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I look forward to reading your reviews.. Yes, Rang Mahal is o.k.(not cheap, but good atmosphere). It is also frequented by Phra Thep. Have you tried Tiffin? Pretty good food, but they can do alot more on the decor side,since the food is not cheap either...may be they already have done so. So which restuarants serve good indian food in Laos and Vietnem?
Sincere thanks to all the curry enthusiasts who have taken the trouble to respond. I'll be in Phuket later this month and will try the Red Chilli, Kharnasutra and Ali Baba's. I'll post a review here and let you know what I think.In reply to a previous poster, the best curry I've had in BKK was at the Rembrandt hotel's Rang Mahal restaurant. Althpugh it's not cheap, it's widely regaded as the top Indian restaurant in Bangers. It's located in Suk Soi 18.
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The Indian restaurants in Bangkok suck too!
Laos and Vietnam have really good ones--Names of these good restaurants please.. Thanks!
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Y'all will have to wait till I open a restaurant, that is if I can count on my lucky stars.
For current operators, I understand that Indian food has to be a little expensive cuz Indian cooking tend to shrink/reduce the volume of the ingredients, particularly the veggies. But, please don't overcharge on rice, esp plain rice (rice expands in the cooking process). Of course, this does not only apply to indian restaurants alone, but many restaurants in LOS these days.
For those who really want to go upsacale, upgrade the decor and ingredients to match the price.
I've notice that Indian restaurants in the U.S. tend to price their food much more reasonably than the operators here. ( Thai restaurants in the U.S. on the other hand tend to be over-priced, as far as my experience is concerned.)
Getting hungrier as I type.
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I visited Phuket a year before the tsunami, and was appalled to learn that waiters and waitresses were getting as low as 6000-8000 baht a month at four and five star hotels, considering that the cost of living in Phuket is rather high by Thai standards. I don't know what new posts former employees in Phuket have found for themselves, but i know of a former waiter in a hotel here in Bkk who has secured himself a job in a foreign cruise line, and is earning 60,ooo ++ baht a month.
I suppose cheap labor is a major attraction for local and foreign investors in Phuket.
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Horizon Creamery butter is made from milk obtainned from grass-fed cow and it sure does have a much more wholesome taste than those available here. I don't know if Irish butter is better than Oregon's organic Horizon butter, but I think I know the taste of real butter. Grassfed cow's milk and ghee has a desirable content of omega 3 as opposed to grain-fed cow's milk which has unbalanced levels of omega 6.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I grew up on orchid...My mom has always used it. I might give it a try again, but I don't think it'll be better than Allowerie in small packs (creamery butter)--Of course, I may be worng, after all it's been quite a while since I last tasted orchid butter.
New research on coconut oil and butter show that butter is better than you think. They are arguably better that extra-virgin olive oil for for cooking with high-heatcooking. I tend to agree with research that say that margerine is BAD for health.I stay away from Orchid butter simply beacause the aluminium foil packaging is not lined with parchment/baking (?) paper (unwaxed). I settle for Allowerie, Imperial and sometimes Anchor. The best butter I've ever tasted is the Horizon brand organic creamery (European Style) butter available in good old Eugene, Oregon. And yes, inferior milk makes inferior butter, but technique in butter-making is also key. (By the way, I find Indian milk to be the best, but the taste of the butter is not quite as impressive as Horizon's as far as I remember--Ghee(uhm.impressive?!) is of course, a different matter altogether). I suspect that Scottish butter must taste good too as I have tasted some Scottish-made cookies and biscuits and they were yummy. I too vow to try Irish butter before I die. Irish cream coffee alcohol mix of some sort that a friend of mine had me try in Oregon was simply IMPRESSIVE!.. though I can't tell whether it is really an irish thing or a U.S.-American interpretation.
Have you tried using French Clarified butter available at UFM and probably Villa and carrefour too?
For all you butter lovers, try visiting www.butterisbest.com. My love for butter got me there a year or two back.
Enjoy,
BKK
Some good observations there, but your aversion to Orchid is without basis. In Canada, all butter is wrapped in foil alone. No big deal really. Try Orchid. It's way better than Anchor. Can't speak for Allowerie, since I've never tried it.
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Honey is an essential ingredient in ancient Egyptian mummification. Honey that goes rancid probably have too much moisture/water content.
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New research on coconut oil and butter show that butter is better than you think. They are arguably better that extra-virgin olive oil for for cooking with high-heatcooking. I tend to agree with research that say that margerine is BAD for health.
I stay away from Orchid butter simply beacause the aluminium foil packaging is not lined with parchment/baking (?) paper (unwaxed). I settle for Allowerie, Imperial and sometimes Anchor. The best butter I've ever tasted is the Horizon brand organic creamery (European Style) butter available in good old Eugene, Oregon. And yes, inferior milk makes inferior butter, but technique in butter-making is also key. (By the way, I find Indian milk to be the best, but the taste of the butter is not quite as impressive as Horizon's as far as I remember--Ghee(uhm.impressive?!) is of course, a different matter altogether). I suspect that Scottish butter must taste good too as I have tasted some Scottish-made cookies and biscuits and they were yummy. I too vow to try Irish butter before I die. Irish cream coffee alcohol mix of some sort that a friend of mine had me try in Oregon was simply IMPRESSIVE!.. though I can't tell whether it is really an irish thing or a U.S.-American interpretation.
