if you order a dish in Thailand and it's not cooked how you like it, would you send it back?

[Robert_Smith]

For me it is a resounding yes.

 

Countless times i've ordered thai food not spicy, then too spicy, steaks medium well, then raw, burgers cooked well done, then raw in the middle.

curries not spicy, blew my firggin head off.

beer with no ice, comes in a glass filled with ice.

pizza with no pineapple, theres pineapple all over the shop.

 

the worst and most dangerous is under-cooked chicken. many times ive sent chicken back that was still pink inside, that is extremely dangerous and could actually kill someone.

 

time to up your game, thailand.

get your bleedin act together!

 

regards,

bob.

 

[KhunLA]

to the title ... only if the meat was undercooked.  I've only needed to do that once in 25 yrs.  Farang managed restaurant, now closed, as the Cordon Bleu was still raw in the center.  Just a one off oops, as was a regular, and food was always quite good.

[Nick Carter icp]

5 minutes ago, Robert_Smith said:

 

the worst and most dangerous is under-cooked chicken. many times ive sent chicken back that was still pink inside, that is extremely dangerous and could actually kill someone.

 

 

They only have to be successful once . 

They can keep trying and failing , but it just takes one time for them to get it right and be successful   

[CharlieH]

I think I've had cause to do this about 3 times in the last 20 years!

 

The reason in every case, was too much chilli for me to handle. Never experienced any other issues with the food I'm happy to report.

 

The one thing that does get me upset quite quickly on the service issue, is the Thai insistence on NOT bringing the food to the table complete.By this I mean, if there are 2 of you or more, everyone gets there food at different times. Accompanying things like garlic bread, doesn't arrive until after you've eaten Yr meal! Timing on food is awful, many times I've actually finished my food before others have even got theirs!

[Robert_Smith]

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

They only have to be successful once . 

They can keep trying and failing , but it just takes one time for them to get it right and be successful   

...sorry but what are you insinuating?

 

regards,

bob.

[Robert_Smith]

3 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

to the title ... only if the meat was undercooked.  I've only needed to do that once in 25 yrs.  Farang managed restaurant, now closed, as the Cordon Bleu was still raw in the center.  Just a one off oops, as was a regular, and food was always quite good.

you're lucky.

 

this kind of thing usually happens to me about 3 or 4 times a year.

 

regards,

bob.

[Robert_Smith]

2 minutes ago, ChumpChange said:

Oh lads, look, it’s Blumpkin Bob back again, bravely waging his never-ending war against, alas, the horrors of… mild inconveniences in restaurants. Truly, mate, your struggle is beyond inspiring. Taking the world to new heights even. While the rest of us plebs are just out here barely existing, you’re on the frontlines, battling rogue cucumber slices, stray ice cubes, and the existential terror threat of a lightly grilled chicken breast.

 

Bankless Bob, you fragile little daffodil, have you ever stopped to consider that maybe, just maybe, the common denominator in all your tragic dining disasters… isn't Thailand? Because somehow, despite millions of people eating in the hub of nicely prepared chicken every day without issue, you are the only one who seems to be getting systematically poisoned, betrayed, and emotionally devastated by the local food scene.

 

And let’s be real, Bludgeoning Bob, are you actually being served raw steaks and uncooked chicken on a regular basis? Or are we just dealing with another chapter of The Adventures of Bob, the Perpetual Serial Victim of Bad Intentions, where every minor inconvenience is dialed up to 11 on a scale of 1-10 just so that you can stomp your feet, shat your shorts, and demand that an entire country “get its bleedin’ act together”?

 

Thailand isn’t the problem here, Bruv. It’s just another day, and you’re still mad. Cry even harder and soon enough Thailand is bound to have some empathy for all your unmatched moaning one of these days...

Hope you get a nice dose of food poisoning soon, so you know exactly what I am talking about bruv/chumps....

 

regards,

bob.

[Stocky]

Robert 'Two-Bob' Smith, another day another moan.

[Robert_Smith]

9 minutes ago, Stocky said:

Robert 'Two-Bob' Smith, another day another moan.

it's my human right to moan.

