Buriram Expats
Buriram Province - General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: davureborn on July 21, 2015, 06:01:58 AM
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Neighbour insists that Robinsons is open, he walked around on Saturday. Parking spaces appear to be full of cars from Bangkok. Anybody been for a look?
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Strange. We drove by yesterday and didn't appear to be open. Looked like just contractor vehicles in car park and a green mesh was erected along the front of the building.
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On their Facebook they say the officail Opening Date is the 29 th July !
https://www.facebook.com/robinson.buriram/timeline
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Your Neighbour is a typical Thai.. A lying bastardo... I went past on Saturday night and they hadn't even put the full name under the Big R... It only said ROBIN.. The rest was missing lol
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Neighbour insists that Robinsons is open, he walked around on Saturday. Parking spaces appear to be full of cars from Bangkok. Anybody been for a look?
Whilst I wouldn't accuse your neighbour of lying he does appear to be mistaken. Opening day is 29th July. There are some Tops posters dotted around Buriram with that date on too.
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I thought as much, just thought that it must be partially opened. Never mind, maybe he did walk around inside, he wasn't going to buy anything so maybe he thought it was open. He's an honest guy.
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Open today...
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https://www.facebook.com/robinson.buriram
Looks busy :)
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It was great in Makro yesterday .... walked straight up to an available cashier ..
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It was great in Makro yesterday .... walked straight up to an available cashier ..
Don't you possess a VIP card for the checkout?
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It was great in Makro yesterday .... walked straight up to an available cashier ..
Don't you possess a VIP card for the checkout?
What's a VIP card? You mean a licensed seller of alcohol? The only time I felt the need for my Makro card was when there were many people waiting and it was announced that people with cards had priority. I never saw anyone going to the head of the queue waving a card.
I was in BigC yesterday and it was 'empty'.
Anybody compared prices BigC/Tops yet? No price war that I could see. Beer costs the same as does butter. My wife thought things were slightly more expensive, which is surprising for an opening day.
Shortly after saying that butter was ฿20 cheaper in Makro than in BigC, Makro put their price up! They must be spying on this forum.
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There will always be one who bites........... :) :) character3
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It was great in Makro yesterday .... walked straight up to an available cashier ..
Don't you possess a VIP card for the checkout?
I've got mine :biggrin:
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It was great in Makro yesterday .... walked straight up to an available cashier ..
Don't you possess a VIP card for the checkout?
I've got mine :biggrin:
LOL - You have Photoshopped Nookies !!!!!!
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It was great in Makro yesterday .... walked straight up to an available cashier ..
Don't you possess a VIP card for the checkout?
What's a VIP card? You mean a licensed seller of alcohol? The only time I felt the need for my Makro card was when there were many people waiting and it was announced that people with cards had priority. I never saw anyone going to the head of the queue waving a card.
You won't see anyone waving their card,you go to the office near the checkouts,& job done..........Starman was the one who put me on to this.........Ask him for the application details.
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There will always be one who bites........... :) :) character3
Ray my talents are being wasted!
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There is no priority for people with cards at Makro.
The only draw back of not having one is that you will often be told that you can only go to cashier number 1.
You can get money back on your monthly bills if you spend enough. BuriramPieMan is currently ranked as the 8th highest spending customer, listed as independent restaurant/food producer, in Makro Buriram. The money we get back is only about 300 baht a month so not too much to get excited about. We do seem to get many free gifts though.
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Had the misfortune of having to drive by the new Robinsons today at around 1pm. Road retry much grid- locked and a solitary copper who IMHO was just making things worse. Certainly worth avoiding the area for next couple of days
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Full of Thais not buying things, walking around Daydreaming for the next 4 Days.. Best Avoided for sure
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Robinson Lifestyle Center Shopping Mall in Buriram was full today but good for junk food restaurants and little other stores, the supermarket is a joke because very expensive I prefer to continue to go to Big C, Makro and night market !
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Cinem good. Saw Mission Impossible today, very good.
Booked online - that confused them :)
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Expensive for some but not for others.. I never look at prices.. I couldn't tell you the price of one thing..
