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I think it is called "Segoi" on Suthep, about 100m west of Soi Watumong. 169 THB...theya re doing a big business, but I haven't personally done it. Also, in the area of the Northeast corner of the moat was/is a pretty popular one...maybe others can give more specifics.

Yeah thanks but I can't find anything about them on google, if you can remember maybe you can just pin it on google maps and give me a link ?

After a bit of google search I found a few but none that really caught my interest, I am looking for a all you can eat buffet (where you cook your food yourself preferably), with a few of the following: Steaks, Crabs, Ribs, Frog legs, Shrimps or any kind of good meats to be honest, something different than the street food here. Something up to 600 baht.

I have an Xbox One...

Bring the Halo 5, beer, and the jerky.

Pm me op.

Oh my.. PM'd

Hahaha... looking to buy off ebay from Australia now as they have the same power voltages

You will probably have a much better price off ebay as well compared to the prices of xbox ones I've seen here.

Wow I wasn't expecting that much responses, thanks a ton guys and sorry I can't answer all of you and I need to go now but I'll answer a few of you tomorrow. Those who were wondering, he have no insurance or permit and he drive a honda click and avoid highways and we are in chiang mai, not bangkok so its not that bad but still. I know I am not his mom and he is an adult but telling him to wear it repeatedly helped, so a few arguments should seal the deal hopefully.

I might be anxious but I never ride a motorcyle without an helmet, my friend does once in a while and even though I tell him to wear one, he doesn't. He is an intelligent person with multiple school degrees, I might be paranoid, but I feel like it would be my fault if anything happen to him, and I know he can easily be reasoned with good arguments, especially with statistics and shit. Anyone have any idea what I should tell him ? The more credible and the more statistically proven it is the better.

Btw he have less than a month of experience in riding anything, including his own country.

Point blank or Heroes of Neuerth or fifa 2015 on the Thai site/server garena, you need to d/l the client & sign up, which is problematic as its in Thai, you need to get a native to help, I suggest taking a laptop to a Thai internet cafe, I'm sure you'd find someone to help you set up an acc... This is what all the Thais play on. As its internal to Thailand you should get good ping, Voice chat will be a no no though unless you speak Thai...

Thanks yeah I don't need to play a thai exclusive game, as long as I play people in asia (south east preferably) it shouldn't lag, I am not a big fan of fifa, I don't like mobas and point blank look like a exact copy of counter strike. As for making a thai account I am pretty sure I can figure out how with a translator, I already have a thai garena account, was planning to maybe play league of legends but na I just can't play that game.

Sorry, I had to

I've been looking around CM and still haven't seen any shops where you can play onsite. But wanting to check out gameover in Bkk which looks like a good option if you're down that way.

Yeah, I don't need to go to bangkok anytime soon and a 8 hour drive just to play a game I don't know, maybe I will, if I do ill checkout gameover thanks

Most of the people on this site are of an older generation so you probs wont get a response

I'm considering buying a xboxone for halo 5 and gears

If i do I will give you a shout

I have a ps4 already with destiny on it that scratches the same itch if you want to have a go on that

Thanks

Alex

Whats the Thai price on an xbox one currently ??

Tempted to splash out for a forza fix.. Wheel, pedals, the full splurge..

hey guys...

i myself have been considering to buy an xbox one in thailand.. (for the last 2 years!! lol)

as my birthday is approaching.. i figured.. i may just finally buy it this time around.... a few concerns.. because i have read mixed reviews on playing xbox one in Bangkok...

i have a decent (being very nice here) true online internet connection...

a nice big 50" HD TV (is 50" still big?)

and.. a little bit of floor space to play (hoping to use kinect games more).

can anyone share insight on the following?

1. any problems with getting games? or using online services?

2. should i get brand new or second hand (are there reliable modded boxes? for the xbox one?)

3. how much floor space do i need to use the kinect ... esp for 2 player type games?

