A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand

[Froggy]

Joe, I'll be spending a few days in Kempeski Siam in the next fortnight.

Please give me a lead to few top Thai and Japanese or Teochew restaurants.

Also for a good massage and screw with a fair and attractive Thai lady, could I get it at the Poseidon?

Thank you in advance.

Hello Merle Haggard. Kempenski is a great hotel.

For good restaurants here's a list which you may wish to consider -

Chinese
East Ocean at SC Park Hotel - http://www.eastoceanthai.com/en/contact.html
Man Fu Yuan at Rajpruek Club - http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaura...U_YU_AUTHENTIC_CANTONESE_CUISINE-Bangkok.html

Japanese
Narai Kanai (Okinawa Food) - http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g293916-d4787772-Reviews-Nirai_Kanai-Bangkok.html
Sushi Tsukiji - http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread....e-to-living-in-Thailand&p=1690745#post1690745


For Thai restaurants I never like to eat at down town where the tourists are. There are plenty of Thai restaurants outside downtown and they are really good (price is another thing, cheap does not mean its not good in Thailand). I will list a few for your consideration

Nathong Seafood - http://www.nathong.com/
Por Kung Pow - http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaura...-Reviews-Por_Kung_Pow_Restaurant-Bangkok.html
Huaplachongnonsea - http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaura...Reviews-Huaplachongnonsea_Junior-Bangkok.html
Khungten - http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaura...s-Kungten_Seafood_And_Restaurant-Bangkok.html

A good authentic massage will be this (no need to book) - http://www.chaophyavej-chaophyapark.com/about_us.htm
If you want a nice spa (need to book) it will be this - http://www.oasisspa.net/
Soapy ones - http://guestfriendlyhotelsinthailand.blogspot.com/2012/07/my-5-favorite-bangkok-soapy-massage.html

Enjoy buddy

 

[Merl Haggard]

Hello Merle Haggard. Kempenski is a great hotel.

For good restaurants here's a list which you may wish to consider -

Chinese
East Ocean at SC Park Hotel - http://www.eastoceanthai.com/en/contact.html
Man Fu Yuan at Rajpruek Club - http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaura...U_YU_AUTHENTIC_CANTONESE_CUISINE-Bangkok.html

Japanese
Narai Kanai (Okinawa Food) - http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g293916-d4787772-Reviews-Nirai_Kanai-Bangkok.html
Sushi Tsukiji - http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread....e-to-living-in-Thailand&p=1690745#post1690745


For Thai restaurants I never like to eat at down town where the tourists are. There are plenty of Thai restaurants outside downtown and they are really good (price is another thing, cheap does not mean its not good in Thailand). I will list a few for your consideration

Nathong Seafood - http://www.nathong.com/
Por Kung Pow - http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaura...-Reviews-Por_Kung_Pow_Restaurant-Bangkok.html
Huaplachongnonsea - http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaura...Reviews-Huaplachongnonsea_Junior-Bangkok.html
Khungten - http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaura...s-Kungten_Seafood_And_Restaurant-Bangkok.html

A good authentic massage will be this (no need to book) - http://www.chaophyavej-chaophyapark.com/about_us.htm
If you want a nice spa (need to book) it will be this - http://www.oasisspa.net/
Soapy ones - http://guestfriendlyhotelsinthailand.blogspot.com/2012/07/my-5-favorite-bangkok-soapy-massage.html

Enjoy buddy

Thank you for your response Joe.

Have you ever tried booking the model category of massage girls at the Poseidon? If you've are they any good?

Yes, this is my return stay at the Kempinski Siam.

 

[eatshitndie]

Have you ever tried booking the model category of massage girls at the Poseidon? If you've are they any good?

go for it!

 

[Froggy]

Thank you for your response Joe.

Have you ever tried booking the model category of massage girls at the Poseidon? If you've are they any good?

Yes, this is my return stay at the Kempinski Siam.

Never Merl, I believe you could get some info on this matter from sister site. Went to the Chaophya Vej massage today during lunch thought I show some photos here

Chaophya Resort Hotel on Ratchada Road


The massage is within the compound inside a shorter building opposite the hotel in the carpark


Its on the third floor


Reception


The room




The menu

 

[Froggy]

This is a typical roadside fried oyster omelette stall. Most of the phad-Thai stalls sells oyster omelette just like many prawn noodle stalls on Singapore sells lormee.

As you can see the stall is relatively clean so are most Thai roadside stalls and safe to eat. Bought them 40baht each or $1.50



Phad-Thai see the big banana flower? Yes eaten raw



Hoi-thod literally oyster fried

 

[Froggy]

There's a nice char siew shop at Huay Khwang. Popular but a little expensive. Was there for brunch yesterday before massage

Sio bak with larbcheong special 60 baht $2.30, price starts at 40baht


I love their double boiled bitter gourd soup

 

[tonychat]

Ahh ratchada area..

when i was a newbie to bangkok, i always hang and stay in this area...it brings back good memories.

 

[dredd]

Ahh ratchada area..

when i was a newbie to bangkok, i always hang and stay in this area...it brings back good memories.

Good memories for soapies?

 

[yinyang]

We can all breathe again, with resident Chon escaping the WC betting dragnet :p

5,064 World Cup betting busts
Bangkok Post Published: 15/07/2014 at 07:50 PM

Police said Tuesday they had arrested 5,064 people for illegal gambling during the World Cup, a sharp increase from four years ago.

