Bob's Big Boy at MBK

[Yellowtail]

Took the wife to MBK to get her passport renewed and decided to try the new Bob's Big Boy while I was there. Bob's Big Boys have been in Southern California for almost 100 years. Casual diner that specializes in burgers. I had the BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger and a large order of fries. The burger was good and I thought the fries were great. Not a bad meal for <B300. 

 

Note: Contrary to Google maps, the shop is on the ground floor, not the fourth. 

 

 

 

 

[Prubangboy]

Agreed. Call in half a letter grade better than McD, on par with Burger King. Used to be one across Suk Nana Plaza.

 

But MBK has the world famous food court on the top floor and Hua Seng Hong Chinese where they employ a very liberal hand with their crab-fried rice. 

 

What kind of person orders a Green Curry at Bob's Big Boy? I believe the word is 'girlfriend'.

[dingdongrb]

Us from the Midwest knew it as Frisch's Big Boy....

[Yellowtail]

1 minute ago, dingdongrb said:

Us from the Midwest knew it as Frisch's Big Boy....

Those are more like fill on restaurants I think, the Bob's are more like grills. 

[Prubangboy]

.....Actually, the place on Suk across from Nana is/was a Carl Jr. About the same.

 

Most fast food burgers are close to interchangeable. I rate Burger King slightly for the marginal charcoal taste.

 

It's the sides where they differentiate. Like he said, BBB has better than average fries.

 

It's madness to say, "I don't like X" in a thread about X. I don't like sports, but I feel no need to go into that board branch and tell people not to like a thing they clearly do.

 

 

[Lacessit]

All those burgers look like a heart attack in waiting.

[Yellowtail]

21 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

.....Actually, the place on Suk across from Nana is/was a Carl Jr. About the same.

That's a Burger King now, but it may have been a Carl's.

 

I think there used to be a Carl's on the ground floor of Holiday Inn Soi 22 as well. 

21 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

Most fast food burgers are close to interchangeable. I rate Burger King slightly for the marginal charcoal taste.

I liked Carl's better than Burger King, and BK better than McD's. 

 

21 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

It's the sides where they differentiate. Like he said, BBB has better than average fries.

 

It's madness to say, "I don't like X" in a thread about X. I don't like sports, but I feel no need to go into that board branch and tell people not to like a thing they clearly do.

They are all a bit different.

[KannikaP]

7 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

All those burgers look like a heart attack in waiting.

One every couple of weeks is not going to make any difference, if you enjoy one. 

[Prubangboy]

Would you go out of your way to go to a specific fast food burger place?

 

Me, no. I prob eat about half of my dozen or so a year at an airport. Whichever one is closer to my gate.

 

In Chiang Mai, only McD is 24 hours. So I might get 2 of the dozen delivered at 5 AM.

[Prubangboy]

What point exactly are you trying to win here?

[bkk6060]

16 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

hat's a Burger King now, but it may have been a Carl's.

 

No it is not.  It is Prime Burger now.

[Yellowtail]

Just now, KannikaP said:

Who, me or YTail?

Change your mind? 

[Fat is a type of crazy]

46 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

.....Actually, the place on Suk across from Nana is/was a Carl Jr. About the same.

 

Most fast food burgers are close to interchangeable. I rate Burger King slightly for the marginal charcoal taste.

 

It's the sides where they differentiate. Like he said, BBB has better than average fries.

 

It's madness to say, "I don't like X" in a thread about X. I don't like sports, but I feel no need to go into that board branch and tell people not to like a thing they clearly do.

 

 

Got a free airport voucher for a late flight and tried Burger King which in Australia is called Hungry Jacks. God it was bad. Salty tasteless muck. Hope Brazil was fun. Food should be interesting there. 

[Yellowtail]

2 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

No it is not.  It is Prime Burger now.

Since when? 

[Yellowtail]

Just now, Fat is a type of crazy said:

Got a free airport voucher for a late flight and tried Burger King which in Australia is called Hungry Jacks. God it was bad. Salty tasteless muck. Hope Brazil was fun. Food should be interesting there. 

You'd best stick to seven

[Fat is a type of crazy]

Just now, Yellowtail said:

You'd best stick to seven

The ones in your picture look pretty good. The Burger King at Bangkok airport was really disappointly bad. 

[novacova]

Fast food burger joints are only as good as how hungry I am.

[Captain Flack]

Some reported posts, which were off topic and bickering have been removed. Please try to discuss the topic, not just attack other posters.

[novacova]

There were a few big bobs back in the 70’s and went out of business in the mid 80’s in the state that I lived in during that period, probably only chomped on a couple of those if memory serves me right, though I do remember that I wasn’t impressed.

[impulse]

44 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

That's a Burger King now, but it may have been a Carl's.

 

Before Covid, there was a Burger King and a Carl's Jr within 50' of each other there.

 

I used to stop at BK, then Carl's Jr after my appointments at Bumrungrad, breaking the fast after drawing blood.  I preferred Carl's Jr and was sad to see it missing there, on Silom and at the Davis Hotel.  Though I did get one rotten burger at the Silom shop.  The meat had obviously gone off.  But one bad experience in dozens of burgers was offset by good burgers, fries and brewed ice tea with refills and lemon wedges on the side.

 

 

 

[maesariang]

Looks like McDonalds

[dutch boy]

Thanks for the post, I will have to try their burgers.

[MartinL]

I'm so disappointed. I thought this might finally be revealing the ugly truth about Bob Smith 😞 .

[bkk6060]

On 8/21/2024 at 3:39 AM, Yellowtail said:

Since when? 

Obviously, you have no clue.  I walk past there every day.

SInce they moved in a short time ago and took over the Carls Jr..  Burger King has always been next door.

[Yellowtail]

6 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Obviously, you have no clue.  I walk past there every day.

SInce they moved in a short time ago and took over the Carls Jr..  Burger King has always been next door.

Obviously.

 

How would you rate Prime Burger?  

[proton]

One of the worst changes over the past 30 years in Thailand has been the importing of these western food outlets, burgers, pizzas, fried chicken, ice cream, doughnuts etc etc, almost all of it unhealthy junk food resulting in higher levels obesity and diabetes. Even street food rubbish is better.