Thread: Scampy's sashimi anniversary at the Banyan Tree

This week did not just make the history books for the mining community of Chili, but also a benchmark in monogamy as I celebrated six months of only having sex with my girlfriend, who is one of Japan's better people.

Because the actual date was not convenient, she suggested we dine at The Banyan Tree a couple of days later when she had a day off the next day, which unbeknown to her was a year to the day that I had fallen for another Japanese girl, a skull loving goth who I had become obsessed with and eventually scared off, sending her back to Osaka after 20 years here.

Anyway, what had back in April started out as a rebound to heal my initial rejection from J1 - turned into what is probably the most steady, normal and pleasant relationships I've ever had, and so six months later was an excuse to do something nice.

The Banyan Tree is quite a posh place and I don't have that many nice clothes because I can't afford such things, but after overhearing a conversation with a fellow expat lamenting the cost of fixing his car, it occurred to me that having never owned a car or been a motorist and never having experienced repair bills, insurance or ever even buying a car or gasoline - that I had saved myself thousands of pounds.

So I went to Paragon and spent eleven thousand baht on shoes, shirts, trousers, a new watch and a designer blazer jacket type thing.

The following day we showed up at the Banyan Tree, her in her formal work attire and me in my designer jacket, lime green jeans and crocodile loafers. The Taihei Japanese dining experience is on the 53rd floor of the Banyan Tree, which to those of you who don't know is the glorious slab that sticks out of Silom like a USB stick and has that famous Vertigo restaurant on the roof where you can buy a gin and tonic for 600 baht and watch the sun go down over the city, providing you are wearing nice shoes.

About ten floors from the summit is a big hole with a tree in it which stops the building blowing over in high winds. There is another bar area here where you go for a fag if dining at Taihei which is just above it.

We sat and watched the famous Japanese chef prepare whatever sashimi we wanted, and being as we were, for the most part, the only customers - we were treated to off menu gifts from him such as barracuda and something with Japanese lime zest on it.

Best of all was the fatty bluefin sashimi, and the kingfish sashimi which I bloated myself on. The view of course was excellent, the fish, the chef preparing it and the entire city behind him.

The only downside of the evening was the Thai staff which of course, gave us a wai whenever we passed or made eye contact which is most annoying when entering or leaving the hotel because you naturally feel obliged to wai back, even if it's the tiniest bow, and it's irritating because nodding the head and saying 'waddy crap' all the time is not sincerity, it's protocol and it's one of the biggest culprits for violence in this country because it's a huge factor in the repression of sincerity.. It's the reason Thai men get most angry after an apology and why all their mates join in after you have already died of a beating on the pavement, but I can do a thread about that later.

Anyway yeah, it was a nice evening and cost us 990 baht each for all we could eat and was better than Oishi or that pre-packed raw salmon at Emporium. Also, what with her being Japanese and all, I had to fight to pay the bill but eventually settled on going Dutch which was wise after my splash out on new togs for the occasion.

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

what with her being Japanese I had to fight to pay the bill but eventually settled on going Dutch which was wise after my splash out on new togs for the occasion.

a pleasant surprise indeed,

can you ask her to finish my Japanese translation ?

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

also a benchmark in monogamy as I celebrated six months of only having sex with my girlfriend

Shame she's only managed a few weeks...

it's protocol and it's one of the biggest culprits for violence in this country because it's a huge factor in the repression of sincerity..

interesting, and i tend to agree.

lime green jeans??

^ Yes Holly, lime green jeans.

Well, okay I lied about the colour because the jeans are unique enough for me to be identified on the BTS by any TeakDoor members I may have upset, just covering my arse.

If you want to know the true colour send me a PM and I'll send you a photo.

Bumped.

I didn't carefully craft the OP without making any spelling mistakes just so you could stand by and let it sink, make some comments.

What do you think of sashimi?

What do you think about repression among Thai men?

What do you think about lime green jeans?

Or do I need to pick a fight with somebody to get this thread airborne?

Who gives a fuck scampy.
Why do you have to share the details of your boring love life?

^what would you rather he shared details about?

Actually Dug has a point, the first three paragraphs are a bit lemon.

You actually wore clothes?

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

What do you think of sashimi?

It tastes better cooked.

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

What do you think about repression among Thai men?

Thai men? Are there any?

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

What do you think about lime green jeans?

The sort of thing Butterfly would like, but men wouldn't.

Originally Posted by HollyGoodhead

^what would you rather he shared details about?

Well, nothing really. If Scampy feels he takes a particularly fine dump in the morning, you can be sure it will be posted up on the board shortly.

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

designer jacket, lime green jeans and crocodile loafers.

dressed for golf

The New Scampy Fashion

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

What do you think of sashimi? What do you think about repression among Thai men? What do you think about lime green jeans?

I think repression amongst Thai men would be improved by them wearing lime green jeans. Thai women should not keep Sashimi in their knickers, though

that last was for Scampy - Ai no Corrida

You'd have thought the attendees might have said

"Its your birthday, no need for you to chip in your share"

Originally Posted by The_Ghost_Of_The_Moog

"Its your birthday, no need for you to chip in your share"

I am surprised Blake7 wasn't invited for the event, or maybe he was

Originally Posted by taxexile

it's protocol and it's one of the biggest culprits for violence in this country because it's a huge factor in the repression of sincerity..

interesting, and i tend to agree.