As well as 4,679 gamblers, the authorities detained 258 bookmakers and 127 betting slip runners since the tournament kicked off in Brazil June 12. If convicted, those arrested could face up to two years in prison and a 2,000 baht fine.

But most are expected to receive suspended jail terms, except in cases where particularly large sums of money are involved, said Pol Maj Gen Chantavit Ramsut.
In addition more than 2,000 football gambling websites have been shut down, police said.

The junta is cracking down on gambling in general in a bid to "uphold social order" in the kingdom, where most forms of betting is outlawed.
According to police figures, around 3,800 people were arrested across Thailand for gambling during the previous World Cup in 2010.

 

[Equalisation]

Joe, masseurs sana ada kasi kuat tak ?

 

[Froggy]

Joe, masseurs sana ada kasi kuat tak ?

Wahaha you're so funny use bahasa.

 

[Froggy]

Discovered a pretty good fried hokkien sotong mee at Raffles City 3rd floor foodcourt this afternoon. A little too wet but it's nice.



From this stall


the yong tau fu is not bad too, fried stuff they will fry again before mix with the rest. The soup is nice too.


both I'll recommend

 

[AhMeng]

Me Lao Nua Oredi ........

 

[Equalisation]

Me Lao Nua Oredi ........

Peeping at PL bathing again ?

 

[Froggy]

Went to Indonesian restaurant in northern Jakarta for lunch. Specializing in kampong chicken

Fried Chicken


Chicken in green sambal


Curry Fish head


BBQ brinjal with Thai herbs

 

[SadPlumpGirl]

yummy yummy ... when you going to bring me along Froggie?

 

[Froggy]

yummy yummy ... when you going to bring me along Froggie?

Where? So many choices.

 

[papayapapa]

Hello I"m papayapapa ,currently residing at pattaya

 

[papayapapa]

Re: A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand ? Feasible?

Sawadekrap

 

[yinyang]

Bon voyage or good-bye? Tongue in cheek headliner from local press

NACC seeks Yingluck’s indictment
Speculation mounts ex-PM will go into exile
Bangkok Post Published: 18/07/2014 at 05:59 AM

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has decided to recommend former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra be indicted for dereliction of duty in failing to deal with corruption and losses in the rice-pledging scheme.

Ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra has been given permission by the military council to fly to Europe, presumably to attend next week's 65th birthday party for her brother Thaksin in Paris. (AFP file photo)



The decision has raised questions over whether or not Ms Yingluck will flee into exile or return to Thailand to face charges since she has already obtained permission from the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to travel to Europe next week.
NACC member Vicha Mahakhun said Thursday the commission ruled by a vote of 7-0 there are sufficient grounds to the allegations that Ms Yingluck was negligent in failing to scrap the pledging scheme despite knowing it was plagued with corruption and huge losses.
This would be in violation of Section 157 of the Criminal Code and Section 123/1 of the National Anti-Corruption Act.

Ms Yingluck chaired the National Rice Policy Committee when she was premier.
The NACC will forward the case to the Office of the Attorney-General, recommending Ms Yingluck be indicted in the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions, Mr Vicha said.

He said an NACC inquiry had found that the rice-pledging scheme was riddled with corruption at every level, such as the rigging of weighing scales, unauthorised moving of rice stocks from storage warehouses, secret rice auctions, and cronyism.

The NACC estimates the rice scheme lost at least 500 billion baht, Mr Vicha said. He said this case was primarily focused on Ms Yingluck, adding that the NACC will continue investigating other people suspected of being involved in the scheme's alleged irregularities.

Mr Vicha added there are also a further 35 cases involving Ms Yingluck pending investigation by the graftbusters. Meanwhile, questions have been raised as to whether Ms Yingluck will ever return to Thailand from her planned trip to Europe next week.

Ms Yingluck previously wrote to NCPO chief Prayuth Chan-ocha to request permission to leave the country for a holiday to Europe with her son from Sunday to Aug 10.

It has been speculated that she will travel to France to attend a birthday party for her elder brother, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on July 26. A source close to Ms Yingluck confirmed she will be travelling to France and Britain, as well as the US.

But former senator Somchai Sawaengkarn, a member of the anti-Thaksin Group of 40 Senators, said on his Facebook page that he did not think Ms Yingluck would flee the country to escape the case.

She will probably return to Thailand to fight the case, which will take quite some time, and the circumstances could change when the NCPO steps down from its role after an election, Mr Somchai said.

He also noted that many of Ms Yingluck's assets remain in the country. Given the value of her assets, she could not afford to flee into exile, Mr Somchai said.
Mr Somchai also said that the NACC will propose legal amendments to the National Legislative Assembly to extend the statute of limitations in corruption cases to 30 years and revive expired cases.

This means if Ms Yingluck does not return to Thailand, she will have to remain in self-imposed exile probably for the rest of her life and she will have her assets seized, her passport revoked or could face extradition, Mr Somchai said.

Her brother, Thaksin, who has remained in self-imposed exile, fled a two-year jail term handed down in October 2008 by the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions after it found him guilty of abuse of authority for helping his wife win a bid for a Ratchadaphisek property. The sentence was given in his absence.

Thaksin fled the country after receiving bail to attend the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Former Democrat MP for Bangkok Atthawit Suwanphakdi said there was a risk that Ms Yingluck would not return to Thailand. He said Ms Yingluck previously tried to delay the NACC probe by asking for additional defence witnesses, which the NACC dismissed as unnecessary.

Mr Atthawit said if she fails to return, public prosecutors cannot take her before the Supreme Court as the court has to consider the case in the presence of the defendant.