Thursday nights at Coyote is Ladies Night. Coyote is a chain Mexican restaurant that has venues throughout southern Thailand. Ladies Night at Coyote means bottomless margaritas from 6pm to 8pm. Carla, Lisa and I arrived at 7:00 pm ready for the lime flavored tequila inspiration to begin.
To my surprise, the food was decent. We ordered empanadas, taquitos and fajitas. The empanada filling was delish and tasted like ropa vieja (La Cuchara should visit Coyote). The taquitos were tasty and the fajitas had just the right amount of spice and zest. The best part of the fajitas was the corn tortillas. Yummy corn tortillas on Bangkok, oh my!
After Coyote’s, Lisa went home and Carla and I decided to keep the night going. Cheap Charlie’s was the next stop. At Cheap Charlie’s, all drinks are 70 baht. That’s about $2 a drink, hence the name. It’s a popular place for tourists and expats. An expat, or expatriate, is anyone living in a country where they are not a citizen. On Thursday night, Cheap Charlie’s looked like an expat convention. Carla ran into a couple friends, Carmen from Spain and Lana from Canada. Lana’s Filipino boyfriend plays in a band at The Australian Bar, so from Cheap Charlie’s we headed down the street to the Aussie inspired bar & grill.
As we walked in, the band was playing “Corazon Espinado” by Maná. We couldn’t believe it and took over the dance floor. After Maná, they played Santana, Shakira, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Simon and Garfunkel and many more artists. We ended the night signing and dancing to “Sweat” (A la la la long song). Click here to hear the fun tunes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0M4J849dmA.
The evening was full of good food, great company, cheap drinks and fun music. Other than the wait staff at each venue, and the fact that we were in Bangkok, nothing about the evening was Thai. Since I have arrived, the trend has been to visit expat venues, and although I am not complaining, Carla has promised to take me out to party with the locals. So here’s to future Thai adventures…
Diana, that sounds like soooo much fun! I can't believe I missed listening to Mana, Santana and Shakira....sounds like a great time. Have Carla take you to Paking Toys, Brown Sugar and Wink. Those are pretty cool places as well. Enjoy your time and say Hi to Carla for me!
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