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49 minutes ago, Thai Spice said:

I used to go regulary to Wine Connection , Soi 26 in BKK.

Used to be ok, but it had a French manager. They sold nice cheese, ham etc...

 

A lot was good about it- just a couple of small errors easily fixed.

11 minutes ago, Thai Spice said:

Indonesian Rupee

10,000 IDR = 22 Thb

Most of the time prices are shown in K IDR , 50 means 50,000

 

ah ok- that makes sense.

Wine Connection, Royal Garden Plaza. This was a bit of a mixed 1 really.

Service and presentation excellent, nice touch they serve sugar syrup on the side of the juice to adjust to taste. I had 2 excellent glasses of perfectly chilled New Zealand white wine.

The mussels were pretty good, but little mean with sauce and chef had shaken pan to death leaving lots of broken shell.

Steak was ok not actually that expensive and it showed as a little tough- not helped by fact I nearly sent it back as was on the medium well side not medium. The wife should of ordered medium rare. Mash was excellent as were fries.

Creme brulee was good- and huge, enough for 2 people easily.

Also had a coffee- note they add +10% service, but i'd of tipped  that as service was good. Total 1700 baht.

I'd definitely go back but probably for a glass of wine and 1 of their cold platters.

On 6/2/2019 at 3:04 AM, Thai Spice said:

Yesterday's lunch at my favorite Belgian place.

The snails are close to perfect, so I cant bring myself to take a different starter....

And so is the Belgian beef stew (Stoof karbonade or Carbonade Flamande) !

 

 

 

What currency are those prices?

5 hours ago, Krapow said:

Sea bream jungle curry. 

Tingle your lips spicy.

God I love my wife 

Bit of a weird mix delicate fish with a super spicy curry.

i have a bit of a weird history with jungle curry mix ups

Hope everyone who can comes tonight to show their respects. 

We can all take some terrible pictures which would of amused  Baz greatly. 

1 minute ago, KhunDon said:

Lemon juice shouldn’t be anywhere near Crepes Suzette!

Should be either orange juice or tangerine juice and of course, Grande Marnier liquor. 

I make them on Pancake days and our kid loves em. 🤗

I thought that but couldn’t be certain my mum was correctly using orange and grande marnier lol

On holiday it is expensive.

living here not so much- it’s far cheaper when you aren’t in a rush because you have a plane home soon. 

I have never worked it out tbh but it feels every month I live here/ Asia I spend less

3 minutes ago, coxyhog said:

My missus is definitely old school but she's always knocking something up in the kitchen under instructions from youtube.Home made garlic naan I've posted earlier on this thread being a prime example.

Often on a Saturday in uk I would video chat with a friend in thailand as she showed me how to cook thai food, and we would cook along together. 

Then some weekends I’d show here to cook western food

2 minutes ago, Thai Spice said:

Been thinking since some time to make some here or in the village, and teach the Miss.

But the continental version we call "crepes" :

 

 

Big childhood memory for me was as a treat my mum making crepes Suzette - will have to hunt it down somewhere. Could do it at home but wasted on wife as she would not like alcohol element.

crepes the old French classic with Nutella, but I go lemon and sugar

1 hour ago, code_slayer_bkk said:

A great idea .. pancakes  ..... I haven''t had any pancakes in years ... agree on the honey ...

First time I had done it myself from scratch- so little slow- but reckon could do them in 15 minutes in future.

the real honey is a winner- bit like real maple syrup.

Home made pancakes, with real northern thai honey ( beware of fake crap they sell in pattaya ) and cream.

first ever attempt

3 hours ago, Thai Spice said:

Barsie, sorry mate but food in plastic bags, tablettes and charging gear on the table......? 

 

 

You never ordered street food? That’s how it comes- standard procedure. 

What’s weird about having a tablet in kitchen- I often have tv on ipad when cooking. Plus it’s modern version of a cookbook. 

A lovely set menu in the Verdant hotel in Kuala Lumpur.

Pumpkin soup was to die for, followed by fried mackerel. Bbq sauce bit weird with fish - though it is a strong fish.

however new 1 on me was awesome tempura cucumber, when dipped in sauce was amazing.

pudding- sorbet was great with chocolate soil. The cake not to my taste but it was a very Asian style cake. No ++ added or charge for credit card

1 bottle of white wine sitting on terrace next to infinity pool in centre of KL.

Coming in at aprox 1500 baht for 2 people- very reasonable.

Good old street food- very busy evening street stall opposite wat chai market. 

Amazing noodle soups. Set up at about 5 pm and packed about 40 seats until 3am.

Jungle in Cambodia

Man that table on left in Secrets me and Baz sat and chatted so many times. 

Sadly not really got photos of us together -he’d so often take photos for us and send them to me.

RIP Baz- still shell shocked now it’s confirmed, really hoped it was fake news. 

8 minutes ago, misteregg said:

They’ve started hanging the bike up outside Scooters.

Well hope they have deep pockets- no customers in other 2 bars i saw at about 4 pm which were fully staffed.

Perhaps a switch end of lease on 1 move to another.......

It's hard actually for a native English speaker to learn other languages. Basically because most of the world wants to learn English they talk to you in English.

3 hours ago, mrcharliemofo said:

Did you have auto predict on when you wrote that ?

Very apt I thought.

Auto correct! 

Meant seperate

Weird in that picture they want to hire 5 housekeepers- yet everyone has said hotel is totally sewerage from Scooters. 

They certainly have f***d a lot of the outside.

8 hours ago, Glasseye said:

Reminds me of beef stroganoff, which I am dying to have. On noodles though.

Also cream chipped beef on toast would love to have.

 

So many different things I've had in LOS and discover there is too much sugar in it. And things that are processed already so you can't ask for less sugar. I like savory flavors.

If I want sweet I'll get some candy or a cookie or something, but don't put it in everything for gods sake.

Basically yes - very similar if i'd added beef. My mum would also add a touch of sherry or brandy.

12 hours ago, Stillearly said:

Grilled chicken with lemongrass and chilli

 

loving the baked garlic

Didn’t get photos but had an amazing place doing tacos siem reap  in a restaurant at about 25 baht each