THE IRISH CLOCK

Nice drop of Guiness, John Smiths on its way and Tiger on draught. The food is excellent. The ambience "homely" and un bothered.

So where's the competition?

I agree that the Clock, with Steve & Mali in charge is an excellent place to stay, drink, or eat. But, luckily, different people have different requirements - otherwise you would not be able to get through the door of the Clock for the customers inside.
For example, if i were single, and wanted female company the Clock would not rate highly on my list of places to go. If I wanted Thai company & not Falang, again the Clock would be down the list. If I wanted somewhere that was boisterous & noisy again the Clock would be far down the list.
Luckily there is space in Udon for a variety of different venues & entertainment, if we were all the same the world would be a very boring place to be...

BobHelm
Yes but where IS the competition?

Naam Jai,

Just look at the front page of Udonmap.com under 'Our Sponsors' & take your pick...

i must admit the clock is hard to beat all round its got to be in the top 3 places in udon will be plonking myself there beer / laptop / food and more food and more beer

it's a weekly stop for me, tiger, steak and mush pie, and wifi. hard to beat for that. as pointed out by Bob, other venues for other moods.

luckily, i can find one for every day of the week, i love udon

How long have Steve & Mali been there? Back in August when in Udon I popped into the Irish Clock and had a soured pint of John Smiths...tasted like 1 of those german beers. Was going to take it back but the misses dosnt like me complaining about things as she thinks i show her up!

I just drink Chang as its hard to screw that up!

I love the Clock, I always feel comfortable there.

The full English breakfast, those pies, the clean toilets where you don't have to perform lavitation.
The choice of beers, the decent pool tables, the friendly wenches, and Steve and Mali.
You have to pinch yourself to remind one that the Clock is smack bang in the middle of Issanshire.

A quiet retreat.

fussychunk wrote:How long have Steve & Mali been there? Back in August when in Udon I popped into the Irish Clock and had a soured pint of John Smiths...tasted like 1 of those german beers. Was going to take it back but the misses dosnt like me complaining about things as she thinks i show her up!

I just drink Chang as its hard to screw that up!

this december ,one year

if the beer is 'off' at some place it's well worth saying something to the guvnor of the establishment so he/she/they can rectify the problem, remember the person pouring/serving it probably would'nt know the differance between a good beer and a bad beer.

you know it makes sense.

Beermonkey
Especially as Steve doesn't drink or hasn't for many years.

fussychunk wrote:How long have Steve & Mali been there? Back in August when in Udon I popped into the Irish Clock and had a soured pint of John Smiths...tasted like 1 of those german beers. Was going to take it back but the misses dosnt like me complaining about things as she thinks i show her up!

I just drink Chang as its hard to screw that up!

Have you tried the Tiger on draught there? Good stuff and goes great with the Sunday roast beef dinner special. I tried the Guinness dark but it was bitter and not to my personal liking, must be one of those "acquired taste" things.

One thing I do have in common with the English is enjoying a full breakfast and you get a good one at the Clock with refills on coffee. I don't know about the baked beans that come with it but they were very tasty.

A funny incident while eating brekkie at the Clock awhile back. An elderly monk came in to solicit donations for refurbishment of a local wat. He was accompanied by a young Thai male who did all of the talking and handed out literature about the cause. This guy was wearing a t-shirt with a strange inscription of "Fcuk Off, Mate" on the front side. The TW asked him where he bought it and why was he wearing this t-shirt while trying to collect donations? The Thai guy answered that he bought it at the night market but had no idea of what the English words actually meant. We advised him to either change the t-shirt or wear it backwards as a message to anyone who didn't donate a couple of baht to the cause. Last seen, they just continued on with the door-to-door collections.

polehawk wrote:Have you tried the Tiger on draught there? Good stuff and goes great with the Sunday roast beef dinner special. I tried the Guinness dark but it was bitter and not to my personal liking, must be one of those "acquired taste" things.

Yes it is... A lot of American tourists go to the Guinness brewery hopstore (visitor centre) and sample the Guinness but almost spit it out. It is common practice for them to put Coca Cola in it.. In Ireland this is the equivalent of giving your grandmother a goodnight kiss and putting your tongue in!

polehawk wrote:"]A funny incident while eating brekkie at the Clock awhile back. An elderly monk came in to solicit donations for refurbishment of a local wat. He was accompanied by a young Thai male who did all of the talking and handed out literature about the cause. This guy was wearing a t-shirt with a strange inscription of "Fcuk Off, Mate" on the front side. The TW asked him where he bought it and why was he wearing this t-shirt while trying to collect donations? The Thai guy answered that he bought it at the night market but had no idea of what the English words actually meant. We advised him to either change the t-shirt or wear it backwards as a message to anyone who didn't donate a couple of baht to the cause. Last seen, they just continued on with the door-to-door collections.

Hey I was there that day... He asked me to help him refurbish the temple so I gave him a hammer and bag of nails.

On recent holiday in UT, lacking the confidence to eat in the street/markets, and looking for aircond. I headed for the Irish Clock. We ended up eating there often as the food was 1st rate, staff very friendly, and dunny clean. 5 stars

Jepp, yes Irish Clock gives you a feeling of food safety, but would say that after no problems first trip ate at a lot of other places, including street stalls (did have direction by TGF); never got any illness. Had more trouble in Oz! (up north).