johna Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 A good Chef understands the time it takes to cook different foods and can serve dish at the same time, George Orwell in his book Down and out in London and Paris writes about working in the kitchens of Paris restaurants. Thai restaurants don't have the same attitude towards occupied tables, during peak periods you need to get people served quickly and free the table up for the next group of customers. During the lunch hour in London, slow service can break a restaurant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailiketoo Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 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! No I don't think so. It's not that complicated. Any combination of menu items can be figured and timed. I'm not a programmer but if they can launch rockets with play station a 100 item menu should not be too tough to figure. If a computer can play chess it must certainly be able to time a 100 item menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choochoo Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 yeah! I think youre in the wrong country pal! Terminal 21 SAnta FE sometimes bring the soup and salad after the main course. @ first i got upset then came to the conclusion NEVERMIND- it is what it is as i saw it happening to other thai customers too. They really got good corn soup and their prices are ridicuously low! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banzai99 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Common sense in Thailand! That's a good one OP. Too bad you will never find it. Is that why you choose to live in Thailand, or is there another reason ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukecan Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 The weirdest thing here is that people drink from straws, every time i order a drink I have to throw the straw away as I'm not used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Drinking through a straw is weird? Why do they call them drinking straws? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 The weirdest thing here is that people drink from straws, every time i order a drink I have to throw the straw away as I'm not used to it. has something to do with washing the glasses all in the same dirty water. After the first infection on the lip you'll use the straws as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 A good Chef understands the time it takes to cook different foods and can serve dish at the same time, George Orwell in his book Down and out in London and Paris writes about working in the kitchens of Paris restaurants. Thai restaurants don't have the same attitude towards occupied tables, during peak periods you need to get people served quickly and free the table up for the next group of customers. During the lunch hour in London, slow service can break a restaurant. I heard that restaurants have huge problems to find good Chefs. And if there is one he'll open a own restaurant instead working there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 The weirdest thing here is that people drink from straws, every time i order a drink I have to throw the straw away as I'm not used to it. has something to do with washing the glasses all in the same dirty water. After the first infection on the lip you'll use the straws as well. Considering the lifestyle of many expats here, I don't think they can blame a dirty glass when they get an infection on the lips. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JAFO Posted October 7, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2014 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. ^I know its funny. Every time I read a rant about how Thais should change this or change that I just laugh. I always say" Why should they?" Just because some westerners are accustomed to things being a certain way doesn't mean they are always right or better. Besides, who eats western fast food in Thailand anyway. Seems silly. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrilled Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I have noticed this with all restaurants in Thailand.They don't bring out all the food at the same time.I really don't like it when my food comes 1st and then it's 10-20 minutes later before the rest of the food comes out.So now when I order I say bring out all the Food at the same time.Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SoiBiker Posted October 7, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2014 Also, it's really hot here all the time. Can't they make it a bit cooler like it is back home? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailiketoo Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Also, it's really hot here all the time. Can't they make it a bit cooler like it is back home? That's it. That's the whole thing in a nutshell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I prefer the chips being brought out first, so I can nibble while waiting for the main course. What brasses me off is when I order an entre and they bring it with the main course. By the time I've eaten it, the main course is cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kurnell Posted October 7, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2014 The really irritating part about eating in Thai restaurants is the missing dish. When you have finished all the other dishes and you ask for the bill and tell them not to worry about the missing dish they then tell you it's too late to cancel as they are already cooking it. Of course it takes another 10 minutes to arrive...as a takeaway. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDGRUEN Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I don't try to figure it out ... I just cook my own food... It would seem the french fries were being treated as an appetizer ... which when brought first would not be unusual ... I gave up Thai food after many months of trying - I could never communicate that I didn't want hot spicy food.. (even when I know I used the correct Thai words - or my Thai friends did) ... and when they have no idea that an allergy to shrimp (which comes as a surprise in many dishes) - that when I accidentally eat shrimp I can easily go into anaphylactic shock which can easily cause my death... So I gave up... By the way ... I am from Texas but do not enjoy hot spicy Tex-Mex food.. because most of the time the spicy stuff is on a side dish and I can avoid it and not eat the spicy stuff... but in Thailand I cannot get it understood - they think I am just an ass for not liking THAI FOOD.. which to many means lots of hot spice.. so I give up... And please do not tell me I should have to like hot spicy food... it just does not work for me. Maybe some day ... I will learn to communicate that a non spicy fried rice dish with vegetables only is good and I would like some IF only you would deliver it to my table that way... And no I am not going to eat pork that has been blown by flies and gone unrefrigerated for two days... I do not like food poisoning ... A good grilled chicken is great if you give me (for my money) a half chicken with breast meat and other parts ... but no - I do not want the grilled chicken that is a leg, a wing, and something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 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. its called poutine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benalibina Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 If i had a restaurant in my country and it was frequented by thais, i would for sure observe and listen to them how, in which order, if applicable, according to their customs, they want their food served. If i would do it according to their wishes they would come back and inform their friends to go to my restaurant because i am a guy who understands and complies to their wishes/customs. To do it otherwise is just plain bad businessacumen. But maybe, for all the defenders, thai restaurantowners just dont like to make, more, money. