A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand

[Froggy]

If you are visiting Bangkok and staying in Thonglor Sukhumvit Soi 55 area and you feel like some western cuisine, I recommend Divino located at the ground floor of Penny's Balcony building.

Started with a Sangiovese and Cab Sav blend, the Ronchedone goes well with startes like cold cuts and strong cheeses


Antipasto

Compliment from the litchen


Cold cuts


Italian blue cheese


White German asparagus


Grilled Mediterranean octopus salad


Preparing for the mains - Terra d’Eclano from Quintodecimo, a 100% Aglianico grape and intense but well balanced red


Lamb


Mediterranean seabass


Needed this Amarone to finish the mains


Finally before the night ends had a small bottle dessert wine of Recioto della Valpolicella Classico by Zenato the original maker of Amarone. Compliment from the very friendly owner Roberto

 

[Charlie99]

Hello Froggy,

You are not just a restaurant and cuisine critic, but a wine Connoisseur.

Did two of you have three bottles of wine, plus a complimentary bottle of dessert wine?

Good health!

 

[Froggy]

Hello Froggy,

You are not just a restaurant and cuisine critic, but a wine Connoisseur.

Did two of you have three bottles of wine, plus a complimentary bottle of dessert wine?

Good health!

Yes the two of us had that 3 bottles of red and shared the desert wine with all of you.

That wasn't all we brought home 6 bottles of Musella Amaone

 

[Charlie99]

Good to read that you are enjoying life,
drinking and eating.

 

[eatshitndie]

Good to read that you are enjoying life,
drinking and eating.

and shitting.

 

[Froggy]

Life in Thailand yes sometimes you get a situation like this here too



Its very strange that in Thailand tire shops don't wanna repair a situation like this told me need to change the very new rubber, brought to the car agent told me the same thing saying its at the side of the rubber cannot repair and its going to cost 15,000 ($600) baht for the tire.

So I drove around asking workshops and one pointed me to a run down makeshift type of "shop" and that guy told me can repair.



He took out the tire, removed the screw and smoothen the inside and then clamp the affected part and apply heat like this


Finally its done


Checked


Cost only 200 baht or $8 only against $600


Went home and googled and found out this method of repair is known as thermo vulcanizing

 

[rectmobile]

Another colleague brought me to this noodle heaven? It tastes sooooo good.

It is called Tom Yum Dumpling Noodle. Thai food is really another whole new level.

 

[Froggy]

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Another colleague brought me to this noodle heaven? It tastes sooooo good.

It is called Tom Yum Dumpling Noodle. Thai food is really another whole new level.

Street food is here to stay despite gov's announcement to get rid of them so far all talk and no action.

 

[rectmobile]

Street food is here to stay despite gov's announcement to get rid of them so far all talk and no action.

It is in a coffeeshop by itself. Apparently, the owner of the noodle stall owns the coffeeshop too. Does this count as street food?

I thought street food is referred to those stalls which peddle along roadside or pavement.

Is the govt removing street food? why? They are great, especially for tourists. Pretty dumb to remove it as the Thai economy depends pretty much from tourism.

 

[Froggy]

Like to recommend a good hotel in Pattaya, Pullman Hotel G

Has its own beach






Nice and big pool




The room




Bath




Sea view


This morning






The breakfast is ok but dinner here wasn't good so I highly recommend you to eat outside.

 

[yinyang]

Plumbed for radish cake bfast over the usual angmoh eggs/sausage on SQ. Not too bad, with chili to go

 

[yinyang]

View of Chao Praya river, across the old quarter Bkk (Bangrak road, 500m from Asiatique)

Mango from supermarket at unbeatable price bht38 (under $1.60)

 

[yinyang]

Can't hold a candle to froggy's fine dining, so had to settle for Tawandeng's (Long Beer German in thai speak) at Rama 3. Signature dish, for less than their Dempsey branch's price

Blanched si hum with tiny noodles, eaten with raw salad vege

And nothing like to go with freshly brewed beer

The jazz pop band was good with bunch of young musicians (like below)

Singer smiled for the camera

 

[Trick]

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[yinyang]

Great suspects of the recent military hospital bomb attack, Thai junta style

 

[Froggy]

Dinner at a place that serves great horfun

Kailan with mushrooms


Deep fried pork neck very good compared to the normal roasted ones


Horfun ver very good cos chef pre-fry the horfun with egg until slightly dark then the gravy goes over it

 

[Bonut]

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Hm....aroy mak mak !

 

[yinyang]

Hm....aroy mak mak !

Err, you referring to the makan or the view?:p

 

[yinyang]

Had this sinful pork ribs from Tamarind night market (yes, HHin yet again), can fight Tony Romas

Nothing like a capu and a brownie on lazy afternoon

 

[Froggy]

Had this sinful pork ribs from Tamarind night market (yes, HHin yet again), can fight Tony Romas

Beg to differ, should be Tony Romas cannot fight this