What Food Do You Miss The Most In Thailand And Crave?

[whistleblower]

I dropped by Bunters on Friday intending to pick up a few steak and kidney pies. I ended up spending over 4000baht on their products. All of their products are good, but my favourites are the crumpets, sausages and black pudding.

[Kananga]

Cornish pasties. Proper side crimped ones

[dazk]

Where are there good home fried potatoes in Pattaya? Real ones not those horrible frozen patties.

what do you mean home fried potatoes

[MaxwellsDemon]

Cornish pasties. Proper side crimped ones

Yorkies used to do decent pasties for 75 baht at your local Villa or other distributor. Haven't been for a while though.

[Backwoods]

Was just at the Villa on Sunkumvit 33, and they have got a pretty big assortment of Hormel meats in! I bought smoked pork, and beef summer sausage. several sliced Italian salami packs as well as ham sliced, and lots of Japaleno peppers as well as Habeneros.

[Jingthing]

Where are there good home fried potatoes in Pattaya? Real ones not those horrible frozen patties.

what do you mean home fried potatoes

You know, I had to think about this, and I think what I really meant what is called in America as hash browns or hash brown potatoes. Usually in breakfast places in Thailand they just use those horrible prefrozen patties and they are very awful. But fresh cooked ones are great and yes American style you need real ketchup (not Thai ketchup) and for me tabasco sauce as well. Except for the condiments Swiss ROSTI is a very similar dish and easily found in Pattaya, but served in a different context.

Edited July 11, 2012 by Jingthing

[dazk]

Where are there good home fried potatoes in Pattaya? Real ones not those horrible frozen patties.

what do you mean home fried potatoes

You know, I had to think about this, and I think what I really meant what is called in America as hash browns or hash brown potatoes. Usually in breakfast places in Thailand they just use those horrible prefrozen patties and they are very awful. But fresh cooked ones are great and yes American style you need real ketchup (not Thai ketchup) and for me tabasco sauce as well. Except for the condiments Swiss ROSTI is a very similar dish and easily found in Pattaya, but served in a different context.

my attempts at hash browns are a little more compact than the ones in your picture, which look more like rosti

you say real ketchup what do you consider real ketchup to me its heinz being from

Edited July 11, 2012 by dazk

[Jingthing]

American ketchup. Nothing fancy just not the Thai stuff. The picture is from an American diner. Yes really similar to rosti.

Edited July 11, 2012 by Jingthing

[Ulysses G.]

There are different styles of hash browns and the home made patties can be good too.

[transam]

Thought Heinz Tomato sauce in LOS was OK.

[smokie36]

Thanks for the distinction JT...I thought you meant fried sliced potatoes.

My preference would be served with garlic and cream sauce...and a touch of cheese bubbled in the oven.

[dazk]

Thought Heinz Tomato sauce in LOS was OK.

second that same same as uk stuff i think

[notmyself]

Where are there good home fried potatoes in Pattaya? Real ones not those horrible frozen patties.

what do you mean home fried potatoes

You know, I had to think about this, and I think what I really meant what is called in America as hash browns or hash brown potatoes. Usually in breakfast places in Thailand they just use those horrible prefrozen patties and they are very awful. But fresh cooked ones are great and yes American style you need real ketchup (not Thai ketchup) and for me tabasco sauce as well. Except for the condiments Swiss ROSTI is a very similar dish and easily found in Pattaya, but served in a different context.

Swiss owned Lamai Chalet (Samui) do a large rosti mixed with finely chopped bacon and a couple of mai suk fried eggs on top for 100 Baht or so. About the size of a dinner plate and perhaps 1/3" thick, Need to take your own ketchup unless you are happy with the Thai stuff.

Few years ago a German couple were there with their daughter whom I guess was 13-14. They ordered Thai and she ordered French fries. When the fries arrived she set about smothering them with ketchup, after eating half of one she said she didn't like it. Her father was not too happy about it so he tried one then said she could order something else.

[notmyself]

Thought Heinz Tomato sauce in LOS was OK.

second that same same as uk stuff i think

I also agree but not easy to find a place which has it on the table. Even if it is a Heinz bottle it's often been refilled with the cheaper Thai sauce.

[MiG16]

I loveeee love hash browns. Mmm. Greasy fried stuff haha. But tastes soooo good

[transam]

I loveeee love hash browns. Mmm. Greasy fried stuff haha. But tastes soooo good

Wish l married you.

