eric1000 Posted May 30, 2004 Share Posted May 30, 2004 I had a very nice pepper steak , it arrived on an enormous plate with a smallish steak seated in the middle, a few lousy vegatable and a miserable amount of fried chips . there must have been 5-6 chips . I cant figure out why Thai restuarants are so abstemious with their potatoes and chips. Are man falangs so expensive that they cant dish up a sensible serving ? Other eateries seem to have the problem solved , others appear to serve up a minimalist amount of chips. These places are usually empty of customers , nobody goes back there again. The owners cant seem to figure out why they have no customers . They try to solve the problem by offering cheaper beer instead of serving a good portion I would like to tell them but they may suffer loss of face .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiPauly Posted May 30, 2004 Share Posted May 30, 2004 Grill & Garden Ekami Soi 2, Bangkok,great pepper steak, 5 chips, worth going to if you order the mashed potato instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Mee Posted May 30, 2004 Share Posted May 30, 2004 We still call 'em "freedom fries" in the states Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbelt Asia Posted May 30, 2004 Share Posted May 30, 2004 Potatoes are expensive in Thailand as they only grow around 500 hectares in Chaingmai. A couple restaurants sell french fries using fresh potatoes not frozen french fries that are imported. These restaurants that serve french fries using fresh potatoes always have a problem in October and November as the quality is low. Larry's Dive on Soi 22 uses fresh potatoes and a pretty good portion. For a big portion go to O'Brians between Soi 3/1 and Soi 5 on Sukhumvit Road. My wife Nui is a partner there. www.sunbeltasia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbo Posted May 30, 2004 Share Posted May 30, 2004 Fish, chips and peas in th pig and whistle, Pattaya takes some beating. The portions are very ample and cooked very well. Puts Harry Ramsdens to shame ( if you have heard of him) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxexile Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 Puts Harry Ramsdens to shame imho it wouldn't take much to put the lard soaked ramsden chip to shame. i used to be a frequent customer of the guiseley ramsden "flagship" branch. these days almost any corner uk chippy can come up with a ramsden beater. in bangkok the best chips i've had were in the seafood restaurant on soi 24, horrendously expensive food, but its good stuff. the chips were as good as any i've ever had, thick cut,not oily,crisply fried on the outside and just right on the inside.enormous portion too. when i'm desperate for chips i get fries at mcdonalds, not a true chip i know and all chemical i'm sure, but they taste wonderful, and you are eating within 30 seconds of ordering. instant gratification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up2U Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 Puts Harry Ramsdens to shame imho it wouldn't take much to put the lard soaked ramsden chip to shame. i used to be a frequent customer of the guiseley ramsden "flagship" branch. these days almost any corner uk chippy can come up with a ramsden beater. in bangkok the best chips i've had were in the seafood restaurant on soi 24, horrendously expensive food, but its good stuff. the chips were as good as any i've ever had, thick cut,not oily,crisply fried on the outside and just right on the inside.enormous portion too. when i'm desperate for chips i get fries at mcdonalds, not a true chip i know and all chemical i'm sure, but they taste wonderful, and you are eating within 30 seconds of ordering. instant gratification. To get the chips to the right consistency (as quoted) you need to fry twicw - first time slowly to cook through at a medium / high temperature, then a second time at a very high temperature for a few seconds only, to crispthe outside. Then eat them the Belgian way, with a touch of mayonnaise, rather than HTK. Also to soak them in salt water, then dry them off before frying, gives a better salty flavour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurgen Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 I ordered a side order of fries at Kilkenny's on Walking St , Pattaya the other day.The portion was so big it blocked out the big screen , tasty too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbo Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 In 1982, I was working in Luton, staying in an hotel. Macdonalds was comparitively new in the UK,so I tried it. That was the last time I ever went. For the life of me, I don't know how that business took off. Plastic everything and the chips! UGH! You are dead right about cooking chips twice. The crisping up bit makes all the difference. Not a lot of people know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiquila Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 We still call 'em "freedom fries" in the states Yeah, and the way McDonalds uses heart clogging beef tallow to fry them in, better to call them "freedom from heart function fries." Actually, only the most extreme Bush supporters in the US actually call them freedom fries. The idea is to suggest that France is an enemy nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Mist Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 In 1982, I was working in Luton, staying in an hotel. Macdonalds was comparitively new in the UK,so I tried it. That was the last time I ever went. For the life of me, I don't know how that business took off. Plastic everything and the chips! UGH! You are dead right about cooking chips twice. The crisping up bit makes