14 hours ago, Spidey said:

I haven't seen Hobnobs but I do have a fetish for McVities Plain chocolate digestives. Have bought them twice in Thailand. Big mistake, never again! Due to the ambient temperature over here, the chocolate had melted and when I got home I put them in the fridge, creating a single block of chocolate/digestive. Impossible to part the individual biscuits, so I had to smash the block up and eat the crumbs.

i buy the plain chocolate digestives and never have a problem with them but i do go straight home after buying in a car which takes about 10 minutes and put them in the fridge.

macvities apple pies

8 hours ago, ChiangMaiLightning2143 said:

You can’t get a decent bagel in Thailand, just a ring of soft bread like a pretzel.

Best alternative is to get a steam convection oven but barring that Au Bon Pain are as good as most in NYC.

15 hours ago, smotherb said:

Ah, but you forget, I can still eat and drink what I like. Never have been one to deny myself.

I was only asking because I wanted to know where to send the flowers.

7 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Umm...well I could try ?

 

My ex Japanese used to make me eat the last grain of rice otherwise I was "rude for rice". When asked, she explained that farmers work hard to grow "nice rice" to feed folks because "Japanese body need rice" and for a "fat gaijin" to not finish rice that "nice farmer" grow was "not polite" because "rice is important" and "must eat correctly" in other words "why gaijin not finish rice, so rude, shame, bad for farmer, why rude to rice" and so on till I ended up licking the bowl to shut her up.

 

 

 

Yeah, I can imagine. My wife says if you don't eat it, it means you don't like it; so, that's it for you. Somewhere in there will be a vague reference to the story of all the poor people who don't have enough to eat.

I try to head for the nearest Taqueria (where everyone speaks Spanish and they play 'Futbol' on the TV) and order some real Mexican food!

 

11 minutes ago, smotherb said:

Yeah, I can imagine. My wife says if you don't eat it, it means you don't like it; so, that's it for you. Somewhere in there will be a vague reference to the story of all the poor people who don't have enough to eat.

I lived in Morocco, another poor country. There, it was extremely bad manners to clean your plate as it signified that your host hadn't given you enough to eat.

 

Good manners was to belch loudly at the end of your meal to signify that you were full.

4 minutes ago, Spidey said:

I lived in Morocco, another poor country. There, it was extremely bad manners to clean your plate as it signified that your host hadn't given you enough to eat.

 

Good manners was to belch loudly at the end of your meal to signify that you were full.

Imagine having to leave half a Whopper with cheese and bacon...?

Just now, transam said:

Imagine having to leave half a Whopper with cheese and bacon...?

No chance of that, no pork products in Morocco, although I did once go to a restaurant in the Atlas mountains run by a French expat, Le Sanglier Qui Fume, (the smoked boar), which specialised in wild boar, which is plentiful but normally not eaten, had a fantastic meal.

23 hours ago, smotherb said:

Yeah, but I understand. They've taken what they liked form Indian food and made it their own--same-same the US did with pizza or Mexican food.

Apart from probably the Rembrandt many years ago never really had a good Indian here, but i suppose thats what a visit to Penang is for!

I have lived in Thailand longer than anyplace else lately so I guess this is home.  When I come back I want Jasmine rice from Surin, Lobster from the St Regis, and Pizza and wheat beer from the Hopf with a covey of Ladyboys from Tiffany. 

1 hour ago, Spidey said:

I lived in Morocco, another poor country. There, it was extremely bad manners to clean your plate as it signified that your host hadn't given you enough to eat.

 

Good manners was to belch loudly at the end of your meal to signify that you were full.

If you clean your plate at my house, the wife gives you more to eat. She is proud of her food and taught herself to cook and bake; she can taste something once and recreate it, often better. 

 

An Arapaho friend used to laugh, saying her ancestors thought it a compliment to fart loudly after dinner as a sign of satisfaction.  I must admit, I have been known to do both.

 

 

1 hour ago, poohy said:

Apart from probably the Rembrandt many years ago never really had a good Indian here, but i suppose thats what a visit to Penang is for!

Yeah, great Kashimiri food under the Oriental Hotel in Penang.

I will be going back home for the first time in three years in November. I am going to tear some good old biscuits and sausage gravy up. 

I try to head for the nearest Taqueria (where everyone speaks Spanish and they play 'Futbol' on the TV) and order some real Mexican food!
 

Yes. Exactly.

Sent from my Lenovo A7020a48 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app

Off topic removed.

Smoked Goldeye

Candied Salmon

Steamed King Crab with melted garlic butter

Dry Breaded Veal with Honey Garlic Sauce from Chinese Takeaway

Light Rye Bread

Pepperoni Sticks

Pan Fried Pickerel

Chicken Delight Fried Chicken

 

A pint of Guinness followed by a JD Wetherspoon’s all day breakfast. And then some more of the black stuff.