Our friends at Joe's Kitchen have listen to your comments regarding the name of their restaurant and have decided to change it!
But they are having a difficult time trying to come up with a new name, so they have requested for help from our readers. And to make it worth your while, they will be awarding a Dinner for six at their restaurant to the winner!
So get cracking and do remember to write in with a registered pen name so that we can notify you should you win.
Competition ends next Saturday. The judges decision is final and blah blah blah..... you know all the rest.
Here's the previous post of the restaurant.
Joe's Thai Cuisine
ReplyDeleteGin Kao Liao!
ReplyDeleteBasil Thai? :)
ReplyDeletedont use Joe no matter what...
ReplyDeleteEsarn Kitchen - Thai Cuisine
1) Khun Thai
ReplyDelete2) Pontips
3) Maytips
Muay Thai ... haha
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ReplyDeleteMai Pen Rai Thai
"Ying Thai" would be nice
ReplyDeleteSTICKY RICE restaurant
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Oh-chá! Thai Cuisiné
ReplyDeleteOh-chá means delicious; tasty; yummy; delectable; scrumptious in Thai.
i.eat Thai, ieat Thai, Smart Thai haha
ReplyDeletearoy aroy Joe
ReplyDeletechatuchat or mahbrunkung (sorry, can't spell!)
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tom YUMMMMMM ?
it is the quality and taste of the food that draws the crowd and not just a change of name. ate at Joe a couple of times and the food is ok lah, can revisit it.
ReplyDeleteOur Yummy Thai
ReplyDeleteJoe's - Ah Haarn Thai
ReplyDelete1. Khun Joe
ReplyDelete2. Humble Thai Abode
3. Home Thai Home
a. Sawadee, Joe's Kitchen
ReplyDeleteb. Thai Kitchen, Joe's Cuisine
Beyond Phad Thai...
ReplyDeleteThai Joy
ReplyDeleteHi there,
ReplyDeleteNot sure if we're allowed multiple entries but here's my top ten list in no particular order!
1) Bangkok Basil
2) Joe Cilantro
3) Yum Tum Thai
4) Som Tum Thai
5) Mango & Basil
6) Brown Sugar Cafe
7) Cinnamon Stick
8) The Thai Table
9) The Green Mango
10) Elephant Walk
Here's mine
ReplyDelete1) Royal Thai Cuisine
2)Joe's Authentic Thai Cuisine
3)Siam Cuisine / Joe's Siam Cuisine
Wild Dtakrai (Lemongrass)
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Beyond Thai Essentials
Ying Thai & Sticky Rice r names of existing thai restaurants..
ReplyDeleteActually "Joe's kitchen" very nice wat.. why must change? anyway, ieat, since u like som tum so much why nt ask Joe to name his restaurant papaya pok-pok *lol* it's cute & in line wiv the current font he's using for his name..
My choices:
ReplyDelete1) Wai Thai @ Joe's
2) ThaiSpice @ Joe's
3) Spice & Rice
3) Spice House
4) MySpice
5) Siam Spice
6) SpiceFusion
7) Basil & Spice
8) Spice of Life
9) Spice of Siam
10) Spice @ Joe's
Thai Thai Must Try!
ReplyDeletenice one caesium! :)
ReplyDeleteOK, organizers not supposed to join the competition, but I just have to say that in Sydney a lot of the Thai restaurants have zany names like
ReplyDeleteThai foon, Thai rific and Thaitanic!
Hope that the food outlet will not disappear after a change of name, as it can signify a failure under the old name and start all over with the new name.
ReplyDeleteIf you have faith and trust in your business, never change "jiow pai". Can be sueh.
just wondering...what's wrong with the present name at the moment? :)
ReplyDeleteJoe's Kitchen doesn't sound like a Thai restaurant and a lot of people mistake it for some other cuisine.
ReplyDeleteHave u forgotten the word Thai Cuisine? Anyway, it is not a Thai Restaurant ambience unless you want them to renvoate the whole palce to look Thai. Pls don't impose on the poor couple making a living?
ReplyDeleteThe name is established for a while. Don't make them suffer another 3 yrs. Unless you gurantee the change of name will bring them biusiness.
Hey don't make it sound as if I am arm twisting them to do something. It was their idea to run the competition. I am just helping them to get some names and give our readers a bit of fun.
ReplyDeleteAnd please don't make them out to be a "poor couple". They are a young couple with the vision of opening a really great eatery.
My take on this is that you should retain the name "joe" as it is already synonymous to the good value-for-money food that customers can expect from Joe. It's already a rather strong brand and as such need only build the rest of the restaurant's name around it.
ReplyDeleteNext, I would think that Joe would want to adopt a name that properly identifies his place as one which is informal, quaint and where you can get great value for your buck - something along the line of Crazy Angmo.
Finally need to keep it simple so it can remain on customer's and potential customers' minds.
As such, you can consider:
1. Siam/Siamese Joe
2. Som-tum Joe
3. Thai@Joe's
4. Joe's Thai Kitchen
5. Fabulous Thai@Joe's
after having given it some thought, i concur with anon above.
ReplyDeleteKeep Joe's name in the eatery's name - the name joe has already been given exposure from this blog, so most readers here are already familiar with Joe to be a Thai guy with an english name, who serves thai food.