And the expression of sincerity on any Friday night in any town in the UK by the lumpen dross is an improvement?

You are surely having a laugh.

And the expression of sincerity on any Friday night in any town in the UK by the lumpen dross

you are unlikely to find any expression of sincerity on a friday night in any uk town. they just stomp you. what you see is what you get. the 'lumpen dross" may not be nice, but they tend to be upfront about their intentions.

in thailand you find it ( the false sincerity) all the time, the uniform of superficial smiles and politeness, hiding all kinds of unseen fellings underneath. what you see is often not what you get.

I really like culture shock, it never seems to wear off

Originally Posted by taxexile

And the expression of sincerity on any Friday night in any town in the UK by the lumpen dross

you are unlikely to find any expression of sincerity on a friday night in any uk town. they just stomp you. what you see is what you get. the 'lumpen dross" may not be nice, but they tend to be upfront about their intentions.

in thailand you find it ( the false sincerity) all the time, the uniform of superficial smiles and politeness, hiding all kinds of unseen fellings underneath. what you see is often not what you get.

I rather think you and Scampy are typical of the expatriated westerner who after fleeing their own country find disillusionment in their adopted homeland and inevitably imagine a superiority elsewhere to compensate for their own failings.

Don't kid yourselves, the false sincerity you divine in the LoS is no different to the hypocrisy which oils the wheels of life in the West but at least in Thailand the convention remains rooted in common courtesy and the admirable notion of self restraint in emotional displays whereas drunken boorishness and intemperate humour prevails in Blighty to a depressing degree.

Originally Posted by thegent

Originally Posted by taxexile

And the expression of sincerity on any Friday night in any town in the UK by the lumpen dross

you are unlikely to find any expression of sincerity on a friday night in any uk town. they just stomp you. what you see is what you get. the 'lumpen dross" may not be nice, but they tend to be upfront about their intentions.

in thailand you find it ( the false sincerity) all the time, the uniform of superficial smiles and politeness, hiding all kinds of unseen fellings underneath. what you see is often not what you get.

I rather think you and Scampy are typical of the expatriated westerner who after fleeing their own country find disillusionment in their adopted homeland and inevitably imagine a superiority elsewhere to compensate for their own failings.

Don't kid yourselves, the false sincerity you divine in the LoS is no different to the hypocrisy which oils the wheels of life in the West but at least in Thailand the convention remains rooted in common courtesy and the admirable notion of self restraint in emotional displays whereas drunken boorishness and intemperate humour prevails in Blighty to a depressing degree.

Wow. I wonder if you can follow the irony there.

I rather think you and Scampy are typical of the expatriated westerner who after fleeing their own country find disillusionment in their adopted homeland and inevitably imagine a superiority elsewhere to compensate for their own failings.

Don't kid yourselves, the false sincerity you divine in the LoS is no different to the hypocrisy which oils the wheels of life in the West but at least in Thailand the convention remains rooted in common courtesy and the admirable notion of self restraint in emotional displays whereas drunken boorishness and intemperate humour prevails in Blighty to a depressing degree.

i think you are drowning in your own dictionary

self restraint in emotional displays means that you dont know what is going on under the surface, all it does is breed mistrust as you try to figure out what is beyond the vapid smile.

it may make for a superficially polite society, but it also makes for a society where few speak their mind or show their true feelings for fear of either causing offence, or, to someone higher up the social scale, disrespect, or of showing bad manners.

its the ultimate expression of political correctness, something you profess to detest when exhibited in western society, but you choose to praise it when you encounter it here in thailand.

it allows for untruths to become acceptable, it delays confrontations until its too late and it results in conversations reduced to a level of inanity and childishness that borders on the ridiculous. approach any subject other than food or weather and you draw a blank.

i think its the secret of their happiness, they dont dwell on tomorrow, on the terrible things that can happen tomorrow.

sometimes i love that approach and sometimes i hate it.

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

The only downside of the evening was the Thai staff which of course, gave us a wai whenever we passed or made eye contact which is most annoying when entering or leaving the hotel because you naturally feel obliged to wai back, even if it's the tiniest bow, and it's irritating because nodding the head and saying 'waddy crap' all the time is not sincerity, it's protocol and it's one of the biggest culprits for violence in this country because it's a huge factor in the repression of sincerity.. It's the reason Thai men get most angry after an apology and why all their mates join in after you have already died of a beating on the pavement, but I can do a thread about that later.

So dont wai back idiot, that Thai do not.

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

Anyway yeah, it was a nice evening and cost us 990 baht each for all we could eat and was better than Oishi or that pre-packed raw salmon at Emporium

Sounds cheap.

Scampy finally figures out that eating at nice places is a hell of a lot better than outside Tescos or cheap eats places.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

I am surprised Blake7 wasn't invited for the event, or maybe he was

Indeed, he could have paid.