 

regards,

bob.

[Ralf001]

Its hard to <deleted> up meat and 3 veg.... Never have been in the predicament it aint cooked right.

[simon43]

7 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Its hard to <deleted> up meat and 3 veg.... Never have been in the predicament it aint cooked right.

I think Bob is more of the "I like to eat meat and two veg" variety...

[StayinThailand2much]

'Pro' of sending back your dish cause it's not 'properly' cooked; they may actually do it. 'Con', they may spit into your dish (or worse)... 😆 

[Robert_Smith]

1 minute ago, StayinThailand2much said:

'Pro' of sending back your dish cause it's not 'properly' cooked; they may actually do it. 'Con', they may spit into your dish (or worse)... 😆 

rub their balls in it, you mean?

 

regards,

bob.

[Harrisfan]

It happens in the west. Stop whingeing OP.

[EVENKEEL]

Usually order all seafood dishes. No problem. Too spicy? I still eat it with daughter's delight at my tears. Mai pen rai

[kwak250]

Never send anything back if it goes out of your sight.
What happens in the kitchen stays in the kitchen

I once had a mango shake and noticed it had a fly in it.
They said they would make a new one but in the reflection of a glass cabinet i could see they fished it out with their fingers and brought it back .
Never drank it and never went there again.

[JAG]

Next "Bob bulletin" will be moaning about why so many of his local restaurants will not serve him!

[nauseus]

1 hour ago, Robert_Smith said:

For me it is a resounding yes.

 

Countless times i've ordered thai food not spicy, then too spicy, steaks medium well, then raw, burgers cooked well done, then raw in the middle.

curries not spicy, blew my firggin head off.

beer with no ice, comes in a glass filled with ice.

pizza with no pineapple, theres pineapple all over the shop.

 

the worst and most dangerous is under-cooked chicken. many times ive sent chicken back that was still pink inside, that is extremely dangerous and could actually kill someone.

 

time to up your game, thailand.

get your bleedin act together!

 

regards,

bob.

 

 

Only happened twice and it was not Thai food but rather overpriced, undercooked, western "cuisine",

 

But I would send you back every time!

[Purdey]

Thai street food is well-known for its medicinal properties, such as when you have been constipated for a few days, 

[StayinThailand2much]

43 minutes ago, Robert_Smith said:

rub their balls in it, you mean?

 

regards,

bob.

 

Or pee into your soup... 😆

[FritsSikkink]

1 hour ago, Robert_Smith said:

For me it is a resounding yes.

 

Countless times i've ordered thai food not spicy, then too spicy, steaks medium well, then raw, burgers cooked well done, then raw in the middle.

curries not spicy, blew my firggin head off.

beer with no ice, comes in a glass filled with ice.

pizza with no pineapple, theres pineapple all over the shop.

 

the worst and most dangerous is under-cooked chicken. many times ive sent chicken back that was still pink inside, that is extremely dangerous and could actually kill someone.

 

time to up your game, thailand.

get your bleedin act together!

 

regards,

bob.

 

Go to better quality restaurants.

[KhunLA]

Too spicy is never a problem, as if not familiar with the venue, I'll order it not spicy, since I travel with cayenne pepper in my bag 

 

If I order SomTam, it's always SomTam Tai, and it's no chili, as I know plenty of residual chili will be in the bowl they make it in.  Depending what ordered, I say 1 even a half a chili only.  When specifying, they usually get it right.  If saying not much or medium, they''ll fry your tongue.

 

I can always add chili, and cayenne is half the Scoville level as the Thai bird's eye chili, 50k vs 100k.  Way too acidic for me.

[Ralf001]

59 minutes ago, simon43 said:

I think Bob is more of the "I like to eat meat and two veg" variety...

 

and by eat you mean gobble/swallow ?

[jvs]

1 hour ago, simon43 said:

I think Bob is more of the "I like to eat meat and two veg" variety...

And he likes his meals being spit and snotted on/in.

[jvs]

18 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Go to better quality restaurants.

Bob is a bottom feeder,he has no money.

