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mamoru [TotalFark]
2011-12-01 09:09:21 PM
Interesting. Gonna check out the Ninja House Hero when I get the chance. I've also heard some good things about Cabbages & Condoms, but in this city, there really isn't much point in going out to restaurants for good Thai food when you can get awesome food for MUCH cheaper at the street stalls and markets.
 
the_chief
2011-12-01 09:45:56 PM
Bangkok has 'em now.
 
skinink
2011-12-01 09:46:58 PM
I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine.
 
SumoJeb
2011-12-01 09:50:11 PM
cabbages and condoms was a really good restaurant. I would recommend eating there if you are in Bangkok. Nice part of town too.
 
Bastinado
2011-12-01 09:58:25 PM
SumoJeb: cabbages and condoms was a really good restaurant. I would recommend eating there if you are in Bangkok. Nice part of town too.


Wink wink, nudge nudge. Say no more.
 
GleepGlop
2011-12-01 10:02:12 PM
Actually I was in Kumamoto City in Japan a few years ago and there was a Cabbages and Condoms just opening up there. No idea it was a chain. I assumed it was just some bad Engrish.
 
Pizilla
2011-12-01 10:11:36 PM
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PJRart
2011-12-01 10:15:11 PM
I recently got back from a trip to Seoul, where I dined at Daikons and Diaphragms. Try the fish tacos, they're excellent. Skip the tartar sauce.
 
Gish21
2011-12-01 10:21:10 PM
SumoJeb: cabbages and condoms was a really good restaurant. I would recommend eating there if you are in Bangkok. Nice part of town too.

Easily in the worst part of town in my opinion. Actually the only part of it I couldn't live in. Whole lower suhkumvit area is a dump and it's getting worse all the time.

Never been to cabbages and condoms but it's mainly for tourists so I'm guessing it's overpriced and possibly toned down for foreigners.
 
colithian
2011-12-01 10:25:53 PM
Thailand has been the Japan of southern Asia for years.

PJRart: I recently got back from a trip to Seoul, where I dined at Daikons and Diaphragms. Try the fish tacos, they're excellent. Skip the tartar sauce.

Daikons are Japanese.

Pizilla: [25.media.tumblr.com image 500x335]

fark off, Avatard.

/jk, loved that show when I was in high school
 
Ow! That was my feelings!
2011-12-01 10:27:44 PM
I played chess one time in Bangkok..

proof (new window)
 
CrimsonCannonball
2011-12-01 10:33:10 PM
Those are ok...I have seen stranger things here (lived for a couple years).

Favorite Places to Eat:
- Pork and rice cart on Soi Convent right outside Coyote (the mexican place, which kinda sucks)
- The tom-yum cart behind BCH on Surawong - awesome.
- Iron Fairy on Thonglor Soi 12...best burgers ever

Had jellyfish last night at a Chinese place on Silom Soi 3, it was pretty good.

/crickets and grasshoppers taste like metallic peanuts...not too bad, good bar-food.
 
CrimsonCannonball
2011-12-01 10:35:21 PM
Which reminds me...how many Bangkok farkers would be interested in a night out at Tawandaeng? I know we have talked about this before, but I think we should set something up. Maybe a Christmas Eve Tawandaeng Bangkok Fark Party...anyone interested?
 
douchebag/hater
2011-12-01 10:40:53 PM
Cabbages & Condoms, and 8 other restaurants contributing to Bangkok's evolution from "pretty bizarre" to "Japan"

FTFY, subby.
 
Bill_Wick's_Friend
2011-12-01 11:08:30 PM
Chowed down on the bugs in Chatuchuk Market. Crickets and grubs, deep fried and salted and spiced? Them's good eats.
 
mamoru [TotalFark]
2011-12-01 11:09:12 PM
colithian: Thailand has been the Japan of southern Asia for years.

As someone who lived in Japan for 5 years and has been living in Bangkok for just over 4 years now, I couldn't disagree more. They really have very little in common, and Japan is definitely the better of the two in almost every way.

CrimsonCannonball: - Iron Fairy on Thonglor Soi 12...best burgers ever

I love the style of Iron Fairy! Or I did when I went there, but it has been a long time and may have changed. Does it still feel like a '20s speakeasy?

Thong Lo is probably my favorite area in Bangkok, because it seems to be the most chilled out. My favorite bar in the city is there on Soi Thararom 2: Shades of Retro. I love it because it is one of the very few bars where you can just chillax, and the music volume is at a level where you can actually have conversations. There are some good Japanese restaurants on Thong Lo as well. Overall, it's just a pretty nice area, IMHO.
 
LanguageLikeBonsais
2011-12-01 11:12:49 PM
C&C has a secret abortion center next door. I suggest you stay away from their dumplings.

(On the other hand, I'd like to suggest the seafood vendor at the corner of Suk and Soi 20. Amazing.)
 
Telos
2011-12-01 11:23:25 PM
mamoru: colithian: Thailand has been the Japan of southern Asia for years.