I was thinking Joe's Thai Kitchen too.
Other suggestions:
- Joes' Thai cuisine
- Tom Yam Joe
Or some similar combination.
As for anon's comments above at 10:33 at 12/5.. there only 2 guarantees in life - death and taxes. noone can guarantee anyone else's success.
Jothai kitchen
ReplyDeleteLothai kitchen
Phothai kitchen
Manthai kitchen (as in Mandai)
Wanthai kitchen
Hmm I posted something but it didn't seem to appear... anyhow here it is again:
ReplyDeleteChok Dee - it means "good luck" in Thai and is used as a toast.
Channel u has already given them a mass media publicity, far more impact than any blog can give.
ReplyDeleteThet are known as Joe's Kitchen Thai Cuisine to the public and it is a simple friendly name eatery publicized island wide on TV. They should be proud of it and leveraged on this publicity.
Next is to improve on the food to get word of mouth publicity. If no good, will be bad mouthed, otherwise they should survive well enough.
But to grow big and visionary, perhaps you all can invest some money into the business and then help them advise them a business strategy to achieve the vision together. Put the money where the mouth is and be convicted that your idea will work. Don't just talk and have fun with it.
The poor young couple is having a tough time staying in business and they were very grateful to 2 nice persons who got Channel u to provide the publicity.
If you really sincere to help them. so help them by investing money in your idea. If it works, you gonna benefit too. Otherwise don't play around with people's livlihood.
I am only a lay man in F&B, so cannot give any bright idea.
THinkTHai
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Yeah, what's wrong with their original name? If they change it to some other generic "Thai" sounding thing, it would lose its individuality and sound like "yet another Thai restaurant".
ReplyDeleteI think it sounds humble, inviting and non-pretentious as it is. More important to keep the food tasty and prices friendly! :)
"Our friends at Joe's Kitchen have listen to your comments regarding the name of their restaurant and have decided to change it!"....I was wondering what the comments of the customers were! :)
ReplyDeleteHouse of Thai Cuisine
ReplyDeletewow! even naming a restaurant can be done here. hahahha!
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ReplyDeleteJoe's Thai Delights
ReplyDelete1) Thai-licious
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Hi all!
ReplyDeleteWe are Joe & Jamie from Joe's kitchen - Thai Cuisine. We will like to thank Dr Leslie for helping us organize this "Name our little shop" contest. We have been thinking of changing our shop's name for some time. We wanted a name that will give people the impression of a humble Thai eatery.
We are also grateful to all of you who have posted your entries. We will definitely consider each name carefully before selecting a winner.
We also want to thank Mr Anonymous for his concern.
We promise to work hard at serving quality food at a good price.
Last but not least, we want to thank all of you for your continous support!
Joe's Thai Kitchen
ReplyDeleteJoe and Jamie, for the name, perhaps it would be best if you can incorporate your eatery's greatest appeal/strength, and how you differentiate yourself from other Thai eateries. It also seems you have built up some goodwill for the name "Joe", so maybe you should keep it. I don't profess to know your business, but I reckon authenticity is one of the selling points. So maybe something like
ReplyDelete"Joe's Real Thai"
(bit of a pun there, since you really are Thai)
FanThaiStic
ReplyDelete....judging from the comments, dropping "Joe" would seem like a cardinal mistake..... here's mine (again !!)
ReplyDeleteJoe's Thai Wok
Joe's Thai-Buds ....(er, kinda play on "thai baht" )
Joe's tan-thai-lisers
Joe's tan-thai-lising treats
just goofing with the name Joe here, so thought of playing with GI Joe etc.
ReplyDelete- T-I Joe
which when you say fast enough sounds like "Thai Joe". hur hur.
else, a home-theme would reflect what Jamie and JOe are looking for. but the only home word i know in thai is BAAN.
- Baan Thai
And if the signboard got space, i think cursive writing on the bottom right-hand corner "by Jamie and Joe" kinda adds a personal touch.
Taste of Thai / Joe's Taste of Thai
ReplyDeleteTake on Thai / Joe's Take on Thai
Siam in Singapore / Siam@SG
Thai Time / Joe's Thai Time
That Thai Place
Truly Thai
Thai After Thai
Think Thai
Thai By Joe
I think alliteration often makes names more memorable, but then again it might be overused, but who knows :)
Joe's Tum Yum - Simply Thai(t)!
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ReplyDeletehey! im a super huge fan of thai food, haha. would definitely pop by to try some soon. hopefully before your name's changed. hehe :)
ReplyDeletei think a name should be one that can create an identity for the restaurant, fix it in the customers minds. so a classic one would be great. :)
anyway before i announce my idea for your new name, why not change the colour scheme as well. i think purple and yellow with thai-ish cursive is cool :D just a suggestion.. haha.
name: "THAiLANDER"
i would think that since there is much publicity for the name Joe, they should retain the name.
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Joe's Thai Cuisine
Hope this entry's not too late!
ReplyDeleteWăan Sôm Thai (Sweet Sour and a slighty corny play on words?)
Krua Thai (Thai Kitchen)
Has the new name been selected yet :)
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