4. any fun games to suggest? i work long hours.. and i enjoy playing silly games just for fun.. or perhaps even get some exercise? i also enjoy shooter games and racing games.. but light hearted type (if they even exist)...

sorry for the numerous questions!!! and thank you in advance!

btw.. a year a go.. xbox one was going at 35k baht.. at Paragon Dept store.. I think now they sell for about 22k+?? with kinect? not sure.

cheers guys!

Your TV is fine as long as it have a hdmi port, if not you'll need an additional cord.

1. No problem getting games, I already found a bunch of places selling them but as for online play/services I am really not sure, I heard people saying it works fine if you have a decent internet connection and you'll mostly be matched against people from east asia, but if you want to play against or with north american people you need a VPN setting on your router and it will probably lag, which is expected. If online really matters to you, ps4 is the right choice here in asia (unfortunately)

2. I haven't heard of modded xbox ones yet, but even if there is, you will likely not be able to play online.

3. not that much, the lens on the kinect is pretty wide, for one player, you can be 2 feet away from it and it will be fine, for two players, I would say 1.5 meter is fine.

4. Halo 5 of course, other than that there is a good bunch of good games but it really depends on your taste, you'd really have to look by yourself by looking at some gameplay videos youtube, if you can guide me a bit more on what games you like, I can help as well, as for exercise, there is some kinect games that should work just fine, I can't tell you which though as I never really used my kinect.

As for the price, I contacted CHAMPGAMES not long ago and they said its 17k-18k baht and you need to make the order first since they don't have it in stock which take them a few days to receive. Also, if you don't mind me around I'll pay up to 2k baht off your xbox depending on how often I can play.

It will be on the net the day before for free.

Not really, unless you are talking about a cam version, no thanks. Not only I refuse to see it in non HD, but like thai006 said, its the kind of movie you watch at the theater

I think you might be out of luck in your quest after umpteen bumps. As mentioned before the average age on TV seems to be somewhere between 60 and dead, most Thais play online PC based games, transient younger tourists do not bring xboxs along, and your younger expat teacher is usually spending their meagre salary on silly things like rent, food, drink, and socialising.

If your enhanced offer of "beef jerky" was a euphemism you might get a better response on Craigslist.

Haha yeah well it doesn't cost anything to try, and even though most people here are old, they might know someone with one or have kids who have one I don't know, but its worth a try. I never missed a Halo release yet, I wouldn't mind not play it but if there a way, you bet I'll find it. As for craiglist, I looked and there not a single xbox one for sale, even if there was, I'd offer the guy to rent it, not buy it, I found a place who sell xbox ones but even though I need my halo fix, I am not spending 18k baht for this.

Counter strike works fine as I get matched with thai people, hearthstone too but mostly because its a game that doesn't require much at all. World of Warcraft is unplayable (on my US east server), I tried quake live and unplayable as well, halo online is unplayable, I wonder what you guys play ? No MOBA's please. I was thinking of picking up rocket league, anyone have any idea how the ping is in this game here ?

Bump, increasing my offer to beer AND beef jerky.

There are quite a few inexpensive restaurants with good food in your area. My wife works near the park on the corner of Tung Hotel Rd and Charoen Muang Rd so I do meet her for lunch often and she and her coworkers either eat out at lunch or get takeout every day. Many of her coworkers live in this area as well, so I will ask them for places open in the evening. All of the places I have eaten at are priced in the 30 - 50฿ range. No need to hike all the way over to the old city to pay more for takeout when you are living in a Thai area. I don't know the names (just know how to get there) but I will send you a private message when I talk to my wife later this evening. The recommendation for Pho Anh is a good one, best Vietnamese restaurant outside of Vietnam that I have eaten at, but it is more expensive than a local Thai place.

Yeah Pho Anh is the best suggestion imo so far, I can't wait to eat a pho soup. I am looking foward your PM, thanks !

Read up on Norwegian fairy tales.