As someone who lived in Japan for 5 years and has been living in Bangkok for just over 4 years now, I couldn't disagree more. They really have very little in common, and Japan is definitely the better of the two in almost every way.

CrimsonCannonball: - Iron Fairy on Thonglor Soi 12...best burgers ever

I love the style of Iron Fairy! Or I did when I went there, but it has been a long time and may have changed. Does it still feel like a '20s speakeasy?

Thong Lo is probably my favorite area in Bangkok, because it seems to be the most chilled out. My favorite bar in the city is there on Soi Thararom 2: Shades of Retro. I love it because it is one of the very few bars where you can just chillax, and the music volume is at a level where you can actually have conversations. There are some good Japanese restaurants on Thong Lo as well. Overall, it's just a pretty nice area, IMHO.

So then, where would an American guy on vacation go to hit on chicks? Just in case I end up single 9 hours ago...
 
utharda [TotalFark]
2011-12-01 11:27:12 PM
LanguageLikeBonsais: C&C has a secret abortion center next door. I suggest you stay away from their dumplings.

(On the other hand, I'd like to suggest the seafood vendor at the corner of Suk and Soi 20. Amazing.)

Thanks, just for that I'll point all out all the thai restaurants in texas situated next to veterinarian hospitals in strip malls.


/bleargh.

(I blame the texans, not the thais.
 
CrimsonCannonball
2011-12-01 11:27:23 PM
mamoru: CrimsonCannonball: - Iron Fairy on Thonglor Soi 12...best burgers ever

I love the style of Iron Fairy! Or I did when I went there, but it has been a long time and may have changed. Does it still feel like a '20s speakeasy?

Thong Lo is probably my favorite area in Bangkok, because it seems to be the most chilled out. My favorite bar in the city is there on Soi Thararom 2: Shades of Retro. I love it because it is one of the very few bars where you can just chillax, and the music volume is at a level where you can actually have conversations. There are some good Japanese restaurants on Thong Lo as well. Overall, it's just a pretty nice area, IMHO.

Yep, I don't know what it was like before, but it is still speakeasy with a bit more of a steampunk vibe to it. Its nice. Another place I really like (though just because of the music) is Fat Gutz Whiskey Bar down the street in front of Grass. It is owned by the same family that owns Iron Fairy, and they have an AWESOME blues set that plays there every once in a while. The place is tiny...really really tiny and the band literally sets up and plays in a stairwell, but its worth it.
 
CrimsonCannonball
2011-12-01 11:32:24 PM
Telos: So then, where would an American guy on vacation go to hit on chicks? Just in case I end up single 9 hours ago...

Define "hit on"

If you are the average American tourist, you will likely find yourself drawn to one of the red light districts (ick). As an American living in Thailand, I usually detest tourists.

My advice to you, if you are just looking for someone to hang out with, just start talking to people. Thai people are generally very friendly, and you will eventually find your way to somewhere you can just chill and chat. Don't try to go to a bar to "hit on chicks" because it doesn't really work that way unless prostitution is your thing.
 
mamoru [TotalFark]
2011-12-01 11:41:39 PM
CrimsonCannonball: Fat Gutz Whiskey Bar down the street in front of Grass.

I've been by there many times, and I've been to other events in Grass, but haven't been in there yet. Sounds good. I may have to check it out some time soon. :)
 
colithian
2011-12-01 11:54:18 PM
mamoru: colithian: Thailand has been the Japan of southern Asia for years.

As someone who lived in Japan for 5 years and has been living in Bangkok for just over 4 years now, I couldn't disagree more. They really have very little in common, and Japan is definitely the better of the two in almost every way.

CrimsonCannonball: - Iron Fairy on Thonglor Soi 12...best burgers ever

I love the style of Iron Fairy! Or I did when I went there, but it has been a long time and may have changed. Does it still feel like a '20s speakeasy?

Thong Lo is probably my favorite area in Bangkok, because it seems to be the most chilled out. My favorite bar in the city is there on Soi Thararom 2: Shades of Retro. I love it because it is one of the very few bars where you can just chillax, and the music volume is at a level where you can actually have conversations. There are some good Japanese restaurants on Thong Lo as well. Overall, it's just a pretty nice area, IMHO.

I meant in terms of weirdness.
 
SweetHomeNowhere
2011-12-01 11:56:53 PM
Several years ago, I went to a North Korean-run Korean restaurant in Japan by the Chosen Soren (aka Association of North Korean Residents in Japan). Not bad. I would go there again if I had time to meet my Japanese relatives.
 
Bucky Katt [TotalFark]
2011-12-02 12:00:20 AM
Neither weird nor Japanese. AIDS is a terrible public health menace.
 
booksmrt
2011-12-02 12:01:27 AM
My favourite restaurant name in South Korea is "Rectum Brothers". No lie. Makes me laugh every time I see it.
 
