Great News for Hua Hin .....

[Big Boy]

Guys, just remember - you all have the choice. Do you feel obliged to used Burger King or Pizza Hut just because they they are there? I certainly can quite easily walk past.

However, please remember that Hua Hin is a holiday resort, and such places do have a part to play. I can recall on several occassions when my son was younger whilst holidaying in Thailand that he regularly sufferred stomach upsets (projectile vomitting etc). When trying to wean a European youngster back on to food, it was a damn site easier persuading him to eat junk food than some Thai food that probably contributed to the illness in the first instance.

I've just made reference to a young kiddie, but adult visitors will suffer similar problems, and look forward to consuming something that they know.

Personally, I can't stand the stuff and I for one will not eat anything the outlet puts out, but I know my son will, and my Granddaughters will probably see it as a treat. Having said that, the odd burger will not mean that they will become Porkers overnight. My son eats McDonalds on occassion, but he has not got an ounce of fat on him (wish I could say the same, and I don't eat burgers).

They have a part to play in the resort, and those of you who don't want to venture in, then the answer is simple - don't.

[STEVE G]

BB, yes I never really thought about people on holiday with young children. I can see it would be a struggle to get them to eat the sort of dishes that comprise the best of Thai food and as you say, once they’ve had a bad case of the old “Gandhi’s revengeâ€

[lomuamart]

Who remembers Gee's restaurant?
Best burgers in town in those days. She got closed down to make way for an optician.
It was almost opposite the police station. It was the one place in town, in those days, where you could walk in at any old time, hold your breath when you went to the loo and have a great meal.
Development, eh?

[darwinian]

The catalogue of symtoms associted with MSG which are listed by Winkie are all extremely rare.
There is no food item or medicine for which a similar list cannot be prepared.
Paracelsus in 1541 pointed out that everything is toxic at a sufficiently high dose.Everything is or can be bad for you.
Safer not to eat anything.

[lomuamart]

I'm going on a strict diet then - snakebites.

[Nereus]

I'm going on a strict diet then - snakebites.

Is that some new brand of beer Lomu???

[Bamboo Grove]

Who remembers Gee's restaurant?

I do. Although, I was still living in Big Mango in those days. Whenever I came down to HH, I used to go there for a late snack or early breakfast as I used to live in Jed Phii Nong when it was still just one place. Good food they had. Never been the same since the move. If I remember correctly they went to Soi Joy after that and then to Condo Chain.

[Terry]

Tough choice where to post this little gem received today.

This wonderful thread re MacShite deserves it................


In the beginning God covered the earth with broccoli, cauliflower and spinach, with green, yellow and red vegetables of all kinds so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives.


Then using God's bountiful gifts, Satan created Dairy Ice Cream and Magnums.



And Satan said "You want hot fudge with that?



And Man said "Yes!"



And Woman said "I'll have one too with chocolate chips".



And so they gained 10 pounds.




And God created the healthy yoghurt that Woman might keep the figure that Man found so fair.





And Satan brought forth white flour from the wheat and sugar from the cane and combined them.




And Woman went from size 12 to size 14.




So God said "Try my fresh green salad".





And Satan presented Blue Cheese dressing and garlic croutons on the side.





And Man and Woman unfastened their belts following the repast.





God then said "I have sent you healthy vegetables and olive oil in which to cook them".






And Satan brought forth deep fried coconut king prawns, butter-dipped lobster chunks and chicken fried steak, so big it needed its own platter.





And Man's cholesterol went through the roof.





Then God brought forth the potato, naturally low in fat and brimming with potassium and good nutrition.




Then Satan peeled off the healthy skin and sliced the starchy centre into chips and deep fried them in animal fats adding copious quantities of salt.






And Man put on more pounds.





God then brought forth running shoes so that his Children might lose those extra pounds.





And Satan came forth with a cable TV with remote control so Man would not have to toil changing the channels.





And Man and Woman laughed and cried before the flickering light and started wearing stretch jogging suits.




Then God gave lean beef so that Man might consume fewer calories and still satisfy his appetite.





And Satan created McDonalds and the 99p double cheeseburger.





Then Satan said "You want fries with that?" and Man replied "Yes, And extra large size please".




And Satan said "It is good."





And Man and Woman went into cardiac arrest.



God sighed and created quadruple by-pass surgery.





And then Satan chuckled and created the National Health Service – where you have to wait years for your turn to get free surgery.




THE FINAL WORD ON NUTRITION




After an exhaustive review of the research literature, here's the final word on nutrition and health:

1. Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.


2. Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.


3. Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.


4. Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.


5. Germans drink beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than us.



CONCLUSION:


Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.





Chock dee

[darwinian]

Marie LLoyd had a signature tune "A little of what you fancy does you good"

[Randy Cornhole]

Ha ha very good Terry, and Big Boy you have a valid point. I think I like many others just see it as an invasion by the west in our little paradise, which we would like to stay the same, but unfortunately is not impervious to change....!

[Nisakiman]

I take issue with McD not because of the crap they serve - I mean, you can buy it or not. Nobody makes you eat it. And obviously, a LOT of people like the stuff. So much so that the price of a Big Mac in a given country is used as a global economic indicator...
What I find hard to deal with is the fact that the management seem to be complete philistines.
Example 1.
In the city of Milan - a very lovely old city - you can stand at an intersection in the old town, within sight of D'Uomo, and see FOUR, yes FOUR outlets with those glowing golden arches. No attempt to blend in with the surroundings. (I was staying with my sister and her husband, and he told me that McD applied to the Milan coucil to open an outlet in the city. They said no, there were enough burger joints in Milan, thankyouverymuch. So McD bought all the burger joints in Milan, and turned them into McDs! Apocryphal, but I'm inclined to believe it!)
Example 2.
I was staying with friends just outside Frankfurt a few years ago, and one day we all went to look round Heidleburg, another lovely old city. My friends proudly pointed out the shop in the old town which had apparently been the first dispensing pharmacy in Europe, sometime in the 15th or 16th century, a lovely old building. Except for the fact that now.... Yes, you guessed it... Defaced with those bloody golden arches.......
There seems to be a total lack of sensitivity for local architecture......
I find that more unforgivable than the garbage they serve.

[Nisakiman]

And while I'm at it, what was THE cafe in central Athens to sit over an iced coffee in the 60's/70's is now a bloody MCDONALDS! AAARRRGH!

[Burger]

I was staying with friends just outside Frankfurt a few years ago, and one day we all went to look round Heidleburg, another lovely old city. My friends proudly pointed out the shop in the old town which had apparently been the first dispensing pharmacy in Europe, sometime in the 15th or 16th century, a lovely old building. Except for the fact that now.... Yes, you guessed it... Defaced with those bloody golden arches.......
There seems to be a total lack of sensitivity for local architecture......
I find that more unforgivable than the garbage they serve.

Old buildings should be torn down and replaced with modern fast foods places like McDonalds, we're not cavemen anymore.
15th century pharmacy's !? you're having a laugh aren't ya, you can get condoms and nurofen at the local 7/11's.

Everything should be new and shiny and the world will look a brighter place.

Burger

[STEVE G]

The only time I ever saw a McDonalds that had made an attempt to blend into the local architecture was in Salzburg, Austria some years ago, where they had made the golden arch sign with brass lettering on a polished wood background. I assume the local authorities forced them into this.

[wizza2002]

bintaburger everytime for me beats maccy d's