220.-baht For 5 Of Us!

[thaigerd]

Just finished our dinner:

Roasted chicken and french fries, yummy yummy!

2 Chicken from TOPS in CENTRAL, marinated with salt, pepper and paprika powder(noble sweet), about 1 hour roasted in the oven, 1 bag of frozen fr fries, 2 can of Coke= 220.-Baht for wife, me and our dogs and all are happy.

Ok, you cannot compare with Corkscrew's Oyster and wine session but we could not go to the Oriental or Dusit dressed in underwear and T-shirt with 3 dogs and say:" A table for 5 please and our budget is 220.-Baht.........".

Gerd

[bino]

Dinner and dress code at Baan Gerd sound great to me! (Especially since I don't like oysters!)

[jdinasia]

sounded good until the idea of gerd in his undies ....

[thaigerd]

sounded good until the idea of gerd in his undies ....

JD let's keep this post in the food subforum please.

Thanks!

Gerd

[Jet Gorgon]

Lovely, Gerd. How come I only see two dogs in the photo? Bt220? How much for each chuckie?

[leisurely]

Did you cook the chickens yourself? I sometimes buy the ready roasted ones, they are OK, but so small you virtually need one each.

[sceadugenga]

I'm not a fan of the supermarket ready roasted, they tend to be really greasy with too much garlic cooked into them. My Mrs loves them though.

Roasting yourself is the way to go, I usually put some potato wedges and onions in the same pan, drizzle a little on them then a dust of salt and pepper.

I seem to recall a whole fresh chicken being a bout 60 baht at Big C Jet.

You can boil them in a big pot with the veg as well, then make soup of the liquid the next day. Cuts the fat right down.

[thaigerd]

Did you cook the chickens yourself? I sometimes buy the ready roasted ones, they are OK, but so small you virtually need one each.

As a Chef I don;t buy ready roasted ones for sure.

Gerd

[leisurely]

I don't blame you for that. The only problem I have with the chickens if I get them whole is the head feet and occasionally guts thing. I am afraid I am the sanitised food sort ofperson, I would never dream of eating pigs tubes or uterus'. On occasion I pop into the thai food forum, inevitably I come away feeling a bit nauseous. Different strokes for different folks though, ourhome help turns green when I have a lump of cheese

[MiG16]

now i know why i try to stay away from the food forum too many temptations....especially gerd with his cruel visuals od delectable treats grrrrr

[Chantal]

Now I know where the larger chickens have gone! Went to Tops today and they only had very small chickens left.

[thaigerd]

Now I know where the larger chickens have gone! Went to Tops today and they only had very small chickens left.

I always go to the butcher to get me the freshest one out of the chilling room

How was ur lamb stew with the coriander btw ?

Gerd

[Jet Gorgon]

Ah, I remember buying whole filets of beef at the market. Cut up steaks and about Bt30 for each. Bt60 for a chickie, Scea? Ya, about right. I'm like Gerd, always bought meat at the wet market.

[Chantal]

Now I know where the larger chickens have gone! Went to Tops today and they only had very small chickens left.

I always go to the butcher to get me the freshest one out of the chilling room

How was ur lamb stew with the coriander btw ?

Gerd

Good tip Gerd, never thought of asking the butcher. Doh!

Otherwise the lamb stew was really good although I did use a tad too much red wine. Will post the recipe soon.

[Tonton]

Next time I will bring Som Tam to join :-)

Som Tam + sticky rice + one fat guy.

Thanks Gerd for sharing.

Ton

[Gary A]

Now I know where the larger chickens have gone! Went to Tops today and they only had very small chickens left.

I always go to the butcher to get me the freshest one out of the chilling room

How was ur lamb stew with the coriander btw ?

Gerd

The chilling room ?? Is that the big blue box behind the vendor's table.

[thaigerd]

Now I know where the larger chickens have gone! Went to Tops today and they only had very small chickens left.

I always go to the butcher to get me the freshest one out of the chilling room

How was ur lamb stew with the coriander btw ?

Gerd

The chilling room ?? Is that the big blue box behind the vendor's table.

"Walking fridge"...............ok?

Gerd