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 If i had a restaurant in my country and it was frequented by thais, i would for sure observe and listen to them how, in which order, if applicable, according to their customs, they want their food served. If i would do it according to their wishes they would come back and inform their friends to go to my restaurant because i am a guy who understands and complies to their wishes/customs. To do it otherwise is just plain bad businessacumen. But maybe, for all the defenders, thai restaurantowners just dont like to make, more, money. I think the thai government should hire you as a restaurant consultant to get this country on the right track. they dont seem to realize what an asset they have and how quickly they could become a first world country!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benalibina Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) If i had a restaurant in my country and it was frequented by thais, i would for sure observe and listen to them how, in which order, if applicable, according to their customs, they want their food served. If i would do it according to their wishes they would come back and inform their friends to go to my restaurant because i am a guy who understands and complies to their wishes/customs. To do it otherwise is just plain bad businessacumen. But maybe, for all the defenders, thai restaurantowners just dont like to make, more, money. I think the thai government should hire you as a restaurant consultant to get this country on the right track. they dont seem to realize what an asset they have and how quickly they could become a first world country!!Wooowwww, its the very 1st time i have seen you posted something critical about Thailand.....that they are on the wrong track.I had to reread it twice...... Edited October 7, 2014 by benalibina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeeya Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Down with chips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 If i had a restaurant in my country and it was frequented by thais, i would for sure observe and listen to them how, in which order, if applicable, according to their customs, they want their food served. If i would do it according to their wishes they would come back and inform their friends to go to my restaurant because i am a guy who understands and complies to their wishes/customs. To do it otherwise is just plain bad businessacumen. But maybe, for all the defenders, thai restaurantowners just dont like to make, more, money. I think the thai government should hire you as a restaurant consultant to get this country on the right track. they dont seem to realize what an asset they have and how quickly they could become a first world country!!Wooowwww, its the very 1st time i have seen you posted something critical about Thailand.....that they are on the wrong track.I had to reread it twice...... youre trying to read it twice? oh sorry, in that case i'll check back in an hour or so when youre finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benalibina Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 If i had a restaurant in my country and it was frequented by thais, i would for sure observe and listen to them how, in which order, if applicable, according to their customs, they want their food served. If i would do it according to their wishes they would come back and inform their friends to go to my restaurant because i am a guy who understands and complies to their wishes/customs. To do it otherwise is just plain bad businessacumen. But maybe, for all the defenders, thai restaurantowners just dont like to make, more, money. I think the thai government should hire you as a restaurant consultant to get this country on the right track. they dont seem to realize what an asset they have and how quickly they could become a first world country!!Wooowwww, its the very 1st time i have seen you posted something critical about Thailand.....that they are on the wrong track.I had to reread it twice...... youre trying to read it twice? oh sorry, in that case i'll check back in an hour or so when youre finished Had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Had. wow! youre finished already? you could be minister of education as well as business development! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bkkcanuck8 Posted October 7, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2014 The cultural arrogance of this thread is amazing. Summary: "This is the way it is done in my country, it is the right way, Thailand must change their way for me, if they don't do it they will never advance to being a first world country". If you have that attitude -- you really should never leave the country where it is "done right".... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 The cultural arrogance of this thread is amazing. Summary: "This is the way it is done in my country, it is the right way, Thailand must change their way for me, if they don't do it they will never advance to being a first world country". If you have that attitude -- you really should never leave the country where it is "done right".... i assume it is tougher to feel superior in their home countries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutterboy Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Stay calm, keep smiling and remain polite, but never go back. Voting with our feet (and wallets) is the only power we have over here. Of course most of these businesses won't miss you and won't understand why you don't go back, but you can get satisfaction from giving your money to someone who deserves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Or you could just relax and go with the flow. Who knows, you might even start to like it here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 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. its called poutine looks like he wanted to call it 'putain', but that's a different dish altogether... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 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. its called poutine looks like he wanted to call it 'putain', but that's a different dish altogether... never heard of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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