Originally Posted by
mr&mrs
Agreed... unfortunately, we have no terrace or balcony, either... and nobody to share a big ol' turkey in any case.
Looks like one of the hotels will have to do. Besides, the turkey is really just a bonus -- the real priority is to find somebody serving traditional pumpkin pie... after that, it's all good!
Now pumpkin pie is something that's easy to produce here, and if you make it from scratch, the local pumpkins are way tastier than anything you can get in the States!
Just in case anyone was thinking about getting turkeys from Central Chidlom or Central Food Hall, the exact same Butterballs are selling for 320B/kilo, nearly 100B/kilo more than the Gourmet Markets, and will set you back at least 2000B. They did have some bigger (9kg) birds, so if that happens to be what you're looking for, and you're willing to pay the premium, you know where to go.
The boned turkey breast roasts were selling for a whopping 660B/kilo. And I don't even like white meat.
I won't be able to go until next week, but Foodland often has more competitive prices on imported food. Also Big C has been advertising in the French press about their imported products from France. I wonder if that includes things that would be useful for Thanksgiving, like chestnuts.