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We have potato knishes today (Thursday, Dec 22, 2011). Mom's recipe. For those of you who don't know what knish is it's essentially a kind of pastry dough wrapped around a filling. Our potato knish filling is made with potatoes, onions, and schmaltz. I wanted to make Mom's meat knishes but I couldn't find boiled lung. It's always there except when you need it.

Well so much for no names resturants , I have one which I will do my best to explain the location. Its right on the Ping River and is very small . Its is on the left if you are traveling the road the follows the river from the city . On the same side of the river the moat is on. Just prior to reaching the road that runs east and west from Central airport plaza . The road forks left and right . Just as it forks it is on the left side of the road. There is a bar on the left and the resturant is on the right . We have been there several times and the food is outstanding and the prices are fair for what you get . When ever we have guests thats where we take them .

that is a reall brain teaser...

i read it now several times but not sure-would it be where changklan road hits mahidol-superhighway or is he talking about the road that comes from the bridge at the holiday inn?

It would be the other side of the river from the sacred heart school. The Changklan road runs parallel to the river. Just keep following it south from town until you hit a big and obvious fork in the road. that's where the restaurant is located. exactly where I'm not sure because the directions kind of broke down at that point and I haven't yet bothered to investigate. if you plug the following location into maps.google.com it should get you very close to where that restaurant is. <br class="Apple-interchange-newline">18.761244, 98.997720

Would you by any chance know where in Hangdong Giraud Farm is located. A tel. number would also help. I have been trying to reach them for a while now.

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I just googled them and they do have a website and a contact webpage. Doesn't give phone number but there is a form you fill out. Presumably, they will get back to you.

I bring mine from the US as I also get that vanilla-type taste here too often.

What about margarine/olio? Anyone tried the local offerings?

I don't think that the peculiar taste is coming from additives. Rather, it's due to poor storage. Mostly, butter isn't stored at a low enough temperature here. So the fats break down into other substances. To me, this slightly rancid butter has what I call a coconut kind of flavor. But not pleasing.

I was at one of the major baking supply places in Chiang Mai a year or so ago and they were storing their butter out on floor of the store. When my wife pointed out to an employee that this might not be such a great idea, he countered with the fact that the store had a/c. Apparently, in his mind, so long as the butter was comfortable, it's quality wasn't going to be affected.

Thanks for the reply. I will initially avoid those recipes, and then check out Bakersmart next time Im passing.

In the meantime - if anyone has seen it in Rimping, let me know.

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I checked at Rim Ping Mee Chok. It wasn't in stock.

Pata negra is one of the best ham, almost same level of the Italian San Daniele, but I'm afraid it comes to be a bit expensive here in Thailand. But you should be able to find a chink (a quarter), such as 1/1.5 Kg which you can slice yourself

Almost at the level of San Daniele? I've had them both and often. I don't think San Daniele comes even close. For what it's worth, most chefs think so, too. What's more, so does the marketplace where Pata Negra goes for more than San Daniele. Pata Negra are raised in the oak forests of spain where they gorge themselves on acorns. It's the sweetest ham I ever ate. That said, ultimately it comes down to a matter of taste.

I don't know about Rimping. I know that Bakersmart has it. Yok might have it. If the ex-Carrefour is convenient for you, then Yok is too. One thing to keep in mind is that because of the recent flooding, some things that were virtually always in stock, might be out of stock now.

I've tried for the past few days to get on the queue but I keep getting a message that says "This Webpage not Available" I am attaching a screenshot of the webpage. Does anybody know why this is happening?

Went in today and had a chicken salad sandwich it was OK. Will probably have another.

But for the life of me I can not understand all the hype about sandwiches.

Wake up people they have the greatest tasting peanut butter shakes in the world.:jap:

I hope we can keep on providing those shakes. We make our own peanut butter and can't find any raw peanuts anywhere. I hope that's due to just a flood related distribution problem and not flood related damage to the peanut crop.

