On 12/5/2016 at 5:56 AM, balo said:

What is that supposed to mean ? 

And?

Do what I do.... make your own!

 

Sort of off topic, if there is any topic in this thread now, but the restaurant next to MIX, I think called The Terrace, and the other shop next to that is closed and .....wait for it......we will get yet another new JAPANESE RESTAURANT! 

When the mall opened, I counted 18 Japanese restaurants there. Chinese? Zero. 

Next to the new Japanese place will be a Korean dessert shop -- kimchi ice cream and the like. 

What are these people thinking? 

14 minutes ago, Trujillo said:

Sort of off topic, if there is any topic in this thread now, but the restaurant next to MIX, I think called The Terrace, and the other shop next to that is closed and .....wait for it......we will get yet another new JAPANESE RESTAURANT! 

When the mall opened, I counted 18 Japanese restaurants there. Chinese? Zero. 

Next to the new Japanese place will be a Korean dessert shop -- kimchi ice cream and the like. 

What are these people thinking? 

None of the restaurants are Japanese. They are all "Japanese style" restaurants catering to Asians (except Japanese). A Japanese friend in town recently was most amused when looking at the offerings at these restaurants in Festival. Korean dessert shops are huge right now in Thailand. These shops are all catering to the Asian palate and are doing quite well.

For those looking... i saw Vegemite and Marmite in Rimping Mae Hia yesterday.   What they didn't have, unusually, was Mc Vities Rich Tea Buscuits.

On 12/3/2016 at 1:49 PM, Brer Fox said:

After a while people wake up. Tops is the most expensive of the large supermarkets. Much more expensive than Foodland. So if other options are available nearby that's where they go.

As for the Tops bakeries the products there are disgusting. Just to look at some items almost makes me want to vomit. Especially the donuts being gnawed at by rats.

 

 

This post goes to show how different folks' perceptions can be about the same person/place/event. I am completely satisfied with the Tops market Chotana branch, sandwiched between Hotel Mercure and the Miracle cabaret, off Chang Phuak Rd. The prices seem about the same to me as Rimping at least, and the cleanliness seems more than cursory. Not "cheap", needless to repeat. I think they have been boosted immensely this year by the hordes of Chinese attending the Cabaret shows by the busload every night. Around 8:00 PM the place was packed (not sure about lately), and sales are brisk. They seem to be stocking up heavily on products unavailable (?) in the PRC. I like the bakery, and it seems they always have items that I need.

I's like to put in a word for the Green Store Grocery, a delightful little place run by a lovely lady name Khun Sai. It's in the Nakornping Condo off Huay Kaew Road. She carries almost all of my necessities, and will gladly try to get special request items, as long as they are not too obscure.

As for rats, they are everywhere, especially when the rains drive them from their homes. Fact of life here in Funky Town.