Have you tried using French Clarified butter available at UFM and probably Villa and carrefour too?
For all you butter lovers, try visiting www.butterisbest.com. My love for butter got me there a year or two back.
Enjoy,
BKK
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I have "good-bye my friend it's hard to die when all the birds are singing in the sky...da da da.." in mind, but I prefer ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM MERRILY, MERRILY, MERRILY, LIFE IS BUT A DREAM. Pongsit Khampee's and Charan Manopet's songs are also great.
Interesting thread...Got to come back later to read it all later .
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Thanks for all your resplies... I'll look into the scheme for sole trader. U of Queensland looks like a great place to study with campuses by the beaches. Don't think I'll matriculate in any uni program any time soon, but I already have plans for library hopping.
Hope I'll make it there some time soon...[
quote=Aussieguy,2005-05-11 03:35:47]
Is there any place in Australia that isn't plagued by flies?Brisbane isn't too bad
I relocated from Pattaya & currently live on the Sunshine Coast about one hour drive north of Brisbane; no flies
I live in Brisbane and have found it to be a great place to live,with public transport fairly good,with work available,the best weather in Australia and not lots to do in spare time with the Gold Coast 35 minutes away and Sunshine Coast not much further along with a quick getaway to Bangkok
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[YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE purest FRUITS AND VEGGIES IN EUGENE:).. But i still think Australian fruits and veggies are the freshest, though there's no denying that the varieties of fruits found here in LOS taste excellent esp jack fruit.
quote=Popeyethesailorman,2005-05-15 03:44:48]
For those of you who are living in Thailand or who have visited for an extended period of time, did the Thai food and the Thai lifestyle add to your waistline or did you lose weight?In Thailand I eat all I want and never put on a pound. Back in the States if I don't watch it I get easily put the pounds on. I think it is all the vegatable and fresh food vrs in the State half the stuff is deeped fried or frozen.
yeah, it's really a shame we can't get fresh food and vegatable in the States.
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Ajarn, I don't mean to spoil it for you, but the schools are really no longer that good, but i did get to know some great students at a youth rehab center and Lane Community College, and yes a few great Ducks too.
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You weren't one od the Ducks were you?
I love Eugene too, except for the moldy bathrooms in older apts.
Saturday Market, Sun Dance, homeless friends (we have many things in common, even though I was not technically homeless), yummy Alexander's Falafels, Holy Cow, The Kiwa, Hungry Heads, Tsunami, fresh green air, great bus drivers, and yeah the Green T. Winter rain can be quite depressing though, esp when you have to deal with moldy bathrooms.
Any way for my mom it is the best place on earth, cuz she was only there in the summer.
Yeah you've got to be.. In Eugene O.R. I manage to stay slim even though I eat like a hog 24/7. Now that I'm back in this very polluted part of BKK, my metabolism got totally screwed up. I get to walk alot there, but I suppose Thailand is generally too hot for that much walking, unless, you are like this Harvard student I met years back--He trekked/ran the length of Isan into Laos. That didn't seem to have much of an impact on his weight,, but he sure did get the burns.Anyways, many Eugenians believe that it's getting really polluted there, and yes folks there are also gaining weight... So it's probably just in the mind--mind pollution!
A little bit of self-hypnotizing each day should do some good some day. I think there's still hope for the horizontally-growing bangkokians. As for hyperactive metabolizers, perhaps potatoes could do you some good.
I miss Eugene terribly. What a great place it was in the 70's and 80's. Excellent school, plus fern ridge resevoir and Mcredie & Cougar hot Springs, 3 sisters, Gull Haven on the coast, The Renaissance Faire, Whitebird Clinic, Eugene Switchboard, the Saturday Market, the Hoedads, Green Tortoise.....
Thanks for the memories...
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VERY TRUE! And perhaps we can just (pretend) to change the name for two years and then change it back for double free advertising a la MR T's bizzy style.
Folks here are pretty flexible.
Would you rather have a Thai person come up to you and say, "I am Thailand" or "I am Siam". I like the second because it rhymes.Would they ever say, "I am Siamese, if you please." I don't think so.
Some people have a hard enough time saying I am Thai (without the land).
I also prefer Siam because too many people confuse Thailand and Taiwan.
Although I guess changing a name to cater to the uneducated is actually good policy as they outnumber the educated. Officially changing the name can actually provide more advertising.
"Amazing Siam"
"Hidden Siam"
"I am Mam. Mam I am. I am Siam."
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According to the folks at WAPF, coconut oil is the best oil for cooking (cold pressed of course). Anyway, as far as the hydrogenated cooking oil, I'd say sunflower seed oil (morakod brand is supposedly nonGMO according to Green Peace: some of the oils by "Cook" are GMO according to GP). Olive oil is not as resistant to heat as coconut oil, so it is best for steaming, salad, and makes a good table oil.
If you eat out alot then invest on pure fish oil supplements.
