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Going into this deeper, here is a definition for you: I decided to randomly look at Alabama which is fairly or unfairly seen as more of a backwards state. Their big cities aren't very big at all. ALL on this list over 100,00 population have multiple Thai restaurants according to google. I didn't check cities with 6,000 people as I don't regard them as cities. The 10 Largest Cities In Alabama - WorldAtlas Are some or even any of the Thai restaurants in Alabama very good and authentic? That I don't know but I wouldn't rule it out.

I've tried it. In Montreal. I haven't sought it out in Thailand which is what I said so I can't even comment on it's ease of availability here. I don't claim to be an expert on every food type (many but not every) and I doubt very many "top chefs" even in Manhattan are either.

I've been saying for a long time that Pattaya should carve out it's future as an arts and culture hub.

Chinese food is incredibly varied by region but it's fair to say that texture is very important in it. They eat everything. So some of their foods are more than a bit much for typical western palates. Westernized Chinese food often features goopy sweet sauces. I learned about "real" Chinese food in California going to places with Chinese customers and pointing to plates of food that weren't even listed on the menus they gave non-Chinese. Sometimes I would order a dish and was told they wouldn't serve it as I wouldn't like it. I usually pushed them anyway. Sometimes they were right (usually involving offal) and other times it was about wonderful strong flavors that I liked very, very much. You kind of have to waste some money to find the great stuff. Recently at a local authentic Chinese restaurant in Pattaya, I ordered a duck dish that didn't explain what it really was in Chinese, English, or Thai. It was all duck beaks. Unfortunately, I don't like duck beaks.

Just out of curiosity, what's the population of your small city?

Wow, how arrogant. You asked something else before and I answered. For example you didn't ask if I've had the best falafel in the world in Thailand, just if I've had falafel here. You didn't ask if I've had the best Japanese food in the world in Thailand, just authentic Japanese food that isn't sushi. You didn't like the answer and assertion that your list was hard to find when in my experience that isn't true. Went against your false assumptions. Now you bait and switch and get into top chefs and make more assumptions about my persoal exposure to good food in Thailand, the U.S., and many countries in the world. Hilariously bragging about blue corn stuff without asking if I have eaten well in Santa Fe New Mexico. Talking about BBQ without asking if I have lived in the deep south. Talking about a very basic Korean dish without asking if I have lived near a major American Koreatown. Well, chefs as a profession are notoriously arrogant. Manhattan arrogance takes the cake. So everyone is stupid about food but you. Nobody that isn't a top chef has any taste or exposure to wonderful international food. Sure thing, amigo. What a silly game.

Seems like a waste! Anthony Bourdain - No Reservations S03E08 - Shanghai - video Dailymotion

I'm not at all sorry to report that Louis C.K has released a new special called Sorry. If you think he committed the crime of the century and don't think he deserves to work again, talk to his hand (get it?). Sorry (TV Special 2021) - IMDb

I lived in big cities in the US. There if you cared it wasn't hard at all to find the very good real flavor places. Also there are Thai concentrations other than LA even on the east coast. But the west coast is best for fresh Asian produce. There is also an overlap in ingredients with the much larger Vietnamese population.

California is a VERY big state. Have you eaten in the large Thaitown in LA?

Pad Thai was definitely promoted by the hyper nationalist government at that time.

Authentic Japanese? Yes. Korean bibimbap? Yes. Falafel? Yes. Greek gyros? Yes Foams? No but haven't looked. You live in the sticks?

Yeah I'm sure its somewhat office dependent like so many other things. My experience at Jomtien is that one year I provided the bank statement to be proactive as I had some aggregate entries and the next year I didn't because my passbook showed everything.

It shouldn't require much effort. You missed my point entirely.

Statement or not they do need to see ALL transactions going back to the previous extension. Some offices will accept a copy of the passbook if you don't have aggregate entries.

They have made it too hard to actually get the boosters for many of us that are eligible. If it was easy for you great. Note the word many does not mean all. As for many its difficult to actually make this happen for those that want it imagine the reaction of the vaccine hesitant! They definitely won't bother. Not only does the government need to persuade the hesitant they need to make it much easier and much more convenient to actually get it. Anything short of that is failure.

Hopefully their food isn't offal.

Right. No need for an agent. Well unless the officer wants to be difficult about accepting two accounts.

I just watched that entire short film on youtube. Sadly I can't unwatch it. Ken Russell apparently wanted to make an incredibly bad movie. He succeeded.

Reentering is kind of difficult right now.

It was even worse than that. There were literal massacres.

Well most small cities anyway. The worst "Thai" restaurant I ever visited was in Russellville Arkansas.

Connected to places where we can do our "own research" innit.

You're wrong. I used to cook Thai food myself in California. There were huge markets to source authentic ingredients.

You can't know that yet.