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Guide to Bangkok Eating: Restaurants, Street Food and More
Mar 10, 2008, 10:15 pm
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A simple, very polite way to ask for more of something (usually food in a restaurant) would be: "kor (xxxxx) perm, noi khrup" (note I assumed a male is making the request... if female, substitute ka for khrup). Just insert the thai noun for xxxxx. For example, asking for more meat, you'd substitute "neu-a." A woman asking for more rice would be "kor kow perm, noi ka"
If you're dealing with a street vendor, you might try something simple like "oww eek.... dai, mai khrup?" which means "I want some more... is that possible?" Such phraseology would rarely be used by native Thai speakers, but in practice would certainly suffice to get your point across.
A simple, very polite way to ask for more of something (usually food in a restaurant) would be: "kor (xxxxx) perm, noi khrup" (note I assumed a male is making the request... if female, substitute ka for khrup). Just insert the thai noun for xxxxx. For example, asking for more meat, you'd substitute "neu-a." A woman asking for more rice would be "kor kow perm, noi ka"
If you're dealing with a street vendor, you might try something simple like "oww eek.... dai, mai khrup?" which means "I want some more... is that possible?" Such phraseology would rarely be used by native Thai speakers, but in practice would certainly suffice to get your point across.
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Mar 10, 2008, 10:29 pm
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A simple, very polite way to ask for more of something (usually food in a restaurant) would be: "kor (xxxxx) perm, noi khrup" (note I assumed a male is making the request... if female, substitute ka for khrup). Just insert the thai noun for xxxxx. For example, asking for more meat, you'd substitute "neu-a." A woman asking for more rice would be "kor kow perm, noi ka"
Mar 10, 2008, 10:46 pm
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So Kao mun gai would be kao mun gai pi sed
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Mar 11, 2008, 8:30 am
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Early on, I did find it ironic that moo is pork. Actually, FWIW, neu-a, while technically meaning beef, is sometimes used generically to differentiate 'meat' from chicken (gai) and fish (plaa).
Mar 11, 2008, 11:12 am
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Mar 11, 2008, 11:34 am
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Mar 11, 2008, 3:51 pm
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rjh, you are a legend, I used to spend hours finding obsure restaurants that transpac, ddrewboy, megatoplover and ual would talk about, now all I need do is print off a map and say go there!!!! Everyone asks why I love Bangkok, but I think finding new and exciting food places has to be one of the main reasons. I am kept so busy catching up on the places recommended, that I never get to be a trail blazer and find anything new myself. thanks bkkrop
Mar 11, 2008, 4:30 pm
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Just one question: is there any way to periodically back up the restaurant database? I ask this in case things gets messed up, which seems to me to be possible if a bunch of people are (with good intentions) working on the map, and inadvertently drag placeholders, delete entries, etc.
Mar 11, 2008, 11:02 pm
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I will shamelessly plug a restaurant.
Pla dib (raw fish) restaurant at the top of Soi Ari Samphan 7 or 8. It's about 10 baht motorcycle ride from Ari BTS station. It's a fusion restaurant (Japanese, Thai, and Italian) which uses top notch ingredients. They have a brick/cement pizza oven outside but it was not used the last time I was there.
The owner is like a brother to me and I used to be the guinea pig when he "experimented" with food back in high school.
If anyone want some more info, let me know.
By the way, was there ever a BKK DO?
drew
Pla dib (raw fish) restaurant at the top of Soi Ari Samphan 7 or 8. It's about 10 baht motorcycle ride from Ari BTS station. It's a fusion restaurant (Japanese, Thai, and Italian) which uses top notch ingredients. They have a brick/cement pizza oven outside but it was not used the last time I was there.
The owner is like a brother to me and I used to be the guinea pig when he "experimented" with food back in high school.
If anyone want some more info, let me know.
By the way, was there ever a BKK DO?
drew
Last edited by ddrewboy; Mar 11, 2008 at 11:09 pm Reason: put in translation
Mar 12, 2008, 5:05 am
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I will shamelessly plug a restaurant.