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Cinem good. Saw Mission Impossible today, very good.
Booked online - that confused them :)
Maybe you could do a review Co Co :)
http://www.buriramexpats.com/forum/index.php/topic,4245.165.html
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Robinson Lifestyle Center Shopping Mall in Buriram was full today but good for junk food restaurants and little other stores, the supermarket is a joke because very expensive I prefer to continue to go to Big C, Makro and night market !
I'm a TESCO's shopper myself. :)
Picked up a few bargain today in fact. Large Box of Coffee-mate at 107 Baht ,Tesco's Tuna in brine at 31 Baht a tin,Carrots 21 Baht a kilo and Campbell's cream of chicken soup on the bargain shelf at only 32 Baht a can ;)
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Robinson Lifestyle Center Shopping Mall in Buriram was full today but good for junk food restaurants and little other stores, the supermarket is a joke because very expensive I prefer to continue to go to Big C, Makro and night market !
I'm a TESCO's shopper myself. :)
Picked up a few bargain today in fact. Large Box of Coffee-mate at 107 Baht ,Tesco's Tuna in brine at 31 Baht a tin,Carrots 21 Baht a kilo and Campbell's cream of chicken soup on the bargain shelf at only 32 Baht a can ;)
A right result Jackie Boy - keep those shopping tips coming.
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Paid the place a visit Tuesday evening,a lot of people milling around,very little being bought,Tops only had 2 of the 8 checkouts open with no-one at either!.....Guess I won't be going back in a hurry!
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Robinson Lifestyle Center Shopping Mall in Buriram was full today but good for junk food restaurants and little other stores, the supermarket is a joke because very expensive I prefer to continue to go to Big C, Makro and night market !
I'm a TESCO's shopper myself. :)
Picked up a few bargain today in fact. Large Box of Coffee-mate at 107 Baht ,Tesco's Tuna in brine at 31 Baht a tin,Carrots 21 Baht a kilo and Campbell's cream of chicken soup on the bargain shelf at only 32 Baht a can ;)
A right result Jackie Boy - keep those shopping tips coming.
The best thing about Robinsons, for the time being at least, is that you can find a parking space in BigC and Makro now.
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Robinson Lifestyle Center Shopping Mall in Buriram was full today but good for junk food restaurants and little other stores, the supermarket is a joke because very expensive I prefer to continue to go to Big C, Makro and night market !
I'm a TESCO's shopper myself. :)
Picked up a few bargain today in fact. Large Box of Coffee-mate at 107 Baht ,Tesco's Tuna in brine at 31 Baht a tin,Carrots 21 Baht a kilo and Campbell's cream of chicken soup on the bargain shelf at only 32 Baht a can ;)
I like Cambell's cream of chicken soup and have trouble getting it where I live! Which TESCO's was that??????
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Robinson Lifestyle Center Shopping Mall in Buriram was full today but good for junk food restaurants and little other stores, the supermarket is a joke because very expensive I prefer to continue to go to Big C, Makro and night market !
I'm a TESCO's shopper myself. :)
Picked up a few bargain today in fact. Large Box of Coffee-mate at 107 Baht ,Tesco's Tuna in brine at 31 Baht a tin,Carrots 21 Baht a kilo and Campbell's cream of chicken soup on the bargain shelf at only 32 Baht a can ;)
A right result Jackie Boy - keep those shopping tips coming.
I did read somewhere Coco that some Tesco's are selling a well known brand of Cream of Tomato Soup for 21Baht a can ( with still one year left to their expire date ) but it sounds like their stock was all taken by one selfish customer. They should put limit on how many tins you can buy on these special offers, so infuture I may keep my shopping tips to myself so as to stop these greedy hoarder :biggrin:
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Robinson Lifestyle Center Shopping Mall in Buriram was full today but good for junk food restaurants and little other stores, the supermarket is a joke because very expensive I prefer to continue to go to Big C, Makro and night market !
