It is about time restaurants should change their habits.

[Costas2008]

Taking the opportunity of a post that our fellow Scottish member, possum1931, did on my other thread “I want the change handed back to me”, and I quote:

“I would think that if a Thai restaurant has western food on the menu, they should not bring the French Fries first, then half an hour later bring the chicken. That is just stupidity, and I just send them back with the French Fries to get them heated up again. Then they have the cheek to hover round you looking for a tip when it comes to paying the bill”

I would like to expand on that and say this is usual practice in Thai restaurants serving western food or only Thai food.

How many times I got upset and angry when I see dishes as French fries being brought to my table half an hour before they bring the food, how many times they serve 1 or 2 people on the same table and the others have to wait for their dishes to be brought to them half an hour later?

I’m not trying to bash the Thais but when are the Thai restaurateurs acquire a common sense and knowledge of proper serving their food?

I’m not going to rant about the horrible forks and spoons they provide me to eat with, although I should.

Their prices are going up by the day, isn’t it time for them to think how to treat their customers better?

Please don’t point out to me how they treat the customers in the posh and expensive restaurants; I’m aware of the huge difference.

But I’m talking about the majority of restaurants that you find in every town in Thailand.

Any thoughts on that?

[pgs]

Hardly a major catastophe, but it can be annoying if it happens too often.

A few times in the same place & you should think about looking elsewhere for snacks.

Of course, it also happens in the west...

[AYJAYDEE]

yeah! I think youre in the wrong country pal!

[SoiBiker]

I love it when the farangs think they can change Thailand.

Things are different here. You can either adapt, go home, or go crazy ranting against the tide. Your choice.

[krisb]

Long as the beer is cold and plentiful....

You can bring my french fries whenever you like.

[AYJAYDEE]

I love it when the farangs think they can change Thailand.

Things are different here. You can either adapt, go home, or go crazy ranting against the tide. Your choice.

can you imagine emigrating to a place like thailand and spending your time twisting your knickers over when your chips are served??? lol. unbelievable!!

[AhFarangJa]

All I do is to keep dipping into the Thai food that has already been served until mine comes along. life is just too short.

[lazygourmet]

It is about time eateries stop calling themselves restaurant.

[arthurwait]

You used to be fun.

I will treat you to Mcdonalds one day.

[thehelmsman]

When we eat out several dishes are ordered and shared by all. A large enough group and the table over flowith with food.

We eat as its served. Problem solved.

[JLCrab]

Buffet.

[thailiketoo]

Do you also go to Germany and ask for British ale or that Greek stuff that smells and tastes like turpentine? I am constantly amazed at the people who leave home but should have stayed home.

My gosh if you want stuff like french fries go someplace that knows how to serve them. I have Eskimo friends and they eat a lot of seal and whale. However they don't spend all day carping about no seal or whale meat at MK's.

Nikuya Japanese Bbq Buffet has great beef and pork and salmon and salads and sushi and ice cream. You can get it yourself so if you want the ice cream first (or a sherbet shrub) before your BBQ Beef you can do that For your health or palate there is nothing quite as bad as french fries except perhaps French Canadian French Fries called Poutain. Many people have heart attacks just looking at a photo of poutain so I won't include one.

[Neeranam]

Quite simple really - when you order, stress very strongly that you don't want the meal brought out in drips and drabs. You could offer them a monetary incentive.

[Crazy chef 1]

the reason is the different style of kitchen design.in a western kitchen you have different sections: for appetizers,veggies,meat and pastry and somebody who direct it.here you got one,two or three wok stations one chef at each section,if lucky somebody who assembles the ingredients and whatever is ready get served.it is the so called "family style"- took me almost a year to change this strange habbit.now my waitstaff ask the guests how they would like to get served and most Thais like it "family style".

[bkkgooner]

I love it when the farangs think they can change Thailand.

Things are different here. You can either adapt, go home, or go crazy ranting against the tide. Your choice.

And don't forget - never hold your wife's hand in public.

[sustento]

I once stayed in a hotel in the UK where a group of Japanese men were staying. They spoke very little English and seemed slightly perplexed when presented with a western menu. They managed to place an order and when the food arrived they put all the plates, each of which contained a typical western meal, in the middle of the table and shared the food between them.

[h90]

Also in Thai restaurant the rice must be served at the same time as the other things.....

[Crazy chef 1]

Also in Thai restaurant the rice must be served at the same time as the other things.....

rice comes first!!!

[Marcel1]

In a thai restaurant they can do it the Thai way no problem but, in a western and than I mean a real western where there are pretty much no Thai dishes on the menu I expect them to serve the western way.

Reminds me also about a time when me and the missus went to eat in a Thai restaurant in Amsterdam (a good one) and we ordered some dishes and a soup. They brought the soup first and we expecting to be served thai style were waiting for another 20 minutes or so before we asked the waiter where the rest of the food was. He politely told us that they were just waiting for us to finish the soup like westerners eat tought it was quite funny..

