Pla Dib

Good times and eats guaranteed.

Memo to Tourism Thailand, your next "Amazing Thailand" promo/campaign should include Pla Dib restaurant.

This Ari dining gem is one of our most loved and frequently visited eateries in BKK. A place we bring many of our overseas visitors - as we did on Friday - with good friends from Singapore.

Over the past couple of years we've also shared fantastic meals with other visiting food lovers including the hungry Samoan, close pals from Indonesia and the Netherlands and family members from New Zealand. Pla Dib has never failed to deliver a memorable and special night.

We love its stripped back, industrial-styled decor and laid back charm.

Most of all... we dig the food.

The incredible seafood ceviche.

While I loathe the "fusion" tag, Pla Dib does fusion superbly, better than any "modern Asian" eatery that we've ever been to. Rather than mixing recipes and ideas to shock or show off, the Pla Dib chefs subtly blend predominantly Japanese and Thai flavours and ingredients to produce interesting, original and most importantly, bloody delicious food.

Regular orders include the seafood ceviche - cubed salmon, tuna, prawns and octopus topped with a Japanese dressing; goyza; salmon laab, soft shell crab salad, beef salad and the blowtorch salmon sushi. Other notable dishes include a perfectly cooked duck confit, crispy wood fired pizza and more.

Pla Dib also boasts a pretty diverse drinks list with a good selection of wine and beer (Stella and Hoegaarden on tap).

Music is a final ingredient that takes Pla Dib into our BKK restaurant hall of fame - specifically, the in-house DJs who provide an awesome mix of soul, reggae, dub, funk, jazz and mellow electronica sounds. A great change from the endless bossa nova endured at other trendy BKK eating and drinking establishments.

Bookings are are must - Pla Dib Facebook page