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      Has my sex tourist friend found a loop hole?

      "A loop hole" That's the fist time that I've heard called that , but seems like you mate did find a the loop hole, although it cost him 1300 Baht
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      Foreign Tour Operators Flood Phuket, Taking Jobs from Locals

      So, I guess those students had still a good time. Stupid laws, stupid prizes. Move on! Teaching the Korean language seems also to be reserved to Thais only. Lol. I guess, to be on a "naughty list" is more the nightmare of the Farang apologists and "wannabe-assimilated" old farts, calling themselfes "Expats". But crying for deportation and decade long bans of their fellow "aliens"! Btw, outside this self imagined "center of the world", you can wipe your axxe with a TiT, 3rd class university degree. Even in Korea!
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      Frozen in time: British expats losing out on pensions in Thailand

      Ah, OK. The list I saw did, I've now checked UK Government site
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      Unsafe at work: Thai experts sound the alarm on Mental Health Day

      GG... what's that? Goo Goo, Gaa Gaa ? TIT, I say. Nobody could remain totally sane in a place like this.
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      Are Older Men in Thailand Trading Love for Financial Ruin

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      Spreaders of Conspiracy Theories: Unmasking the Motivations Behind the Lies

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      Hua Hin is ok to visit once, but really is a boring place for all the overweight western retirees and their 20 year old rent-a-week, girlfriends. No public transport if you leave the main downtown beach area and one just end's up in the middle of nowhere in those Black Mountain areas with only golf courses, overpriced restaurants the the pool villa developpments that target guilable foreigners to sell their pool villas that look very nice but many are full of defects and flaws once you live in for a few years.
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      Why is Russia such a cesspool?

      Adenovirus-based vaccine method is very well documented I wonder why those fat US giants came up much later than RU. my guess is RU was rushing to create and spread that vaccine while Big Pharma was raising stakes and doing something behind curtains.
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      Form 7162 Anybody Received Theirs Yet for 2024?

      It is a problem and difficult to digest the cost savings of the SSA.GOV International Operations pay roll expense account confiscated from our USD tax flooding a metal desk in Manila command and control of ASIA, from Australia to China... Reasons? The majority of USA citizens have bypassed Manila and use their friends and relatives and pre- paid mail forwarding services located inside USA phone numbers... There fore do not give a ??? about Manila FBU SSA.GOV inquisitive scattered delayed process of fiduciary duties. Any person inside the USAS with a business card printed SSA.GOV name and number is not interrogated not inspected not questioned about SSA.GOV payments inside the USA but this is not true living inside a foreign government demanded banking and passport verification every 90 days and then there is the MANILA FBU SSA.GOV interception to generate MANILA pay checks and customer service delays.. what is a fact that USA citizens are already under the command and control of foreign country governments Immigration because the USA passport is good only for a 90 day temporary visa... BUT inside the USA just print your name and SSA.GOV number on a business card that has no bio metrics, finger print, photo identity, integrated circuit chip, laser. inspection every 90 days and go empty a bank account. 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What is real fact you are dead as your body parts are examined by the foreign government police who are trained and to report to your USA Embassy from your USA passport you are dead... Take it or leave it this is a 1776 cry for assembly and to push and deliver to the new SSA.GOV Chairman Mr Omalley, the board the facts of living outside the USA collecting SSA.GOV Benefits. is a very high secured accountable process not the same sloppy money delivery applied to a business card name and number inside the USA borders. The SSA.GOV is scheduled out of money 2033 because of OLD GOAT board of directors unaware of life changes over the past 70 years... Mr. Omalley declared he has a difficult job and needs help how to distribute your SSA.GOV Benefits over time... 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      Has my sex tourist friend found a loop hole?

      He’s visited Thailand twice. Tried the single male touristy thing. Gogo bar, beer bar and freelance on beach road in pattaya. Now he gets on his rented Wave, rides around until he finds a good looking girl sitting outside a massage place. He goes in for an oil massage (300thb), when the “do you want boom boom” question pops up he decides whether she’s shagworthy or not. If not, he’s had his daily massage. He claims having his body rubbed in a nice air conditioned room, fondling, touching, talking in a quiet and relaxed environment helps him to make the right decision, and for just an extra (1000thb). In comparison to the other three methods, he claims the cost, noise, pressure to buy lady drinks, the pressure to take out a girl quickly does not always lead to a good outcome. well done mate was my response.
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      ICE vs EV, the debate thread

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      Thai Hostages Still Missing a Year After Hamas Attack

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      White Culture

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      Florida Law Enforcement trying to protect the innocent,ain’t easy!

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      Why is Russia such a cesspool?

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I am almost ashamed to admit that I used to occasionally go that Sizzlers. The main reason was their BLUE CHEESE salad dressing! I noticed that sometimes they played games with that and put it on the other side of the main garden salad display. The last time I went the flavor of the dressing had changed radically. You could hardly taste blue cheese anymore, it was more like pure Thai style salad cream. Oh well ...

