Staying in Pattaya now for a month and not sure if this is the place to 
pick for my retirement,
A dead rate at the entrance of the market, next almost being hit by a motor bike INSIDE the market.
And the roaring, thundering noise of scooters and BIG motorbikes all around Pattaya is scaring me ever time when they pass me with high speed, is deafening and annoying.
In the late afternoon or early evening, it is not enjoyable walking alongside the beach road at Jomtien.

This is Asia, not Kansas or Brighton! Rat meat is widely eaten everywhere in Asia, bikes are a standard form of transport. In London it is said that you are never more than 10 feet from at least 100 rats in buildings and underground, at least here they are eaten and put to some use.

Why did you leave that dead rat in the street...The wife could have cooked you up a rat dinner...

Is this your first visit to Thailand? It can be a lot to take in.  You might enjoy walking along Pattaya Beach more than Jomtien, with all of the ongoing construction. 

Nothing wrong with a little protein 

4 hours ago, chiang mai said:

This is Asia, not Kansas or Brighton! Rat meat is widely eaten everywhere in Asia, 

 

Even in USA, quite a few people in rural areas hunt rodents(Woodchucks/Groundhog, Prairie Dogs, squirrels) for food.

 

So no wonder even if some Asian countries(part of China, Thailand, Lao, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam...）eat rats.

 

 

59 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

Why did you leave that dead rat in the street...The wife could have cooked you up a rat dinner...

 

Saving Food Waste.

An obligation of mankind on top of the food chain.

One great contribution to save the world...

Pfff.  Nothing new.  past few decades as I have visited there at night and late the rats all along walking street running in and out of the garbage dumps, dashing down the sewer drains etc.  People there years before me tell me that along the sides of Soi 7 and Soi 8 those little gutters used to contain the sewage and drainage from the hotels and bars there. 

 

  Noise has gotten worse over the years.  The small town atmosphere is almost gone.  I remember before central plaza was built and I miss that.  Still a fun city to visit but not as good as it used to be

14 hours ago, redwood1 said:

Why did you leave that dead rat in the street...The wife could have cooked you up a rat dinner...

Rat or two eh?

I've eaten rat in Thailand, rice field rat from Isaan

38 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

I've eaten rat in Thailand, rice field rat from Isaan

Yes, the field rats are the ones you can buy two to a bag at the roadside. They have had a healthy diet, not like the sewer rats that no one eats.

22 hours ago, Michael196055 said:

Staying in Pattaya now for a month and not sure if this is the place to 
pick for my retirement,
A dead rate at the entrance of the market, next almost being hit by a motor bike INSIDE the market.
And the roaring, thundering noise of scooters and BIG motorbikes all around Pattaya is scaring me ever time when they pass me with high speed, is deafening and annoying.
In the late afternoon or early evening, it is not enjoyable walking alongside the beach road at Jomtien.

Good bye Michael. Maybe go for a quiet nursing home at home?😂

I enjoy scrabbling for rat and offal and bushmeat and bugs because that way I can go on forums and pretend Im superior.

 

Real men eat bats, raw.

1 hour ago, PoorSucker said:

I've eaten rat in Thailand, rice field rat from Isaan

Yes, a different kettle of rodent to sewer rat. My wedding breakfast was cold rat curry. Accompanied by a lot of hilarity from the villagers looking on.

18 hours ago, Bobthegimp said:

Is this your first visit to Thailand? It can be a lot to take in.  You might enjoy walking along Pattaya Beach more than Jomtien, with all of the ongoing construction. 

And meet all kinds of interesting ladies

35 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Real men eat bats, raw.

Never tried that although they have them in some restaurants, the mix bat blood with Lao Khao for better Bom Bom

2 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

Never tried that although they have them in some restaurants, the mix bat blood with Lao Khao for better Bom Bom

And virus transmission no doubt!

I just asked my wife. She said she’s eaten them but not now. I asked her if I’d eaten them - she said no. Other times, when I asked her about snakes and bats, she said I had eaten them. Ugh.

22 hours ago, chiang mai said:

This is Asia, not Kansas or Brighton! Rat meat is widely eaten everywhere in Asia, bikes are a standard form of transport. In London it is said that you are never more than 10 feet from at least 100 rats in buildings and underground, at least here they are eaten and put to some use.

 

Please tell us where rat meat is so widely eaten across Asia?

 

Apart from Cambodia when it was having a really tough time, I don't know of anywhere TBH

7 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Yes, a different kettle of rodent to sewer rat. My wedding breakfast was cold rat curry. Accompanied by a lot of hilarity from the villagers looking on.

 

We definitely in the UK wouldn't call them Rats and all the negativity that conjures up.

 

We would call what you are talking about, Field Mice.

 

Hell of a difference.

7 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

Never tried that although they have them in some restaurants, the mix bat blood with Lao Khao for better Bom Bom

Fry them and the wings taste like potato chips.

1 minute ago, Scouse123 said:

 

We definitely in the UK wouldn't call them Rats and all the negativity that conjures up.

 

We would call what you are talking about, Field Mice.

 

Hell of a difference.

The rat I'm talking about was a wild rat, so maybe it came from a field or paddy or the forest. Field mice are so small you'd never get so much as a bite unless you ate it whole.

Rats are everywhere.

 

Some come without 4 legs.

If such little issues concern you, then Thailand is probably not the right place for you. 

If the op is on about the big  fruit and veg market in Thepprasit road jomtien.

He has a point.

I have used that market for years. but this year, it's disgusting. at the bottom end of the market.

broken sewer pipes, stink the place out., there has been an increase of new sellers, selling meat and fish.

the water run off from these stalls,  is just chocking the gutters. and just general disguising behavior from some vendors. a very dirty place now.

I stopped using it in august.  went to big-c up the road.

I'm surprised the local council lets it go on.

And yes, now,   very crazy with motor bikes inside the market. I will try again

when i come back down there in January, hope it's better.

 

Ps the rat is funny, a very conmen sight here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

wear this all the time you go out, if you fear to get bumped

 

and if they do, you got some head protection

I'm not a big fan of rats on the menu.

 

Rabbit,s that's where i waiting for.

But I've been waiting for that for years.

3 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

I've eaten rat in Thailand, rice field rat from Isaan

How did they taste?   Was the meat removed from the bone before you tried to eat them or did you eat the meat off the bone?    Have you ever eaten squirrel?   If so, how did the, assuming ground rat, compare squirrels, the tree rats?

On 11/6/2024 at 7:46 AM, chiang mai said:

This is Asia, not Kansas or Brighton! Rat meat is widely eaten everywhere in Asia, bikes are a standard form of transport. In London it is said that you are never more than 10 feet from at least 100 rats in buildings and underground, at least here they are eaten and put to some use.

The rats they eat in Asia are not the ones you see running around in the markets and towns. They are a special breed that you will find in the rice fields and similar places. They are clean, as we say....

8 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

I've eaten rat in Thailand, rice field rat from Isaan

Same here. Couple of the lads in Udon used to get bevied at night on Lao Khao then go into the fields with a lamp on their heads and an air rifle and pop a few of them. Big buggers they were. On the BBQ next morning.