Good Christmas dinner for 24th or 25th. (Samui).

[phetphet]

The restaurant that I normally go to for my Christmas turkey roast dinner has closed.

 

Any recommendations for a decent Christmas dinner? Looked at a couple of places, but they are not serving what I would call a traditional UK style meal with all the trimmings. 

 

TIA

 

 

[notmyself]

Some idea of the area would be good but anyway. My friend Sow is doing xmas dinner on the 25th and can tell you she is a damn good cook. Spoke to her last night while out doing laundry and what not... she was bitching about how much turkeys cost this year.

 

UK style you want? Her husband of 12 years is British and her restaurant only serves 'British food'... there is no Thai option and she doesn't even serve rice with any dish. Lasagne chips and salad... scampi (shrimp but home made) and chips... pie and mash.,, lamb chops - pork chops and whatever. It's all very well having that on the menu but whose making it? Who is actually making it? She does and she don't play no games.

She does a Sunday roast every week of lamb, chicken, pork and beef and sells 60 or so with a lot of take outs as the restaurant only seats 18, or 24 if you include the bar area. Place is called Codwhoppa, is located in Lamai and that would be my recommendation 

[PoorSucker]

Turkey is traditionally English now.? 

Thought that bird is from the Americans.... 

[Mark1066]

2 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

Turkey is traditionally English now.? 

Thought that bird is from the Americans.... 

I think you mean native Americans. Not really the same thing.

[PoorSucker]

4 minutes ago, Mark1066 said:

I think you mean native Americans. Not really the same thing.

No serious, British eat turkey now, and they call it tradition.....? 

[Mark1066]

3 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

No serious, British eat turkey now, and they call it tradition.....? 

Well, it's been traditional for around 60-70 years I believe and Henry VIII had turkey at Christmas in the late 1500s, which I'm pretty sure predates anything a white man did in America. For someone like me (49) who remembers Christmas dinners featuring turkey every year of my life in the UK, I think of turkey as traditional.

[phetphet]

13 hours ago, notmyself said:

Some idea of the area would be good but anyway. My friend Sow is doing xmas dinner on the 25th and can tell you she is a damn good cook. Spoke to her last night while out doing laundry and what not... she was bitching about how much turkeys cost this year.

 

UK style you want? Her husband of 12 years is British and her restaurant only serves 'British food'... there is no Thai option and she doesn't even serve rice with any dish. Lasagne chips and salad... scampi (shrimp but home made) and chips... pie and mash.,, lamb chops - pork chops and whatever. It's all very well having that on the menu but whose making it? Who is actually making it? She does and she don't play no games.

She does a Sunday roast every week of lamb, chicken, pork and beef and sells 60 or so with a lot of take outs as the restaurant only seats 18, or 24 if you include the bar area. Place is called Codwhoppa, is located in Lamai and that would be my recommendation 

Was looking north east area of the island. Chaweng to Bophut.

 

I rarely go to Lamai, but that place sounds good. Will definitely give iit a try.

 

Thanks.

 

[phetphet]

8 hours ago, Mark1066 said:

Well, it's been traditional for around 60-70 years I believe and Henry VIII had turkey at Christmas in the late 1500s, which I'm pretty sure predates anything a white man did in America. For someone like me (49) who remembers Christmas dinners featuring turkey every year of my life in the UK, I think of turkey as traditional.

Same me. I have had turkey for Christmas as far back as I can remember. Remember mum staying up late long after we went to bed, cooking and preparing for the next day.

Was always turkey, and a roast ham or roast pork.

 

See here: http://www.britishturkey.co.uk/facts-and-figures/turkey-history-and-other-facts.html

[robertson468]

1 hour ago, phetphet said:

Was looking north east area of the island. Chaweng to Bophut.

 

I rarely go to Lamai, but that place sounds good. Will definitely give iit a try.

 

Thanks.

 

Try Irish Times Bar in the complex to the right of Tesco Lotus Chaweng.  Have been there for the last four years and it is quite good and Derek the Manager is a really nice Guy, but you do need to book.

