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It already been shared all over facebook by local bar owner before I posted it here!

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I think some of the TV member don't know what a 'fantasy foot ball' is or they only know soccer.

Someone has lost her wallet at the Pentatonic Rock Bar Chiang Mai. Anyone know this person please contact them. Hope this don't get deleted soon

At least Good speed and Office Depot are honest hardworking people. Don't blame the whole mall!

I can't imagine DQ or subway open anywhere near Arcade Bus Station

Many chicken/fish in the Tanin market are charcoal grilled

They have a bit of variety and they are pretty cheap considering the alternate places. (This topic is not so popular which I think 60 bath is still too expensive!? )

How many varieties of hazelnut coffee are there?

If you count Latte as coffee I made it out to be two.

I will give it ago. Last time I was at the Empress food wasn't fresh and I wasted 200 bath on membership.

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I had a quick coffee at JJmarket after the gym they open 7 am. Very god price hot or cold and great variety.

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Have you tried Jasmin at Royal Princess hotel?, the layered salted egg buns (dim sim) is the best

What's wrong! Too many girl students?

I would concur with the above remarks and would also avoid Santitham.

charging committee with trespassing in the office (of the committee) on the ground floor of the building. They were brought to the police station and after a 50,000 baht bail,

Sounded like Thai politics.

I think I pay 79 bath at Rimping or something

Mac Cafe Chiangmai have Bose and Sennheiser (should)

Try Mahajak in Chiang Mai business park. Last time I was there they have some serious head phones JBL Denon etc..

Powerhouse gym

I know it is a silly question but does any one know of a fitness center with well maintained equipment and knowledgeable staff willing to help you even if you are not a good looking young chic but a wrinkled up old geyser?

I used to go to the Dongtawan central hotel but the equipment was never kept up and asking for information was a no no unless you were a good looking young chic. But the pool was nice.

It's all over local news, may be he feared of being stopped by a police's for not wearing a helmet!

They are both great. I particularly like the red pork pie thing at Yang Shi Jiang

Haven't found a place that I prefer for Dim Sum or Chinese meals than Fujian yet but perhaps it is just due to individual taste. Yanzi Jiang really wasn't to my taste.

You've got me excited about trying Fujian, to where I have never been!

It's my favorite Chinese/Dim Sum in Chiang Mai though I gotta say that if you've been to Hong Kong you've got to kind of put that out of your mind. I don't think I've ever had any Dim Sum anywhere else that matches Hong Kong.

I made it today at last to Fujian, with my wife, to try their dim sum. We had six dim sum dishes and a bowl of soup each. We enjoyed it all, but agreed with each other that we prefer the dim sum at Yanzi Jiang (the one in Nimmanhaemin). For us, Fujian's dim sum is perhaps eighty or ninety percent as good as Yanzi Jiang's. As you suggested, tfc, it is a matter of personal taste.

I don't know if it would go well with my cucumber sandwich.

Have any of you people ever tried Pepsi Max?

Sorry my bad. It's actually "Hom Muen Lee" or "10,000 Li fragrant" (chinese distance measurement) is the name of the flower it self. And they are Chinese style not western like you said.

You are probably talking about "Ma lee" tea or Jasmine tea in English.? World famous made in Fujian China only. Thai tea is western style tea including the Raming company. They make tea western style.

Not Malee, but Mien Lee, which is also spelled Muen Lee, or Muen Li or something similar. It's also a scented tea, but not Jasmine. Whether tea in Thailand is "Western style" I find doubtful, considering that it's mostly ethnic Chinese families growing tea in the highlands here. Have you ever been in one of these villages? They still speak Chinese there.

BTW, all the Pu Erh tea I was ever able to drink/buy in Thailand looked, smelled and tasted like dried horse dung. I really don't know what people like about it. Perhaps someone can point to a quality Pu Erh.

@FolkGuitar: Yes, they did carry British/Indian teas. The Darjeeling didn't convince me, but I remember they had a good Assam with a nice malty flavour. Great with pastries.

Cheers, CM-Expat

Sometime they have good stuff but but the place cater only girls and gay guys for high tea sandwich stuff (hense the shop pick colour)

......... Then there is the pink gourmet tea shop on Charoen Rajida Rd. next to the river (18.791537, 99.002742). I am surprised that nobody mentioned it yet. They have a great choice of imported teas, scented and unscented,

Do they carry black teas from British, Indian, or Chinese tea purveyors?

You are probably talking about "Ma lee" tea or Jasmine tea in English.? World famous made in Fujian China only. Thai tea is western style tea including the Raming company. They make tea western style.

I am a tea drinker. My favourite local tea is Mien Lee tea. It has quite an unusual flowery aroma and it is grown in Thailand. There is very little information about this tea on the Internet, but it is available everywhere in the Chiang Mai province. The tea culture in Thailand is Chinese, so what you get here are Chinese teas, especially Oolongs and green teas. I am not very much into Oolong, and the regular green teas from Mae Salong and other tea growing areas are of mixed quality. There are pretty good ones and also pretty awful ones. It's essential to try before you buy. As for fermented/black teas, I haven't seen any decent one yet that could be used for anything else than tea/milk shakes. Personally, I like Jasmine tea and the white teas offered by some local companies. Unfortunately, the white ones cost about three times as much as the greens. The Raming company, probably the oldest and biggest tea company in Chiang Mai, produces some quite decent green teas, in addition a lot of commercial mid range teas. They have a tea house in the city and an outlet on Rd. 107 where one can taste and buy their teas. Then there is the pink gourmet tea shop on Charoen Rajida Rd. next to the river (18.791537, 99.002742). I am surprised that nobody mentioned it yet. They have a great choice of imported teas, scented and unscented, and they market their own blends, some of which are pretty awesome. I was positively surprised by their green Earl Grey (bergamot scented) tea, for example.

Cheers, CM-Expat

Monsoon tea shop in JJ has some Pi Lou Shun (green tea second to only Long Jing). Get them while the shop last!

Thank you.

Do you think they will be closing?

Do you really think their pricing is reasonable for the quality????

If the shop does not last, and we hope it does last, will anyone here get advance warning and maybe be able to buy lots of tea in the nick of time??

Personally yes as I don't think real Chinese green tea is not appreciate in Thailand and "Pi Lou Chun" is too good here. Price is too expensive possibly 950 bath 100g or something and no indication when the tea was picked as green tea will lose its quality quickly in months. This place is probably the best tea shop in Chiang Mai but they mostly carry Pu er and some Chiang Rai Oolong which is nothing compare to the Chinese one. Chinese oolong taste better might be because the tea tree is very very old.

You can buy good quality green tea from China including Long Ching from teaspring at a better price. They are good people and deliver the good stuff. Or a good tea shop by Thai standard is Jia Tong Heng main branch.

However, I must say Monsoon has very good cast iron tea pots!

Monsoon tea shop in JJ has some Pi Lou Shun (green tea second to only Long Jing). Get them while the shop last!