On 10/11/2025 at 7:58 PM, Will B Good said:

Nope. Can't beat egg and chips.

I have to say, whilst not exactly the epitome of "haute cuisine", I do like a pair of poached eggs with chips, served with a dab of "Rozzi" ketchup!

 

Thai food yes, away from the urban "street food" centres. I do draw the line at chicken feet and assorted bugs and maggots!

53 minutes ago, KhaoHom said:

Been eating Thai sweets lately. Too expensive

Really.

35 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Really.

 

Yes. B20 a piece in BKK. I remember buying same sweets years ago... bigger pieces for b5. This is sankaya and mohgaeng

 

Buoloi is ok price. Baitoey can be a bit pricey made correctly / the custard and kathit variety. The harder plain stuff is mid

 

I think what's happened at least in BKK is the people selling are mostly on the middle.  Many Thai sweets not easy to make and they just focus on production. Sell for b10 and then price jacked to 20-25b per piece. 

54 minutes ago, JAG said:

I have to say, whilst not exactly the epitome of "haute cuisine", I do like a pair of poached eggs with chips, served with a dab of "Rozzi" ketchup!

 

Thai food yes, away from the urban "street food" centres. I do draw the line at chicken feet and assorted bugs and maggots!

 

 

Quite a favourite of SWMBO.........I had to draw the line at BBQd rat-on-a-stick though.

12 minutes ago, KhaoHom said:

 

Yes. B20 a piece in BKK. I remember buying same sweets years ago... bigger pieces for b5. This is sankaya and mohgaeng

 

Buoloi is ok price. Baitoey can be a bit pricey made correctly / the custard and kathit variety. The harder plain stuff is mid

 

I think what's happened at least in BKK is the people selling are mostly on the middle.  Many Thai sweets not easy to make and they just focus on production. Sell for b10 and then price jacked to 20-25b per piece. 

I used to go to the famous sweet shop near Talat Phlu station/market, I wonder what they are charging now.

8 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

Quite a favourite of SWMBO.........I had to draw the line at BBQd rat-on-a-stick though.

Cant make chicken soup without chicken feet.

1 minute ago, Yagoda said:

Cant make chicken soup without chicken feet.

 

Think I'd give it a go.

20 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

Think I'd give it a go.

I give the cooked feet (except for a few) to the Laundry Lady. I want chicken with meat.

3 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

I give the cooked feet (except for a few) to the Laundry Lady. I want chicken with meat.

 

SWMBO spends a lifetime picking every little bit of meat, cartilage and ligament from them....yuk!

7 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

SWMBO spends a lifetime picking every little bit of meat, cartilage and ligament from them....yuk!

American kids throw away enough food to feed half the starving in the world, thats my pet peeve. Or maybe hearing when I was a kid "Finish that, children are starving in the world."

 

I daresay three chicken feet a day might keep one alive if there is nothing else.

Just now, Yagoda said:

American kids throw away enough food to feed half the starving in the world, thats my pet peeve. Or maybe hearing when I was a kid "Finish that, children are starving in the world."

 

I daresay three chicken feet a day might keep one alive if there is nothing else.

 

Finishing a meal is still ingrained in me from my childhood........that and .........

 

“If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?”

6 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

“If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?”

Oh that was a brutal one. Staring at the last mushy Brussel Sprout and watching others dig into ice cream

2 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Oh that was a brutal one. Staring at the last mushy Brussel Sprout and watching others dig into ice cream

 

 

That was me.......and now I love Brussel sprouts......555

3 hours ago, Will B Good said:

 

SWMBO spends a lifetime picking every little bit of meat, cartilage and ligament from them....yuk!

Give my kid a bowl of chicken feet, some som tam and rice....she will be there for hours. 

 

I get a kick out of the guys who say they like Isaan food, take away the foreigners money for buying good ingredients and only then do you get to see the real stuff. 

1 minute ago, EVENKEEL said:

Give my kid a bowl of chicken feet, some som tam and rice....she will be there for hours. 