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I am almost ashamed to admit that I used to occasionally go that Sizzlers. The main reason was their BLUE CHEESE salad dressing! I noticed that sometimes they played games with that and put it on the other side of the main garden salad display. The last time I went the flavor of the dressing had changed radically. You could hardly taste blue cheese anymore, it was more like pure Thai style salad cream. Oh well ...

Try this! This recipe tastes really great, is easy to make, and all of the ingredients are inexpensive & easy to find around Pattaya. Bon apetite!

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Blue Cheese Dressing

Ingredients

  • 2 ½- 4 ounces blue cheese
  • 1-2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons whole milk
  • 3 tablespoons sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise (or use 5 TBS, if you don't have sour cream)
  • 1/4 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

  • 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce (optional)
  • 1 minced scallion (optional)
  • 1 pinch of celery seeds (optional)

Directions

  1. In a small bowl, mix the milk with the vinegar; let sit for 15 minutes.
  2. In a bowl, mash the blue cheese and vinegar-milk mixture together with a fork until it looks like large-curd cottage cheese. Stir in the sour cream, mayonnaise, sugar, and garlic powder; mix well. Add the optional stuff, if using; mix well. Season to taste with salt and pepper. If it's too thick, add a bit more milk and mix well. Chill in the fridge.

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Jingthing Legendary Member

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Thanks, but too much work.

My point was they have all these salad thingies there, and it's really rare to find blue cheese dressing at a budget place in Thailand. So that sold me on the place but clearly they went for the cost cutting plan instead.

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Thanks, but too much work.

My point was they have all these salad thingies there, and it's really rare to find blue cheese dressing at a budget place in Thailand. So that sold me on the place but clearly they went for the cost cutting plan instead.

Too much work? If you like to cook, not at all. I think anyone who spends the 20 minutes needed to prepare this BC dressing is gonna love it... and much more than Sizzler's, too. Up to you, of course, krap.

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Darrel Platinum Member

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I go to Sizzlers once or twice a month. I only ever have the salad bar/soup/dessert buffet, which I think is very good quality and very tasty, and good value at 179B.

Cant see what anyone could possibly say against it, except perhaps that the desserts lack imagination.

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??? A lot of people like to "high brow" Sizzlers, but I cannot find another salad bar in town to match it (and the service is good). True, the main meals are not a top gastronomic delight- but most of us go there for the salad bar.

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And then I'm going to cook up a big salad bar? Pleeeze!

I do like to cook but cooking that kind of thing isn't my style. I am sure someone reading this will appreciate it though.

not to forget the pleasure of shelling two dozen quail eggs :lol:

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Can't beat the Salad Bar for value as a takeaway. 80 or 85 baht gets you 500 grammes and it goes up in some strange way above that. 120 baht gets you about a kilo of excellent salad.

You also get a free soup for your money and, if you are quick, fill the cup with pasta and sauce to microwave at home.

All in all one of the best quality and value take-aways avbl in Thailand.

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I didn't know Sizzlers did salat-bar takeaway! 80 baht for half a kilo of blue cheese dressing sounds like a good deal! :lol:

Dunno about half a kilo, but you do get a yoghurt container sized tub to put the dreaaings in so you can take home quite a bit, and like the soup, it ain't included in the weight. Forgot to mention that.

The tray you get is about 10 x 5 inches and divvied up into about 6 sections. They also give you a plastic knife, fork spoon and paper napkin som you can munch yer salad on the beach. Your dressing might slosh around a bit if it ain't in the tub, however.

Ask for Salad Bar to Go at the reception and never join the queue..

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I love getting 10 jelly's and mousse for afters as bad as watching the Thais trying to make a mountain salad on those small plates biggrin.gif

Also just getting a bowl of cheese for myself and making cheese and onion sandwiches to take home wink.gif 20 baht tip goes a long way sometimes!

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I didn't know Sizzlers did salat-bar takeaway! 80 baht for half a kilo of blue cheese dressing sounds like a good deal! :lol:

Dunno about half a kilo, but you do get a yoghurt container sized tub to put the dreaaings in so you can take home quite a bit, and like the soup, it ain't included in the weight. Forgot to mention that.

The tray you get is about 10 x 5 inches and divvied up into about 6 sections. They also give you a plastic knife, fork spoon and paper napkin som you can munch yer salad on the beach. Your dressing might slosh around a bit if it ain't in the tub, however.

Ask for Salad Bar to Go at the reception and never join the queue..

Oh, so you can't just fill up the tray with blue cheese dressing?! :lol: Still, good tip, particularly for a day on the beach as you said. Surely beats the yuk they offer you there.

I love getting 10 jelly's and mousse for afters as bad as watching the Thais trying to make a mountain salad on those small plates biggrin.gif

Pizza Company's only-one-trip-to-the-salad-bar-rule have taught them to perfect the art of building up amazing constructions of salads.

