Prubangboy

I've been here since January.  No need for Tinder with the meetups etc. It's better to run into women a few times than to just meet them cold on coffee dates from internet.

No romance yet, but I have a couple of women friends. Build a social network and let it marinate (or not).

Thon Lor to Ploen Chit, there's multiple somethings to do every night of the week. I go out about every other night. And I do evening yoga a couple of times.

If I were living in the west, I would not have anything like this level of social and educational opportunities. On the cheap, no less.

Bangkok also has stuff like classical music and museums and stuff. Once you get on all the mailing lists, there's too much stuff to do. I almost went to Symphonic ABBA.

The Foreign Press Club has great talks too. I"m going to a talk by journalists about Myanmar tomorrow at the Brit Club. Later on, I'll see some royal court musicians. This really is the New York of SEA.

It's always good to be among the Japs. Wherever there's Nuru Massage, there's some good Izakaya's. Soi 33/1 -5 good moderate priced J-restaurants, including an eel only place.

Next lease may be in Thonglor. There's a lower key J-neighborhood a couple of stops down that I''ll look at too.

I live on soi 33. Tons of meetups, yoga, The Siam Society, walking tours, and on and on. Nothing is more than 10 minutes in a cab away. I am spoiled for choice.

I am spoiled for choice -dining options are among the best in the world.

Atrium is a long term winner. Their tempura shrimp is a must-do. Raddison up Suk Road a bit is more meat-centric. Best ham ever. The Marriot $150 blow out has you wallowing in wagyu and foi gras and 5* sushi.

Rang Mahal Sunday Indian Buffet is still my #1. Other killer Indian Buffets on Sunday: Punjabi Grill, Charcoal, Indus.

Fair enough.

So get an imaginary GF?

Nah.

Still butt hurt over Y2K.

Unbelieavable -at the level where he said he had a dentist girlfriend traveling around with him on the back of his bike.

It's fun to make fun of idiots on the internet.

We all know who I am talking about.

As soon as I saw the title, I was singing the song. 

I had it done, both shots, at bum run grad.
 

So shoot me. It cost me $80.

3 hours ago, CLUBBER said:

Agree above 11 is the rooftop bar I go to had a great NYE there a few years back

I was there for NYE just this year. Still great. My first address in Bangkok was at the Chi de mansion at the bottom of Soi 11.

I never saw so many great restaurants on one street in my life. And I am from Manhattan.

I could have Peruvian sushi, good Jamaican food, or an Ethiopian vegan platter, all within three minutes of each other.

I ate at above 11 bar at least twice a week.

Charcoal, a true five star Indian restaurant is in the same building. Mark Wiens has a great video of them making the world‘s biggest Nan bread.

45 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Personal choice but I find the Robin Hood a bit depressing. It's got a lot going for it - it feels like a real pub, just has no atmosphere.

Uh huh

At 72, i’m a little on the young side for that crowd.

Robin Hood pub. There’s three other pubs on the same street, but Robin Hood prints out the daily mail every day to read, and they have a great meet up every Sunday night at 7:30.

Great 199 baht lunch specials, but the other three places are also offering super lunch deals too.

Robin Hood pub is the first one on the corner of the block, so I go there instead of the others 95% of the time. 
 

Hemingway’s on Soi 11. Definitely feels like a crossroads of travelers and locals. Superb Thai and western food menu. I can see why a lot of people go on dates there.
 

Further down the soi, Above 11. An uncrowded rooftop bar with Peruvian sushi. Peruvian sushi is my favorite kind of sushi not expensive for what it is and the location.

I only remember him from the doors movie. The film was a mess, but he was a great Jim Morrison.

Not too bad writing, but cut it like 60%. And lose the whole blimey bobs your uncle thing and just talk about the green curry and what it was like.

For me, it’s always a red curry. It’s the simplest one and the hardest to make absolutely right. 

Why can’t you just answer this yourself?
 

We have all enjoyed your travels of visiting every place in Issan on a motorcycle. I recall you doing the south too.

Tou describe these places all in the same way: I went to the night market. They had a good band. Me and my girlfriend of the day ate meat on a stick. It was good.

Why even go anywhere if it’s all the same to you?

What was the best meat on a stick you ate out of your many meat on a stick adventures?

Mongolia.

intrepid has two tours that lineup with each other. In the first one, you take the train from Beijing with lots of stops along the way for nature viewing.

In the second one, wild Mongolia, it’s nine hours on the bus every other day with layovers in national parks. Not a lot in Mongolia, you’re there for the astonishing scenery.

So not unlike Bhutan. Probably the most dramatic scenery I’ve ever been driven through, but the food is fairly boring and the culture not that interesting and very much out of reach due to being stuck on a tour.

Only a completist like by myself needs to see both.

Propaganda Bar on Soi 33.

free larb meatballs and Bangkok Pat does meetups there.

We enjoy every upside of this place with practically no downside -thanks to $$$. And they're perfectly fine with that.

Nope, never going home.

Counterpoint: Just spent 3 days in Sakanavet. Truly, Chiang Mai 30 years, plus on the Mekong. $100 a month old French houses. Solid pizza and French food options.

It takes more skill to make tempura at the level where people will think about coming back a second time then it does to make yellow curry out of a plastic bag mix.
 

It’s no different than Italian food or Mexican food in Bangkok. It’s not rocket science to make it, but there are a limited number of people who can make it to an international standard.

I eat sushi twice a week. It cost about the same as a small steak in a pub. A bottle of sake is a bargain compared to a similar quality bottle of wine.

I will admit that the difference between a small restaurant proprietor down an alley and a top-of-the-line sushi bar in a four star hotel is not much in terms of the quality of the fish.

But that’s like complaining that drinks cost more at a rooftop bar

I live on soi 33. Right across from my building, is Trat, the best Thai seafood restaurant I have ever eaten in. A few doors down, is a no name really excellent Thai restaurant with the typical 40 page menu of every regional specialty.. Both places are always full.
 

In between them, is an izakaya and a bento box place. Neither of these places ever fills up. I dispute that Japanese restaurants are putting Thai restaurants out of business

All of these restaurants are within two dollars of each other for a meal. I almost never see a Thai person eating in a Japanese restaurant. My building is about 70% Chinese and Japanese tenants. They eat a lot of Thai food, particularly from the carts on the street.

Around the corner on Soi 33/1, is a twisty street full of Japanese restaurants and English pubs. They too are priced roughly the same. 500–700 ฿ is what people want to spend for dinner in this part of Bangkok.

coming from New York, the ability to eat these kinds of cuisines next to each other for a $20 bill astounds me.

May as well give a Japanese Recco: at the end 33/1 is a grilled unagi (rich eel) place. It’s astounding to be filled up to the brim with this classic and very hard to find made freshly dish for $20.

On 2/5/2025 at 9:38 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

I like the videos of Bangkok Pat. He knows what he is talking about.

 

Bangkok Pat - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/@BangkokPat

 

All the others seem to be idiots who like to hear themselves talking. 

I met him a couple of weeks ago. Check his Facebook page. He does regular meet ups.