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Having a weekend break in North Wales,on the Isle of Anglesey at the moment looking across to Snowdonia. Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk

Lemon chicken, sea food and steamed rice. Local place, family owned that i have used for years.

Need to get ready to go out but noticed there is more than enough on this forum to keep me going when I get back, great to see all the threads and activity. Lanza you are a star for putting this forum together, kudos to you.

Went shopping with the ponces at Waitrose this morning,well it was pay day yesterday. Lunch today was steak,mushroom and red wine pie,with bacon lyonnaise potato's.

Back home after 3 weeks in Thailand, glad to be home but not keen on work Monday 😬. Next big trip is Japan for Rugby WC in Oct, will probably knock in a couple of Euro/Uk trips before then 😊

He came to see us back home and turns out he's in the 1st quad of Surin under 19 right now. Still excellent and very proud of the lad. Hope to see him play in the Thai PL soon.

Five days into dry January.

Just read he's on a 130K a week contract lol what the actual fcuk.

Some people should stick to eating fish and chips with mushy peas.....

I think so too, but here's how one person on another board reacted to the same pic: It can't be easy for a restaurant owner to try to please the world. Evil

Always the better option as there are only 28 days in February.

I'm leaning towards a dry February instead.

I had dinner New Year's Eve with a farang friend and his Thai companion at Calles Bar and Restaurant in the arcade next to Soi Diana. That arcade, which runs between 2nd Road and Cherry Bar, is something of Pattaya's Restaurant Row. It's home to Kiss Food, Beefeater, Patrick's, Longhorn Steakhouse, My Way, Little India and a couple of others. All were very busy. Every seat was taken at Kiss; Patrick's had a sign up saying it was fully occupied; Beefeater and Longhorn had people waiting for tables. We got the last table available at 8.00 p.m. at Calles. It hadn't been our first choice, but we we were rewarded with excellent meals. I had the planked chicken at 295 baht. Roasting meat or fish on an oak plank is a Scandinavian cooking technique that probably predates Viking times, but was revived in Sweden in the 20th century. I got a nicely grilled piece of chicken breast flanked on two sides by duchess potatoes, a favorite of mine. It's the nutmeg used as a seasoning as well as butter and egg in the mashed potatoes that does it for me. Duchess potatoes are a classic of French cuisine, supposedly first made for a British duchess on a visit to France. The asparagus stalk wrapped in bacon and the grilled tomato half are the usual accompaniments to modern Swedish planked dishes. The gravy was OK, but it didn't add much flavor. My friend had the dory fillet, which he liked very much. It came with rice, but he could have had potatoes with it and on second thought, wished he had. I can't remember the exact price, but it was around 250 baht. His girlfriend had the planked salmon at about 425 baht. That's outside the scope of this thread, but she was happy with it and her margarita. The salmon came with duchess potatoes, asparagus stalks, grilled tomato half, Hollandaise sauce and a sprig of dill. Bottom line: Good stuff on the menu at Calles, with quite a few items under 300 baht. All three of us intend to return. Evil

Back to daily Bali routine... Frog legs, yeah, yeah...I know ! But dancing frog ! ! 😄😄

Yea, he started it all with highlighting the social realities in 'Cathy come home'.

Ken Loach...his social commentary and understanding of what the reality of life is like over the last five decades is stunning... A genius

toast and marmite...non of that vegemite crap

WTF

The food can be excellent at Madrid. Their weekday lunch special (farang food) is always a good deal. I go there a lot while in Bangkok...& drink a lot of ice water. Coffee is good, too. Drinking Duvel is optional.🙂

Just heard he is on 6million a year basic at Bournemouth and my mate who is an agent said rangers will probably pay some of his wages about 30.000 a week. Howe wanted him gone

Got tix for both QF’s End could be in and one of the semi’s. Will 100% be going to the Eng v Fra game, will take a bag of cash to the game to get in on the day if I need to but I’ll do whatever it takes to get a ticket...... 🤣 Flights and most accommodation already booked so it’s deffo happening 😁

Agents are earning more than majority of players. Look at the Pogba transfer,half of the £90m went to the agent,some to the player,and about £35m to Juventus.