[pennine]

11 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

No serious, British eat turkey now, and they call it tradition.....? 

More discussion about whether turkey is English tradition than answering the OP question!

[evadgib]

13 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

No serious, British eat turkey now, and they call it tradition.....? 

Where did the Mayflower sail from & coming to think of it who brought back the spuds?

[Samui Bodoh]

13 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

No serious, British eat turkey now, and they call it tradition.....? 

 

The more pertinent question is... do they boil it?

 

[champers]

2 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said:

 

The more pertinent question is... do they boil it?

 

Not deep fried like in USA. Brussel sprouts are boiled and if you haven't already got them started they won't be ready for Christmas day.

[Mark1066]

1 hour ago, Samui Bodoh said:

 

The more pertinent question is... do they boil it?

 

No we roast it. I know that British cuisine is not as sophisticated as American cuisine but we do our best and we have adopted some of the gourmet food that originated in America, such as McDonalds, KFC, and Macaroni and cheese 

[notmyself]

8 hours ago, phetphet said:

Was looking north east area of the island. Chaweng to Bophut.

 

I rarely go to Lamai, but that place sounds good. Will definitely give iit a try.

 

First time I tried her roast was as a take out that a Swedish guy got me. Was so impressed that I went down after eating and thanked her. Nice lady and we have become good friends. Usual price is 360-400 but she says it will have to be 600 because turkey is so expensive this year. 

 

[PoorSucker]

So, the question is what did the British eat for Christmas before they started to import turkey from the colony. 

[chickenslegs]

35 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

So, the question is what did the British eat for Christmas before they started to import turkey from the colony. 

Goose.

 

 

[ronaldo0]

I have the same problem this year as where I usually go is closed.

But im easier to please as I haven't eaten traditional Christmas dinner for about 9 years .

I would recommend The frog and gecko or the emerald in fishermans village or the premier bar in banrak . All do top quality traditional dinner with large portions and are usually packed . Should be able to see menu on Facebook I think .

[Mark1066]

23 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

So, the question is what did the British eat for Christmas before they started to import turkey from the colony. 

Are you suggesting that Henry VIII imported turkey from North America in the 16th century, from the native Americans?

 

I don’t know what they do nowadays but the turkeys we had for Christmas in my childhood came from Norfolk (Norfolk in England, not the one in Virginia that was named after it).

 

Edit: Actually, in a roundabout way, the British did acquire their turkeys from native Americans (some 250 years before the USA even existed).

 

”Turkeys are believed to have first been brought to Britain in 1526 by Yorkshireman William Strickland - he acquired six birds from American Indian traders on his travels and sold them for tuppence each in Bristol”.

 

Also found this info on the same site:

 

”By 1720 circa 250,000 turkeys were walked from Norfolk to the London markets in small flocks of 300-1000”

 

Not sure what makes you think that the UK needs to import turkeys from North America.

 

 

[notmyself]

On ‎16‎/‎12‎/‎2017 at 2:19 PM, notmyself said:

Place is called Codwhoppa, is located in Lamai and that would be my recommendation 

 

 

I told her to just give me a kiddies size and she knows I don't eat large volumes so she gave me this. Should have taken a picture of one of the other plates as I took a few friends with me. English guy and his missus who never have any money and her friend who is down from Isan for a week or so. Neither of the ladies had eaten turkey before. Sow gave me some lamb and some beef and she was still doing all proteins and she brought out a separate gravy for me because I was having dark meat. Making two large pots of gravy is dedication and attention to detail. I use her restaurant every so often when I'm making dinner for a group of friends and she acts as my sous chef. I get her to do the presentation too so I'm going to push her this Thursday as I'm doing a full on Indian and I want it served on a banana leaf, not a plate. Was in Penang last week so picked up the bits I needed for a chicken biryani, fresh veg curry, masala shrimp and a few more sides, poppadums and naan. This is table service... silver service. Small place Lamai and she will know that I have hired someone from outside which would not be unusual to serve it, but have not told her. Just playing games. No way is she not serving the food that comes out of her kitchen and her restaurant.