Yes, some restaurants have already started posting their Christmas dinner menu. First one I've seen is Hungry Hippo, on Soi Buak Hau. Unfortunately this year, there is no salmon and no turkey on the menu.

Yes, finally there is a positive thinking thread, I will be there for Christmas ????

Merry X-mas, Love covid.

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

Merry X-mas, Love covid.

It's impossible to cancel Christmas which is part of the magic. Long weekend in the UK this year and three day weekend for New Year which makes the break feel more worthwhile. Bottle of champagne, a few crates of beer and good food (no turkey as too dry).  

 

Christmas isn't cancelled in our house, notwithstanding my Thai wife goes Christmas mad every year without fail.  

 

Dont forget the mask on the Xmas goose and bleach for the figgy pudding! Bless us all everyone!

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Merry X-mas, Love covid.

Bah Humbug!!!  Penny for the poor Guvnur???

8 minutes ago, ChakaKhan said:

Bah Humbug!!!  Penny for the poor Guvnur???

Trust me, being forced to stay away from the wife and kid in Thailand in a room in a bed and breakfast in a windy, wet blackpool, UK, with no cooking facilities in this covid nonsense really breeds more humbug than you can possibly imagine ! 

2 minutes ago, ChakaKhan said:

Happy to trade seats with anyone

Have you been to Blackpool? 

Being a vegetarian for over 45 years, I usually had tofurkey or some such nonsense for Christmas dinner.  Or a 6-pack of beer.  But I just heard of something new - Bah Humbug.  Sounds like a mid-eastern  version of a corn dog, like a long Falafel on a stick, served with hummus. 

I escaped Thailand end of June to UK, so xmas

will be no worries, Xmas eve mass in Thaxted church,

Xmas day village football match, everyone joins in, even dogs,

The xmissus will come round with a heap of mince pies.

A bottle of grog, a log fire, maybe a couple of prezzies, and

forget covid bollos. Love the UK.

 

3 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Trust me, being forced to stay away from the wife and kid in Thailand in a room in a bed and breakfast in a windy, wet blackpool, UK, with no cooking facilities in this covid nonsense really breeds more humbug than you can possibly imagine ! 

Always the drag artiste on a weekend to look forward to.

Barely a dozen posts long and American politics rears its ugly and boring head on a Pattaya Christmas dinner thread, when will it ever end!!!!! 

 

Our normal hotel venue for Christmas dinner is currently closed and the subject wss brought up around our drinks table last weekend, the jury is currently out given the uncertainty about which venues will be open in 3 months time. It's a wait and see for me. 

Off topic posts and replies have been removed, this topic is not about US politics. 

I gave up eating overpriced, poorly-prepared, lukewarm (if you're lucky) food in Pattaya's bars and restaurants some years back. I'll buy a frozen imported turkey (at exorbitant cost, I know) and roast it myself with all the trimmings. Actually, since Pattaya City only wanted 58 Baht in property tax this year instead of the usual 7,500 Baht, I decided then that the money saved would pay for the turkey and a bottle of Moet. So thank you in advance, Pattaya, for a wonderful Christmas dinner, lol!

26 minutes ago, Guderian said:

I gave up eating overpriced, poorly-prepared, lukewarm (if you're lucky) food in Pattaya's bars and restaurants some years back. I'll buy a frozen imported turkey (at exorbitant cost, I know) and roast it myself with all the trimmings. Actually, since Pattaya City only wanted 58 Baht in property tax this year instead of the usual 7,500 Baht, I decided then that the money saved would pay for the turkey and a bottle of Moet. So thank you in advance, Pattaya, for a wonderful Christmas dinner, lol!

Nice one, I can understand that as there was a period where Pattaya venues were definately stretching the idea of the season of goodwill with the price/offering equation.

 

If Pattaya is targeted for Xmas/New Year for local tourist price promotion which is not inconceivable, I think I might head the opposite direction and treat myself to a splash out in a Bangkok hotel restaurant. Perhaps better choice and quality might be had there. Will need to keep an eye on the Bangkok section of the forum. 

At least i won't have to book a table, i will be eating alone.

Its September people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Xmas??? they should be taken aside and decorated for Halloween 

Many here have trouble planning what they did yesterday let alone 3 months from now

 

1 hour ago, Guderian said:

I gave up eating overpriced, poorly-prepared, lukewarm (if you're lucky) food in Pattaya's bars and restaurants some years back. I'll buy a frozen imported turkey (at exorbitant cost, I know) and roast it myself with all the trimmings. Actually, since Pattaya City only wanted 58 Baht in property tax this year instead of the usual 7,500 Baht, I decided then that the money saved would pay for the turkey and a bottle of Moet. So thank you in advance, Pattaya, for a wonderful Christmas dinner, lol!

Frozen imported turkey? For how many people, or how many days eating left overs. 

3 hours ago, Guderian said:

I gave up eating overpriced, poorly-prepared, lukewarm (if you're lucky) food in Pattaya's bars and restaurants some years back. I'll buy a frozen imported turkey (at exorbitant cost, I know) and roast it myself with all the trimmings. Actually, since Pattaya City only wanted 58 Baht in property tax this year instead of the usual 7,500 Baht, I decided then that the money saved would pay for the turkey and a bottle of Moet. So thank you in advance, Pattaya, for a wonderful Christmas dinner, lol!

My wife informed me that there will be no turkeys imported from the USA this year. But then she said this last year. To keep me out of the kitchen she ordered a ready cooked one from Foodland for on the day and it wasn't half bad. Sadly, no turkey dripping to put on toast on Boxing Day.   

  In September? Are you sure it's not been left there since last Christmas?

Christmas is three months away lets talk about it a bit closer to the day shall we.

 

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