PanicMan
2011-12-02 12:01:39 AM
Ow! That was my feelings!: I played chess one time in Bangkok..

proof (new window)

I haven't heard that song in ages. I never knew it was about competitive chess.
 
mamoru [TotalFark]
2011-12-02 12:06:10 AM
colithian: I meant in terms of weirdness.

While I was generalizing, what i said applies to the weirdness as well. At best, Thai weirdness is a cheap, incompetent knock-off of Japanese weirdness. ;p
 
CrimsonCannonball
2011-12-02 12:09:25 AM
mamoru: colithian: I meant in terms of weirdness.

While I was generalizing, what i said applies to the weirdness as well. At best, Thai weirdness is a cheap, incompetent knock-off of Japanese weirdness. ;p

Japan has the whole "island ecology of weirdness" thing going for it.
 
bikkurikun
2011-12-02 12:50:42 AM
I went to Bangkok for the first time in october, and too be honest I didn't really like it but I probably stayed in the wrong area (sukhumvit). Seeing all the tourists and expats walking around with thai girls is just very depressing. Just way too many tourists in general. Actually I wanted to get out of town and visit middle and northern thailand, but couldn't because of the flooding. Only thing I liked about Bangkok were the street stalls for food and the really good massages. I'll probably try again next year to see the rest of the country though.
 
colithian
2011-12-02 12:57:39 AM
bikkurikun: I went to Bangkok for the first time in october, and too be honest I didn't really like it but I probably stayed in the wrong area (sukhumvit). Seeing all the tourists and expats walking around with thai girls is just very depressing. Just way too many tourists in general. Actually I wanted to get out of town and visit middle and northern thailand, but couldn't because of the flooding. Only thing I liked about Bangkok were the street stalls for food and the really good massages. I'll probably try again next year to see the rest of the country though.

I always heard the place to go is Phuket.
And why are there so many Farkers in Thailand?
 
Bucky Katt [TotalFark]
2011-12-02 01:02:40 AM
colithian: bikkurikun: I went to Bangkok for the first time in october, and too be honest I didn't really like it but I probably stayed in the wrong area (sukhumvit). Seeing all the tourists and expats walking around with thai girls is just very depressing. Just way too many tourists in general. Actually I wanted to get out of town and visit middle and northern thailand, but couldn't because of the flooding. Only thing I liked about Bangkok were the street stalls for food and the really good massages. I'll probably try again next year to see the rest of the country though.

I always heard the place to go is Phuket.
And why are there so many Farkers in Thailand?

sex tourism
 
CrimsonCannonball
2011-12-02 02:00:06 AM
bikkurikun:
sex tourism

Nah. Well, at least not me, I can't speak for everyone.

Thailand is really just a pretty awesome place to live. The people are friendly, everyone is easy to deal with, cost of living is low, and once you get outside the tourist areas its an incredibly beautiful country. One of my very well-traveled Thai friends put it this way: "There really isn't any country in the world where you can pretty much live however you would like to and be left completely alone. Every time I go somewhere else, I end up wishing I was back in Thailand."

I think that pretty well captures why most people end up living here. I have been 1000x happier here in Thailand than I ever was in the States.
 
AmericanThai
2011-12-02 07:24:57 AM
Cabbages & Condoms is a great restaurant, and they also have one in Pattaya at a beach resort named Birds and the Bees.
 
Gish21
2011-12-02 07:40:31 AM
colithian:
I always heard the place to go is Phuket.

Maybe 10-20 years ago. Phuket today is overrun with hordes of european package tourists, especially in winter. Overpriced and a lot of rude people. It's still ok but it's not some hidden tropical paradise anymore.
 
colithian
2011-12-02 04:05:41 PM
CrimsonCannonball: bikkurikun:
sex tourism

Nah. Well, at least not me, I can't speak for everyone.

Thailand is really just a pretty awesome place to live. The people are friendly, everyone is easy to deal with, cost of living is low, and once you get outside the tourist areas its an incredibly beautiful country. One of my very well-traveled Thai friends put it this way: "There really isn't any country in the world where you can pretty much live however you would like to and be left completely alone. Every time I go somewhere else, I end up wishing I was back in Thailand."

I think that pretty well captures why most people end up living here. I have been 1000x happier here in Thailand than I ever was in the States.

But what about the flooding?
 
phildonnia
2011-12-02 06:36:24 PM
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CrimsonCannonball
2011-12-02 08:47:24 PM
colithian: But what about the flooding?

The flooding certainly is lame, I have been spared the worst of it though. It got within a couple hundred yards of my condo, there was no bottle water or TP for a while, and it was impossible to get anywhere, but not impossible for me to deal with.

What we saw here this year is nothing compared to what we are going to get next year if we have alot of rain. This whole situation has been spectacularly mismanaged - it really makes Katrina look like a well-handled walk in the park. The problem is that all of the mountain reservoirs are completely full and they can't let water out until Ayuttaya and Northern Bangkok are dry...which might be another couple months. By then it will start raining again, and the water will have nowhere to go but the Chao Phraya. Next year will be interesting.
 
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