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All major bakeries are required by law to list the ingredients (but who knows if it's really what they are using) If the bread is too soft most the time they will use bread enhancer. I think Tops supermarket make pretty nice bread.

Preservatives. Majority of bread makers in CM don't use preservatives as the shelf life will normally be displayed as 3 days. Farmhouse toast has preservatives (I think)

Not sure whole grain is all that important in bread.
No sugar or preservatives is what I want.
And to get that, I have to make my own.

Not to mention, whole grain bread usually gets a wagonload of additives to make it rise.

Some of Chiang Mai's bread products are made from refined grains. Refining helps make bread light and airy and gives it a longer shelf life.

But it also strips away fiber, iron, and many B vitamins. "Enriched" just means that B vitamins and iron are added back after refining. But fiber may not be added back to "enriched" breads. Fiber is found in bread made with whole grains though, so that's your healthier choice.

Which additives are commonly added by local bakeries? All bakeries?

Let's hope some bakeries will step forward and tell us what's in their bread.

It's still a public holiday on monday but the OP can still post mail via the private mail agents in all major shopping malls

No. It's the Her Majesty The Queen's Birthday.

It's one of the most important public holidays in Thailand.

http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/thailand/queen-birthday

It's the Queen's Birthday next month!

Boy am I stupid. Yes it's next month. Now I don't really know if the post office is open on Monday or not.

Thanks for pointing out my mistake.

100% Whole grain bread will rise well using active dry yeast alone provided that you use the Peter Reinhart 'double fermentation' method. No need for any chemical

Not sure whole grain is all that important in bread.
No sugar or preservatives is what I want.
And to get that, I have to make my own.

Not to mention, whole grain bread usually gets a wagonload of additives to make it rise.

Tell your girl to get a job

Couldn't agree more.

I earned plenty of money working in a career people compete to get into. But there's more to life than money and careers, and those who never realise this are the poorest of all.

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^ Couldn't Have Said It Better

Why would anyone offers a free BBQ buffet?

I think it's a nice little town for those who prefer quiet life.

My be western men could learn from Thai men

Forgive me but Furama and Floral are hardly Luxury! More like a grade C. try the Nimmana, the Unique for a better ones.

Furama, Floral

Reading on a Thai forum can be difficult unless the OP hangout with Thais and have Thai gf/bf. Younger Thai persons now a day don't spell words right intentionally so to look trendy

Postjung

I know of many many motorcycle forums too

Thai is pretty squirrelly for a language to begin with, but reading the stuff on the forums can be difficult due to misspellings, abbreviations, and slang.

Taxi Lanna 053279291

Airport taxi 053201307

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1) Red song thawes are not taxis. Generally red song thaews are not on fixed routes. Disregard other farangs claim to be experts on song thawes current price. You should pay 20 baht all the way otherwise tell the driver to complain to the police.

2) There are the yellow and blue Taxi, real taxi. Use the Taxi Call Center phone number. Can not operate in the Airport area or Wing 41 airbase.

3) Airport taxi, will pick you up anywhere and are permitted to enter Wing 41 airbase.

4) Tuk tuks taxi

 

 have little to no idea where things are, what they are, or what I'm speaking of in English

Most Thai don't understand or speak English.

I ordered noise cancelling bose head phone from the internet

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There are a few places have you tried Hug Academy or Dance Zone? Im pretty sure they teach breakdance or hiphop

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I was about to recommend Dental World but....

I hope you're kidding, most Thai transgender would have it removed before dating a guy!

Next time you are sticking your tongue down it's throat go for a grab, you'll soon know if she's got guy bits down there.

Im using dtac 3g and tot at home. Both slow

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OP: Thailand has a long history of coups, I have lived through more than I can count. In the past the impact on finance has been minimal.

So tell us Sheryl...in the past, has curfew been imposed and for how long? Having arrived to start my life here in August of 2009, I can't remember what happened as far as any curfew in 2006 or in prior coup years.

The reason I ask is if the protests were harming the economy, as they certainly were in the last 6-7 months, then this curfew, if it lasts long enough, will devastate the economy. Think of all the businesses that depend on doing business after 10pm such as all the convenience stores and all the 1000's of nightlife venues. What about buses, which I have not read about whatsoever if they have restrictions on travel after 10pm. Pattaya, a town in particular, that thrives on nightlife will be kicked in the butt economically and if you thought tourists were staying away during the protests over the last 6-7 months, then my guess is incoming tourists will now drop to a trickle so the airlines will be significantly harmed. Who wants to come to a country under curfew.

So it all comes down to how long this curfew will last. The rest of it IS business as usual.

I am a bit surprised to see the baht/USD exchange has not been affected at all by the coup or curfew...yet.

Im sure you will get used to it.

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But he didn't even had a clue what they were saying.. it's all in his head for a start..

Thais think we look stupid...without trying to makes us so...this dumbass...at the market...was insulting your lady friend...best to just move on and not get into a shouting match with an ignoramus...

So you don't know what they were saying... I suggest you bring a Thai friend and ask him what they were talking about you. Most Thais are not the bully type may be it's something else not intended to make you look stupid.

I'm not sure what exactly he said, but it he was speaking extremely loudly and wanting to be heard

My girl friend just went to HK yesterday! So perhaps martial law apply to each girl individually?

Happen to my condo. Tell the juristic persons about noise disturbance

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