A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand

[Froggy]

Try to eat more often at home so this morning steamed chee cheong fan with black coffee

Wonderful breakfast

 

[Froggy]

Lunch I cooked steamed eggs with minced pork.

 

[Charlie99]

Hello [froggy]
Happy Lunar New Year.
I am glad that our doctor discovered your artery blockage soon enough to take remedial steps.
Please take steps to change your diet, reduce and thereafter stop smoking, as well as significantly reduce the consumption of alcohol.
My usual breakfast: an orange, a banana, spinach omelet, two slices of whole wheat toast with peanut butter, coffee.
Today's lunch: cucumber, tomatoes, avocado, and left over home made borscht.

 

[Charlie99]

[Froggy]
Please try to avoid deep fried food.

 

[Froggy]

 

[Froggy]

Samakon market opens only on Saturday and Sunday. The stalls were moved to a carpark under temporary tents for a year and last weekend they just shifted back to the newly build structure on the old location.

Some stalls are still not opened

Food stalls

After doing the weekly marketing, went to this kway-chap stall for breakfast

Sitting

Ordered one with clear soup

and another with soya sauce

 

[Froggy]

Spent a night in a hospital near home for sleep test

The view from the huge window

The room

Bathroom

Was served this for dinner

Rice and omelette

Tom-Ka-Gai (Thai galangal chicken coconut soup)

Total cost 16,000 baht ($645) and take 7 days for results.

 

[Froggy]

Although I missed the Chinese New Year celebration with family nevertheless I got the all clear from doctor to travel so on 4th day of CNY I went to Singapore to attend a party the next day

The Singapore Airlines lounge was nicely decorated

Had a cappuccino and some chwee kueh

Meatball cabbage soup

Toast with butter and coconut jam

Finally time to leave

Served meesiam for breakfast

 

[Froggy]

One night in Singapore 5 of us went to this shop to have dinner

Many customers came to celebrate the CNY with friends and family

Sambal kangkong

Marmite chicken

Braised tofu with mushrooms

Long beans with dry shrimps

Cereal prawns

Fish head curry

Yam ring

It was a great dinner celebrating CNY with friends

You notice alcohol was absent, I've basically stopped drinking

 

[Froggy]

One morning the 3 of us decided to visit the Redhill market for breakfast. We had the kwaychap from this stall:

That was really good kwaychap

We also tried the popular minced pork mushroom noodle from this stall

 

[Froggy]

Still on topic of Singapore. A friend brought me to Joo Chiat to buy Kim Choo's bak-chang, he told me opposite Kim Choo has a very good char kway teow so we went.

There was a queue

Auntie char kway teow first time I see

Have to say its the best I've had so far