I am going to ignore you from now on as you are the one being the troll.

btw, thanks to everyone who replied to this thread with actual interesting opinions, I really do appreciate it.

Me thinks the OP comes from Norway and lived under a bridge. So please don't feed it.

I am not from norway nor I am a troll, what make you think that ?, I am really interested..

... second reason is that if you find the right places, food is basically the same price or maybe 10% more expensive than buying it yourself at groceries like tesco and preparing it yourself, I have no idea why because in my country, restaurants are easily 5 times the price than if you would do it yourself, I can buy a whole chicken on the street, already prepared and cut for me and meanwhile, I'd pay the same price if not more for a fresh whole chicken at tesco, why.. I don't know but I like it.

Improvise, my friend. You're highly unlikely to find regular falang food at restaurants within your budget.

Buy a cooked chicken off the street, then off to Makro to purchase fries, some greens and ketchup.

You're all over the place but want to eat your cake and eat it. Very difficult to do with such a restrictive budget.

Don't worry I do, I am not expecting thai people to make me a prosciutto blue cheese with vegemite sandwich for 80 baht, so I make them myself, but I have no oven in my apartment (can't make fries) so I won't be getting one and there a whole lot of things I can't make myself, except for the few things I really crave, I don't mind eating anything, from thai to chinese street food, I made this thread just so people could tell me what I can find in my area, because why not. From what I said in this thread, I don't want to eat my cake, I want to eat ANY cake, as long as its somewhat cheap and not ONLY thai food. I don't mind paying more once in a while, but when I do, it will be on a nice Camembert cheese or steak at a grocery store, not a 1200 baht three course dinner at a restaurant, so yeah, I do make stuff myself, but when I realize I can't make it myself for a decent price, I look at restaurants selling it, as an example, I get a chorizo cheese rice guacamole burritos for 70 baht, even if I wanted to make it myself, it probably would be around the same cost that is if I eat this and only this the whole week, so I'd rather buy it at a restaurant even if its 10% more expensive.

You're a difficult customer, popje.

Have you considered going to Makro and just purchasing some decent beef, chicken, lamb and a few other bits and bobs and cooking it yourself.

Two pages of replies and no further on.

You're not going to find what you're looking for in CM on your budget unless you DIY.

Why do you say I am difficult, I just asked a question and people swarmed here to answer me and I am really glad, I really like this forum so far. I do make some groceries once in a while but I don't cook myself, even though I love to and know how to, here 2 reasons why I don't cook myself, first I am not staying in Thailand for more than 2-3 more months and don't want to spend money of spices and utilities I won't be able to carry on with me when I am gone, second reason is that if you find the right places, food is basically the same price or maybe 10% more expensive than buying it yourself at groceries like tesco and preparing it yourself, I have no idea why because in my country, restaurants are easily 5 times the price than if you would do it yourself, I can buy a whole chicken on the street, already prepared and cut for me and meanwhile, I'd pay the same price if not more for a fresh whole chicken at tesco, why.. I don't know but I like it.

When you say two pages of replies and no further on what do you mean exactly ? English is not my first language but I guess you mean 2 pages of replies and It doesn't seem like it helped me or something ? If yes, that's far from the truth, people here helped me a ton, I already started making a nice map of all the nice restaurants people told me to try and it will probably take me a whole day to visit them all, I'll even take menu pictures and make a guide with map locations for other people who are interested. Yes my budget is low and I am difficult in a sense that I don't want to eat rice everyday if that's what you meant.

When we first arrived we found the best strategy for ordering food at Thai places when we couldn't read the menu was to walk around and see what everyone was eating and if something looked good, to point it out to the waitress/owner and tell them that's what we wanted. Often, a customer would take pity and order for us, or -- better yet -- teach us the name of the dish in Thai.

As I said in a previous post, you really do need to learn some elementary Thai. Not just speaking, but also had to read Thai, as in how to read a menu, utility bills, common signs, etc.

