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46 minutes ago, Stillearly said:

Chicken Fajitas in the RH 

I don't think I have ordered this for about 20 years , I'd forgotten how messy they are to eat ..

 

Those look good.  Back in Tejas we only load the top 2/3rds of the tortilla so we can fold up the bottom  and trap the mess.

New place for us yesterday, I had a so-so Sunday roast plate, which came out quickly because that is already cooked.  I finished and we waited another 20 minutes for my daughter's order.  I was ready to write the place off when she announced that this was the best mac and cheese she ever tasted.  Since she orders that whenever it's on the menu,  she would know.

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1 hour ago, galenkia said:

My mate Lloyd is like that. Has everything incinerated. Remember the time we were up London years ago, and went in this fancy steak house, I think in Leicester Square?.

We both ordered expensive steak, I had mine medium rare, he had his almost black. I was gonna go and buy him a hacksaw to replace his knife so he could cut through it 😀

We brought our knife set in the container from the states.  Extremely sharp.  I had to smile watching her working her steak knife through her hockey puck.  To be fair, she seemed to enjoy it.  If I know she's coming by again I'll get her one of those Thai Brahman steaks.

50 minutes ago, coxyhog said:

I ate lots of Mexican brekkies in south Texas,Huevos Rancheros is bloody great!

One of my favorites as well.

Today my daughter and I began the quest to use as few dishes at home as possible for the next nine days while her mom is upcountry.  She chose the same restaurant that TW and I went to Tuesday.

She had chicken penne alfredo.

Mine was corned beef on rye.

3 hours ago, boydeste said:

They are burning massively in Cambodia and the winds have brought the smog across Bkk, Pattaya and HH.

Unusual winds for this time of year I believe. 

I think what helps us over here is we're fairly close (800+m) to the ocean and the prevailing wind is coming from the south off the ocean.  Farther north Rayong can get some pollution, but it's blown away from where we are.

My phone cam isn't the greatest, but the sky is blue if a bit cloudy an hour east of Pattaya.

I love SE Texas, and hope to visit again with the family someday.  But this is home.

I recently picked up an Xreal Air 2 with Beam attachment.  Expensive, but it projects a private a wide screen TV wherever I go in the form of oversized sunglasses and an iPod sized device.  Very wide, 330 inch is possible, though I find 105 inch more than enough.   

I wanted it for long trips as a passenger on ground or air transport.  Download some entertainment, run games, or stream if you're on ground transport, and you're in your own little theater. 

I find my self using it at home daily as well.  Much larger and clearer than our flat screen TVs, and doesn't disturb TW if she wants to sleep before me, unless I'm watching something that makes me laugh.

It's pretty anti-social.  You're the only one who can see or hear what you playing, though I've let wife and daughter check it out so they understand what I'm doing when I'm using it.  I tend to leave it upstairs during the day when we're doing stuff together. 

Also when I'm using it at night I face the bedroom door and it can be disorienting when someone walks in through your TV.

Pad Dtok Galum.

In the states 15-20% is normal in sit down restaurants, etc.  The service standards are much higher than here and places in Europe that I've been.  

Here I've dialed it back to a bit under 10% in most cases, but I'll bump it up if the service was very good.  I don't necessarily know that it's respect you get for that, but you are remembered and the service levels are good on subsequent visits.

We shared a French onion soup and jalapeno poppers.

Blue cheese, bacon, mushroom burger for me.

Nachos for her.

2 hours ago, Trip said:

Allah Akbar although back then it may have been -

Willkommen, wie lange bleiben sie?

Kind of the time they were transitioning to the Allah Akbar crowd.  After a couple stays I moved on to staying at the Ambassador.

15 hours ago, coxyhog said:

If that was 1981-2 quite possibly.

I was coming in from Saudi about that time as well, though I woke up at the Grace.

10 hours ago, Butch said:

I was sat in the pub, minding my own business, reading the Daily Mail when a slightly elderly lady came up to me and said "you have a very negative aura and are surrounded by bad spirits".

Well, you were reading the Daily Mail.

TW's birthday cake.  Photo taken before putting the two candles that show her age on it, because she knows I post to the food thread, and I want to live.

Overcast down by the beach, but that kept the temperatures down.  All of Northern and Eastern Europe were represented there, based on the various languages I overheard.

Curly fries are back on the menu.

21 minutes ago, Zambo said:

Sauces and condiments are big business these days, there have been some major scientific studies into the regional preferences for sauces and influence of local customs, climate and marketing strategies.

Japan should be included in soy but a lot of south east Asia should be fish sauce 😃

8 hours ago, Butch said:

That is of course not including a Uniform supplied by her Majesty.

Dang.  The US Marines make you buy your own uniforms.  The first set is taken out of your paycheck before you get it after completing boot camp.

I assume other US services do the same.

Cheddar and mozzarella stuffed meatloaf with sautéed mushrooms and onions.

Grilled pork, spicy ground pork salad, and waterfall pork at Puan Isan.