[jvs]

31 minutes ago, JAG said:

Next "Bob bulletin" will be moaning about why so many of his local restaurants will not serve him!

We already had to live thru that one,he was denied service in a bar for speaking Thai.

[connda]

I went to a restaurant about 17 years ago in Korat and ordered a filet minion medium well. I did so knowing that cooks tend to undercook steaks so I expected to have a nice medium steak.  I got the steak on a plate swimming in blood.  I sent it back.  The staff we beyond impolite.  They were unhappy.  In retrospect they probably "lost face."  Sending a steak back in the US was never, ever was a problem.  Like I said, you can undercook a steak and fix it.  You can't overcook a steak and fix it. So I expect uncooked meat. Anyway, got the steak back still in a pool of blood. They didn't give me a new plate, just plopped it back in the now cold pool of blood.  I'm sure they did that on purpose.
I got up, paid for the meal, and left vowing never to return or recommend that restaurant to anyone.  I even wrote the farang owner who offered me a free meal.  I didn't take him up on it, not because of anything he did - he did the right thing and tried to make it right.  But rude, impolite, and unaccommodating staff are a business-killer. Food can be fixed, but I don't abide by rude staff. Someone needed to be fired. Especially for the price I paid for that meal - multiples of what the staff gets paid. That only happens once and you lose my business for good. That restaurant lost my business for good. 

[marin]

1 hour ago, Robert_Smith said:

Countless times i've ordered thai food not spicy, then too spicy, steaks medium well, then raw, burgers cooked well done, then raw in the middle.

curries not spicy, blew my firggin head off.

beer with no ice, comes in a glass filled with ice.

pizza with no pineapple, theres pineapple all over the shop.

 

the worst and most dangerous is under-cooked chicken. many times ive sent chicken back that was still pink inside, that is extremely dangerous and could actually kill someone.

 

time to up your game, thailand.

get your bleedin act together!

Funny.  I too have had countless times of something repeating itself over and over and over again.  You seem to like to write about the problems you encounter as some sort of mechanism.  Perhaps try reading rather than writing.

[Mike_Hunt]

2 hours ago, Robert_Smith said:

For me it is a resounding yes.

 

Countless times i've ordered thai food not spicy, then too spicy, steaks medium well, then raw, burgers cooked well done, then raw in the middle.

curries not spicy, blew my firggin head off.

beer with no ice, comes in a glass filled with ice.

pizza with no pineapple, theres pineapple all over the shop.

 

the worst and most dangerous is under-cooked chicken. many times ive sent chicken back that was still pink inside, that is extremely dangerous and could actually kill someone.

 

time to up your game, thailand.

get your bleedin act together!

 

regards,

bob.

 

Cool story bro. 

[Robert_Smith]

24 minutes ago, connda said:

I went to a restaurant about 17 years ago in Korat and ordered a filet minion medium well. I did so knowing that cooks tend to undercook steaks so I expected to have a nice medium steak.  I got the steak on a plate swimming in blood.  I sent it back.  The staff we beyond impolite.  They were unhappy.  In retrospect they probably "lost face."  Sending a steak back in the US was never, ever was a problem.  Like I said, you can undercook a steak and fix it.  You can't overcook a steak and fix it. So I expect uncooked meat. Anyway, got the steak back still in a pool of blood. They didn't give me a new plate, just plopped it back in the now cold pool of blood.  I'm sure they did that on purpose.
I got up, paid for the meal, and left vowing never to return or recommend that restaurant to anyone.  I even wrote the farang owner who offered me a free meal.  I didn't take him up on it, not because of anything he did - he did the right thing and tried to make it right.  But rude, impolite, and unaccommodating staff are a business-killer. Food can be fixed, but I don't abide by rude staff. Someone needed to be fired. Especially for the price I paid for that meal - multiples of what the staff gets paid. That only happens once and you lose my business for good. That restaurant lost my business for good. 

Face is without a doubt the worst facet of Thai culture.

 

When an adult cannot admit that they are wrong and apologize, then they are nothing but mere children.

 

regards,

bob.