[Jingthing]

Heinz Ketchup is an American brand. For different markets, the formula is changed. In India, that even varies with different regions in India. I am not really up on Thai Heinz Ketchup but yes in restaurants what you get is mostly awful Thai tomato something. It'd rather have nothing.

[MiG16]

I loveeee love hash browns. Mmm. Greasy fried stuff haha. But tastes soooo good

Wish l married you.

just said I love them. nothing there implies I can make them ya know HAHA

[transam]

I loveeee love hash browns. Mmm. Greasy fried stuff haha. But tastes soooo good

Wish l married you.

just said I love them. nothing there implies I can make them ya know HAHA

Yeeeeeeeeeeees, l understand , but a lady that likes my kind of grub AND likes chocolate is to me. Do you like V8 powered cars too . If yes, think l am in love.

[MiG16]

Does it count that I keep watching fast n furious? lol

[transam]

Yes Darling.

[smokie36]

Get a room the pair of ya.

[Backwoods]

Where are there good home fried potatoes in Pattaya? Real ones not those horrible frozen patties.

what do you mean home fried potatoes

You know, I had to think about this, and I think what I really meant what is called in America as hash browns or hash brown potatoes. Usually in breakfast places in Thailand they just use those horrible prefrozen patties and they are very awful. But fresh cooked ones are great and yes American style you need real ketchup (not Thai ketchup) and for me tabasco sauce as well. Except for the condiments Swiss ROSTI is a very similar dish and easily found in Pattaya, but served in a different context.

In US you can get hash browns, which are graed potatos, fried potatos, which are sliced and fried sometimes with onion, or homefries, which are diced and sometimes cooked with green pepper and onion. I use a hand grater, and buy decent potatos from Villa, after grating I let soak in water for about 10 mins, and repeat, gets the sticky starch out! I love mine with yellow pepper, onion, and Japaleno diced, let brown good on first side so they fall apart, then cover with cheese, and can even dice ham and add! By the way looks like the bottles of Heinz Ketchup I have from the Villa were imported from US. Yeah and the tabasco is a must with any potato!!!

Another secret I found, is homeade french fries, if rinsed good after slicing and then froze, cook better than freah and don't get soggy from grease!

[mca]

Kedgeree

[transam]

Get a room the pair of ya.

I wish.

Eating chocolate, listening to V8's revving to 7 grand, Take-away deliveries every hour, and then what ever happens. Sounds like heaven to me.

I joke ,

NOOOOOOOOOOO, l don't ..................................

[notmyself]

I'm sure some members will agree.

[Gladiator]

I am impressed we can get crumpets here in CM but they cost an arm and a leg so tend to nake my own...

Where do you get decent crumpets in Chiang Mai? I would like to try some. Cafe Compassion has them and they taste good to me, but I have never been to England, so am not sure what they are really supposed to taste like

UG

I am sure that Rimping used to stock then in their frozen section

[Gladiator]

I am impressed we can get crumpets here in CM but they cost an arm and a leg so tend to nake my own...

Where do you get decent crumpets in Chiang Mai? I would like to try some. Cafe Compassion has them and they taste good to me, but I have never been to England, so am not sure what they are really supposed to taste like

UG

I am sure that Rimping used to stock then in their frozen section

[SantiSuk]

A proper breakfast. Nowhere in Asia can do it right that I've found.

Not many places in the UK either Smokie! DIY is best.

Visit any of the Apex hotels in Edinburgh Santi...you will understand what I mean.

But you're right....I can make better....oh the cafe inside Borough Market in London does a superb breakfast too. Maria's I think.

Agreed - used to work at London Bridge (they knocked our building down for The Shard). Borough Market and that whole area was great for food. I used to buy some fabulous oaty black puddings from the Orkneys to go with my DIY Saturday brunch. There was that pub up by Smithfield Market as well. Real groaner portions.

Back in the UK briefly. This morning I made scrambled eggs (organic of course) and wild smoked Scottish salmon on a fresh bagel. 5 minutes to knock up, black pepper and lemon juice. Simply wonderful!

Edited July 15, 2012 by SantiSuk

[smokie36]

The £5 eat all you can curry deal at the pub on Borough High St is still going strong...how many years is that?

Good food too.

Anyway sorry...off topic really.