but I can’t recall which one, heritage or chefs, it was nice but nothing special hence my fading recollection.

[BJ]

Blue Elephant is very nice but unlikely to blow you away. It does have old world charm and is a HiSo hangout. If visiting I recommend going for lunch as the daylight streaming through the windows set off the old building nicely providing a better ambiance IMO. It is also rven more relaxed. The menu is seafood-heavy but there is beef, chicken and even a lamb dish or too IIRC. I would also aboid the set menu and go a la carte here. I am not vegetarian but in the Blue Elephant I do favour the vegetarian dishes over the meat dishes. My particular favourite being the asparagus spring rolls to start with followed of by the vegetarian Panang curry. If opting for this they like to make a show of pouring the curry over the vegetables at the table; don’t let them as it maked the wonderfully crisp vegetables at the bottom of the bowl soggy after a while so it’s best to keep the curry on the side.
The Disit complex on Saladaeng is also worth considering here, your credit will certaimly ho a lot further than the Blue Elephant, and the food choices may be more appealing to your partner and son. There are four different restaurants in the compkex all under the same owner and billed the same so all trigger the credit. What I lije to do for informal dining is go to Dusit Gourmet where they will usually present you with not only their own menu but also those for Nomada (South American) and their Vietnamese place. If they don’t just ask, and you’ll have a lot to choose from. From the Dusit menu I like their burger which they will happily cook to order, and from Nomada menu I like their grilled shrimp a lot, so much so I usually have both and skip starters or dessert 🙂

[Michael C]

Fabulous write-up, @BJ – knew I could count on you!
Did see the Dusits and wondered if all of them would be included…would also
leave us in Saladaeng for a dubious early evening stroll afterwards!
Although I’m SUCH sucker for streaming windows…and the veg Panang was the one
I had my eye on…decisions, decisions!

All followed by Sunday brunch at the SGS (of course!) for my b-day blowout!!

[BJ]

Happy Birthday!

Blue Elephant is Traditional Thai but with small twists. As such the food is met with both pleasure or grumbling depending on expectation. On practice only the natives and those with wide and deep experience of Thai food will notice. Dining there with locals this inevitably becomes part of the conversation which I guess is what the chef wants.

The Dusit places with exception of Benjarong (I cannot say for certain it bills the same as others) are expensive by Thai food prices but not massively so, and are comparable to average UK prices so don’t break the bank. So, if you fancy something fifferent from Thai food sometime and are happy to pay UK prices in Thailand then Dusit Gourmet with the multiple menus is worth a try. In this case I would then use your platinum credit at the more expensive and iconic Blue Elephant; at least then were you yo feel it did not meet your expectations you would not feel lije tou paid for it.