The Volcano II — Restaurant in Chiang Mai Province

The cheese/spinach pocket toast I had was very good but the whole pocket toast hype is a marketing effort. It's practically a grilled cheese sandwich if savory and french toast if sweet. Worth trying but somewhat overpriced. The ice cream and mochi are okay and fairly priced.

The interior of the place is interesting. The way to order is unnecessarily confusing. You're seated when you enter and they hand you the menus, but the waiters will point out you have to go to the cashier yourself to place your order and pay, but they themselves will bring the order to your table. I don't mind it, just why not pick a style? Fast-food or dine-in. Keep me at the cashier for all steps or keep me at the table. Easier for...

Very reasonably prices, the first two desserts we tried (matcha icecream and bread dipped in pandan were great) [35-45 baht] . The totoro matcha latte zenzai was dissapointing [55 baht] - a 4 out of 10 at most. - not much experience with what it was supposed to taste like but it was bitter.

The portions are nice and small - good for trying out things as opposed to some restuarants which would give you one really big thing for what we got for 3 items.

Not that I blame them but water only comes in plastic bottles. Can't refill our own reusable ones - but then again only chain restuarants like McDonalds has allowed me to do...

Variety of menus and all is very tasty. Crème brûlée is a must try menu. We ordered chocolate lava and thought its a chocolate fondant but its a chocolate pancake with chocolate lava but still delicious. Another must try is mochi, we oredered matcha, melon, and peach yoghurt. Staff is attentive and supportive. Place is clean but quite packed with many ppl during 8 pm (after dinner...