I'm a TESCO's shopper myself. :)
Picked up a few bargain today in fact. Large Box of Coffee-mate at 107 Baht ,Tesco's Tuna in brine at 31 Baht a tin,Carrots 21 Baht a kilo and Campbell's cream of chicken soup on the bargain shelf at only 32 Baht a can ;)
A right result Jackie Boy - keep those shopping tips coming.
I did read somewhere Coco that some Tesco's are selling a well known brand of Cream of Tomato Soup for 21Baht a can ( with still one year left to their expire date ) but it sounds like their stock was all taken by one selfish customer. They should put limit on how many tins you can buy on these special offers, so infuture I may keep my shopping tips to myself so as to stop these greedy hoarder :biggrin:
Despicable action.
I sincerely hope it wasn't a Brit !!
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Robinson Lifestyle Center Shopping Mall in Buriram was full today but good for junk food restaurants and little other stores, the supermarket is a joke because very expensive I prefer to continue to go to Big C, Makro and night market !
I'm a TESCO's shopper myself. :)
Picked up a few bargain today in fact. Large Box of Coffee-mate at 107 Baht ,Tesco's Tuna in brine at 31 Baht a tin,Carrots 21 Baht a kilo and Campbell's cream of chicken soup on the bargain shelf at only 32 Baht a can ;)
I like Cambell's cream of chicken soup and have trouble getting it where I live! Which TESCO's was that??????
Bump! as no helpful answer yet?
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Despicable action.
I sincerely hope it wasn't a Brit !!
Yes Despicable Coco :)
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Robinson Lifestyle Center Shopping Mall in Buriram was full today but good for junk food restaurants and little other stores, the supermarket is a joke because very expensive I prefer to continue to go to Big C, Makro and night market !
I'm a TESCO's shopper myself. :)
Picked up a few bargain today in fact. Large Box of Coffee-mate at 107 Baht ,Tesco's Tuna in brine at 31 Baht a tin,Carrots 21 Baht a kilo and Campbell's cream of chicken soup on the bargain shelf at only 32 Baht a can ;)
I like Cambell's cream of chicken soup and have trouble getting it where I live! Which TESCO's was that??????
Bump! as no helpful answer yet?
Thought you had enough stock already Dave ................
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A right result Jackie Boy - keep those shopping tips coming.
Spotted these on the Bargain shelf in Tesco CoCo , all at 20Baht a can :)
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(http://www.gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/porkbrainsmilkgravyng3.jpg)
(http://www.gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/silkworm_pupa_can-300x225.jpg)
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(http://www.gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/alldaybreakfast-193x300.jpg)
The Allday Breakfast may be worth a try hungry1
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Which TESCO was that Jackie ?
I haven't seen them in Prakhonchai.
The breakfast in a can looks a winner......
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The breakfast in a can looks a winner......
I won't be buying that again :unsure:
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Mushrooms look nice
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Mushrooms look nice
Looks inedible
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Robinson Lifestyle Center Shopping Mall in Buriram was full today but good for junk food restaurants and little other stores, the supermarket is a joke because very expensive I prefer to continue to go to Big C, Makro and night market !
I'm a TESCO's shopper myself. :)
Picked up a few bargain today in fact. Large Box of Coffee-mate at 107 Baht ,Tesco's Tuna in brine at 31 Baht a tin,Carrots 21 Baht a kilo and Campbell's cream of chicken soup on the bargain shelf at only 32 Baht a can ;)
I like Cambell's cream of chicken soup and have trouble getting it where I live! Which TESCO's was that??????
Bump! as no helpful answer yet?
Thought you had enough stock already Dave ................
Why would I be asking for its source, if I already had enough? loco
Clearly you are all to busy to answer a simple clear question. There was I thinking this forums mission statement was 'Expats helping Expats'
Obviously I was wrong.
Once again the modus operandi is to make this a miserable place to visit.
Farewell
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Mushrooms look nice
Looks inedible
They were smilenod
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Robinson Lifestyle Center Shopping Mall in Buriram was full today but good for junk food restaurants and little other stores, the supermarket is a joke because very expensive I prefer to continue to go to Big C, Makro and night market !
