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2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Nope, but Thai-Danish dairy must have depots near you.

They sell raw milk in 5Kg bags for 120bht.

Thanks, I will look around for that.

5 hours ago, Oxx said:

Thai milk is homogenised to stop the cream separating out and rising to the top.  This makes it less suitable for cheese making.  Adding calcium chloride might help.

I will look into the calcium chloride.  Thanks.

15 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Buy raw milk from a Thai dairy.

Works fine.

I am not sure if it would be possible in central BKK to get raw milk from a Thai dairy.

Is there a place to order from?

I am trying to make queso fresco, a fresh cheese often associated with Mexican food. 

Basically, all it takes is heating whole milk, followed by adding lemon juice or vinegar to make it curdle, and then pressing the curds into cheese. 

I have done this before here in Thailand, but it was a few years ago.

Now being at home a lot, I wanted to make this again.  However, after several attempts with different milk brands, I find the milk does not curdle.

I have tried whole milk from Meiji and Chokchai.  I also tried Dutch Mill.  For the acid, I have tried lemon juice, white vinegar, and apple cider vinegar.

It is possible when I did this before that, by coincidence, the milk I bought was near its expiration date.  That may have made it more likely to curdle.

Making this cheese should very simple and easy.  So, I am a little baffled why it just isn't working.

Does anyone have any suggestions?  Perhaps there is a particular brand of milk I should try?

Thanks in advance!

Many years ago, I had some leather office shoes made-to-measure at a shoe shop along Suriwong near Soi Thaniya.

I showed them some pictures and they made the shoes following the design I wanted.

At that time, I stumbled upon that shop by chance and I didn't shop around.

Also, I have found out the person I dealt with passed on.

Now, I am looking to have some more shoes made.  So, I wanted to ask for recommendations of a shop that makes shoes.

Thanks in advance.

OK thank you. I'm mulling various options. 

I would try coarse sugar as long as it is white.  I've only seen tan-colored coarse sugar.

My project is to apply the sanding sugar (or white coarse sugar) to white icing to look like snow.  

It is a cake for Christmas.

Do you have a source for white coarse sugar?

I am baking some items which call for using  "sanding sugar" as part of the icing (frosting).  I have checked at the bake supply shop that I usually use and they do not have it.  At least not by the name "sanding sugar".  Sanding sugar is a large crystal sugar (coarse grained sugar) that does not melt easily.  It is used in decorating mostly. 

The shops have "castor sugar" and "donut sugar" (in addition to the regular granulated sugar and icing sugar) but I do not think those are sanding sugar....

Thanks in advance.

At Gourmet Market (Paragon), there are probably at least 6-8 brands of fresh pumpkin. Some are even imported from Japan or Taiwan. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience as to which one(s) have the strongest pumpkin flavor?  I'd like to make pumpkin pie or pumpkin bread, so I'd like one with a strong flavor of pumpkin.....  Thanks! 

I'd like to try sprouting seeds to add to salads and other food that I make.

Specifically, growing mustard, corn, and broccoli sprouts.

I have found 1 kg of sunflower seeds on Lazada.  So that seems ok for sunflower....

but what about these others?

Where to find seeds for sprouting in Bangkok?  Either a store or mail order....

Thanks.

Are there any recommendations (or products to avoid) for lighting?

I live in a small apartment with little natural light.  I want to grow a few flower pots of some herbs for cooking.

If it matters, I am in BKK.

I've look at Gourmet Market and Villa, but I haven't found lavender.

Fresh would be best, but I guess dried would be okay.  

I want to use it in baking (as opposed to making a soap or lotion).

Hi, 

Looking for unground grains in bkk. 

I have a kitchen mill to grind grain and I'd like to try it out. I got it as a gift... 

Thanks

Anyone know where to buy this in BKK? 

I have several recipes for bread that call for buttermilk powder. I've looked at about half a dozen supermarkets around BKK and haven't found it.

Thanks. 

Ok,home remedies, olive oil, hydrogen perox... they don't work for me.

I need to go to a doctor or clinic.

A hospital is expensive. So can anyone recommend a clinic?

Prefer near BTS or MRT.

Thanks.

You are incorredt. The majority did vote red. You are simply wrong.

Red was not an option in the election. You are simply wrong.

Nice try. A failed one, but a nice try. They got the majority and abused it, but they got the majority. Live with it. Have a nice life, and learn numbers instead of ideologies.....

No the Peu Thai Party did NOT get the majority. They got 48%. Which means the majority didn't vote for Peu Thai.

I've been to two TOPS and the Gourmet Market at Paragon.

I've seen about 15 different shapes and styles of pasta..... BUT

I can't find Rotelle anywhere so far.

Rotelle is the pasta shaped like wagon wheels.

In the past, I found it at a large TOPS and it was in a mixed bag of other shapes.

Now I can't seem to find it at all.

Anyone know a place to definitely get this? I'd prefer not to try every store in BKK.....

Thanks

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I and a friend (both USA passport holders) are going to travel overland and enter southern Laos at Chong Mek (Ubon Ratchathani).

We'd like, for our peace of mind, to get our Lao tourist visa in Bangkok before we head to Isan. We plan to spend about 10 days in Laos.

Can anyone recommend an agency in Bangkok that can do this?

Thanks.

Ummm, what check clearing house would your Thai bank be working with?

I don't know that in the U.S. I could get my bank to accept/process a check written from say a German bank with no banking presence in the U.S.

I'm not sure why the OP would expect a Thai bank accept a foreign-issued check for deposit (other then U.S. centric elitism).

Would he expect if he walked into his U.S. bank with a check from Thailand that his U.S. bank would say, "sure, let us "<deleted> with your check for you, happy to serve you! Anything else?"

Um, any country with a modern banking system (which Thailand has), the banks are international.

So yes, Thai banks can accept foreign checks and US banks can accept foreign checks (even from Thailand!).

Of course, they do it slowly and charge maximum fees to make as much moola as they can on this transaction (as they do on every transaction)... but there is no barrier to doing it.

Checks are just money. If they accept a greenish piece of paper with a dead US president's picture on it... then a check is equally valid. Most checks nowadays are cleared electronically, so the difference between a check and wire transfer is blurred/blurring.

p.s. I have deposited U.S. checks at Thai Banks and got them cleared, though not at BKK Bank.

I haven't used BKK Bank to cash/deposit a foreign check, but I suggest trying a different or bigger branch. They surely do this.

I have several times, and at several different branches, deposited foreign checks (from the USA) at Kasikorn Bank branches. I've done it at the branch on Prannok in Thonburi and the 2nd floor branch at Future Park Rangsit.

It does take about a month to clear. And they charge like 300-500 baht to do it. But it works.

Wow, that's one for the record books . . . Thai's asking foreigners for help! A real first.

Just shows that the true situation is more desperate than we know.

Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced place in Bangkok that prepares Thai personal income tax forms?

Mine is not very complicated, but I just do not want to do it myself.

I contacted two places that I found through google, but the fees were more than 7,000 baht. That is almost half my Thai tax liability (based on past years).

Thanks