Having been born and raised in So. California, and particularly having traveled many times to Mexico, I can tell you that you are in for quite a culture shock if your plan is to migrate to Thailand. The Thai people and culture are as far different from your background and living experiences as you could possibly imagine. For me it was exactly what I had been looking for, but for others, let's just say there is considerable adjustment. I will PM you with the name of a tourist agent who was born and raised in Chiang Mai, knows everything there is to know about Chiang Mai and provides personalized tours for families considering making Chiang Mai their home.

this is the aspect that i am interested in hearing about. the greatest cuture shock i encountered was entering the white canadian world coming as i do from the bushes of northern canada from an indian background. i have since lived a half alienated life since there are not that mamy of my people left in this world. mexico is a country of indians so i sort of like that aspect but the years of dictatorship, or its equivalent with a one party rule has made mexico a bit of an unstable state and this sort of spoils things. I am a lawyer by background but a simple hack otherwise and it is nice to meet you. i visited california a number of times but never to live.

cheers

garry.

Sorry for the back to back post but it occurred to me to mention the cultural issue. My experience (after having spent time in about 30 countries, Mexico and other Latin American nations among them) is that Thailand is one of the easier (maybe even easiest) places to live in the world outside of your own environs. It is "East meets West", lots of convenience, tons of foreigners, every sort of catering to meet your needs. Here, where there's a will (and a bank account to back it) there's a way. My sense is that Thailand is easier to live in than Mexico and you can choose to what level you would like to get involved in the culture. I do think it is a bit easier in Latin America to integrate in the culture, you are always a foreigner/outsider here; yet at the same time this is not necessarily a bad thing and people treat you well in general.

Just my experiences (someone who has spent years in a variety of countries).

I think Davidmavec has it exactly right. I used to live in Mexico in the Yucatan. The locals (mayans) we very shy but disposed to be friendly if you were friendly towards them. Which is how the Thais are. This is a really easy place to adjust to. Wonderful food both Thai and western. Excellent medical and dental care available. Reasonable housing prices. You seem to be an even tempered person, which is just the kind of person Thais like and respect. I live in a house in an unplanned moo baan which is what I prefer. But there are plenty of planned ones too. Nothing like that within the city walls, though. Although there are some nearly rural feeling neighborhoods in the city that offer houses for rent. There are also some moo bans in the mountains near the city that are serviced by song taews (converted pick-up trucks that function as mini-buses).

I think you would be very happy here.

Had the fatty corned beef yesterday, Andrew was right it was delicous

In the old days, you had to throw the deliman a tip to get the extra fatty corned beef. In corned beef, the fat is where more of the flavor is. We're thinking of offering a mix of 1/3 rich corned beef and 2/3 leaner corned beef.

For more upscale and more durable appliances probably the best place in chiang mai is central department store onHhuay Gaew rd. You could also give Robinsons at Central Airport Plaza a look.Siam TV on the moat is another good place. Yok has lately upgraded its offerings as well.

You should be able to get gluten and high gluten from any baking supply house that offers a decent selection of western products. I'm in Chiang Mai and I use Bakersmart.

Always checking out the competition, I ordered an apple pie and white chocolate cake from the Dukes. I have to say they were both very good.

First the pie. I ordinarily never even considering ordering pies from a restaurant, or for that matter, a bakery, because I was raised by a mother who made pies from scratch and used only butter in the crusts. But Dukes pie was very good. For me the crust is the test and it was clearly good enough to eat on its own. The filling was also first rate as was the streusel topping. I prefer my apples slightly more cooked but that is a matter of taste, not quality.

The white chocolate cake was also excellent. Both the frosting and the cake. It tasted like it was home baked.

Clearly the Duke's is not stinting on the quality of the ingredients it uses and treats them with the care it takes to produce a good product.

Mighty Moe's Deli will be opening at 14:30 on Sunday. From 10:00 until 14:00 we will be at the Annual City Life Garden Party. We will be offering Pastrami and Corned Beef Deli Rye Sandwiches, All Beef Hot Dogs, Coney Island Chili Dogs, and Muffuletta Sandwiches.

There will be lots of other food stands there, as well as locals and expats offering various craft items. If you're new to Chiang Mai, this venue is a well established tradition now in Chiang Mai.

If you need directions to the Garden Party, just go to maps.google.com and enter City Life Chiang Mai Thailand.

There are some very well maintained indoor badminton courts for rent on Tunghotel Road where there is also a public pool. here are the GPS coordinates:18.795229, 99.017174

Does anyone know of someone or some company which, for a fee, will chip wood you bring them?

That's what the machine in the photos was being used for. If I see them again, I will get a phone number for you. Hopefully other TV members can recommend a service as well.

thank you

Does anyone know of someone or some company which, for a fee, will chip wood you bring them?