This is good advice for finding what to eat. You may not like it, but if you don't try you won't know.

NancyL, you might explain "point it out to the waitress/owner" in a little more detail for the OP. It is considered rude to point at people (and things in some cases), and may even bring bad luck in Thai traditions.

I dont think NancyL was realy POINTING It out to the Owner Waiter

It was a figure of speech

I would say can i have that one politly

We all cant be perfect in our way of trying to explain to someone

just my thoughts on the matter

I don;t think NancyL meant finger pointing either... which is why I thought an explanation would be good. Apparently the OP already knew.

I knew pointing at people is rude, it is kinda rude where I come, maybe not as bad here but I got the habit of never doing it, I had no idea pointing at objects could be wrong though, but at the same time putting your foot on a rolling 10 baht is wrong here so who knows what is and isn't. Anyway, I'll find a way to show the waiter what I want without being rude but at the same time, walking through the restaurant starting at what people eat might looks rude lol, but as long as I don't look like some lost mental hospital patient I think I'll be fine.

When we first arrived we found the best strategy for ordering food at Thai places when we couldn't read the menu was to walk around and see what everyone was eating and if something looked good, to point it out to the waitress/owner and tell them that's what we wanted. Often, a customer would take pity and order for us, or -- better yet -- teach us the name of the dish in Thai.

As I said in a previous post, you really do need to learn some elementary Thai. Not just speaking, but also had to read Thai, as in how to read a menu, utility bills, common signs, etc.

This is good advice for finding what to eat. You may not like it, but if you don't try you won't know.

NancyL, you might explain "point it out to the waitress/owner" in a little more detail for the OP. It is considered rude to point at people (and things in some cases), and may even bring bad luck in Thai traditions.

I dont think NancyL was realy POINTING It out to the Owner Waiter

It was a figure of speech

I would say can i have that one politly

We all cant be perfect in our way of trying to explain to someone

just my thoughts on the matter

I kinda knew pointing at people is rude to thais as well as in many other cultures but at objects ? I had no idea, I guess I could show the waiter the plate with one or both hands like this: http://www.quickmeme.com/img/aa/aaa4e0fe18c758a3335dcd9d99ee9d770307700dfd69b082c694e1bc04ff6e02.jpg (without that face expression lol)

Oh no, I tried a good whole bunch of thai dishes and I've been in thailand for 3 months now (I was in koh samui before), but khao soi is the first one I actually know the thai name and managed to get in a thai only restaurant, I can google a few dishes but I don't think every restaurant have every dishes and I am kinda sick of eating curry, rice and sweet dishes

Make your own menu!

From the internet, find out which dishes sound interesting, write down both the English and Thai name, then when you see a group of food vendors you show them your menu and either ask “mii arai” (literal translation: have what?) or point to what you want (on your menu), and if the street vendor does not have it, he’ll likely point you to one that does (which is why you want to do the latter in an area with multiple stalls).

You mention curry, rice and “sweet dishes”. Have you tried any of their salads (yam bpla duk foo, som tam/dtam thai, larb, yam wunseen taley)? Any of their soups (dtom ka gai, dtom yam gung, gang som cha’om taut)? Any of their noodle dishes (pad see ew, rat na, khanom jiin, guai dtiao)? Any of their omelettes (kai jeow nam)? etc.

I find a thai restaurant with english speaking people and menu and they expect me to pay 120 baht for a pad thai.

Yes, they expect you to pay 120 baht for a dish because it is more expensive to run a real restaurant with rent (presumably in a tourist area), English speaking staff, and possibly air condition, than it is to sell food on the street!

And you’re even expected to leave a 20 baht tip in a restaurant!

