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Old Mar 24, 2014 | 9:20 am
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Originally Posted by nkedel
Have you been to Limoncello, which is also on Soi 11? Would be very curious to hear how you rate the two by comparison, if so.
Oh, OK, if you insist. Went to Limoncello (at nkedel's request; does that mean that s/he's reimbursing me for the pizza????), arrived around 5:20 in the afternoon. There was a woman sitting with her child (maybe 8 years old) at one of the outside tables and a "Closed" sign on the door. She told me in broken English that they open at 5:30. No problem.

Right at 5:30, the door opened, and the woman (and party of four men, who had also arrived by this time) went inside. I asked if I could eat outside. The man may have been the owner or chef. He was clearly Italian. Anyway, no problem for me to eat outside. He brought me a menu, and took my order when I was ready. He didn't hover while I was reading the menu, a habit which seems to be fairly common in Thailand. Definite plus. Cloth napkins, also a definite plus, particularly in Thailand, where small, thin pieces of tissue seem to be used in lieu of real napkins.

Ordered pizza with spicy salami and mushrooms, one of my favorites. Well done. San Pellgrino. Did I want lime with the SP? Why, yes, thank you. (If anything was a giveaway that he wasn't Thai, it was his referring to that green thing as a lime!!)

SP served immediately with the lime put into the glass with tongs in my presence. It was the large, glass bottle. Also delivered to my table were large shakers of chili flakes and oregano, as well as a regular sized salt shaker. During the waiting time, people were arriving fairly regularly. There are a few very crowded parking spaces in front of the restaurant; but there appears to be a parking attendant. Since I had walked, I had no direct interaction with the parking process. There was a relatively good (for Thailand, that is) wine list, too.

After an appropriate amount of time, the pizza was delivered by a fairly young Thai waiter. The pizza was, indeed, well done (not as well done as I would have preferred, but few pizzas are, whether here or in the U.S.). I could see that there was a generous amount of both salami and mushrooms on the pizza; and they were the typical mushrooms which one might expect on a pizza in the U.S., no fancy or trendy mushrooms here. It was a pretty good size, possibly two or three slices too much for many people. Since I'm a pizza fanatic, I easily ate the whole thing.

It tasted great. It was hot, but not so hot that I burned my tongue, as sometimes happens. I'd say that it was on a par with any good pizza I've had in the U.S. No complaints at all. I did think that it was a bit pricey, though. Approximately THB 675 for the pizza and San Pellegrino.

The atmosphere was nice, quiet and relaxing. It's down at the end of a side soi off Suk Soi 11 (the left side of soi 11 if you're driving away from Suk). Very quiet, no traffic driving by. Judging by the numerous other guests who arrived while I sat outside and the cars they were driving, this place is fairly well known among middle and upper class Thais.

Overall, I'd say that Limoncello is the equivalent of an excellent neighborhood pizza place in the U.S., my point of reference. A- (without having tasted anything else on their menu of Italian food). Noticeably better than Pomodoro, which, itself, wasn't bad at all. I'd go back any time. And I will. I really liked it.

One thing, -- if you go, arrive early or plan to wait, probably in the 30-45 minute range.
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