Moonrakers Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Indian curry, British style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwaysright Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Logic I can't find a window air conditioner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonobo Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 thats where Bangkok are beats Pattaya. No place here would attempt to duplicate anything. I will still bring back a case or 2 of sweet baby rays. Everyone that tries the sauce loves it. does anyone have a line on Mountain Dew? In the US, 5% of the pop drinkers drink Dr. Pepper and 4% drink Mountain Dew. That may seem small potatoes when compared to the rest, but these two comprise the most fervantly loyal customers in the market. I have advised several restaurants in my hometown to carry these, even if in cans, and with the construction workers in the area, they now have gathered a rather decent loyal lunch crowd from them (most of them coming for the Mountain Dew.) I ahve alwasy thought that importing the two drinks would make somebody quite a bit of money. I certainly would drive anywhere in Bangkok to buy Dr. Pepper, and while Iwas there, I would shop for my other items as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polecat Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I ahve alwasy thought that importing the two drinks would make somebody quite a bit of money. I certainly would drive anywhere in Bangkok to buy Dr. Pepper, and while Iwas there, I would shop for my other items as well. Maybe, but how much would people be willing to pay? I love Perrier, but shudder at paying the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tod Daniels Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) Anyone know where to get Dial Hand Soap here in Bangkok? Not the foaming one, but the old standard which looks like the pic I am attaching? I had a gallon refill brought out from America a year ago but it's almost gone. I found the Dial Gold Bar Soap for my shower but this hand soap has eluded me. BTW: I'd kill for some Mountain Dew, but thankfully have someone flying out late this year who promised to bring some for me. Edited March 11, 2009 by tod-daniels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Anyone know where to get Dial Hand Soap here in Bangkok? Not the foaming one, but the old standard which looks like the pic I am attaching?I had a gallon refill brought out from America a year ago but it's almost gone. I found the Dial Gold Bar Soap for my shower but this hand soap has eluded me. BTW: I'd kill for some Mountain Dew, but thankfully have someone flying out late this year who promised to bring some for me. Perhaps you should wai to your Thai driver and send him out on search for said items. Be sure to ask him nicely though as he may not like your tone and your Dial Hand Soap from America will come back as Laid Hand Soup from Buriam Mountain Dew, haven't had that for decades it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamanoodle Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Walkers Crisps especialy Salt & Vinegar Flavour & Cheesy wotsits. I found some similar but they are not as yummy. New Tops in the Central Beach mall had both of these plus quavers. AKA Foods behind Carrefour off Soi Yume has them too, and have also seen monstermunch but not sure which place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanh-BKK Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Hi The one thing i need most - peanut worms!! It's a German snack, made from peanuts. German name is "Erdnuss-Flips", i been to every place that sells German food but nope, those they don't have, nowhere, ever. I could DIE for those!! Best regards.... Thanh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 then accept you will not get what you are used to at home. Why accept what is not true? In urban Thailand I CAN get at least 90 percent of what I could get in the US. I am not always willing to pay the high price or accept the different quality for those things (for example I don't waste my money on the bad Mexican food in Pattaya). Believe me, in the US I did not eat hamburgers every day. Sometimes I went years between hamburgers. Not going to eat tom yum everyday in Thailand either, get a grip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Hi The one thing i need most - peanut worms!! It's a German snack, made from peanuts. German name is "Erdnuss-Flips", i been to every place that sells German food but nope, those they don't have, nowhere, ever. I could DIE for those!! Best regards.... Thanh We had them in Holland too... they were nice. Why dont you let someone send them its better as dying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaimai Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Hi The one thing i need most - peanut worms!! It's a German snack, made from peanuts. German name is "Erdnuss-Flips", i been to every place that sells German food but nope, those they don't have, nowhere, ever. I could DIE for those!! Best regards.... Thanh Thank God the Germans built cars and left the Italians to look after cuisine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaimai Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Short socks that don't cut off your circulation at the ankles..pleeeezzzz!!! Socks ?, socks ? One of the great things about Thailand is that, for 7 months, I do not have to wear socks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) Those peanut wormies look like brown cheese doodles. Good for a dry bath. Maybe its a good thing after all that we can't get EVERYTHING here. Edited March 11, 2009 by Jingthing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanh-BKK Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 (edited) But i am ADDICTED to those!! In Germany i always hat a stock of them, nothing better when watching TV or other boring activities..... These and Mezzo-Mix (also not available here, grr!) were often my main meal for the day I averaged like 10 bags per week....... Here, i get one bag per year from a Pattaya-based friend who travels to Germany once a year, he brings me some.... i can't ask anyone in Germany because i have close to zero contact persons there and then there is the usual problem - how would i pay for them? Should start some import business, Flips and Mezzo-Mix... and while we're at it, Dr. Pepper and Welch's (my secret favourite fizzy drink EVER! That American grape soda, even in Germany very difficult to get, only at U.S. army bases and via an American friend because they would let Germans in but not allow to buy anything!) Best regards.... Thanh Edited March 12, 2009 by