Yeah, thats what I'll do for thai restaurants, I'll make a big list of all the thai dishes that look good and ask for them in thai restaurants it shouldnt be that hard to find. When I was in koh samui there was a thai restaurant with a english/thai menu with over 30 dishes, I think I tried pretty much every single one of them except maybe for the salads and seafood dishes (I am intolerant to seafood), unfortunately, I don't remember any of the thai names, I should have wrote them down, I didn't realize koh samui is very touristic and everything is pretty much in english, meanwhile in chiang mai, its a different story.

I realize english thai restaurants charge more but its pretty much the point of this thread, I don't need a nice restaurant with AC and english speaking staff as I always take away my food, not that I don't like to be in a restaurant but unless I am out with friends I don't feel like eating alone in a restaurant, so taking away 500 baht of food in a nice restaurant only to go eat back home sounds dumb to me and I know there are cheaper ways to find food just as good if not more authentic/better I just need to find out where and how which is why I made this thread.

The OP's location is indeed a bit of a void, but you can find some interesting and afforable options slightly to the East or slightly to the West.

To the East, just after crossing the Superhighway is this cluster of restaurants that are interesting; mostly Thai food: https://goo.gl/zqq5uT

Or, if you take a left turn once on the Sankamphaeng Road then you get to loads of food options in the general Payap area, including a cheap Western food option that I can't find right now on Google maps. EDIT: ah, here. Bit further than I though it would be, but it's an interesting place: https://goo.gl/yVzVNE

It's called Bee Hiang apparantly. Lots more food options nearby too, catering to the Payap crowd which makes them all affordable.

Or, when going towards town then you have a lot of options in the Riverside / Sanpakhoi area, even before crossing the river:

* Success Italian

* Mamia Coffee & Food on the river

* Namton's House Bar (closed Wednesdays)

* Several Thai places, the one at the Big Tree three way interesection at Gymkhana is worth a mention (Khao Soi and made to order Thai food)

* The Vietnamese inspired place near Duke's

Thanks a lot, I am making a map of a bunch of restaurants you guys proposed me, I'll just go ahead and visit every single one in a day and take pictures of all the menus, I'll post it here in case anyone else might be interested

Hi there, I've been in chiang mai for almost a month and I'm trying to find new restaurants at a decent price around this area: https://www.google.co.th/maps/place/Anuwitee+Rd,+Amphoe+Mueang+Chiang+Mai,+Chang+Wat+Chiang+Mai+50000/@18.7806824,99.0214039,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m7!1m4!3m3!1s0x0:0x0!2zMTjCsDQ2JzUwLjUiTiA5OcKwMDEnMjAuMiJF!3b1!3m1!1s0x30da25578b523d15:0x7493c0e222ae73fb?hl=en, I don't mind paying up to 150 baht for a good meal but I am not interested in spending 300+ in a fancy restaurant with a nice view especially that I always take away the food, I love thai food but I can't eat thai food all the time, I need something different everyday or so.

I have found pretty much nothing in my area except some good fried chicken and the usual thai food which unfortunately most of them don't have english menus for some reason, I pretty much have to go to the old city once or twice everyday and its a bit annoying, my favorite cheap food in the old city so far are the tacos/burritos at tacos bell in front of the zoe in yellow entrance and the indian restaurant in front (not new delhi), khao soi close to the night bazaar, The Amazing Sandwich is also pretty good and Ragu at the promenada mall to fix my prosciutto provolone sandwich craving.

I am looking for pretty much anything even non english menu thai restaurants if you can help me get something there. Here some stuff that I'd really like to find in the area: thai chili frog legs, non sweet thai dishes you'd recommend (tried khao soi for the first time this week and it is awesome) pizza, lasagna, indian food, sandwiches, tacos, burgers, meals with mainly meat (like pork garlic and pepper).

I know absolutely no delivery restaurant other than the big chains like mcdonald, kfc, pizza company, if you know any lesser know restaurant that have delivery, let me know.

Actually, 7/Eleven is quite good!

I know right, them rice burgers are the shit ! In all seriousness, in the first month I was in thailand I really liked them cheese sausage grilled things a lot, but I got sick of them way too fast.