all the difference. Not a lot of people know that. Every Italian fish and chipshop owner in Soth Oz does this. Remember Jack's, across the road from Challa Gardens Pub Doc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartender100 Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 Recently tescos and bigC in south pattaya were out of spuds,so maybe there is a shortage.Thai pots in my opinion are very tasty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinN Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 Right on,,Thai spuds are very good potatoes,,as good as I have ever seen and I have lived where good spuds are grown. Two weeks ago we were in Chiang Mai at Big C and they had a lot of GIANT Thai potatoes,,big, and I saw no evidence of a shortage. TAX, No Mc D french fries are made fresh then flash frozen at the Carnation plant in Moses Lake Washington at least they were when I was welding pipe in that country, and are made out of spuds that are grown there in Moses lake area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggy Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 As Kurgen said, the portions of chips in Kilkennys on walking street are huge. What he failed to mention is that they are the best tasting chips in Thailand too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penzman Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 Please all be advised in case you see me walking around with a lump in the seat of my pants . I now carry my own potato in my back pocket, I never bring my own wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 For the life of me I cannot understand why farangs travel halfway (or more) across the globe to stay/visit LoS - and then want to eat chips and steak I think perhaps a little more Thai food would be good for your health (and your waistline) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward B Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 For the life of me I cannot understand why farangs travel halfway (or more) across the globe to stay/visit LoS - and then want to eat chips and steak If they travelled more than halfway across the globe to get to Thailand, then they probably headed off in the wrong direction. Next time ask for a side dish of naam prik instead! Yum yum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric1000 Posted June 1, 2004 Author Share Posted June 1, 2004 For the life of me I cannot understand why farangs travel halfway (or more) across the globe to stay/visit LoS - and then want to eat chips and steak I think perhaps a little more Thai food would be good for your health (and your waistline) they dont . eating hot and spicy thai food week in week out is fine , but once in a while a steak makes a change from chillies and lemon grass . all that spicy stuff may give farangs the sh1ts as well , thais are used to it but farangs are not . If i have been travelling round issan for 3 weeks a steak is great .. eating sticky rice and local delicacies is highly boring after a short while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxexile Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 think perhaps a little more Thai food would be good for your health chicken,pig,beef......... are fed hormomes and antibiotics in vast amounts. farmed fish.................likewise farmed seafood...........likewise fruit and vegetables.....grown using chemical fertilisers and other stuff to produce year round crops little or no controls or standards on what is used here. all the premium quality produce that is grown for foriegn use is controlled but gets exported. we dont know what we are eating these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doisaketmoobaan Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 think perhaps a little more Thai food would be good for your health chicken,pig,beef......... are fed hormomes and antibiotics in vast amounts. farmed fish.................likewise farmed seafood...........likewise fruit and vegetables.....grown using chemical fertilisers and other stuff to produce year round crops little or no controls or standards on what is used here. all the premium quality produce that is grown for foriegn use is controlled but gets exported. we dont know what we are eating these days. Oh Taxexile So true so true and the chemicals used to give the meat and produce that oh so fresh look in the market without refrigeration sure looks delicous and good for you-NOT buy organic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up2U Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 When working in Hong Kong I always washed and sterilised the veg. before cooking. They mostly came from just over the border and were grown in human ordure as fertiliser. Several deaths a year (Chinese as well as Gwailo). And eating rice gives far more of a pot-belly after a few years than do spuds or pasta. Us farangs ain't got the system for it. May Thais have problems digesting cheese. Just depends on your inherited upbringing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaiyapoon Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Generally in Thailand they don't know how to cook good chips.As for all the big USA chains there I have never had such poor quality fries usually served stale and tepid at best.When you send them back they look at you with disbelief.I rarely eat at any of them now. I find Kiss Pattaya does a reasonable portion at 35b. I am back in the UK at the moment after spending 6 months in Isaan.Eating Thai food nearly exclusively;I lost nearly 18 kilos! and feel ten years younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.png.3b3332cc2256ad0edbc2fe9404feeef0.png)
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now