Thread: Dinner

^ Sorry, I respectfully disagree. Live in hope, die in frustration...

^^ Burger King, you bastard - I'd need 100klm round trip to find a Burger King. & people complain about living in Bangkok???

Originally Posted by Mendip

but what do I do with them? What would go nice?

If you slice them up thinly, after cooking, they make great sandwiches with whatever else you have kicking about and a spicy mayo.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Burger King, you bastard - I'd need 100klm round trip to find a Burger King. & people complain about living in Bangkok???

90km rount trip for me to Hat Yai Airport

However, whenever I'm there anyway, I generally go for a Kopi Tiam next door to BK.

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

If you slice them up thinly, after cooking, they make great sandwiches with whatever else you have kicking about and a spicy mayo.

The daughter only ate half of her breast, said it was too spicy, so tandoori chicken sandwiches I will have!

I found some lentils but they need to be soaked overnight, so a dahl didn't seem to be practical.

So last night I went with tandoori chicken with baked potato, baked carrot and an exotic pepper and mange tout stir fry.



Not too bad at all.



Korat Chef really do make living in Isaan a lot more bearable.

Very nice Mendy

That chicken looks great Mendy and the plate was pleasantly pea free.

Originally Posted by Topper

That chicken looks great Mendy

Red Dye No 30 or 40?

Originally Posted by NamPikToot

Red Dye No 30 or 40?

I'm not discriminating and I'm sure Mendy isn't either.

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

We have a new Makro style place in Hat Yai called Go Wholesale and I was quite impressed, I'm off back to work in the next few days so mostly just bought booze for the bar, notably Asahi beer and Fireball.

I also knocked up 6 bottles of Black Shit to tide them over in my absence.

5 Immigration cops swooped in during the process, but mostly just saw a couple of foreigners having a good time and wanted some photos to show they were actually doing their job.

Theyu only wanted to know our names, so I guess we weren't on their list.

Nice chaps.

We've got a few 'Go Wholesale' here in Phuket, could be for about a year or so now. They are part of the Central brand, so have a (at least in my opinion) more professional approach for display and marketing than who they are competing with, Makro. That said, they still lag behind Makro in some product availability, but they seem to be getting there.

I was impressed by the fish and seafood at the Go Wholesale place here in CM near the airport.

Some odd locations around BKK

Laotian Pixie pulled up with a hamper of food to see me through the week



Home made chicken soup
Stirfry Rice
Lamb stew
Snowballs
Cream Cake
Mangoes
Chocolate donuts
Snickers
Bananas
Crab balls
Grapes
Home made cake
Milk



I like how the crab claws stick out of the crab balls like horror movie hands from beyond the grave



Home made chicken soup while watching both the lady's semis



I made a decent dent in the cream pie without any help

Originally Posted by Looper

while watching both the lady's semis

TMI

Tonight I had tender Lamb rump with Cannellini bean puree, wild garlic Salsa, Manx green beans and Jersey Red roasted wedges liberally covered with a pink Himalayan salt.



Very much outside my comfort zone.

Wild garlic? Really?

Originally Posted by Mendip

Korat Chef really do make living in Isaan a lot more bearable.

Originally Posted by PAG

We've got a few 'Go Wholesale' here in Phuket,

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

We have a new Makro style place in Hat Yai

We have a garden and dogs that bring home chickens they picked up in the neighbour's gardens a couple of times a week. That suits me most of the time when I'm home in the sticks...

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Wild garlic? Really?

Why not? Allium ursinum, ( Deutsch Bärlauch). We pick it every spring, wifey loves it.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Wild garlic? Really?

It comes in leaf form and grows beside streams here.

Very strong in flavour, needs a good wash because dogs love pissing on it.

Got it in the garden

Likes shade

Wife likes it a lot

Originally Posted by Troy

Why not? Allium ursinum, ( Deutsch Bärlauch). We pick it every spring, wifey loves it.

Yes, but Chitty?

Purveyor of yellow stickers and past use by food…

grows beside streams here.

Very strong in flavour, needs a good wash because dogs love pissing on it

and free?

ok, completely on brand. Carry on.

Originally Posted by Troy

Why not? Allium ursinum, ( Deutsch Bärlauch). We pick it every spring, wifey loves it.

except its not spring yet and its not out. Wild garlic starts to emerge in the south first and over some weeks that spring burst travels north. In the south it starts c late Feb

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Wild garlic? Really?

I expect that's what it said on the packet.

Looks really good Joe

Yea, wild garlic is absolutely everywhere around me.

^ That ended up very well. Impressed.


Joe's wedges look good too.


Of course, there's sexpert Looper getting all the cream on the end of his banana...

^ Thank you, kind Sir.


We have had the unexpected pleasure of our germ-ridden daughter this week, needing to come home to recuperate from suspected flu.

Her temperature hit over 40 degrees, so there was certainly something going on, and I know that she's not the type to exaggerate.

Incidentally, we popped into the Bangkok Ratchasima Hospital on the way home to see a doc, who suggested an ATK Influenza test before dishing out an armful of tablets.

She also mentioned that the ATK tests only have around 50% accuracy. I mean, WTF.

I suggested we just flip a coin to get the same accuracy... but of course paid for the ATK test (which was negative... or was it?).

Anyway, the daughter asked for all her favourites in the few days she's been home.

Last night was fish an' chips.



I seem to have lost my knack for fish an' chips, which is a shame because this was Korat Chef's finest haddock.



It just lacked that certain 'something', and even the mushy pea fritter was just not right.



Tonight's request was lamb, which the wife sorted out because I was still despondent over my drainage problems.

Not to mention Bristol City.

I hate to admit it, but the wife probably outdid me with the roast.

And she's a bladdy foreigner!



FFS...