12th night is a bummer.im going to be smited by the Almighty Smiter...f**k And ...I was doing so well ...hey ho

Nothing wrong with people preferring simple food, but I can't for the life of me understand why anyone would send back a restaurant dish simply because it had a more elaborate presentation. That just doesn't make sense. 😖 😕 Of course, it's not a very realistic hypothetical situation. The menu at Calles and most other Pattaya restaurants have pictures of the dishes, so the guy would know what it looked like before he ordered it. Evil

Look, there's not a chance Rangers will be paying anything even close to half his wages, not even close. He is contracted to his parent club for the whole time anyway, so getting paid no matter, kicking a ball or not. He wasn't getting any game time, he definitely won't now as they have just signed Solanke. He desperately wants to play games. He has a great relationship with Howe, who has publicly stated Defoe has been a model Professional both on and off the pitch despite getting no game time, and he wants to help him in any way he can in what Defoe chooses to do. Defoe and Gerrard are good mates. Obviously they have talked about this for a while, as the 'story' has been rumbling for a while. Gerrard has said come play for me, i'll guarantee you games, Defoe has said yes. It's a win/win for everyone. He can also be called back if need be. Any EPL loan deal to Scotland, the parent Club will be paying by far the bulk of the wages, or it just wouldn't happen, that's the reality of wages in the EPL and the disparity between there and the SPL.

Few more weeks and Wie will not need the coat ans scarf, lovely pictures Gazza

Yes good session this morning, Marina Bay, surrounds, Merlion, Singapore Flyer, and Mall near casino. Bright Sunny weather. Got tube back to Orchard Road and walked back to hotel; at this time it started spitting with rain but once back in hotel some ‘big rain’. Ok now but tonight we are going to Bugis market so not too dependant on the weather.

Sands Casino, Singapore

Merlion in Singapore.

No, just crop the bird's arse mate....

Surabaya domestic terminal has a souvenir shop that besides selling all the touristic crap and batik shirts, has a toy section where they have some nice models (1/24) so every time I go through I buy one. Yesterday added the Renault R8 Gordini. They cost the equivalent of 9 large Bintangs bloody hell ...... Not really sure they use the proper ruler for the scale when I compare the R8 and the VW !

Yes a lot of these in flight mags are online nowadays, especially so you can order things from the comfort of your home.

Hahaha, Thanks mate, nice find. Confirms this old frog is completely outdated now ! Sure easier to read.

Just for Thai Spice info and may be for better reading the in flight magazine has a link: http://colours-indonesia.com/en/flavours/feeding-the-nation-indo-dutch-food/ The link covers other food info as well. Can read the whole magazine.

Looks a bit like Mr Dream........

OK, a bit off topic, but I thought I better put it here than in the food thread. As you know (if you didn't miss too many lessons at school...) Indonesia was colonialized during a time by the Dutch. As any in any colonization traces will remain for a long time (maybe forever), and in Indonesia the influence of Dutch food is one of those things. Language is another. Note that this is more concentrated on Java as it was there that the Dutch has their main bases and trading posts. Garuda inflight magazine has a subject on this, and I thought it could ne interesting. Here you go. Special note to @Esco and @Evil Penevil who may recognize some familiar stuff ? Sorry for the quality, taken with my phone from a magazine on the plane yesterday with my limited skills.... Our estimated Belgian BM @Lambik may recognize a few items as well, as Belgian and Dutch cuisine have a few things in common. Love the Klappertaart on the last page, never seen it on a menu here. Maybe I need to start looking for some Dutch restaurants after all ! Another very popular one, that I often saw in Indo restaurant is the "Rijsttafel" , translation "rice table" A few pics taken from Google.... Bon Appetit !

I think he used to be Prime Minister. 😉

Down the 24 halfway between surin and khankean

The cause of today's hangover.

The salmon plate looks really great, nice work on the presentation !

It's the famous Madrid Bar...one of the oldest in Patpong, Bangkok. I've enjoyed many a meal and drink there. Wish I were closer right now. This shot is from 2010. My GF at that time...doing the funky chikin'...

Thanks. Do you know where that is? Here's one from Soi Thaniya...

It was great mate, will definitely have it again.

I did smile when the young lady plonked it down infront of me!

had they run out of plates ... 😉

Whatever they take out of him, they will certainly one way or another put back in him again!!! lol

from the coconut promenade...

One for Galley Triumph's of Pattaya had a display today at my local Big C near Sattahip. Love these retro M/C's Bonneville . Thruxton

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