josephbloggs

12 hours ago, cjinchiangrai said:

You go through an anti-Thai tirade and end it with a threat to beat someone? How is your western education superior if that is your answer?

Education and prestige no less!

46 minutes ago, RayWright said:

What is a big mini quiche? 

4 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

You must be a fun guy to have a drink with.

I am, thank you.

2 minutes ago, BenStark said:

Maybe you should consider a visit to top charoen, because from your link the most expensive is 3.65 pound, and the cheapest just 2 pound, for a WHOLE Quiché

Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear.

The "Entire quiche" in the UK is this big. It is not much bigger than a slice.

Compare to the entire quiche the OP refers to in Tops.  One slice of that is far bigger than the UK supermarket "entire quiches".  See the difference? Let me know how your visit to Top Charoen goes.

Price is not that different.
 

21 hours ago, nightfox said:

Here in Issan cops just pull you over on the highways without any proof of speeding. It's called falang tollway fee.

So when they see you speeding from a distance they know you are a farang?

Or they let you go past, see you are a farang then give chase? Wow, exciting. Which one is it?

Or are you just making stuff up and have a paranoid farang chip on your shoulder like so many people here?

3 hours ago, ubonr1971 said:

I had a look at their website. Under the 'facility' heading is  '2 Dump Waiters on Each Floor''

 

Will these 2 workers assist me in taking a dump?

Yes, they do. The service is excellent. They wipe too.

3 hours ago, asf6 said:

Me too. I might pay 290 baht for the whole quiche if it was big but certainly not for one slice. 

 

 

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Please tell me where in the world you can get an entire quiche for 290 baht. Even in the UK supermarkets for a bog standard mass produced quiche slice you are looking at 100-150 baht.

Jeez, how some people live...

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/tried-supermarket-quiche-aldi-asda-26819006

On 4/15/2023 at 1:08 PM, josephbloggs said:

I'm in the same boat. Applied 2.5 weeks ago for my son's renewal and was advised 11 weeks. Not sure if the 11 weeks already accounts for the five weeks of industrial action or not but looking now they still say 11 weeks so hopefully it is accounted for as we want to go to the UK in the summer.

They do say your passport is cancelled upon acceptance of your renewal submission (moot for me as his had expired anyway) and you can't use it to travel. I do, however, know people who have travelled on their UK passport in SE Asia even after applying for a new one but it's a bit risky if you ask me. But as you are going to the UK that's a different story.

Hoping the 11 weeks is accurate but also annoyed at myself for not doing it earlier.

Got a notification today that the passport is ready for collection, so a little over eight weeks.

1 hour ago, vinny41 said:

650 MP's in HOC currently 354 Conservative MP of the remaining 296 MP's from other parties how many of them are currently invovled in current government policy

Obviously not directly involved in government policy as such (I can see where you are going with this), but all MPs are represented, they get to debate, vote, table motions etc. So actually any elected MP can have a direct voice at the top. Shame he failed seven times and so didn't get an opportunity to get his voice heard - although he certainly does like the sound of it.

1 hour ago, James105 said:

Incorrect.

https://news.sky.com/story/nigel-farage-delivers-brexit-demand-to-theresa-may-on-pms-last-day-as-tory-leader-11736845

 

Would it be any different if he was allowed to be involved and implement his vision?  We will never know.

"Allowed to be involved". Ha ha ha. Perhaps if he had won on any of the seven occasions he had stood for office he would have been "allowed" to be involved. That's generally how it works.

Of course we all know he failed on each of those seven occasions. Poor Nigel, not being allowed to be involved in things....

24 minutes ago, RAZZELL said:

Like many airlines ex-Thai staff still get cheap tickets. That's one of the reasons the front is full.

 

100% fact as I know ex-crew.

 

 

Staff / family of staff is entirely different. These are concessional tickets and, like you say, all airlines have them and it is one of the perks for working for an airline. Usually they are subject to many restrictions such as availability and full fare paying passengers taking priority. I don't think Thai is any different. Ex-staff I don't know, I would imagine if any it would only be ones with certain seniority or years of service. But anyway, this is standard airline stuff and not what I was talking about.

What I was specifically talking about was free first class travel  for politicians, VIPs, army that people on here always bang on about. No one can provide evidence at all.  I believe it used to happen 25 years ago but it was stopped at least 20 years ago. It is a TVF Myth (unless someone can show me otherwise - I'd be happy to be corrected).

