BritManToo Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 1 minute ago, sharksy said: The OP mentions cost - so I assume he is pretty broke and can't afford the nice food - or just too tight to pay for it. Best Thai restaurant I know is Number 9 at Huay Tung Tao lake. Hardly expensive, 1,000bht buys more than 4 people can eat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharksy Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 4 hours ago, BritManToo said: Every Chinese take away I ever had in the UK was good. Never needed any specialist local knowledge. Totally agree, however, it is not authentic Chinese food. I remember eating in Hong Kong at a busy restaurant where I was the only westerner I could see. Pork had the skin and hair still attached. Nasty. I did have a Shechuan hot pot at the Chinese area of Birmingham. The Shechuan chillis were even too hot for my Thai girlfriend. Didn't even taste nice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGoLuckyLife Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 On 10/7/2021 at 6:18 AM, spidermike007 said: I love a clean som tom. Then it's not som tom. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big dendrobenaes Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 can buy Batchelors dried peas from Siamsburies, when in stock and cook them to become MUSHY PEAS.... I do them often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyGoLuckyLife Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 On 10/7/2021 at 5:26 AM, sead said: Well stop buying 30 bht meals and go biy real thaifood.... Been on the road all day, those 30 baht meals come in handy. BTW, I find that your small stalls and eateries are more likely to customize your dish over the higher end restaurants. At least with the smaller places, they're prepping the dish in front of me and we can communicate to get the flavor I'm looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamb00ler Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 22 minutes ago, BritManToo said: Best Thai restaurant I know is Number 9 at Huay Tung Tao lake. Hardly expensive, 1,000bht buys more than 4 people can eat. Do they specialize in the food from a particular region of Thailand? Central, Issan, Northern or Southern? I've been to 2 really good Thai restaurants in CM. Both concentrate on mainly central cuisine as both my wife and stepson prefer it as much as I. One is We-La-Dee in San Sai. https://g.page/weladeechiangmai?share The other I don't know the name, but I will ask my stepson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, gamb00ler said: Do they specialize in the food from a particular region of Thailand? Central, Issan, Northern or Southern? I've been to 2 really good Thai restaurants in CM. Both concentrate on mainly central cuisine as both my wife and stepson prefer it as much as I. One is We-La-Dee in San Sai. https://g.page/weladeechiangmai?share The other I don't know the name, but I will ask my stepson. Not sure, but every lunch time No. 9 is packed and the restaurants on either side are empty. We usually order 'cow pat gung', 'pla tam tim sam rot', 'moo deng deeow' and 'tom yam talet' along with another couple of dishes that catch the ladies eye, my misses quite likes the coconut stuffed with sea food.. I suspect it's Lanna food. Edited October 8, 2021 by BritManToo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkski Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 We all have our tastes. A good elk steak on the barbie with stuffed baked potatoe and fresh garden salad is hard to beat. Smoked ribs, pork, or chicken is tops on my list. Expensive and hard to find in Thailand. I do like Tex Mex food. Lots of taco trucks now in USA. I detest the fish balls or meat balls in Thailand. I hate to think what's in them. Packaged sandwich ham or crappy hot dogs or terrible bacon die breakfast is not acceptable. Eggs with lace not ok. I do enjoy many Thai dishes. But I dislike all the unchewable ingredients and you know most places they use the cheapest unhealthy palm oil, msg, sugar. No small shards of chopped bones , shell fragments, unchewable leaves and lemon grass. Peppers should be put in a tea strainer. American man want to be able to shovel it all in and not have to pick out all the inedible stuff. Maybe I should try to swallow all that unchewable stuff like wife does. The dog cries when she finishes with the chicken bones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 12 hours ago, Elkski said: We all have our tastes. A good elk steak on the barbie with stuffed baked potatoe and fresh garden salad is hard to beat. Smoked ribs, pork, or chicken is tops on my list. Expensive and hard to find in Thailand. I do like Tex Mex food. Lots of taco trucks now in USA. I detest the fish balls or meat balls in Thailand. I hate to think what's in them. Packaged sandwich ham or crappy hot dogs or terrible bacon die breakfast is not acceptable. Eggs with lace not ok. I do enjoy many Thai dishes. But I dislike all the unchewable ingredients and you know most places they use the cheapest unhealthy palm oil, msg, sugar. No small shards of chopped bones , shell fragments, unchewable leaves and lemon grass. Peppers should be put in a tea strainer. American man want to be able to shovel it all in and not have to pick out all the inedible stuff. Maybe I should try to swallow all that unchewable stuff like wife does. The dog cries when she finishes with the chicken bones. I agree with you about breakfast. Very hard to find a good breakfast here. Well cooked breakfast potatoes, fresh croissants, real dark bread toast, etc. Fried eggs, with white toast, is not an inspired breakfast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 18 minutes ago, spidermike007 said: I agree with you about breakfast. Very hard to find a good breakfast here. Well cooked breakfast potatoes, fresh croissants, real dark bread toast, etc. Fried eggs, with white toast, is not an inspired breakfast! Not a problem down here in Phuket maybe because there is more farang owners here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Mac Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 On 10/8/2021 at 9:07 AM, Michaelaway said: "Also, Thai restaurants overseas are always better than the ones here." Crazy talk; there is no country in the world whose food is better outside their country than in. Nonsense. I also had a Paella in J'burg once, and was better than anything I have tasted in Spain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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