mickmac

Any one try The Larder recently?   3/9 Sukkasem Rd Suthep, Chiang Mai 50200 Thailand ( Think its soi 6 off Neimenheimen rd, (excuse spelling).  Opens at 08:30 on a morning. Give it a try, if only for the different types of Coffee. I found the produce to be quite fresh and plenty of it, so Should set you up for the day.  

On 3/26/2025 at 11:50 AM, worgeordie said:

You can buy Sloane products in Rim Ping....

 

regards Worgeordie

F.Y.I.   Sloans has a shop at the following address, formerly Artisan Butchers

Another bread reccomendation:-  If you like Sourdough bread try the loaves produced by Lew and Xavier. Check on their website for locations, I use the Stall at Sansai Tong Tung market, open Sat and Sun 10:00 am to 16:00 pm. Don't worry if they are not there at 10 just sit down and have a coffee and wait while they turn up and set up. 

There are 2 other shops see their facebook page Lew Xavier Bakery  or their LEWXAVIERBAKERY.COM website for location of other sites and opening hours.

Hope you enjoy.  

Thought I'd throw my hat in the ring chaps. I always felt that the Australian reds were quite quaffable. Any thing from Margaret River, (West Aus), being my preference. Failing that you could always pick up a bottle or two of Max's Cabernet Sauvignon or the Shiraz,  made by Penfold's winery. Cost 850-990 baht.  I don't think you would be too disappointed.  

Try Route 66, Vehicle heading towards town along Mea jo rd Turn to left at Ruam chok and travel towards Payap University along the ring rd. after the next intersection and just before the turn in to Payap Universary is Route 66 an American style diner. Some good looking ommelettes available. (The full English breakfast there is very good as well, cost 250 baht, with limitless tea and coffee). 

Hi Guys, can anyone help me with regards to applying for a TIN tax registration. I live in the Sansai district of CM. There was an article from one of the members but cannot find it now, old age its a bitch. So any help would be appreciated.

Kind regards

As a further update to the bread situation:-

I mentioned the TOPS supermarket on the bottom floor in Central Festival, they do have a good selection of diferent breads, including the large German dark bread fofr 290 baht, (these can be easily cut into quarters and frozen till needed, without messing with the taste. So worth popping in there to have a change from goods at Saint Etienne. 

Sausage Rolls.  I do like a decent sausage roll and up until recently I had not seen any on sale, other than the frankfurter sausage wrapped in a sheet of Puff Pastry.  I have recently found some decent sausage rolls available in the freezer section at the "Sloans" dedicated shop. It used to be the Artisans Butcher shop 

In answer to your question OC, No have not had it done yet. I went down to Princ Hospital in Lamphun on the Sunday morning, joined the large queue waiting for the doctor. As I was paying privately I was shunted to the head of the queue. I had the usual tests with the eye drops applied. The doctor then checked the results etc. and said that as there were no problems then she saw no need for me to have the surgery for another year or two, which I felt was a bit of a result. So will put the work off till next year. My main reasoning for going to Lamphun is that it serves as the eye hospital for the whole area, for the Thai people. They get through a high number of ops per week, so if there is any problem then they will hopefully have seen it before and will be able to cope with it.

Will update as to costings when I eventually get the proceedure.

On 5/4/2024 at 8:31 PM, Mike Lister said:

Take a look at Sriphat, Chiang Mai, the university hospital. Cataract surgery there starts at 35k per eye.

Was quoted 47,000 per eye last week, by Sripat.  Quoted 70,000 per eye at BANGKOK hospital, CNX. 

Thank you folks, both upnotover and Liquorice, for your prompt and informative replies.

Kind regards to you both.

Just a quick query about my visa, I am allowed 90 days in country. After this time I usually have a coupe of days in Vietnam etc, and reset the 90 days when I return. I was just wondering whether I had to leave the country, or can I make an appointment at Immigration when yje 90 days is up and get re-stamped for another 90 days?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Kind regards

Thank you DrJack, much appreciated.

Hi Guys,

             Just need some clarification thats all. I have a non-imm O multi entry Marriage visa that has coming up to its 90 day renewal. My query is can I do a border run, say to Mai Sai and go across the bridge into Myanmar and back again, collecting another 90 days permission to stay, or would I have to fly out of/into Thailand to collect the 90 day permission to stay?  It has been many years since I have done the land based crossing and as such don't know what the laws are there at the moment.

Thanks.

On 12/13/2023 at 3:52 AM, Prubangboy said:

Now I'm leaning 4 Seasons, Like 5K all in with the alcohol add-on and the ++.

 

YOLO, as the kids say.

Try the sister restaurant to Steak of the day in Mea Rim, former 4 seasons chef. Usually has Phuket lobster flown up for the festive period. 

Arn't they having a Christmas Fair ?

Just a quick update folks, as the site has been down due to Cloud issues, I picked up my passport on 15th Nov, and received a 1 yr, non-imm O multiple entry visa, based on Marriage.  

All went well, and would reccomend going this route to anyone in future, Just make sure you have the correct paperwork. 

Good luck. 

This was several years ago when I got the visa there, so would not surprise me if things had got worse. ( a pity really as Hanoi is a good spot to explore). 

I did buy a big bunch of flowers for the lady behind the counter in Hanoi, but that does not appear to have softened the staff any.

Forgot to add, I did go to Hanoi for a 1yr ME non-imm O based on marriage. The lady behind the counter was not too happy about me applying for it in Hanoi. Fortunately I had the wife with me and after a bit of ear bending I got issued the visa, but have not heard of too many others getting one in Hanoi.

Hi Megapix, I have had circa 800k in for the last 4 months. Will let you know tomorrow when I get passport back as to the situation. Its the first I am hearing about a 6 month statement with 400k min in it. I gather that Savannakhet now inisists on the 400k regime, am I correct in Assuming that they insist on 2 months before and 1 month after issue ?

On another note, the visa application site is now on Tu Xurang rd, around the back of the Consulate. 

We stayed at the Sila Living Hotel, as it is litterally 5 minutes walk around the corner from the Consulate, It also has several good brewery bars close by in one direction, and in the other direction a Jumbo seafood and a Hokkaido sushi restaurant as well. 

Hope this helps. 

Just in HCMC this morning for a multi-entry non-imm O based on marriage. The lady behind the counter told me that she wanted all the pages of my bank passbook copied, rather that the pages showing the last 6 months only. Also on the visa application form,( which does still state multiple entry on the upper right hand corner), states that the photo to be attached by 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm, while on the web site it states 4cm x 6cm. The last one is the correct size to use. 

Hope this helps. 

Thanks to all who replied, its much appreciated. I used Travex travel on the North side of the moat. Got everything sorted very quickly.  Don't know how many travel agents are left in CNX, a lot less since the internet became so readily available, along with the downturn during the COVID years. ust glad this one is still there.

Once again thanks to all who helped.

Anyone know where I can purchase return flight tickets from CNX direct to SGN, using only cash. I did try the Vietjet counter at the airport, but they can only sell domestic tickets. Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

On 6/13/2022 at 9:32 AM, SiamAndy said:

Does the staff speak sufficient english at Sriphat, McCormick, or Rajavej?

 There is a dedicated English translator at Rajavej.