 

I get a kick out of the guys who say they like Isaan food, take away the foreigners money for buying good ingredients and only then do you get to see the real stuff. 

 

Well I'm in the clear....hate the stuff.....brought up on bland, and by comparison, tasteless food.

 

SWMBO managed to get me up to five mild chillies in a plate of chilli con-carne.......but that hit the pain threshold......never again.

Love it. Very rarely eat European food

15 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

Sorry dude, that looks overcooked, bland and dry as old saw dust - it looks horrdenous.

And you think that is better than Thai food, wow. 

Matter of nuance.
There are those who like spicy, very hot, and full-bodied food, and those who seek more subtle aromas.

18 hours ago, cjinchiangrai said:

Actually he didn't. The US adopted all the foods of immigrants from around the world. London sort of did the same and had nowhere to go but up.

Actually he did, he made the statement on social media not the US or the UK

On 10/11/2025 at 1:31 PM, Cardano said:

Not really no, it's generally cheap crap covered in a pungent sauce or a bowl of rice noodles with scraps of petrified protein and other non-describable things thrown in , their seafood locally caught is bland, tasteless and mushy, especially that rubbish they call sea bass. Don't even mention the freshwater garbage that they ironically sell as seafood. About the only palatable thing is a decent red chicken curry. But give me Chinese, western or Indian food any day.

You don't eat as the same places I do. You get what you pay for, I guess.

On 10/11/2025 at 2:15 PM, RSD1 said:

Just look at the level of obesity now in this country. It's gotten pretty astounding and tells you that you shouldn't eat like the locals. 

The levels of obesity have risen as Western Chains have appeared. McD, KFC, Pizza Company, Dunkin Donuts, etc. Add to that Pepsi, Coke et al, there's your reason for the rise in obesity.

4 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Give my kid a bowl of chicken feet, some som tam and rice....she will be there for hours. 

 

I get a kick out of the guys who say they like Isaan food, take away the foreigners money for buying good ingredients and only then do you get to see the real stuff. 

You mean like chicken, pork, fish, basil, chili? It all costs the same, regardless of whose paying.

17 minutes ago, youreavinalaff said:

You mean like chicken, pork, fish, basil, chili? It all costs the same, regardless of whose paying.

You think you know, but you don't. 

6 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

You think you know, but you don't. 

I do know, speaking from many years of experience.

7 hours ago, Cardano said:

Actually he did, he made the statement on social media not the US or the UK

Sorry you are so butthurt about it but move on.

I like Thai food but I've come to the conclusion that i have to cook at home to avoid the rubbish ingredients they use, cheapest rice, reused cheapest oil, rare to see decent vegetables 

On 10/17/2025 at 6:06 PM, youreavinalaff said:

You don't eat as the same places I do. You get what you pay for, I guess.

Obviously....Lol. I tend to cook 95% of what I eat at home where I control the quality, taste, salt, sugar and fat content. The other 5% is at restaurants that prepare and serve proper healthy and nutritious food generally using key ingredients that don't originate in Thailand. You're right though you certainly do get what you pay for, and I think that's the  point of the Ops post.

On 10/18/2025 at 1:17 AM, cjinchiangrai said:

Sorry you are so butthurt about it but move on.

Woo...aren't you the macho man, did you need to look in a dictionary for that word.

On 10/17/2025 at 9:28 AM, Yagoda said:

I give the cooked feet (except for a few) to the Laundry Lady. I want chicken with meat.

I give the feet to the closest dog or cat. I prefer chicken breast meat, soup without blood and some peanuts thrown in along with sprouts and basil.

4 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

soup without blood

blood tofu is manna

4 hours ago, Cardano said:

Obviously....Lol. I tend to cook 95% of what I eat at home where I control the quality, taste, salt, sugar and fat content. The other 5% is at restaurants that prepare and serve proper healthy and nutritious food generally using key ingredients that don't originate in Thailand. You're right though you certainly do get what you pay for, and I think that's the  point of the Ops post.

That's funny. A total contradiction to your original comment. 🤣🤣