I'm a TESCO's shopper myself. :)
Picked up a few bargain today in fact. Large Box of Coffee-mate at 107 Baht ,Tesco's Tuna in brine at 31 Baht a tin,Carrots 21 Baht a kilo and Campbell's cream of chicken soup on the bargain shelf at only 32 Baht a can ;)
I like Cambell's cream of chicken soup and have trouble getting it where I live! Which TESCO's was that??????
Bump! as no helpful answer yet?
Thought you had enough stock already Dave ................
Why would I be asking for its source, if I already had enough? loco
Clearly you are all to busy to answer a simple clear question. There was I thinking this forums mission statement was 'Expats helping Expats'
Obviously I was wrong.
Once again the modus operandi is to make this a miserable place to visit.
Farewell
Sorry, I mistook a simple clear question for shit-stirring........
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First visit to Buriram Robinsons this morning. 11am easy parking undercover. Was quite impressed with the complex.
Jazz had a ball in Tops. Like a big kid in a lolly shop 555. When you're accustomed to Taweekits and BigC, the produce on offer in Tops was excellent. Found many items I've not seen before in Buriram. Managed to fill a shopping trolley ... having originally gone in "just for a look" 555
Thank God the trolleys are small.
I'm going to have to buy some clothes without pockets, so I can use that wonderful phrase "no babee ... I not have money ... I not have pockets"
Anyway ... Robinsons is great. Can see us doing a lot of grocery shopping in Tops.
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I was there on the Opening Day , can anyone spot me ??? ( clue 38 seconds ) :biggrin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtgor2FRPoc
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We made it out there today. We also filled a cart at Topps. TW was loving finding all the things she got used to in her years in the US. Still couldn't find hamburger dill pickles, though.
We also shopped in several other stores, had lunch at Jeffers and picked up some pizza company take out.
Great addition to Buriram! And, as others have mentioned, when we stopped at Makro to pick up some SMG Lite, we walked straight up to a register, no waiting.
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I consider the Topps here superior, I was there today and they had real chocolate chips to make cookies, wow, first I've seen here. Once I get my oven installed I plan to bake some.
Comparing the Topps here with Surin I would say Surin is in 2nd place in all categories except for the meat. Surin has a nice meat area (especially Beef).
Also, as usual the price for a case of Leo (can and bottle) is the same as Makro and Big C. But Topps takes credit cards to make purchases easy.
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I absolutely agree re: Topps Buriram vs Topps Surin. We were both commenting on how much better the selection was in Buriram.
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I absolutely agree re: Topps Buriram vs Topps Surin. We were both commenting on how much better the selection was in Buriram.
Agree 100% but give it 6 months, because they do have a reputation for peaking early and fading.........I can relate to that! party3
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I consider the Topps here superior, I was there today and they had real chocolate chips to make cookies, wow, first I've seen here. Once I get my oven installed I plan to bake some.
Comparing the Topps here with Surin I would say Surin is in 2nd place in all categories except for the meat. Surin has a nice meat area (especially Beef).
Also, as usual the price for a case of Leo (can and bottle) is the same as Makro and Big C. But Topps takes credit cards to make purchases easy.
Chocolate chips have been in Makro for a long time. They also take credit cards.
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I absolutely agree re: Topps Buriram vs Topps Surin. We were both commenting on how much better the selection was in Buriram.
Agree 100% but give it 6 months, because they do have a reputation for peaking early and fading.........I can relate to that! party3
Agreed CoCo. Tops in Buriram are having a honeymoon period. It won't last. Tops Surin was much more accommodating in the first few months than it is now.
I was in Makro today at about 2pm. To me there didn't seem to be any difference in the amount of people. I don't think Makro will be affected. They have a totally different market.
Doesn't "Tops" only have one "P"?
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They have pukka sausage Rolls but not cheese pasties which surin have both of that when in stock.. But I agree Tops Buriram has a lot more than surin to offer
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I absolutely agree re: Topps Buriram vs Topps Surin. We were both commenting on how much better the selection was in Buriram.
