Land of Smiles

Thailand is Cambodia's neighbor to the West, and this forum is dedicated to Thai news, stories, reviews, blogs, videos, Thai people and anything else related to the country. A lot of expats have both lived and worked in Cambodia and Thailand, and this area is a place to discuss all aspects of life in Thailand and what's going on there. Most topics are about Bangkok and Pattaya because of their larger populations of expatriates and tourists in those cities, but this is for all things Thai.
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Thanks for your wonderful contributions Mr Yong.
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frank lee bent wrote: Fri Oct 19, 2018 1:15 am Thanks for your wonderful contributions Mr Yong.
I'm inclined to agree with you there, infact I cannot understand why some international travel magazine has not offered Yong a job doing food and restaurant reviews.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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Duncan wrote: Fri Oct 19, 2018 7:40 am
frank lee bent wrote: Fri Oct 19, 2018 1:15 am Thanks for your wonderful contributions Mr Yong.
I'm inclined to agree with you there, infact I cannot understand why some international travel magazine has not offered Yong a job doing food and restaurant reviews.
I'm just a low level travelling screw salesman peddling my wares whenever I go , definitely no cushy magazine job offers for me. :lol:
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very funny!
you do this for love and we thank you!
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The morning after was a great traditional breakfast on the streets of Bangkok.

Love these morning market scene
(damn I have a video but cannot be embedded so here is the link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqNC4zza9vg)

Street market
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Owner of stall serving the never ending line of customers
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Stall opens 5am closes when everything sold usually 9-10am
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Delicious smooth pork porridge. The liver is so fresh, cut so thin simply melts in the mouth, don't be fooled by the white porridge as tasteless as meatballs are cooking in the porridge so the porridge is naturally flavoured. Add some of them fre4shly deep fried fritters this breakfast will bring you to cloud 9
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Location
https://goo.gl/maps/s6bfUuwzP1A2
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Went to Boonthavorn, a mega hardware shop to buy some tiles for the new kitchen
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After choosing and paying for the tiles I have to go to the warehouse to pick up the purchase
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Park the truck at any lot and go to a counter to claim
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Wait at the waiting room with TV and drinks
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When called, the boys will load my purchases for me
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All arranged nicely so that it will not move during driving
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Finally, all set and ready to go
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I now have another reason for the wife why the pickup truck is so important
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Check out my truck video here (still couldn't embed videos like in the past)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGbHtd5L51s
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When you miss mom's fried noodles and you are overseas what do you do? Yes do it yourself.

Fried rice noodles with braised pork, vegetables, mushrooms
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and eggs
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bon appétito
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Chiang Rai is the northernmost province of Thailand bordering Laos and Myanmar which why this is also known as the Golden Triangle. Visiting Chiang Rai these few days. Took a flight from Bangkok to Chiang Rai this afternoon took 1hr and 20mins.

Meal on flight (Thai Smile Airlines a low cost airline of Thai Airways for domestic)
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Chicken
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Kindda weird serving pink egg salad
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Hazy Chiang Rai
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Chiang Rai Airport
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Staying in this resort in Chiang Rai, video shows the resort and at 4min 34sec onwards is the room.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkj66BRyY30&t=286s

The room
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