Bangkok, Sofitel & V9

We are picked up and whisked off by our new English speaking taxi driver to V9, the wine bar-restaurant that we tried to go to for lunch. This time it is open, but do we have a reservation? Hmmmm....why didn't I think of that. Oh....we did, but guess what....we can't figure out the phone system here either...

It didn't matter, they had a lovely table for us. We are on the 37th floor overlooking all of the tall buildings in Bangkok. Perhaps not all of them, but a good view for sure!

The wines are well priced and Victor picks a Viognier which we enjoy. The menu is pricey, but we are on the 37th floor! We order an appetizer that comes with 6 different plates. It is listed as a taster but could have been the full meal. We love this and consider something similar for HC. We follow this up with a sea bass and a steak and each share bites. Most excellent and a beautiful presentation all around. The following week they have scheduled a Michelin Starred guest chef, we plan to come back.

We gather a slew of ideas for our coming wine bar. Presentation, retail sales, bottle sales & dinner, pricing, packaging, hours, diluting the value of our non-tasting wines, do we have non-tasting wines? Quite a bit of thinking to do!

The Sofitel helps us with our taxi, we show the map and he describes the location in Thai to the driver. Not very sophisticated, but it works.