Agree 100% but give it 6 months, because they do have a reputation for peaking early and fading.........I can relate to that! party3
Agreed CoCo. Tops in Buriram are having a honeymoon period. It won't last. Tops Surin was much more accommodating in the first few months than it is now.
I was in Makro today at about 2pm. To me there didn't seem to be any difference in the amount of people. I don't think Makro will be affected. They have a totally different market.
I agree about Makro - but the licensing laws will change the buying dynamics.
If you don't need booze, get in there before 11.00 am...... it will be quiet.
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I absolutely agree re: Topps Buriram vs Topps Surin. We were both commenting on how much better the selection was in Buriram.
Agree 100% but give it 6 months, because they do have a reputation for peaking early and fading.........I can relate to that! party3
Agreed CoCo. Tops in Buriram are having a honeymoon period. It won't last. Tops Surin was much more accommodating in the first few months than it is now.
I was in Makro today at about 2pm. To me there didn't seem to be any difference in the amount of people. I don't think Makro will be affected. They have a totally different market.
Doesn't "Tops" only have one "P"?
You are correct, only one 'p'. Brain f@rt on my part. Or I was stuttering ;D Thanks for the correction.
I had never spent less than 20 minutes at the Makro checkouts, so it may not last, but it was empty yesterday.
I hope Toppppppps Buriram doesn't fade.
(edit: it turns out that slang for passing gas is censored by the board)
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I noted the Buriram Tops Market had deeper stock and a better selection of imported food than currently available at the Surin Tops Market. There is competition at the Robinson Lifestyle Center for Coffee drinkers. A new franchise coffee shop for Buriram Province is Southern Coffee which has on offer 40 baht for a coffee.
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I was at Tops earlier today, they had some great deals on BBQ sauces. I highly recommend Night of the Living BBQ, it was 103 down from 259. And its partner Cowtown BBQ Sauce was 90% off down to 25 Baht.
Of course the cash register did not have those prices so they had took the stickers to check me out, not sure if they put them back. But here is a pic of the prices, over by produce, not on the sauce aisle.
BTW, Tops also has a new meat display (did not get a pic of that) which looks like you can get your cut of imported beef. It's located directly across from this picture.
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Keith......what are the sell-by dates. Close to expiry or ge nuine discount. Only ask because I wouldn't use quickly and may sit in fridge/cupboard for a while.
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I noted the Buriram Tops Market had deeper stock and a better selection of imported food than currently available at the Surin Tops Market. There is competition at the Robinson Lifestyle Center for Coffee drinkers. A new franchise coffee shop for Buriram Province is Southern Coffee which has on offer 40 baht for a coffee.
Was in there today. Great coffee, and the wife had a delicious ice cream thing. Only thing that spoiled it was our Waitress,who had a face like a smacked ass. Never even looked at us when she brought the order to the table, miserable cow!!
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I noted the Buriram Tops Market had deeper stock and a better selection of imported food than currently available at the Surin Tops Market. There is competition at the Robinson Lifestyle Center for Coffee drinkers. A new franchise coffee shop for Buriram Province is Southern Coffee which has on offer 40 baht for a coffee.
Was in there today. Great coffee, and the wife had a delicious ice cream thing. Only thing that spoiled it was our Waitress,who had a face like a smacked ass. Never even looked at us when she brought the order to the table, miserable cow!!
Did you want to eat the waitress? Haha
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I noted the Buriram Tops Market had deeper stock and a better selection of imported food than currently available at the Surin Tops Market. There is competition at the Robinson Lifestyle Center for Coffee drinkers. A new franchise coffee shop for Buriram Province is Southern Coffee which has on offer 40 baht for a coffee.
Was in there today. Great coffee, and the wife had a delicious ice cream thing. Only thing that spoiled it was our Waitress,who had a face like a smacked ass. Never even looked at us when she brought the order to the table, miserable cow!!
Did you want to eat the waitress? Haha
Definitely not!! she had a face on her like a Bulldog chewing a Wasp!!
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Never tip Bulldog faces !
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Steve,
The Pain in good sauce I checked was May 2018, I could not find a date on the Cowtown sauce.