[thailiketoo]

the reason is the different style of kitchen design.in a western kitchen you have different sections: for appetizers,veggies,meat and pastry and somebody who direct it.here you got one,two or three wok stations one chef at each section,if lucky somebody who assembles the ingredients and whatever is ready get served.it is the so called "family style"- took me almost a year to change this strange habbit.now my waitstaff ask the guests how they would like to get served and most Thais like it "family style".

Fuji has an open kitchen with the tickets from a computer coming up at different parts of the line, cold hot and so on. They still can't serve the appetizer first. I'm assuming the computer acts as an timing mechanism to prevent the appetizer coming with the dessert but it doesn't work. It is a great job opportunity for some enterprising programmer to fix the system.

[SoiBiker]

To be honest, I think it's the western way where we decide to eat together then all have our own separate dish that seems a bit weird. If you're going to share a meal, then share it properly.

[Crazy chef 1]

the reason is the different style of kitchen design.in a western kitchen you have different sections: for appetizers,veggies,meat and pastry and somebody who direct it.here you got one,two or three wok stations one chef at each section,if lucky somebody who assembles the ingredients and whatever is ready get served.it is the so called "family style"- took me almost a year to change this strange habbit.now my waitstaff ask the guests how they would like to get served and most Thais like it "family style".

Fuji has an open kitchen with the tickets from a computer coming up at different parts of the line, cold hot and so on. They still can't serve the appetizer first. I'm assuming the computer acts as an timing mechanism to prevent the appetizer coming with the dessert but it doesn't work. It is a great job opportunity for some enterprising programmer to fix the system.

the system is called Micros and the software works fine but you need somebody who knows how to use it and somebody in the kitchen how to read/ interpret it and....a DIRECTOR

[thailiketoo]

the reason is the different style of kitchen design.in a western kitchen you have different sections: for appetizers,veggies,meat and pastry and somebody who direct it.here you got one,two or three wok stations one chef at each section,if lucky somebody who assembles the ingredients and whatever is ready get served.it is the so called "family style"- took me almost a year to change this strange habbit.now my waitstaff ask the guests how they would like to get served and most Thais like it "family style".

Fuji has an open kitchen with the tickets from a computer coming up at different parts of the line, cold hot and so on. They still can't serve the appetizer first. I'm assuming the computer acts as an timing mechanism to prevent the appetizer coming with the dessert but it doesn't work. It is a great job opportunity for some enterprising programmer to fix the system.

the system is called Micros and the software works fine but you need somebody who knows how to use it and somebody in the kitchen how to read/ interpret it and....a DIRECTOR

Ya I agree. But that is either too complicated or too expensive. If the ticket printer would print out tickets when the items should be cooked it would solve the problem.

[trainman34014]

OP; you mentioned the crappy cutlery but forgot the plates and dishes with cracks and chunks out of the edges. That really gets me wound up and i've lost count of the times i've sent food back on such tableware. I will not eat food from germ ridden plates and dishes.....even if the kitchen is a rat infested dungeon !

[A1Str8]

Common sense in Thailand! That's a good one OP. Too bad you will never find it.

[thailiketoo]

Common sense in Thailand! That's a good one OP. Too bad you will never find it.

Common sense would tell you to make the maximum amount of money per diner. Thais don't have to pay a coordinator to time the food so labor is cheaper per meal. Seems pretty bright to me. People still come to eat. In the West it costs more for the same thing - that makes little common sense.

[kannot]

I love it when the farangs think they can change Thailand.

Things are different here. You can either adapt, go home, or go crazy ranting against the tide. Your choice.

adapt or accept?

[Crazy chef 1]

the reason is the different style of kitchen design.in a western kitchen you have different sections: for appetizers,veggies,meat and pastry and somebody who direct it.here you got one,two or three wok stations one chef at each section,if lucky somebody who assembles the ingredients and whatever is ready get served.it is the so called "family style"- took me almost a year to change this strange habbit.now my waitstaff ask the guests how they would like to get served and most Thais like it "family style".

Fuji has an open kitchen with the tickets from a computer coming up at different parts of the line, cold hot and so on. They still can't serve the appetizer first. I'm assuming the computer acts as an timing mechanism to prevent the appetizer coming with the dessert but it doesn't work. It is a great job opportunity for some enterprising programmer to fix the system.

the system is called Micros and the software works fine but you need somebody who knows how to use it and somebody in the kitchen how to read/ interpret it and....a DIRECTOR

Ya I agree. But that is either too complicated or too expensive. If the ticket printer would print out tickets when the items should be cooked it would solve the problem.

the printer/ system can provide the informations you've suggested.but as i stated before you need somebody with training/common sense/ brain to do the input and another one to understand/handle the output.

got my point?

dam'n i am negative today- no i am, not just realistic!

[SoiBiker]

I love it when the farangs think they can change Thailand.

Things are different here. You can either adapt, go home, or go crazy ranting against the tide. Your choice.

adapt or accept?

A bit of both, I guess.

[Hedghog]

Pommes soufle are not easy to make.

Once they are made you must serve quickly.

Choose your restaurant with care.