Thai people love to take their bread with condensed milk. The first time when I saw the Teapot palace dip on the dining table of my host, I thought, well, who put a cleanser or moisturizer cream on the table? The fact is, having such dips packaged, in a squeezable tube, the same way as [...]

If you wish to drink more milk but are turned off by the milky taste, you can try the Foremost Yummy brand of fresh milk. You can find these milk being sold at all 7 Eleven or CJ stores. They come in low fat, full cream, chocolate and strawberry flavours. I known of some older [...]

In Thailand, you can find an interesting variety of cakes and if you know where the search, the taste is comparable with well known bakeries in the West but you only need to pay a fraction of the price. Sometimes local ingredients are being used to add in a unique flavour that is hard to [...]

Yamazaki is a Japanese based bakery that has come under high recommendations from some Thai friends. They have various types of breads, cakes, pastries, pizzas and sandwiches available. So far we have bought their bread and pizzas and noted that the taste is quite fresh, ie the items are baked fresh daily. It does not [...]

I was introduced to Bar-B-Q Plaza by my host while staying in Thailand. In Malaysia and Singapore, there are similar themed outlets but the price is much more expensive. You would be surprised at the price that you need to pay- if you come in a group of 10 people and order lots of meat, [...]

If you love longan (pronounced as lamyai ลำไย in Thai), you would be be able to find the most delicious longan in Thailand, specially those grown in the province of Samut Sakhon: Longan is one of my favourite fruits and I look forward to eating it each year. Longan session falls around end November to early [...]

Bangkok’s Chinatown (Yaowarat) is a very busy and active place both day and night, 7 days a week all through the year…. even during Chinese New Year. In Thailand, both Christmas and Chinese New Year are not declared as public holidays. Unlike Chinatown of most countries where it gets quiet around Chinese New Year, Yaowarat [...]

If you are visiting Bangkok’s Yaowarat (Chinatown), there is shop there that is most famous for their kway chap called Nai Eik Roll Noodle. They are also famous for their crispy pork, char siu and braised pork that goes with the kway chap noodles or served with rice. I have been to the shop a [...]

Updated January 2020: I have noticed a new flavour recently in the Thai Lay’s flavours: Khua Kling Curry Pizza: I also included the Hot Chili squid flavour because I do not recall seeing this flavour previously being on sale. Below is published in November 2019: When a Singaporean friend of mine bought Irvin’s Salted Eggs [...]