Place on KhaoTalo has been serving it for years.

JJ Spring Roll

14 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

Here's a tip for food vendors in SEA: make bánh mì with actual bread, I'm sure it will be successful.

 

Will drive up the costs.

Maybe be only successful with westerners willing to pay higher costs.

Most locals either won't pay for better bread or don't care or can't tell the difference as they have never tried proper French bread. 

Maybe Vietnam has more bakeries or better bakeries as they were set up by the French... I dunno. Bread is not a big thing with the Thais. 

 

11 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

Will drive up the costs.

Maybe be only successful with westerners willing to pay higher costs.

Most locals either won't pay for better bread or don't care or can't tell the difference as they have never tried proper French bread. 

Maybe Vietnam has more bakeries or better bakeries as they were set up by the French... I dunno. Bread is not a big thing with the Thais. 

 

 

I definitely had Westerners in mind. As you say, Thais don't even eat it, this woman has been mentioned being in farang-intensive places (Buakhao, tukcom…).

 

Marin provided the answer to this mystery, the Asians blend rice flour with wheat flour, most likely because they can't digest wheat-only (my Thai wife can only manage one slice of French bread).

11 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

most likely because they can't digest wheat-only (my Thai wife can only manage one slice of French bread).

 

Wheat is bad for everyone. People with gluten sensitivities are canaries in a coalmine and they are actually being protected from health issues further down the line. 

 

In the old days, it took 3 days to make bread. They would ferment the heck out of those grains to make them digestible and get rid of the anti-nutrients. But that's not feasible for modern-day capitalism.

 

Wonder Bread now takes 15 minutes to make in a factory.  

 

Proper decent sourdough bread (not sure it even exists in Thailand) might be the only relatively safe bread to eat in this day and age. There is at least some fermentation going on there. 

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

Wheat is bad for everyone. People with gluten sensitivities are canaries in a coalmine and they are actually being protected from health issues further down the line. 

 

In the old days, it took 3 days to make bread. They would ferment the heck out of those grains to make them digestible and get rid of the anti-nutrients. But that's not feasible for modern-day capitalism.

 

Wonder Bread now takes 15 minutes to make in a factory.  

 

Proper decent sourdough bread (not sure it even exists in Thailand) might be the only relatively safe bread to eat in this day and age. 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, I cut down on it myself as it's a carb bomb. As with everything, balance and moderation is the way to go.

Nicer if it was multi grain though. Reminds me of the wonderful VN sandwich shop in Vientiane by the river.

2 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

Place on KhaoTalo has been serving it for years.

JJ Spring Roll

 

not very good or authentic either 

9 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

3rd road, Thai restaurant selling steak for 69 baht. Ha ha, who has tried that, bet you it's tasty 😂😂😂😂😂😂

price is up to about 169 now

10 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Is there a Subway in Pattaya? Same same.

Not same, different fillings and bread

7 hours ago, save the frogs said:

 

Will drive up the costs.

Maybe be only successful with westerners willing to pay higher costs.

Most locals either won't pay for better bread or don't care or can't tell the difference as they have never tried proper French bread. 

Maybe Vietnam has more bakeries or better bakeries as they were set up by the French... I dunno. Bread is not a big thing with the Thais. 

 

My girlfriend here never tried real bread like I offered her, Royal Sprouted Grain, which isn't too bad for 7-11 and Lotus, etc kinds. She only had the cheap kind you get at local shops, which isn't even as good as Wonder bread. I use Dalfour's jellies, which are probably the best you can get in Thailand, and most everywhere else as far as sugar free kinds, and she loves it.

 

When we were in Hanoi in March, we had Banh Mi's almost every day, and of course they were great. I had some back in Austin, Texas, made by Vietnamese people, and they're just as good, using the right ingredients and methods.

 

The bread makes the sandwich, whether it;s a Jewish deli type in New York, a Reuben or a regular sub sandwich. Even there, Subway bread isn't as good as Quiznos, Firehouse or Mikes. Many think you can't get good bread in the states but there are quite a few indie places that make great breads, and a couple here in Thailand I hear have good bread.

I had it for the first time this week, the chicken, a very nice snack for 49 baht 

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

13 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

3rd road, Thai restaurant selling steak for 69 baht. Ha ha, who has tried that, bet you it's tasty 😂😂😂😂😂😂

price is up to about 169 now

Gawd, the price of water buffalo's has gone through the roof. 

 

Most recent trip to Saigon. 

20,000dong = about 25b 

Subway must be looking on her with great envy from the corner. 

14 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

14 hours ago, Dante99 said:

Yeh of course. That is what I do on the sixth Sunday of every month.

Thank you, this is important information

Maybe try this on the next sixth Sunday 😂

 

55 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Most recent trip to Saigon. 

20,000dong = about 25b 

I miss those Vietnamese bread rolls. 

 

I'm lucky, when I go back home, I can still enjoy.

Australia has the best Vietnamese bread shops 

14 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I miss those Vietnamese bread rolls. 

Not bread roll and not topic of thread but the egg crepe they do on street with shrimp and bean shoot are nice. 

 

6 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Not bread roll and not topic of thread but the egg crepe they do on street with shrimp and bean shoot are nice. 

 

Yes, the crepe looks mouth watering but I mentioned the enclosure, is this not a Vietnamese bread roll, it looks like one? 

 

4 hours ago, henryford1958 said:

I had it for the first time this week, the chicken, a very nice snack for 49 baht 

Says 59 baht at the top?

19 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Says 59 baht at the top?

 

Maybe the menu changed it was definitely 49, as i gave her a 50 baht note, and 1 baht tip !!

50 minutes ago, henryford1958 said:

 

Maybe the menu changed it was definitely 49, as i gave her a 50 baht note, and 1 baht tip !!

She has probably retired to Florida now. 

French bread is like their wine absolute crap, they've been conning the world for centuries. Not anymore the New World wines are leaving them in the dust for a fraction of the price 

6 hours ago, Toby1947 said:

French bread is like their wine absolute crap, they've been conning the world for centuries. Not anymore the New World wines are leaving them in the dust for a fraction of the price 

Doubt she was selling any French bread on soi Buakhao!

She's back finally, outside Pattaya City Hospital