Had ribs with "Night of the living BBQ" sauce last night, I think Smooth2 and Som Luck will attest to it being really really good, even with my daughter's help in cooking.
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Marvellous, thanks Keith. I'll swing by Tops and get a few.
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Maybe not, I was just in Tops and they no longer had those prices. However, if you take the picture with you and show it to the counter thy may honor it.
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Ill give it a try. Won't hold my breath!!
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Steve,
The Pain in good sauce I checked was May 2018, I could not find a date on the Cowtown sauce.
Had ribs with "Night of the living BBQ" sauce last night, I think Smooth2 and Som Luck will attest to it being really really good, even with my daughter's help in cooking.
thumbup BBQ sauce flavoured burps for breakfast. 555
Spent 1600 baht in Tops last Wednesday. Checkout chick said "take receipt to Customer Service counter for free gift"
Received a rather nice sturdy big plastic laundry basket for free. Will be useful for something.
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Great ribs, Jasmine did a terrific job
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Steve,
The Pain in good sauce I checked was May 2018, I could not find a date on the Cowtown sauce.
Had ribs with "Night of the living BBQ" sauce last night, I think Smooth2 and Som Luck will attest to it being really really good, even with my daughter's help in cooking.
Sell by dates are a Western concept. I never had much use for them, I have some stuff still that was manufactured in the last century, no sell by dates. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sell-by-dates-have-little-to-do-with-food-safety-2013-09-19 A girl I know threw a new boy friend out after one day after he went through the fridge and threw out all the expired' stuff out. He also threw out potatoes that had started to make shoots.
He didn't throw out the wine though.
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It was great in Makro yesterday .... walked straight up to an available cashier ..
Don't you possess a VIP card for the checkout?
What's a VIP card? You mean a licensed seller of alcohol? The only time I felt the need for my Makro card was when there were many people waiting and it was announced that people with cards had priority. I never saw anyone going to the head of the queue waving a card.
You won't see anyone waving their card,you go to the office near the checkouts,& job done..........Starman was the one who put me on to this.........Ask him for the application details.
I have a regular Makro card, how is the VIP card different? I could not find in on the Makro website.
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Tops has some interesting German beer, a bit pricey at 195 baht a can, but I highly recommend the Dark (Red Can), very mellow, smooth and tastefull, nothing like guiness.
I tried the wheat beer and found it pleasant. Decided to buy the Pils, will see. But I will probably buy more of the Dark. Even the TW remarked on how good it was.
party4
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Lot's of German beer available at Norby's in Surin. Much, much cheaper than those prices.
Let me know if you would like directions of how to get there.
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Lot's of German beer available at Norby's in Surin. Much, much cheaper than those prices.
Let me know if you would like directions of how to get there.
The truth is that the US Army had me in Germany for 3 years where the beers did not peek my interest. I had a later short trip where my bud and I sampled a great many different Wheat beers (and some others), had a very good time. Plus I have never been a big fan of Pils.
Based on my previous experiences, I don't go out of my way to get a German beer.
But I like to experiment with different beers (more so here based on the limited selection), so I tried dark/Wheat Kaiserdoms. IMHO the dark is exceptional, I am considering buy a case. If Norby's carry's that at much cheaper prices I would be interested.
The Wheat was OK, but was nothing to really note. I tried the Pils tonight and had 2 cans in one, my first and last.
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Beer snobbery alert. Drinking beer out of a can isn't going to make anyone a beer connoisseur. I have drunk beer in a few countries and the best have to be one of the three or four draught beers I tried in München. Expensive. You get what you pay for.
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Beer snobbery alert. Drinking beer out of a can isn't going to make anyone a beer connoisseur. I have drunk beer in a few countries and the best have to be one of the three or four draught beers I tried in München. Expensive. You get what you pay for.
I am one of those that can't tell the difference between a 20 year old single malt scotch and Dewars, me I pick Dewars.
So I really don't care where the beer comes from or what it called. All I care about is if I like the taste. Until I got to this forum I never imagined that alcohol content was a factor.
My statement remains that Tops Kaiserdom Monkey Year beer is worth trying. But you don't like, up to you.