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dirtydog

I can feel a thread about American culture coming on but in the spirit of xmas we shall leave it to the new year to bring up the subject of American culture

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friscofrankie

We do have places where the cuisine is particularly English; prisons!

Chaiyo

OK. But don't you go tellin' everybody that we ain't got no culture, 'cuz we do got culture. I'd tell ya about it now, but I gotta go rinse out my shorts, and make a sandwich. Won't take long, I can do both at the same time!

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Fabian

Starbucks sells coffee in Thailand too.

aging one

DD is getting a bit paranoid it seems his baby the Teak Door in becoming heavy with god forbid Americans, and hillbilly is still on vacation!!

Fabian

It could be worse for him: If a lot of Australians signed in.

Chaiyo

I know that, Fabian. But from what I've heard, they don't carry the same varieties that are sold here in the U.S. Now, that seems odd to me, since the coffees are from all over the world. But that's what I was told.

Do you buy there, or visit for a cup now and then? If so, maybe you can check it out for me. My favorite varieties are 'Sumatra' and 'French Roast'. If those are sold there, I'm all set.

Chaiyo

Now you know that this place can use the "upgrade"!

aging one

Hey I am all for it I am from the city by the bay as is City Boy!! And stop going on about Mexican food, its the one thing we cant get here unless you make it yourself. hmmm...... about time to get some more pinto beans.
And sourdough oh damnn.

randy_fellows

Hello,
I am new to this site and traveling in general. My uncle lives in Bangkok and invited me over for his wedding. I've never been outside the US, so I am worried about a bunch of things. Although rice and stir fry is OK, I would rather eat American food while I am there. You know like burgers, pizza, fried chicken (people food). Do they have McDonalds, Pizza Hut, and KFC in Thailand? Also, I did a google search and saw that their are some terrorist in the South. Have they ever attacked Bangkok? Would they target Americans? Thanks for your help. I'm really nervous about this trip.

Chaiyo

You're making a big mistake if you don't eat Thai food while you're here. I've asked about American food ONLY so that I can have a bit of it occasionally. But I will be living on Thai food most of the time there, as I do here, having been married to a Thai for the last 33 years.

Now, if you MUST eat junk food, rather than the outstanding Thai food available there, go to it. You'll find Burgerking, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, and KFC, among others. Admittedly, their food does taste different than what you'd get in one of them in the U.S. But, after all, junk is junk!

C'mon, take a shot. Eat Thai while you're there. If you go to quality places, I guarantee you'll get hooked! If you don't like hot and spicy, don't worry. It is NOT all like that. Just get some help from someone to either order foods that are not hot, or request the spicy stuff be just "one chili". That won't be intolerable to you.

aging one

Yup we do have all of the above, and you should be worried. The muslims in the south came up last night and blew up a warehouse of pirated CD's in Don Muang near my house.

You gotta be a troll dude!!!

poolcleaner

Randy, so nice to hear from you.
In the past people would have posted questions like this only Lonely Planet, hoping to get the answer they're looking for but, as our fame spreads I guess we should expect more folks to ask the many resident experts residing here.

Randy, Bangkok is really like any major American city. You're going to love it! It's wall-to-wall KFC, MacDonalds, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, Wendys, Walmart, etc. and everybody here speaks American! Yup, not just English but Good ole USofA speak.
It's a great place. We got black people driving taxis and opening doors, chinese people cooking food and doin' laundry, hell we evn got some Limey's over here to walk around funny and talk that crazy talk they do.
man, you're gonna love it here, get yer ass on that plane pronto.

Love pooly....











hi desi!

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Chaiyo

ROFLMAO!!

Ice Maiden

Yes in Bangkok because of the amount of tourism there are McDonalds, KFC ad Pizza Hut and many places smilar also.

I'd urge you to try the local cusine too. It isn't just rice and stir fry!

And on the terrorism don't be fooled by everything you see on the internet and in the news! If anyone had read the news and believed every single word then I'd doubt any tourists would be here.

Targeting Americans! Don't be silly. I'd get out more if I was you.

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njdesi

I have no connection to this randy fellow.

Seriously, what LOS is lacking is a Taco Bell. You can't beat a Mexican Pizza and a nacho chalupa after a long drinking session.

Fabian

If you look under my avatar, you will realize that I am not in Thailand. I have just had a coffee there during my last vacation and seen that they sell coffee and coffeemakers but unfortunately I do not remember which kind of coffee they had on offer.

For vacations I bring my own grounded coffee with me.

Fabian

I guess there is not enough demand for that kind of food because else Bill Heinecke would have already opened a chain of Taco Bell restaurants.

poolcleaner

Pity Randy posted this in the american snack thread as I feel it may have done itself justice as a thread in it's own right.

Marmite the Dog

I thought you were from the dunes!?

Anyway, there's a few great things to come from Frisko; A couple of our premier posters and Metallica.