There are several tennis courts in Chiangmailand as well as a pool. I don't know what the rates are but I suspect, given the low rates for pool usage, they are probably at least in line with others. As for worrying about what people will think of your form, courts are usually booked by the hour. As long as you don't overstay your time, I don't think anybody will care in the least how well you play.

The thing about this posting is that the humor, such as it is, depends on the imagined reader paying obsessive attention to other threads. The quotation marks around "certain look" could be there just to call attention to the phrase itself. It would have made far more sense to have posted this entry in the thread it referred to. If someone hadn't carefully read that other thread, how would they know that this was a joke? So I don't think that anyone needs to feel ashamed for possibly having a life outside of thaivisa.com.

I had some really bad bouts of lower back pain. I went to see a massage guy named Sing Chai. He was recommended by an American who comes every year to study with him, He gets lots of farang practitioners who come to study with him. Worked for 35 years at Suan Dok hospital. I will PM you contact info.

OP - I am intrigued by this sentence;

"I had an MRI last year but the doctor said he didn't see anything serious enough to require an operation".

So, my question is, what DID he see?

He must have seen 'something' it's just that what he saw he didn't think was serious enough to warrant an operation (your words).

Thus ends your story regarding the doctor, who I presume was a specialist that you sought out, who ordered an ordinary x-ray first, before concluding you needed an MRI to clarify what he thinks he saw on the first x-ray. You don't say what treatment he then recommended i.e. physiotherapy, medication or perhaps even a cortisone injection.....rather, all his investigative work halts abruptly and you do the rounds of acu, chiro, self meds and massage......ending up on TV for advice.

uptheos, I would have thought that you were a proctologist, not a back specialist. The tone of your response sounds as if you think I have no right to ask for help on a public forum. I don't believe you really feel this way, just comes off that way. This may be your normal style but I found it a bit on the rough side.

I apologize for not giving you enough details to begin with. However, I know that lower back pain is very common and was simply seeking to find out what others have done to find some relief. Thank you to everyone who offered some suggestions.

"So, my question is, what DID he see?"

It's been a little over a year but I am pretty sure the specialist at Suandok Hospital said to me what I wrote in my original post.

"Who ordered an ordinary x-ray first, before concluding you needed an MRI to clarify what he thinks he saw on the first x-ray."

The doctor ordered an ordinary x-ray first, couldn't see anything so he ordered the MRI.

"You don't say what treatment he then recommended i.e. physiotherapy, medication or perhaps even a cortisone injection."

He ordered traction 2 or 3 times a week, medication and that I wear a back brace that looks like a corset everyday for the rest of my life, or until the pain stops, whichever come first. The traction helped a bit but I can't go so often because of my work. For the benefits I was receiving from it was not worth missing or leaving work early so often.

I did acupuncture, chiropractor and massage before seeing a specialist.

"Rather, all his investigative work halts abruptly and you do the rounds of acu, chiro, self meds and massage......ending up on TV for advice."

I have been able to find a wealth of useful information on Thaivisa and other forums like it. And I believe the responses that I've read thus far prove this point.

i was looking for pho in their menu but the only thing i found was : Fher Vietnamese Noodle Salad. is it a salad and not the noodle soup thing with either beef or chicken?

I think that's actually closer to an accurate phonetic version of how the soup is pronounced than "pho". For thais, the "r"would be silent so "fher" would rhyme with "her" with a slient "r".

I'm guessing that "fher" is the soup. Maybe it's like thai noodles in that you can have it wet or dry.

I think that the restaurant-cum-grocery-store called Spices (or something like that)that used to be opposite the Imperial Mae Ping Hotel has shifted its location to Thapae Road at the lower end not far from where the night bazaar intersects with thapae road. At least the sign looks the same. I haven't gone inside yet to check if it's still offering groceries.

I've seen it at Rim Ping Nim City (across from airport plaza) If I go by there I'll let you know if it's still there.

I was at Chabad in Chiang Mai and got some matzah meal in September. I wanted to make matzah balls for chicken soup and it was available. I didn't look to see if they had matzahs. You could google Chabad Thailand and get the respective phone numbers for the Chabad nearest you, and ask them your food related questions.

I've bought Matzoh there.