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Blue Cheese dressing for life!!!!!

Has anyone else noticed the downgrade of the blue cheese dressing at Royal Garden location? Was it my imagination? Maybe it was always that bad and I hallucinated that it was once pretty good? How is the blue cheese dressing (if they have it) at the Central mall location?

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Has anyone else noticed the downgrade of the blue cheese dressing at Royal Garden location? Was it my imagination? Maybe it was always that bad and I hallucinated that it was once pretty good? How is the blue cheese dressing (if they have it) at the Central mall location?

I only go to Central now because 9 out of 10 times Royal Garden Sizzler would mess up my order, often forgetting my meal after they took it back the 2nd (sometimes 3rd) time to cook the steak properly.

Sadly, Central runs out of Blue Cheese more often than they should. Perhaps you have been stealing their Blue Cheese Jingthing?

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How is the blue cheese dressing (if they have it) at the Central mall location?

They have it. It seems to be same as at the Royal Garden.

I had to moan at them to fill up the container last week. Oddly it is the only container that they don't seem to refill automatically.

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How is the blue cheese dressing (if they have it) at the Central mall location?

They have it. It seems to be same as at the Royal Garden.

I had to moan at them to fill up the container last week. Oddly it is the only container that they don't seem to refill automatically.

The mystery thickens. Perhaps the bad stuff I had the last time was a one off, or my taste buds changed ...

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FWIW -- Royal Garden and Sizzler (as well as Pizza Company) are all owned by Bill Heinecke's Minor Group. So not sure about the rent factor.

The rent is a non-factor as the Minor Group owns the Royal Garden Mall itself as well as the adjoining Marriott Hotel (they have the franchise in Thailand I believe). Minor Group also owns most of the restos and smaller food outlets at the mall, e.g., Dairy Queen, Swensons, Pizza Co., Coffee Club, Cafe Uno, Benihanas, and possibly KFC and/or Burger King, and others. So basically, you can't eat or snack at the Garden without putting money into Bill's pocket.

I do know that Starbucks, Coffee Company, Au Bon Pain, and Micky D's are not Minor enterprises.

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The rent is a non-factor as the Minor Group owns the Royal Garden Mall itself as well as the adjoining Marriott Hotel (they have the franchise in Thailand I believe). Minor Group also owns most of the restos and smaller food outlets at the mall, e.g., Dairy Queen, Swensons, Pizza Co., Coffee Club, Cafe Uno, Benihanas, and possibly KFC and/or Burger King, and others. So basically, you can't eat or snack at the Garden without putting money into Bill's pocket.

This I'm aware of. But in a corporation, the separate holdings are or may be in some respects treated as separate entities so the Mall gets it's money from its renters including the businesses in Minor Group.

The Malll isn't necessarily going to lose money to favor other Minor companies. )Obviously there are more people involved than just Bill and the money has to go other places too.

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The rent is a non-factor as the Minor Group owns the Royal Garden Mall itself as well as the adjoining Marriott Hotel (they have the franchise in Thailand I believe). Minor Group also owns most of the restos and smaller food outlets at the mall, e.g., Dairy Queen, Swensons, Pizza Co., Coffee Club, Cafe Uno, Benihanas, and possibly KFC and/or Burger King, and others. So basically, you can't eat or snack at the Garden without putting money into Bill's pocket.

This I'm aware of. But in a corporation, the separate holdings are or may be in some respects treated as separate entities so the Mall gets it's money from its renters including the businesses in Minor Group.

The Malll isn't necessarily going to lose money to favor other Minor companies. )Obviously there are more people involved than just Bill and the money has to go other places too.

Seems to me it's just taking money and moving it from one pocket to another...but I'm not an accountant so what do I know. Forgot to mention that Minor also owns the Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum and other entertainments on the 3rd floor...so can't get the willies either without passing Bill's toll-booth.

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"I noticed that Royal Garden Sizzlers moved up to the 3rd floor food court area. Rent too high on the main floor?"

Probably done to increase foot traffic on the 3rd floor food court. People will go there for a popular restaurant but may not bother if there are only unknown names up there.

Having at least one popular brand should encourage people to try the other places also, thus generally increasing turnover (which I think has been pretty dire in that place).

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I walked through the food court today again for the first time in a few years. Yes, it was dead, and I found nothing to buy there worth my baht. Royal Garden would have been MUCH better off with a food court in the style of the ground floor Central one.

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How is the blue cheese dressing (if they have it) at the Central mall location?

They have it. It seems to be same as at the Royal Garden.

I had to moan at them to fill up the container last week. Oddly it is the only container that they don't seem to refill automatically.

The mystery thickens. Perhaps the bad stuff I had the last time was a one off, or my taste buds changed ...

even though you cannot hear those voices, it doesn't mean they are not behind you....:ph34r:

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