A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand

[Froggy]

A friend invited me for a late dinner last night and my first time to this Spanish restaurant - ARROZ located at Sukhumvit 53

The restaurant

A very big restaurant

and nicely decorated

Outdoor dining too, very nice

As mentioned before its a Buddhist holiday so no alcohol can be served, but as always I have my way

 

[Froggy]

The manager and chef both Spanish.

Compliment - mussels

Ordered some tapas - anchovies

Garlic prawns - perfect like what they'd serve in Spain

Chili

Mushrooms with egg and ham

Come the mains and salad

Wagyu

Finally rice

Had a great meail I must say is very authentic, a wonderful discover. Will be back to the restaurant soon.

 

[Froggy]

It's been a long while I last took domestic flights in Thailand as I drive most of the time. Off to Khon Karen now.

The domestic TG lounge is rather different from the international as more local food is available here and my fav is Thai cup noodles Mama.

 

[Froggy]

Arriving in Khon Kaen, the music by Labanoon is nice, I hope you enjoy the music.

 

[yinyang]

Next door?

 

[Froggy]

Village lake

A farmer taking care of his cows

 

[Froggy]

Beautiful and peaceful rice farm in the Isaan village

Friend was very kind to show me around

 

[Froggy]

Typical Isaan village

 

[Froggy]

Isaan village home

Farmer's home

"Itan" truck

Cow shed

Preparing dinner

Friend making sauce

Simple dinner on the floor for the famiy

Dinner is served

 

[Froggy]

Isaan home preparing dinner

 

[Bonut]

The cows look very scared when they see you. All squeezed into one corner, chit chat with one another "nabeh, this sinkie want to eat me, is it ?"

 

[ctsbh]

Typical Isaan village

Thanks for the beautiful videos.

 

[Froggy]

Morning in Isaan. A drive in the village



Storage house for rice, its above ground for obvious reason

Fire wood

Fire that never stop

Roasting sticky rice. It will be pounded into powder and the use to put on sauces

Which shall I have for breakfast?

Getting ready to go graze

Spotted an old lady's morning catch

Village street

Village temple

 

[Froggy]

Most farmers cannot afford a pickup truck. To lug their stuff they improvise with a Itan, basically a portable generator truck like this

Took this video this morning

 

[Bonut]

Most farmers cannot afford a pickup truck. To lug their stuff they improvise with a Itan, basically a portable generator truck like this

Took this video this morning

New Harrier?

 

[Froggy]

6.30am this morning took a motorcycle went to visit farm

This just planted will be ready in Oct/Nov

Tapioca, just planted

 

[Froggy]

Breakfast in the village is always very healthy as vegetables mostly home grown and without pesticides or chemical fertilisers



The spread

Raw vegetables and herbs salad

Herbs for sardines we call this yam sardine

Mix them with a little fish sauce and lime juice

Fresh water lake fish

Sliced pork with Thai herb

Boiled vegetables and bambooshoot

Sauce made with fish meat

What a great breakfast

 

[yinyang]

Who's the big buaya?

Phuket beaches are now safe as 'Yanui" is in custody
national July 29, 2018 10:39
By Kritsada Mueanhawong
The Thaiger

Phuket’s elusive crocodile has finally been caught at Layan Beach.

The ‘Yanui’ crocodile (named by local Phuket reporters after the original beach it was sighted) has been caught at Layan Beach early today after more than ten days of search operations, sightings, drone photos and lots of people pointing out to sea.

The crocodile was eventually caught by the Surat Thani-based crocodile catching team and local fishermen at 4am with a fishing net near Koh Kata off Layan Beach. The crocodile is now being taken to the Phuket Coastal Fisheries Research and Development Centre in Pa Khlok.

Last year during August ‘Laypang’, a much larger crocodile, was caught at an inland lake in the same area after being sighted swimming offshore.

 

[Froggy]

As I am in Khon Kaen Province and not far away (about 15km) from the Ubol Ratana (simply called Ubonrat) Dam, went there for lunch. The Ubolrat Dam is the first hydroelectricity facility comnstructed in Thailand in 1964.

Near the dam is a temple

Did not go into the building but outside the temple its compound is pretty nice

Sleeping Buddha

There's even a cave at the limestone hill

 

[Froggy]

So the lunch is along the shore of the lake created by the Ubonrat Dam



Floating restaurant

Its a holiday so there are many customers

Dining by the water

Its a place for family too many water activities

Lunch liquid

Tomyam with river fish

Yam Moo Yor - basically Thai sausage with vegetables and herbs salad

Somtam crab

Somtam Thai with salted egg

Mixed raw vegetables and Thai noodles known as khanom-jeen

Grilled tilapia

Fried chicken

Our lunch for 5 costs only S$55