8 minutes ago, Tippaporn said:

Just got back from our superb meal at The Londoner.  And to clear up the misconception I had regarding the existence of any British "restaurant," for which I've been schooled here, there hangs a certificate of award on the wall, as well as a gold rimmed dinner plate just below it, from the Bangkok Best Restaurant Awards 2018 or some such organisation which declares The Londoner best in the "Pub" class.  555555555555  The official full moniker is The Londoner Pub and Sports Bar.  Not a single reference to "restaurant."

 

I still find it an amazing notion that an entire nation does not have restaurants featuring it's wondrous national cultural foods.  Beggars belief.

 

And now without further delay, as promised, photos from our meal at The Londoner . . .

My first taste of Shepherd's pie.  Never had it before.  Awesome.



This really deserves a close up . . .

 

 

My wife does enjoy Italian food and as she is utterly unfamiliar with British food she decided to play it safe with the Scallops and Basil Pesto.

 

My daughter had the chicken, bacon and leek pie with a side of mash and sauteed onions.  The chicken melted in my mouth.

 

A close up confirms that this pie is about as perfect as it get.  It's flakiness is almost comparable to croissant.  And huge.

 

 

I also ordered the bangers and mash for myself.  Another first for me.  And now that I've tasted this wonderful sausage along with the mashed and gravy and peas it's a must to indulge in it in the future on a regular basis.

 

 

It's unfortunate that I've gone this long in life without ever having sampled this beautiful and tasty sausage.  That's uncharacteristic of a German who thrives on good sausages.

 

 

My wife also loves Caesar salad.  This was as good as any we've had at Italian restaurants.

 

The portions were all extremely generous.  We ordered much more than we could finish but it was all part of the plan.  I can feast again tomorrow.    The Londoner is one that I would highly recommend.  Drumbuie and josephbloggs were right.

And just a few shots of what was laying on the kitchen counter that will assuredly make one's mouth water . . .

 

Well done, thanks for posting the review and I am glad you liked it. All too often people ask questions, get responses and recommendations then never come back to the thread which is a bit rude, so personally I always appreciate someone who follows up.

I actually popped in this afternoon for a couple of beers so I was looking out for anyone taking photos of their food and I planned to say hello. But it looks like you were sat upstairs and were there later than me anyway - downstairs was full when I was there (around 4pm).

I haven't had a roast in there for a long time as I normally cook my own but saw someone have one today and it looked good, as do your pictures. And yeah, the bangers and mash is excellent.

50 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Everyone always seems to talk smack about Thai, but I always thought they were okay. Bummer they dropped the BKK-LAX

That's because they are ok. They're not the best but they're not bad. They are my preferred regional airline but not my preferred long haul airline (Emirates et al are far better for that). 

You have to remember that most of the people on here talking smack have not left their village for years and certainly don't fly regularly - it is just an automatic anti-Thai reaction.

And the stuff about generals, politicians, VIPs traveling in first for free is a TVF myth and hasn't happened for probably 20 years or more. Yet the myth persists. And whenever I have challenged anyone to provide a link to support it they can't. Surely there's a news report about it somewhere in the world?

7 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

Nice, semi-furnished, aircon quiet studio apartment with lots of natural surroundings. Less than 10 min walk to Bang Chak SkyTrain station. 20 minute walk to Lotus or Big C. 7-11 5 mins. Was B4500 a few years back. Prob B5000 now. Disaporn Mansion, Sukhumvit Soi 91, Bang Chak. 

Let me correct you: Disapornting Mansion.  ????

1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

You live at the Siam Kempinski Hotel?

Rumbled.

2 hours ago, Jumbo1968 said:

Not a money expert but how can you launder money when there is none pass through the till ?

Because they pass their dirty cash through the till and it comes out clean - they don't need real customers putting real money through the till.

27 minutes ago, khunPer said:

No, you are in Top's at a tourist destination...

And on an island.

16 hours ago, BenStark said:

Correct, one general was killed by his own army.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/13/gunfire-bangkok-redshirts

Ah that was a good day.

On 5/19/2023 at 9:22 AM, steven100 said:

Just had a look at the website and it says '  permanently closed "    ...    so no Banger's and Mash there. 

Seeing as the thread is eight years old that's not a surprise. In fact most of the recommendations in the thread are long gone.