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Any suggestions for websites or other resources for someone who wants to start from the abc of html...Is the HTML for Dummies helpful or adequate?
Thanks
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should I change my name to krungthepian?--Don't think anyone would care.
Yours Truly,
bangkoian
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When I tell people in the U.S.A. that i am from Thailand, many would say the name of the country back to me, as if I've made a mistake pronouncing the word. To that extent, I'd say that subtle differences exist in the pronunciation of the word, Thailand.
Technically, I prefer "Siam" to "Thailand." However, an 'official' or documented name-change is really not practical and I also don't want any further exoticization of the country.
The idea of using both names sound good to me, and I think that is already being practiced unoficially. Recently, prior to the Suk Chai campaign, TAT launched a themed campaign, which has the word, Siam in it... I've forgotten the full name of the campaign. By the way, if I am not mistaken, Siam Land is a name of a property development company.
What about Krungthep vs. Bangkok? The city is definitely no longer a "barng" (roughly translates as village), nor do you see makok (olive) trees around here any more.
Aside: The original "Britons" were not "English" (Anglo Saxons). Great Britain is an interesting term.
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Yeah you've got to be.. In Eugene O.R. I manage to stay slim even though I eat like a hog 24/7. Now that I'm back in this very polluted part of BKK, my metabolism got totally screwed up. I get to walk alot there, but I suppose Thailand is generally too hot for that much walking, unless, you are like this Harvard student I met years back--He trekked/ran the length of Isan into Laos. That didn't seem to have much of an impact on his weight,, but he sure did get the burns.
Anyways, many Eugenians believe that it's getting really polluted there, and yes folks there are also gaining weight... So it's probably just in the mind--mind pollution!
A little bit of self-hypnotizing each day should do some good some day. I think there's still hope for the horizontally-growing bangkokians. As for hyperactive metabolizers, perhaps potatoes could do you some good.
I loose weight.I eat like a horse trying to put some on but I am still 5kgs under weight.
I moved out of the city last month and into the countryside.
They is much less pollution there. I am worried now.
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I gainned 20kgs i think. It's not the food, it's the pollution.
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How TAXING is it there, really? Will it [almost] kill me?
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Thanks for all the responses.
As for my requirements---
First of all I'd like to be able to get around by public transportation, and my impression is that Brisbane is pretty good in this regards. I don't know much about Darwin, but it seems to be a good place for start-ups. I'm thinking of getting a job in the tourism industry, or openning up a tiny biz, if possible.
Is Australia infested with flies? I've only been to Canberra, and passed through Sydney for a highschool drama trip, and didn't notice any fly then. It's the skin-cancer risk that ppl seemed to be quite concerned about down there--How serious is this really? How big is the hole in the Australian sky? Getting bigger by the day?
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All aspects considered, where would you choose to live, Brisbane or Darwin?
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Who co-founded the oldest law firm in Thailand?
Not a Tai,nor an Indian, nor a Chinese, or a Laotian.
Who owns it now?
Best Indian Food In Phuket?
in Phuket
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Good point about chicken tikka. Been a vegetarian for the most part so forgot about that. Most veggies do shrink a great deal. Yes, the base/gravy seems simple enough, but certain good quality spices are expensive esp. saffron, though I tam pretty sure most restauarnts out here don't use them. For a good hearty, non-oily gravy, you need lots and lots of tomatoes and also quite a bit of spice and sometimes lots of spinach. In the case of paneer dishes, you also need lots and lots of milk. Garbanzo beans, almonds and even cashews, raisins, butter and ghee are relatively expensive here in Thailand compared to ingredients used in Thai food or popular western-style desserts. Many Indian sweets are not made from cheap (rising) flour, but with grounded nuts (Bharfee), cheese (Rasmalai) and sometimes yoghurt and semolina ...lots of shrinking again. Now most birthday (western) cakes here are made from cheap factory-processed flour, and often times artificial flavors and colours and they are expensive. Tiramisu, on the other hand is made from more expensive ingredients, even though the whipping cream and mascarpone cheese don't have to go through the shrinking and cooking process,so it's understandable that it is expensive. Pizzas here are relatively expensive too, even when they are made from locally processed cheese (that shrink somewhat in the cooking process) and other local ingredients.
From my experience outside of Thailand i.e. Eugene, Oregon, the only expensive ingredient for Thai food is fresh organic lemongrass, but thank God that good herb is available cheaply here in the Land of Smiles.
Again, speaking from a Thailand-based vegetarian point of view, I find the ingredients for Indian food (except for dhal) in general to be more expensive than those required for cooking Thai food. Oh yes, Dhal is often given to the needy for free in India, so I urge all restaurants to price this protein dish fairly. Dhal also expands in the cooking process, and since all Indian restaurants I know use the pressure cooker, heating cost associated with traditional slow cooking should not be factored into the price.
Many local restaurants are also overcharging for low quality pasta dishes made from local Best Food brand factory pastas, with watery gravy, but worse are restaurants (fusion, Thai, Indian etc.) charging 30-50 baht for a weeny bit of plain lump of white rice on a plate. O.k. enough for my rant...