Pla dib (raw fish) restaurant at the top of Soi Ari Samphan 7 or 8. It's about 10 baht motorcycle ride from Ari BTS station. It's a fusion restaurant (Japanese, Thai, and Italian) which uses top notch ingredients. They have a brick/cement pizza oven outside but it was not used the last time I was there.
The owner is like a brother to me and I used to be the guinea pig when he "experimented" with food back in high school.
If anyone want some more info, let me know.
By the way, was there ever a BKK DO?
drew
Pla dib (raw fish) restaurant at the top of Soi Ari Samphan 7 or 8. It's about 10 baht motorcycle ride from Ari BTS station. It's a fusion restaurant (Japanese, Thai, and Italian) which uses top notch ingredients. They have a brick/cement pizza oven outside but it was not used the last time I was there.
The owner is like a brother to me and I used to be the guinea pig when he "experimented" with food back in high school.
If anyone want some more info, let me know.
By the way, was there ever a BKK DO?
drew
Mar 12, 2008, 8:09 am
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I will shamelessly plug a restaurant.
Pla dib (raw fish) restaurant at the top of Soi Ari Samphan 7 or 8. It's about 10 baht motorcycle ride from Ari BTS station. It's a fusion restaurant (Japanese, Thai, and Italian) which uses top notch ingredients. They have a brick/cement pizza oven outside but it was not used the last time I was there.
The owner is like a brother to me and I used to be the guinea pig when he "experimented" with food back in high school.
If anyone want some more info, let me know.
By the way, was there ever a BKK DO?
drew
Pla dib (raw fish) restaurant at the top of Soi Ari Samphan 7 or 8. It's about 10 baht motorcycle ride from Ari BTS station. It's a fusion restaurant (Japanese, Thai, and Italian) which uses top notch ingredients. They have a brick/cement pizza oven outside but it was not used the last time I was there.
The owner is like a brother to me and I used to be the guinea pig when he "experimented" with food back in high school.
If anyone want some more info, let me know.
By the way, was there ever a BKK DO?
drew
I brought up the Bangkok Eating map and entered "pla dib" in the search box. Two previous placemarks came up, more or less in the same place, and near where Drew indicated the restaurant was. Then, I just saved to the map, changed the icon and name approproately, and entered his caption info.
Mar 12, 2008, 8:11 am
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Agree! The map is a great collaborative tool, and there's not too much better to collaborate on than Thai food Just one question: is there any way to periodically back up the restaurant database? I ask this in case things gets messed up, which seems to me to be possible if a bunch of people are (with good intentions) working on the map, and inadvertently drag placeholders, delete entries, etc.
Just one question: is there any way to periodically back up the restaurant database? I ask this in case things gets messed up, which seems to me to be possible if a bunch of people are (with good intentions) working on the map, and inadvertently drag placeholders, delete entries, etc.About all one could do is create a separate map and save the placemarks to it, one by one, I believe.
Mar 12, 2008, 9:02 am
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Does any one know when the last time BKK map was updated by google? My childhood home location is now conveniently covered by clouds 
I guess it really doesnt matter much since it has burned down 5 yrs ago. It was still present in the map last year
drew
I guess it really doesnt matter much since it has burned down 5 yrs ago. It was still present in the map last year
drew
Mar 12, 2008, 9:42 am
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Here's how I added a tentaive placemark for this restaurant. Once you know the method, you'll see how easy it is to add to the map.
I brought up the Bangkok Eating map and entered "pla dib" in the search box. Two previous placemarks came up, more or less in the same place, and near where Drew indicated the restaurant was. Then, I just saved to the map, changed the icon and name approproately, and entered his caption info.
I brought up the Bangkok Eating map and entered "pla dib" in the search box. Two previous placemarks came up, more or less in the same place, and near where Drew indicated the restaurant was. Then, I just saved to the map, changed the icon and name approproately, and entered his caption info.
I am on now on a mission to discover/re-discover old haunts...TbC
Mar 12, 2008, 10:40 am
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