Thread: Villa Market in Thailand

Originally Posted by Nostradamus

Always check the sell-by date carefully. They are renowned for changing the dates on produce they can't shift.

Funny you should say that.

We were in the chitlom branch yesterday and the mrs was saying that 'for a hi-so supermarket the food is terrible'. She pointed out obviously gone off mince and mouldy veg.

Never had that problem at Villa Ari, everything always seems fresh and decent quality.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Big John's pies (nice)

Is that 'nice' as it utter shite?

Compared to what, Marmite?

Compared to a good pie, it might not be great (or even good, it has been so long...). Compared to a bowl of chicken noodle soup or somtam, it tastes very good to me...

No Villa in Suphan yet...& that's a good thing...

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Compared to a good pie, it might not be great (or even good, it has been so long...). Compared to a bowl of chicken noodle soup or somtam, it tastes very good to me...

I cannae argue with that.

Bunters make good pies, the steak and ale one is great! I was sad to hear the owner has passed away, I hope they can keep his business going.

Originally Posted by phomsanuk

Originally Posted by wefearourdespot

The Villa Market here in Pattaya is almost always empty. It actually has nothing I can't find also in Food Land or Friendship and its prices are on average 15% higher

Agree But all imports are expensive, still cheaper than a trip to their origin

I agree; Friendship Market is not exactly inexpensive, but most of the American products I see at Villa cost about 6 times more than they do at home in Walmart. It's actually cheaper to eat in a Thai restaurant (find something you can eat) than shop at these over-priced markets.

Tonight I had ham and eggs from the local grill. It was decent and only 49thb. I don't know how they can make a profit.

Dr Pepper, processed foods, Western junk food, now thats the way to go to get your kid to be as obsese and unhealthy as American kids.

Originally Posted by Aussie Tigger

Dr Pepper

It's a lot more healthy than my homemade Dr Pepper, 1/2 Pint Larger + 1/2 Pint Coke + 1 shot of Ameretto

Edit: Double post.

I live in Minburi and had a trip there this week...Expensive aint the word....

But my cheese n' branston on wholegrain went great with my Magner's...

( Regarding the Dr Pepper's. My American mate was almost orgasmic when he saw them and Goldfish cookies/biscuits. 48B a can though....)

Originally Posted by madjbs

Bunters make good pies, the steak and ale one is great! I was sad to hear the owner has passed away, I hope they can keep his business going.

Regarding Bunter's. The business is already for sale. How do I know this?

A friend of mine who has a Thai/Farang size restaurant goes there once a week for sausage etc. She speaks to the owner often ( her name is Oi ) Only last week she said it's for sale at 25 million bhat....That's right.

25 MILLION BHAT!

For that, there are two buildings, equipment etc....Those who have been to the shop will know the size of it.

I wouldn't be holding my breath for that kind of cash....Amazing Thailand....

Originally Posted by Aussie Tigger

Dr Pepper, processed foods, Western junk food, now thats the way to go to get your kid to be as obsese and unhealthy as American kids.

Americans have a longer life expectancy than Thais so that will do for me.

Dr. Peppers all round.

Originally Posted by hillbilly

... a brand spanking new BIG Villa Market just opened up in my moobaan on 10-10-10. The location is Ramkhamhaeng Road, Soi 112 or commonly known as Moobaan Sammakorn.

Went looking for this new Villa this evening. Eventually found it. It's not Soi 112. It's on Ramkhamhaeng Road itself, between sois 110 and 108 in a new shopping development.

The parking is a bit of a problem. Don't follow the (Thai-only) parking signs down soi 110 - they take you a long, long way away - way beyond walking distance. Use the entrance closer to soi 108 which will get you to the multi-storey car park. That said, by about 7 p.m. this evening every space in the car park was full, right up to the roof.

The Villa is looking pretty good - everything fresh and clean. Let's hope it stays that way. Prices still exorbitant, though.

Oh, and at the moment they are giving away free cloth shopping bags as you check out.

Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

Cheers, let us know if its 24hour

Originally Posted by Nostradamus

^ will do.

Have you been yet?

On the menu tomorrow is a Nando's peri peri chicken and then I'm gonna make the meat filling for Monday's pies so I need to shop on the way home from work.

Originally Posted by Oswulf

Oh, and at the moment they are giving away free cloth shopping bags as you check out.

I'm considering driving to Villa and risking it being open and then coming back to Foodland if its closed, just for this ^

Originally Posted by deathstardan

25 MILLION BHAT!
For that, there are two buildings, equipment etc....Those who have been to the shop will know the size of it.
I wouldn't be holding my breath for that kind of cash....Amazing Thailand....

Well it would depend on how much profit they are bringing in. For that valuation I would expect about 350,000 baht profit per month.

Well I just spent 30 mins driving round soi Phiphat and the ad-joining soi's and I couldn't bloody find it. It's either not 24hour and was hard to spot, closed because its a crap location or in a tower block like the one in Langsuan. Either way its a crap location so I might not bother trying to find it again.

After doing 3 laps of the area I decided to cut my loses and go back to Foddland in Patpong where I started. I got my chicken anyway and its marinading now so I may as well start cooking thread.

Originally Posted by madjbs

For that valuation I would expect about 350,000 baht profit per month.

As a customer of Bunters I would be surprised if he was taking that much profit.

Speaking of profit. Tonight I am making some deep fried burritos and I needed some cheese and lettuce. I decided to go to Villa and get it all. The cheese was expensive, I knew that before I even went.

However, the lettuce was way to high. Fresh from Ozzie land for only B80 a head. What? I decided to visit the local wet market and get some Thai lettuce for only B20.

Having stated the above I realized that I forgot something. I can take my Honda instead of the car to the markets. About three minutes either way. If a person living in BKK only had a car and the shops were far apart then perhaps they would pay extra for the Ozzie lettuce. Maybe cheaper than gas and time wasted.

I should have mentioned that we are also having Jalapeno poppers tonight.

Our maid from Issan thinks they are to hot...

too as in too much has too many o's

Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

in a tower block like the one in Langsuan

Where? I don't know that one, but I can easily get there. Right, I'm onto the website...

Its on the shortcut road between Ratchadamri and Langsuan. Quite a nice Villa actually.

^ thanks for that; I'm gonna give it a go. If you spend some time searching around Villa, you can get loads of amazing stuff -usually better to be drunk first, and not worry too much about spending 10k on a few bags of snacks, but...