margaretcarnes wrote:Yes a good link Caller - thanks. It does list the one store I can get to in Scunny (bit of a trail mind by bus!) but I can recommend it. Tradewinds. Not so sure about their fresh foods though, except that they do get deliveries of Thai fruit and veg every Thursday. Customers have to look sharp - they sell out pretty quickly.
My little wife is busy punching all the postcodes into the satnav already.
I may not see her for a week.
At least I get to hold the Sky remote for a while.
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I with Randy on this one....................during the last six years, I've only had two western style meals. More than happy with Thai food and of course, I can now also make many of the dishes myself including some Isaan dishes.
The closest I get to western food is when I sit outside next to the fire at night with half a kilo of beef and a few beers.
I would however give anything for some South African good South African Boereworse.............
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Takiap wrote:I with Randy on this one....................during the last six years, I've only had two western style meals. More than happy with Thai food and of course, I can now also make many of the dishes myself including some Isaan dishes.
The closest I get to western food is when I sit outside next to the fire at night with half a kilo of beef and a few beers.
I would however give anything for some South African good South African Boereworse.............
Hi Takiap
I agree with both Randy and you, the food in Thailand is fantastic, and I have enjoyed many a fine meal for less that 50Baht.
Unfortunately, due to my constitution I cannot tolerate chilli even in small doses, so have to forgo that pleasure.
One of my favorites was Lakna me gob (forgive the spelling) I used to get from the little shop next to Tesco express, in the main road.
Two dishes of that set me up for the day.
I would kill for a bowl of that right now.
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On the 2nd floor of the Market Village, immediately above Swensons, a coffee and cake shop has opened. The cake is superb and is as good as you will find anywhere in the world. My only criticism is that the coffee leaves a bit to be desired.
Khundon1975 wrote:Unfortunately, due to my constitution I cannot tolerate chilli even in small doses, so have to forgo that pleasure.
I know what you mean. When I first came here I simply could not eat anything with chilli in. Now however, it's me rather than my wife who complains when there are none in the house......lol. I suppose it's much like the weather..........you just get used to it after a while...
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BaaBaa - No you're not alone. It seems that many westerners aren't too keen on rice. I'm fortunate in that respect, in that I grew up with both rice and potato as a kid. Of course I don't see potato as being strictly a western food and I do of course eat plenty of them. In fact, I'm always complaining about the price of potatoes here in Thailand because they seem to be quite expensive by comparison. I know that back in South Africa, it's practically the cheapest food you can buy. Hey, I grew up in a country where you have a BBQ every weekend at least and there always jacket potatoes so yes, I do still have those whenever I get a fire going. I also miss mash and I'd make it if I could find one those damn potato mashers
Rice - I alternate between regular rice and sticky rice although this is more for the sake of my wife than it is for me as I prefer the sticky rice. It's the Isaan versiont to a loaf of bread...lol.
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my g/friend was telling the locals about haggis, sotties (greggs!) last year when we in H H, what food stuffs are you allowed to bring in to thailand ?
Khundon1975 wrote:Unfortunately, due to my constitution I cannot tolerate chilli even in small doses, so have to forgo that pleasure.
I know what you mean. When I first came here I simply could not eat anything with chilli in. Now however, it's me rather than my wife who complains when there are none in the house......lol. I suppose it's much like the weather..........you just get used to it after a while...
Takiap
I think it is easier if you are given it as a baby, like in the mothers milk.
It is like learning another language, difficult at my age, but easy for a kid when taught both languages from birth.
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I think its good to acquire a taste for 'new' foods later in life! And chilli tolerance in particular develops quickly in LOS.
BaaBaa certainly isn't alone as a Brit who prefers spuds, probably due to upbringing? I was brought up on spuds - and white bread - but soon developed a liking for those mounds of fried rice done with egg and peas in the Chinese restaurants in England. (Always a bottle of Soy on the table. Not fashionable now.) So the transition to well cooked Thai rice was a pleasure, and I now often prefer it. And prefer noodles to pasta.
But each to their own, so Takiap, if you can't find a potato ricer in LOS it might be worth trying one of those heavy metal orange squeezers they use in bars. Try the kitchen utensils shop on the corner of Chomsin and SraSong Roads.
I think I have taken a wrong turn somewhere,could someone in at least a hundred words tell me please what the last 7 pages have been about-I have just read them but I am none the wiser!
MURF wrote:I think I have taken a wrong turn somewhere,could someone in at least a hundred words tell me please what the last 7 pages have been about-I have just read them but I am none the wiser!
Hi MURF
Please read the first post on the first page.
Thanks.
Sorry only ten there
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