Thanh-BKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.s Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Sorry to sound like a Villa ad here...but...it is what it is...when it comes to farang food in Thailand...I buy locally produced/no brand name jars of sliced sweet dill pickles at Villa for 55 baht a piece. They're typically located near the Mexican food products above the frozen food aisle. Those compare to the jars of the commercial brand from the U.S., Vlasic I believe, which they have in spears...not slices, priced at an amazing about 350 baht for a large sized jar... Take your pick... The local slices work just fine for my home hamburgers. the local pickles are crap and the vlasik are rarely in stock where i live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polecat Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 (edited) Walkers Crisps especialy Salt & Vinegar Flavour & Cheesy wotsits. I found some similar but they are not as yummy. New Tops in the Central Beach mall had both of these plus quavers. AKA Foods behind Carrefour off Soi Yume has them too, and have also seen monstermunch but not sure which place Villa stocks Walker's S&V. Edited March 12, 2009 by polecat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyc2006 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 I have a very (simple) small little thing I have been trying to find :- 75 - 90 cm black shoe strings. Impossible to find ( so far I checked : 7xBATA Stores, Emporium and 3 Robbie's) I second this.... I can not find shoe strings anywhere.... I have looked in every shoe store and no one has shoe strings.... how odd is that. I have given up and unless someone can advise where to buy them, I plan on buying some while I am in the states next month. I bought some at Central Chitlom. I can't remember the exact floor, but it was near the shoes... caveat though, the shoes in the sporting goods section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 ...A manual lawn edger -- a pole with a small wheel and toothed sprocket on the end for trimming grass overgrowth. Use an old bread knife. Tea Cosy... Get the g/f to make one . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonobo Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I ahve alwasy thought that importing the two drinks would make somebody quite a bit of money. I certainly would drive anywhere in Bangkok to buy Dr. Pepper, and while Iwas there, I would shop for my other items as well. Maybe, but how much would people be willing to pay? I love Perrier, but shudder at paying the price. That is the point. There are some products which are fairly price insensitive. Dr. Pepper and Mountain Dew are two such for the truly loyal customers. I doubt very much that too many casual Coke drinkers would care to pay more when, let's say, Pepsi is available. But I certainly would pay more for a Dr. Pepper. In the US, I pay $0.25 per can. Would I pay $2.00 here in THailand? Sure I would. How many people here don't hesitate to pay 70 baht for a beer? (I bring back several cases on each trip, but I am down to my last 7 cans right now, and I am already going through mental withdrawal! ) And I am sure there are those must-have products from other countries where people will pay through the nose to get their fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 In the US, I pay $0.25 per can. Would I pay $2.00 here in THailand? Sure I would. How many people here don't hesitate to pay 70 baht for a beer? Does beer cost $0.25 per can in the USA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacup Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 (edited) In the US, I pay $0.25 per can. Would I pay $2.00 here in THailand? Sure I would. How many people here don't hesitate to pay 70 baht for a beer?Does beer cost $0.25 per can in the USA? Just for a can tho Edited March 13, 2009 by teacup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Those peanut wormies look like brown cheese doodles. Good for a dry bath.Maybe its a good thing after all that we can't get EVERYTHING here. Never heard of brown cheese doodles. Maybe you should consider trying that: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 (edited) Can you get Tangy Cheese Doritos in Thialand? I've never seen them. Edited March 14, 2009 by scottyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryalleman Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 My wife is looking for a shopping trolley. She dislike to have shopping bags hanging on her arms when she go market. But its seems impossible to find in Thailand Does anybody know where to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 You could buy one of them small travel suitcase things with the wheels and the extendable handle to put her shopping in. You just pull it along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryalleman Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Sorry to sound like a Villa ad here...but...it is what it is...when it comes to farang food in Thailand...I buy locally produced/no brand name jars of sliced sweet dill pickles at Villa for 55 baht a piece. They're typically located near the Mexican food products above the frozen food aisle. Those compare to the jars of the commercial brand from the U.S., Vlasic I believe, which they have in spears...not slices, priced at an amazing about 350 baht for a large sized jar... Take your pick... The local slices work just fine for my home hamburgers. the local pickles are crap and the vlasik are rarely in stock where i live They have Belgian pickles in Foodland, they are the same as Uk ones the brand is Devos-Lemmens DL; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryalleman Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 You could buy one of them small travel suitcase things with the wheels and the extendable handle to put her shopping in. You just pull it along. She tried but its realy not comfortable. but thanks for the advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 No problem mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfchandler Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 I saw a thai woman on suk rd the other day pulling behind her one of those two-wheeled wire basket kinds with a handle, so clearly there here somewhere... Perfect for a medium grocery shopping, but wheels a bit small for bkk's tattered sidewalks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judewil Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Bangkok City Atlas by 'thinknet' - 250 baht. Bilingual. Virtually every street in Bangkok listed in index. Available most bookstores. Red cover (so easy to find). Its not pocket size, but half A4 size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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